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…
The first Raheny Shamrock Shot Put Classic was well received on Saturday afternoon. Rectory Park on Wades Avenue, Raheny hosted the Shot Put Classic and saw a big turn out with athlete’s from across the country taking part. Kieran Keane of An Riocht registered the longest effort of the day, set a venue record of 13.92 metres for a 6kg shot. In fact it was two Kerry men who registered…
At Saturday’s Dingle Half Marathon Stephen McGuinness clocked 89 minutes 34 seconds and was followed home by Caitriona Costello 1:40:16, Trish Fitzgerald 1:42:36, Orla McElhinney 1:51:55. Nicola Mooney 1:53:01, Colm Nugent 1:53:24, Roisin Dooley 1:56:54, Una Cherry 1:57:02, Des Lyons 2:02:20, Lisa McCarthy 2:04:37, Sarah O’Neill 2:04:46, De O’Connor 2:08:35. Therese Savage 2:10:26, Amanda Langan 2:12:50, Sinead Lyons 2:13:04, Jennifer McGuinness 2:14:48 and Siobhan Mulvey 2:27:05. At the Dingle Marathon…