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2018 County B Champs Kilmacow

Kilkenny Athletics County Board added 53 new photos to the album: 2018 County B Evens Kilmacow. Published by Perri Williams · November 4 at 7:04 PM ·  Isn’t it great to see so many kids in Kilkenny interested in Cross Country? On a lovely November morning with fields fresh from a nights rain, and the temperatures a pleasant 14 degrees, Kilmacow […]

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2018 Leinster Evens XCountry – Novice Navan

Navan is the perfect palindrome, but there was nothing palindromic about our athletes performances this weekend at the Leinster Even Age Juvenile championships in Navan. We are pushing the standards up and have emerged from the first day as join lead of the best overall county in Leinster. With so much emerging talent in the […]

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2018 Abbotstown Open

2018 ABBOTSTOWN AUTUMN OPEN XCOUNTRY The day started with routine sunday morning chores on his Conahy farm and ended up later that evening with more routine chores on his Cohany farm. Between the two sets of farm work, Brian Maher manged to appear in Abbotstown, Dublin, run a 6km race and win the Masters section, […]

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2018 County Uneven ages XCountry

Overhead the sun hung high in full autumnal glory. Beneath its intense rays a sea of red swarmed the high hills of Castlecomer. So intense was this sea of red, that tired puffed faces blended perfectly into its path. Athletes from all over the county came to find their place on county teams. Every child […]

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2018 County Evens XCountry

A great days running on the slopes of Bishops mountain in Johnny Grennan’s field. Many a battle was fought in the surrounding countryside – but nothing like the athletic battles fought here today. With lots of keenly contested races, it gave the Prix de l’arc de Triomphe a run for its money for sheer value […]

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