Round eight of the 2022 Lord Mayor of Raheny Two Mile series continues this Tuesday July 26th at 8pm. Entry is open online for the race at €7. There are prizes on the night for the first three men and women and the winner of each age category. Light refreshments are available after the race. You’re best seven results count in the league series. All runners who complete seven races…
Mark Smyth helped Ireland to European Championship 4x100m relay qualifying standard in Tullamore today. The Irish team of Israel Olatunde (UCD), Smyth, Colin Doyle (Leevale) and Joseph Ojeyumi (Tallaght) crossed the line ahead of Australia in 39.27 seconds. This time is inside the European Championship qualifying standard. The current Irish national record stands at 39.26 seconds set in September 2000 at Sydney Olympics. We now await confirmation of the Irish…
Mark Smyth finished second in the 200 metres at today’s first day of the AAI games. Smyth clocked 20.96 seconds just 0.06 seconds behind Clonliffe’s Marcus Lawler. Smyth was well clear of third placed Simon Graf who posted 21.02 seconds. At Wednesday night’s graded in Tallaght track, Susan Lowry clocked 35.26 seconds in the C1 grade 200m with Niamh Walsh posting 31.58 in the C2 race. Andy Kelly finished third in…
Thursday night saw a successful launch night of Kieran Kelly’s new book on the history of the club’s senior Irish internationals Green, White and Green. There was a big crowd present in the Cedars Lounge including many past and present internationals and Ursula Kennedy; one of the three jointly first capped Raheny Shamrock athletes for Ireland in the 1968 international world cross country in Blackburn. Kennedy she ran with her…