A busy week over the past seven days with Club athletes competing on several fronts. Dublin League Day 1 The U10 to U16 Age Groups had their first day out in the Dublin League last Sunday in Tallaght. The Dublin League is a great competition for preparing for the championships to come and for gettingContinue reading “Weekly Roundup”
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Super Saturday In Athlone All-Irelands
All-Ireland indoor medals for Clongriffin are like Dublin Buses, you wait ages for one to come and then a load come at the same time. Coming into 2025, only three All-Ireland Indoor medals had been won by the Club in its history but last week saw two Golds, with Danny Davis and Alicja Doyle, andContinue reading “Super Saturday In Athlone All-Irelands”
Danny and Alicja Strike All-Ireland Gold
It was double gold for Clongriffin AC at Days 1 and 2 of the All-Ireland indoors in Athlone this week. Danny Davis took gold in the u14 800m on Saturday after a huge battle with the Shercock AC athlete. Danny took the race by the scruff of the next from the gun opening up aContinue reading “Danny and Alicja Strike All-Ireland Gold”
Beautiful Spring Morning For March Mile
The March Mile, a vital fund raising event for the Club, was held in sunny spring conditions in Fr Collins Park today. Close to 100 athletes, coaches and Parents toed the line and completed the One Mile course. Thanks to all who supported and well done to all who were lucky enough to have wonContinue reading “Beautiful Spring Morning For March Mile”
Irish u20 Silver For Alicja
It was a silver medal over 60m at today Irish u20 Championships in Athlone. Having gone into the Championships with a PB of 7.75, Alicja lowered that to new territory with 7.58 to win her heat in the early morning session. She followed that up with another new PB of 7.57 to take silver behindContinue reading “Irish u20 Silver For Alicja”
Clongriffin Progress Continues – Third Placed Club In Dublin Indoors
Clongriffin Athletic Club’s progress continued with our best ever performance at the recent Dublin Indoor Championships. Using both Placing Points and Medals Won metrics Clongriffin AC finished 3rd overall out of the 22 juvenile clubs in Dublin. This is up from 9th in 2024. Rank Club 1 Metro / St Brigids 2 Dundrum South DublinContinue reading “Clongriffin Progress Continues – Third Placed Club In Dublin Indoors”
Academy Day At Dublin Spraoi
Sunday saw the 2025 edition of the Dublin Athletics Spraoi Games in the NIA. With 22 of Dublin Juvenile Clubs competing across the u9 (2017) to u11 (2015) it was a fun filled festival of athletics. Spraoi is a team based event where Clubs compete as a team across a running event (60m), throwing eventContinue reading “Academy Day At Dublin Spraoi”
Clongriffin Sparkle At Dublin Relays
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”
Danny Claims Leinster Schools Cross-Country Title
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”
Super Sunday For Middle Distance Squad At Dublins Day 3
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”
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