The Seville Marathon took place last Sunday and once again this very popular event attracted a top-class entry. This year’s race saw both course records broken with an Ethiopian double by Asrar Abderehman and Alemu Megertu with hugh world leading pbs of 2:04:43 and 2:18:51 respectively. Our own David Mansfield also had a phenomenal performance […]
Phenomenal performance by David Mansfield in Seville Marathon Read More »
The County Road season got underway last Sunday in Moyne with the County Novice races down for decision. The conditions were very demanding with athletes having to contend with elements of storm Franklin like strong headwinds, rain and hailstones as well as plenty of surface flooding on the roads. Still, this did not deter our
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The Munster under12 to under 19 Indoor Championships took place in Nenagh on Saturday and Sunday, 19th & 20th February and Clonmel AC was represented with some fantastic results. In the girls under 12 Holly McNamara competed in the 60m dash and ran a great race to make the semi-final. In the boys under 12
3 Munster Titles and a Munster Record for Clonmel Athletic Club Read More »
A busy weekend of juvenile competitions with athletes travelling to Nenagh for the Munster Indoors and Castlelyons for the National Juvenile B cross country. In what was for most juvenile athletes the curtain raiser for the new athletics season, Clonmel AC brought home many medals. On Saturday the 12th of Feb, the juvenile walks took
Medals Galore for Juvenile Clonmel AC athletes Read More »
The National Intermediate and Masters Cross-Country Championships took place today in a cold and breezy Castlelyons Co. Cork. The course was testing soft under foot and was set over a 2k lap with four laps to be completed. In the Intermediate men’s race. Clonmel AC had unfortunately only one participant in this year’s men’s race
Evan Fitzgerald National Intermediate Cross-Country Champion Read More »
The National 50k Championships took place in Donadea Forest Park. The race consisted of 10 laps of a 5k loop. Our sole representative was Nicola Maunsell and she had prepared herself well for this event, getting in plenty of long runs in recent weeks. With over 280 athletes taking part, there was plenty of company
Nicola Maunsell great performance in the National 50K Championships Read More »
The Munster Masters Indoor Championships took place recently. Our sole competitor in the master’s was John Laste. John’s training has been going well of late as he has achieved some notable performances and PBs in recent weeks. That level of performance was maintained in Nenagh in the 3k Walk where John produced another top-class performance
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Dungarvan was the venue last Sunday for the very popular John Treacy 10 Mile Road race as 77 members made the familiar trip to the seaside town. The atmosphere was brilliant as athletes from all parts of the country made a welcome return to road races, having been starved of such events over the past
David Mansfield 4th in the John Treacy 10 Mile Read More »
It is great to see Club member Tristan Forsythe of Indiana University getting the New Year off to a very good start with two performances in recent weeks. The 21-year-old compete in the mile event in the Simmons-Harvey Invitational meet in Michigan when he clocked 4 mins 11,11 secs. Then last week he competed in
The very popular Corrin Hill 8.4km trail run took place last Sunday and Paul Minogue underlined his good form. He was always at the business end of the race and it was only in the downhill stretch that he was caught and edged into 2nd place in 40 mins 51 secs. It is great to
Paul Minogue and Maire Claire McCarthy great performances Read More »
