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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”

The Indoor Season kicked off this week at the Track and Field Live indoor meet in NIA. A small group of Performance Pathway athletes competed in individual track events and Relay Coaches used the event to kick off preparation for the Dublin and All-Ireland Indoors Championships in the New Year. Club Records were the orderContinue reading “Club Records Galore At Indoor Season Opener”

The Cross-Country season concluded for Clongriffin athletes last Sunday in Tymon Park with the final round of the Dublin Cross-Country League. A final day win propelled Orlaith O’Grady up to 2nd overall in the league standings, a great reward for a very consistent cross-country season. Darragh Smyth also had a great league finishing 5th. TheContinue reading “Cross Country Season Concludes With Dublin League”

The Club hosted the first Clongriffin Athletics Academy Cup in the National Indoor Arena last Saturday. Nearly 400 athletes ranging from age 7 to 9 from 9 different clubs competing as teams across the range of run, jump, throw and relay events. Pride of place goes to our 2017 Group who competed in their firstContinue reading “Big Day Out At Academy Cup”

The second day of the Dublin Cross Country Championships was held on a challenging course in Citywest last Sunday. Pride of place goes to the Boys U9 who made their Cross Country Championship debut. The team placed a brilliant 5th. They were led home by Darragh who claimed a Top 12 medal when with aContinue reading “Strong Championship Debut for Boys u9”

The All-Ireland Schools Combined Events championships took place last Saturday in NIA. Meabh O’Grady and Marianne O’Farrell (both Belmayne ET) had come through the Leinster Schools qualifiers the previous week and lined up against the best 16 pentathletes in their age group in Ireland. Marianne, competing in the Intermediate Age Group was up against someContinue reading “Meabh & Marianne At All-Ireland Schools”

The Leinster Schools Combined events took place in NIA last Wednesday with Leinster Schools titles and qualification for All-Ireland at stake. Marianne O’Farrell took the bronze medal in the Inter Girls while Meabh O’Grady had a day of days with five personal bests across the five events to take 4th in the Junior Girls. SarahContinue reading “Meabh & Marianne Qualify For All-Ireland Schools”