Ardee & District A.C.
March 2nd – The cold, wet and windy weather didn’t stop some of our athletes from competing today. Great running at the Carlingford Half Marathon & 10k from Róisín Whyte (52:58) and Ben Corcoran (48:44). “It was a tough course, uphill for the first 5k but very enjoyable with only one lesson to be...
February 23rd – Well done to members Joanne Dillon and Roy Crawley on completing the Fitzers 5K in Dundalk this morning. Great times from them both with newcomer Roy finishing in 24:52 and Joanne excitedly obtaining a new PB of 27:35. To quote Joanne “when I joined the club last April I couldn’t...
DOMHNALL’S DOPEY CHALLENGE…! January 9th to- 13th – Always smiling, the jolliest runner in Team Ardee headed across the Atlantic to the wonderful world of Walt Disney in Orlando, Domhnall in the company of good friends set out to complete the ‘Dopey Challenge’ competing in 4 races in 4 consecutive days at the Walt Disney...
Our Seniors kept themselves busy over the festive holidays… ♥️ NEW YEAR’S DAY – Well done to Domhnall Lennon 24:31, Elaine Kearney 28:59 and Brian Duff with a new personal best of 22:39 at the Killanny CPR New Year’s Day 5K fundraising run. Congratulations to everyone involved and well done to our athletes. ♥️...
From Vikings to Gingerbread and a jaunt or two stateside our seniors were busy… November 17th – Early on Saturday morning ten of Fhirdhia’s warriors headed to Annagassan to battle it out with the best of them at this year’s Annagassan Viking Coastal 10k. All ten returned triumphant, a super course, fantastic atmosphere...
November 11th 2018 – Remembrance Day across the country and some of our senior athletes hit the road on this special day… A massive well done and great times from our team of 6, 2nd overall at Our Lady’s College Greenhills Remembrance Run in Drogheda – Nathan Anderson 18:54 (5th) Shane Carroll 19:40...
A mixed bag of fun for our Seniors this month saw some or our athletes run cross country championships, road races and marathons near and far… October 7th – A massive congratulations to Barry Reid and Nathan Anderson for their fantastic achievements at the IAAF Gold Label Chicago Marathon in the USA. Barry...
Following on from our Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K on the 1st of September our Seniors were back out again enjoying a few runs and slowly growing in numbers. Here’s how they got on this month… September 1st – Our Juniors and Seniors joining forces for our Annual Seamie Weldon Memorial 5K. Back Row...
HOT HOT HOT is the only way to describe the months of June, July & August 2018 and not only was the weather hotter than normal but our Senior Members were on fire too; competing in a variety of races throughout these months – here is a summary of their achievements….. June 9th...
A big well done to our Juveniles who competed in the Carlingford Juvenile Road Races on the 3rd of August.