While all eyes were on the Raheny 5 this afternoon, the younger generation of club athletes put in excellent performances at the National Junior & Under 23 championships with a great medal haul and a club record broken. Mark Smyth was the standout performer of the day, taking gold in the junior 200 metres making the European junior B standard for a second time. Mark broke Jamie Davis’s record of…
Mark Christie Landed the 2017 AXA Raheny 5 with a flying finish to hold off home town favourite Mick Clohisey for victory. Christie landed his third victory in the home of Irish athletics and moves him to joint second on the winners list with Gerry Curtis as a three time Raheny 5 winner. Clonliffe Harriers Noel Cullen is the record winner of the Raheny 5 having won the race on…
Daire Birmingham has reset the club indoor 1500 metre record. Bermingham posted 3 minutes 52.24 seconds when competing in at the Duiska Stadion, Vienna on Saturday. Bermingham shaved point 04 of the record he set in Athlone I.T last February. It was a record breaking day for the club as Matt Cotter set a new club indoor triple jump record as did Kim O’Hare in the women’s event both at…
All Stewards for tomorrow’s AXA Raheny 5 are reminded to meet at Raheny GAA Club for 1.30pm Sharp! Christy Reilly is the course director and contact for all race stewards.