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The club was well represented at last weekend’s Irish U20 Indoor Championships, with athletes competing across a number of events and continuing to demonstrate the strong progress being made through the club’s athlete development pathway. The highlight of the weekend came in the Men’s U20 High Jump, where Patryk Pucek delivered an excellent performance toContinue reading “Silver For Patryk at National U20”

The past weekend saw club athletes competed at Senior level for the first time when our u17 and U18 boys lined out in the Irish Senior Indoor Championship in the NIA. This was a big step up to Senior athletics but the athletes acquitted themselves very well. First up was Patryk Pucek in the Men’sContinue reading “Club Athletes Shine at Senior Indoor Championships 2026”

The recent Dublin Spraoi Games saw six Clongriffin teams compete. The Spraoi Games are for u9 to u11 athletes (2016 to 2018) and prioritise developing physical literacy and enjoyment. First out of the blocks were the Girls and Boys u9 and this was their first competition. And what a debut it was for them acrossContinue reading “Spraoi Games Report”

The Dublin Indoors recently completed and it was a great championships for Clongriffin. The 2015 Age Group were competing in their first championships in the u12 and we also a contingent competing in the u18 age group for the first time only. While medals and finalists may grab the headlines it was very heartening forContinue reading “Dublin Indoors Recap”

Clongriffin had a big contingent of teams at the recent Dublin Indoor Relay Championships. With well over 400 teams competing, it was a packed National Indoor Arena with an electric atmosphere right from the first event at 10am. First off for Clongriffin was the Mixed U17 Relay and they got the day off in styleContinue reading “Report From Dublin Indoor Relays”

A busy week of competition with Club athletes competing across four different competitions. Etienne Cotter finished a super 5th place in the Boys u14 All-Ireland Pentathlon in the National Indoor Arena on Sunday with strong performances across all five events. Robin Harris was 8th in the Boys u15 while Leon Keogh (11th) and Niamh O’FarrellContinue reading “Etienne 5th in Pentathlon while Boys u9 Win Dublin Cross”

Patryk Pucek was named Clongriffin Athletic Club Athlete of the Year for 2025 at last Sunday’s Awards. Patryk had a super year, winning the Long Jump, High Jump & Triple Jump titles at both the Dublin Indoor and Outdoor Championships. He also claimed Gold at All-Ireland level in the Triple Jump (Indoors) and High JumpContinue reading “Patryk Takes Athlete of the Year”

Seven of the Club’s Coaching Team attended the Dublin Athletics Juvenile Coaching Conference held in Howth yesterday. This was a great coach networking event with Coaches from other Clubs in Dublin. Speakers on the day included Michael O’ Connor. Michael is Coach, and Dad, to Kate O’Connor who this year won medals in Heptathlon atContinue reading “Club Coaches Attend Dublin Coaching Conference”

The Boys u14 had already created a small bit of club history by being the first team to qualify for the All-Ireland Cross Country. 5 of the boys had ran their first cross-country race only last month so qualifying was an achievement in itself but it was the team’s focus and commitment to training overContinue reading “8th In All-Ireland For U14 Boys”