One of the Clubs oldest Classic Road Races, the Joe Noonan road race is being relaunched on Sunday September 26th. Ran in memory of the late Joe Noonan, a former club President and father of our current president PJ Noonan, the race was first contested in 1978, the first winner being the late Pat Hooper. The race has long held a date of the last Sunday before Christmas but Covid-19…
George Sevastopulo and Elena Forkan captured Dublin community games gold and silver in Santry two weeks ago. These performances qualified the Raheny Shamrock athletes for the Leinster Community Games which today took place in Leixlip, Co Kildare, were they repeated their Dublin performances. George (U14 800m boys) added the Leinster title to his Dublin one with a gun to tape victory and can now look forward to bidding for the…
In Santry on Saturday, nine Raheny athletes competing under the flag of their native Clontarf enjoyed significant success. George Sevastopulo struck gold in the boys U14 800m running 2:19 with a strong finish. Elena Forkan ran 5:17 to finish second in the U16 girls 1500m. Caelfind Hannigan took silver in the U12 girls long puck. There were bronze medals for Rebecca O’Rourke in the U14 80m hurdles and Ariana Butler…
Summer was rudely interrupted in Tallaght on Thursday night with persistent rain and gathering winds reminding us that the Irish weather can never be taken for granted. It was a night fuelled with tension. On stage were Dublin’s finest 1500m runners in the U17, U18 and U19 categories. At stake were qualifying places for the National Championships later this summer. Covid rules around numbers restrictions ordained that only the first…