Ardee & District A.C.
The summer is in full swing and between the holidays our members headed to many races near and far… July 14th – Bright and early in the beautiful sunshine Barry Reid completed his 21st Marathon from Killybegs to Glencolmcille along the picturesque coastline of Donegal – The Wild Atlantic Way. Congratulations Barry and...
The Setanta Games 2019 On June 27th a few of our juvenile athletes headed to the Lourdes Stadium Drogheda to compete in Athletics Louths’ Setanta Games. The sun shone on the day and our juveniles had lots of fun. Competing for our club were Abbie Sheridan, Aoibheann Carolan, Rebecca McCarron, Eireann Hoey, Samantha...
Ardee athletes represent Louth in the National League… On May 20th two of our athletes, Abbie Sheridan and Darren Weldon represented Louth in Round 1 of the National League in Mary Peter’s Track, Belfast (Abbie jumped 1.45m in the high jump and Darren earned 2nd & 3rd place in the Hammer and Discus). ...
22 Gold, 11 Silver and 1 Bronze for our Senior Members and Coaches at the Louth Junior, Senior & Master’s Championships… On the evening of July 4th a merry bunch of seniors and coaches from our Club rocked up to the Lourdes Stadium jumping, throwing and sprinting their way thought Athletics Louth’s Junior,...
Ardee & District AC had wonderful success at this years National Juvenile Track & Field Championships. It was a massive achievement to reach the Nationals and all our athletes gave their best, enjoyed every minute and we are so proud of them all. On Day 1, June 29th in Tullamore Jack Dowdall, Harry...
Our Seniors we busy in June from Marathons to Road Races and Track & Field Competition… June 2nd – You’d never know where our members might pop up… In Dublin this afternoon, Michelle Lynch ran the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon in an impressive time of 51:06 (unofficial), while up north and completing his...
Fantastic success for our Club’s Teams and Juveniles at the Leinster Championships this year… ???????????? Leinster Team Event Championships ???????????? Congratulations to our 3 Ardee Teams who competed bravely to each earn a place on the Leinster Podium at the Team Event Championships in the Lourdes Stadium in Drogheda on June 3rd. ????...
???? A massive well done to the kids of the Ardee/Reaghstown Area who competed at the Louth community games in the Lourdes Stadium in Drogheda on June 9th. Over 30 athletes from our community took part and they were simply wonderful. The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed. ♦️ The games began with the...
Ardee & District AC had an eventful weekend on May 25th and 26gth which began with our senior Michael Lundon competing at the Leinster Combined Events in Greystones. Michael competed in the Masters’ Pentathlon and after 4 events was trailing in 5th place but in his last event of the day, the 1500m...
May has been an exciting month for our club and a very busy time for all our athletes. It began on the bank holiday where 22 of our seniors happily ran that extra distance in the 2019 controversial Belfast Marathon (see separate report) which was soon followed by the turn of our juveniles...