Browsing Archive: March, 2011
Posted by Westport Athletic Club on Tuesday, March 29, 2011,
Congratulations to Con Doherty who was the overall winner in the
Harlequin Adventure Duathlon which was held in Castlebar on Saturday
26th August, in an excellent time of 1.41.40. Well done Con!
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FIVE NATIONAL TITLES FOR WESTPORT AC
Posted by Westport Athletic Club on Monday, March 21, 2011,
Westport Athletics Club has a magnificent weekend at the Woodie's DIY
Juvenile Indoor Championships at the Meadowbank Sports Arena in
Magherafelt, Co. Derry. Over 1000 athletes took part from all over the
country in age groups from U12 to U19 categories in a wide range of
running, throwing and jumping events.
Westport AC athletes had some excellent performances over the two days
coming home with an impressive five National titles. Saturday morning
started with Alannah Gannon taking ...
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Westport Achieve Top Awards
Posted by Liz Chambers on Monday, March 14, 2011,
The magnificent achievements by Westport athletes in
2010 were reflected in the number of awards won both individually and by
the club at the annual Mayo Awards ceremony, sponsored by C&C
Cellular and Vodafone which was held in Park Hotel, Kiltimagh on Sunday
last March 13th.
For the tenth year back to back Westport AC won the Track and
Field Club of the Year award, proudly collected by Gerry Kilroy on
behalf of the club.
Out...
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AVIVA Schools Cross Country
Posted by Liz Chambers on Monday, March 14, 2011,
The National Aquatic Centre in Abbotstown Dublin was the venue for the
AVIVA All Ireland schools Cross Country Championships last Saturday
March 12th and Westport AC Athletes had great success. Dearbhail
McNamara came 39th in the Minor Girls. In the Intermediate Girls Ellen
Moran came home in 13th place. The Intermediate Boys saw Con Doherty
taking 16th place, David Harper 24th and Oisin McNulty 97th all
contributing to Rice College just missing out on the medals, coming in
fourth ...
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Westport Success at Connaught Indoor Championships
Posted by Liz Chambers on Monday, March 14, 2011,
Westport Athletic Club athletes travelled to Nenagh
recently for the Connaught Indoor Championships. Twenty two of our
athletes qualified for the National Championships.
In the U12 Girls Kate Chambers won Bronze in the Shot Putt and Ellen
Noonan took Bronze in the High Jump. In the U12 Boys Patrick Chambers
came First in the 600m with Cian McAllister coming Third in the same
race.
In the U13 Girls Allanah Gannon excelled winning Gold in both the
Hurdles and High Jump and taking Silve...
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Connaught Indoors
Posted by Westport Athletic Club on Monday, March 7, 2011,
Please click
here for a list of provisional results from the Connaught Indoors at Nenagh this weekend.
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Craughwell 10 Mile
Posted by Westport Athletic Club on Wednesday, March 2, 2011,