Ardee & District A.C.
A BIG THANK YOU to Brendan Hoey, mentor and coach of Ardee & District Athletic Club for sponsoring our new portable DEFIBRILLATOR. Brendan himself is trained in the use of a Defibrillator and felt inspired to ensure our club had one. On June 5th accompanied by his daughter Eireann he presented the Defibrillator...
June 3rd – A busy weekend for some of our athletes as they headed in every direction….. Two of our Senior Athletes headed to Tullamore to compete in the Leinster Senior & Masters’ Championships, Darren Weldon had the Hammer and Michael Lundon ambitiously entered 4 individual events, the 110m Hurdles, 100m, 200m and...
The summer has begun and the sun shined brightly over the Bank Holiday Weekend bringing with it a sea of bloom and colour. Here are some of the events our members attended during this colourful month of May….. May 6th – In very warm conditions for the May Bank Holiday Weekend a small...
Ardee & District A.C hosted this year’s Ardee Area Community Games generously sponsored by Ardee Credit Union. Some U8s, U10s and U12s who arrived early for the Credit Union photo….. U6s – 60m. Fun pictures of some of the competitors (U6 is not an official Community Games age group) Here are some...
We had sunshine and fun at this years’ Track and Field Championships. Day 1….. On Friday evening a group of 12 athletes travelled to the Lourdes stadium in Drogheda for Day 1 of the Louth Championships 2018 First out on the track taking on the Hurdles for the U14 girls was Hallie Sands...
May 4th – Well done to 9 Ardee & District AC Juveniles who headed to Morton Stadium in Dublin to compete in the North Leinster Schools Track & Field Championships representing their respective schools. In attendance were Conor McMahon, Abbie Sheridan, Emma Gillespie, Isabelle Delaney, Eireann Hoey, Rebecca McCarron, Ava McNally, Samantha McCarron...
Some of our members hit the road putting a spring into their step for the last month of this very wet and cold 2018 Spring…. April 2nd – Well done to Barry Reid who won his own battle at the Battle of Clontarf 10mile in Dublin on Easter Monday earning a new...
Some of the athletes who started early on a sunny 2018 Pre Louth Championship….. A great start to the Track & Field season from 37 of our athletes who travelled to the Lourdes Stadium in Drogheda on a very sunny April Saturday afternoon for the Pre Louth Championships. Before events got under way...
Table Quiz – 2018 A wonderful night was had by all at our Annual Table Quiz. Our sincere thanks to everyone who took part and a special thanks to Bridie & Brendan Faulkner of The Railway Bar and all the traders of Ardee who donated so generously to the Spot Prizes on the...
March 2018 We’ve had the Beast from the East, Storm Emma and a mixed bag of cold and wet weather for March but that didn’t deter this lot………. March 17th – Well done to Paul Barnes who ran the Mullingar Half Marathon, Co. Westmeath & got an impressive personal best of 1:29:24. ...