A really great weekend on the roads, including great results in the London Marathon, and medals galore in the National Road Relays hosted in Raheny. Thanbks to everyone who took part in the relays, the total points across all the races meant we won top club on the day! The London Marathon page doesn’t allow for searching by club, so if I have missed any participants or if any of…
It is with great sadness we in Raheny Shamrock have learned of the loss of Oisín McCabe who passed away last Friday. Oisín was a leaving cert student in Gaelcholaiste Reachrann with a passion for music, swimming and running. Oisín was a big fan of parkrun, starting with junior parkruns, and then progressing to senior parkruns, and was chuffed the first time he broke the 20 minute barrier for 5k…
A group of dedicated young athletes who run with the club have been given the incredible opportunity to travel to Kenya for a once-in-a-lifetime Athletics Training Camp. The experience will help them: Train in a world-renowned running environment Build discipline, confidence, and teamwork Represent our community with pride Grow as athletes and young men To help their fundraising efforts, they are hosting a bake sale during the national road relays…
Well done to everyone crossing a starting line for the club! A wonderful week of road racing for the club this week, as we saw members across the island and further afield. Special shout out this week goes to Fiona Stack who placed in her age category in the Manchester Marathon, and Brendan Potter who completed the Connemara Ultramarathon, which shows the endurance Shamrocks have! Our men’s team won gold…