With indecent haste almost the national track & field championships arrive on our doorstep this weekend. The reason for its early date of course is the proximity of the now almost certain to proceed Olympic Games and the facilitation of our prospective contenders. Raheny is likely to be represented on the biggest stage of all through our female stars Sophie Becker and Orla Comerford, both anxiously awaiting the Irish selector’s…

Action is really heating up in the 2020 Lord Mayor of Raheny Two mile series as we enter the final four rounds of competition. Athletes are judged on their best eight races of the series with 17 athlete’s having completed eight races or more after nine rounds. Prizes are awarded for the first three athlete’s in the overall men’s and women’s category and each age category thereafter with the athlete’s…

Daniel Stone produced one of the fastest performances in the 22-year history of the Lord Mayor of Raheny series to claim the Tommy Lynam mid-summer cup. 19-year-old Stone one of the club’s brightest middle distance prospects was in excellent form controlling the race from early on and clocking 9:23 for victory. In a highly competitive race Sli Culainn’s Jason Byrne put it right up to Stone and came home in…