National Marathon Championship – Statement

Athletics Ireland have tonight (November 1 2017) informed Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club that Freddy Sittuk has been removed from the 2017 national marathon championship due to a technical infringement of the eligibility rule. Freddy Sittuk remains the club’s highest placed finisher at the 2017 SEE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. Secondly, Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club wish to confirm that the club removed a number of provocative social media posts on the club’s account…

01/11/2017
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Sittuk First Home in Dublin

Freddy Sittuk led home a huge contingent of Raheny Shamrock Athlete’s at the 2017 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon. The 2017 SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon was possibly the most dramatic in the 38 year history of the event with just 23 seconds separating Dublin marathon winner Bernard Rotich of Kenya with fourth place Sittuk. Sittuk had always been in contention throughout the 26.2 mile and it was only as the race…

29/10/2017
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Ladies Leinster Novice & Junior Medals

Raheny Shamrock ladies cross country team continued their impressive year with Bronze and Silver at the Leinster Novice and Junior championship. The novice ladies team of Laura Brennan (16th), Orla Manley (18th), Caitriona Costello (35th) and Aisling Ahern (41st) gave the novice women’s team 110 points and bronze medals. Crusaders won gold with a total of 88 points with Sportsworld second on 96 points, while the shamrock’s team were four…

29/10/2017
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Dooney And Dooney Fourth And Fifth

Kevin Dooney took fourth place in the Autumn Open International cross country at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus. Dooney finished 21 seconds behind race winner DSD’s Hiko Tonosa with Kenyan Kipsang Kimosop second and City of Derry’s Adam Kirk-Smith third. Conor Dooney took fifth place some 10 seconds behind Kevin Ian Conroy took ninth place overall and finished sixth in the M1 category while Brian Leahy finished 12th and…

22/10/2017
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