Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club are delighted to announce the 39th AXA Raheny 5 will take place on Sunday January 29th 2023 at 3pm. The famous Raheny 5 returns to the streets of Raheny firmly set as the number one road race in Ireland. “It is always with great excitement when we open the entries for the AXA Raheny 5 and we’ve already being working to make the 2023 event the…
A tough day at the national cross country championships in Rosapenna, Co. Donegal, the first time since 2014 that the championships took place outside Dublin. Kate Purcell in 28th place led the women’s team home to eighth place. Purcell was joined by Lucy Barrett 46th, Aisling Ahern 45 and Zoe Quinn 58th. The club prize here was won by DCH with 64 points, just one clear of Letterkenny with UCD third. The…
It was lucky number 13 for Brian Fay in the NCAA cross country championship in Stilwater, Oklahoma. Fay followed up his west regional title with a 13th-place finish, earning his second-straight cross country All-America honour. It was the best finish by any Irish man at the NCAA cross country since Dave Rooney in 2012 who finished seventh. Fay was 38th in this event last year. Fay’s finish was the second-highest…
The Raheny Shamrock senior women’s team took national marathon silver at last month’s Dublin marathon. The team of Kate Purcell, Fiona Stack and Aine Crimin clocked 8:55.19 behind Donore Harriers but better than Clonmel to take silver. The W50 team of Rose Kidd, Angela Charlton and Trish Fitzgerald took gold. The team were some nine minutes clear of Drogheda & District. The W35 team of Tara Kennedy, Shirley Coyle and…