Senior Club News

Clonmel AC was represented by John Laste (3k and 5k Walks) and Hazel Galloway (60m and 200m sprints) at the European Masters indoor championships in Braga Portugal held over the last week. Almost one hundred Irish Masters Athletes travelled for these very popular Championships which kicked off on Sunday 20th February with the cross-country events. […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last Saturday will go down as a memorable day for Muireann Duffy. She was selected on the Irish under 20 team that competed in the Celtic Cross Country International in Belfast. Despite picking up a slight injury in the days leading up the event, she was determined to put in a great effort. In a