Athletics Kilkenny

With Hurricane Ophelia somewhere in the Arctic and Storm Brian expelled from our shores, Kilkenny athletes emerged unscathed to perform with excellence in the Athletics Ireland Autumn Open Cross Country in Abbotstown today. The ladies were represented by Lauren Dearmody (Castlecomer AC) in the Senior Ladies event. Lauren is getting stronger and faster with each […]

St Senans AC were crowned the “Best Club in the County” at the second stage of the Kilkenny County Juvenile Championships in Castlecomer today. With hurricane Ophelia threatening our shores, the southern club unleashed a storm of victories across a plethora of races – demonstrating that they are a force to be contended with, when […]

St Senan’s take the team After a gap of 29 years, St Senan’s AC clinch the victory in the ladies country senior cross country at Kilmacow. We have to go back to 1988 when the host club won their 5th team title in a row.  The team of Perri Williams, Mary Farrell, Mary Kinsella and […]

Despite the dismal weather predictions all week, we had a glorious autumnal morning for the first of the Kilkenny County Cross Country Championships. With the mountains and rolling hills forming a backdrop to a very cross country-ish set of fields, hundreds of athletes gathered to celebrate a great day of running. As usual all clubs […]

Kilmacow order the good weather and crowds again A beautiful Indian Summers day greeted athletic enthusiasts as they flocked to Kilmacow on Sunday for their 40th annual Open Cross Country. This event is ubiquitous on any athletic clubs calendar, as is evident by the plethora of athletes from as far as Kerry, Cork, Tullamore (Offaly), […]