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It was a landmark weekend for the Club at the Dublin Indoor Relay Championships with 8 teams qualifying for the All-Ireland Championships on April 5th. It was fitting that our very first relay winners back in 2020, the 2011 Girls, had a day to remember with not just two teams making the final but bothContinue reading “Clongriffin Sparkle At Dublin Relays”

Running for his school, St Fintans, there was a big win for Danny Davis yesterday in the Leinster School Cross-Country Championships in the Phoenix Park. A strong run from the front saw Danny come home two seconds clear of his nearest challengers. Danny will now go on to compete in the All-Ireland Schools Cross-Country inContinue reading “Danny Claims Leinster Schools Cross-Country Title”

They might be one of the smaller training group in the Club but the Middle Distance squad had a memorable morning at Day 3 of the Dublin Indoors. There were gold medal runs from Ella Dwyer (Girls u15 800m) and Danny Davis (Boys u14 800m), both with hard front running performance and new PBs andContinue reading “Super Sunday For Middle Distance Squad At Dublins Day 3”

It was a day for the High Jump squad at Day 2 of the Dublin Indoors and they didn’t disappoint. After several seasons of being so close on so many occasions it was the day that Aoife Ferguson finally stood on top of the podium at the Dublin Championships with a dramatic win with aContinue reading “High Jumpers Scale The Heights At Dublins Day Two”

An exciting Day 1 of the Dublin Indoor Championship saw a 14 medal haul for the Club. In addition there were multiple finalists including four in two events (Girls u15 Long Jump and Girls u13 60m Hurdles) and three in another (Girls u17 Long Jump). Also very encouraging to see several athletes make their individualContinue reading “Hurdle Medal Rush At Dublin Day 1”

Some of the Girls U17 squad (2009) made their first foray into senior athletics last night at the Track and Field Live Open Meet in NIA. First up was Alicja Doyle in the Senior 60m. Having safely made it through the heats into the final, Alicja ran a super race to take second in aContinue reading “Senior Debuts For U17 Girls”

Marianne O’Farrell has kicked off 2025 in style with a silver medal at the All-Ireland Youths (u18) Combined Events in NIA on Sunday. Starting her day with a new PB over the hurdles, she was straight away into second place in the overall points after event 1. As the day progressed, she never surrendered thatContinue reading “Marianne Kick Off 2025 With All-Ireland Silver”

The academy had a very exciting 2024, full of success, friendship and great team spirit. Competition kicked off in February with the Dublin Spraoi games. All our academy teams medalled at the Dublin Spraoi games. Athletes worked in teams of up to 10, competing in the 60 metres, standing long jump, beanbag throw and aContinue reading “Academy – The Year In Review”

The Annual Club Awards took place last Sunday in Trinity Sports & Leisure Centre. The following awards were presented on the day: Overall Athlete of the Year Alicja Doyle (Girls u16) was announced as the Overall Athlete of the Year. Her stellar year included several Dublin titles and three medals at All-Ireland level. In aContinue reading “Annual Club Awards”

The Annual Club Awards take place tomorrow at 12:30 in the Trinity Sports & Leisure Centre after the Santa Dash. The awards being presented tomorrow are for u11 to U18 while medals from the recent Club Championships (for u8 to u10) will also be presented. Keep reading for more details: Club Awards Club All Stars:Continue reading “Countdown On For Club Awards”