Michael Brady led home a sizable contingent at the Berlin Marathon in 2:20:30. Brady was followed home by John Sheridan 2:49:37, Robert Frewen 2:53:04, Ian McConkey 2:57:30, Colm Dunne 3:05:38, Wes O’Brien 3:06:10, Erik Champ 3:22:49, Andrew McQuillan 3:59:54, Gordon Manning 4:11:33 and Greg O’Beirne 4:27:48.
Fiona Stack was third woman home at the Irish Life Dublin Half Marathon in 81 minutes 23 seconds. Caitlyn Harvey of Roadrunners AC won out in 78:44. The Antrim athlete, was runner-up at the national half-marathon. Whereas, Maebh Brannigan of Galway City Harriers took second palce, 13 seconds adrift in 78:57 with Stack third. Will Boyle was first Raheny athlete home in 74:39 followed by Conor Ahern 80:20, Mark Hogan…
This Wednesday September 24th will see a special celebration for Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club as the club celebrates the 60th anniversary of female memberships. It is very hard to believe that in 1960’s Ireland, the then Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. John Charles McQuaid forbade women from taking part in sport. However, Raheny Shamrock became the first member of the National Athletics and Cycling Association (NACA) to accept female members. Paul…
The World Athletics championships get underway in Tokyo tonight. It is another special championships for Raheny Shamrock athletic club as Eric Favors, Sophie Becker and Brian Fay will all represent Ireland. The trio will repeat their appearances at a World Championship as they did in Budapest 2023. Eric Favors will be the second Irish athlete into battle in the championships taking part in the men´s shot put qualification on Saturday…