Sligo AC's Royalty....

Congratulations to Sligo AC members who competed in the very challenging "King Of The Hill" in Keash on Garland Sunday, This 10K took the athletes
to the top of Keash hill, (to put it in perspective this climb is the equivalent of running the height of Knocknarea all in the first 3K,,,,,), Sligo AC's Richard Gorman finished second in a fantastic
time of 36:08 which was a massive feat considering Richard won the Lough Arrow 8 mile road race the evening before, Friend of Sligo AC Derek Hunter finished in third in a super time of just under 40:00, and Sligo AC member Enda Dineen finished in a very strong fifth place in 43:00, congratulations to all showing great endurance in this very difficult race.

Warrior warm up.....

Congrats and well done to Sligo AC's Seamus Somers who won the Knocknarea 8 mile loop run this morning in 48.20 followed home by Fergal Henry from the Sligo Tri Club in 2nd and Sligo AC's John Whelan finishing a fine 3rd. Well done to Sligo Ac's Deirdre Deering who had a great run to lead home the ladies in 62.45 followed home by Geraldine Gilroy and Aishling Cawley. A well organised run followed with a nice cuppa. Congratulations to all.

Busy Weekend with great success.......

Well done to all Sligo AC athletes today in the Woodies AAI National Juvenile Track & Field Championships in Tullamore with 4 medals and a lot of good runs, Zak Irwin won the u17 boys 200m in great style (8 National Medals this year), Colm Bourke won silver with a huge jump of 6.60 in u18 boys long jump, Emily Burns was unlucky to finish 4th in u19 girls long jump. Orlaith Delahunt silver and Robbie Kelly bronze medals in the walks and excellent runs from James McGeough u18 1500m Graham & Stacey Kerr & Ciaran mcGlone in the 200m and Dylan Carty in the u17 walk performed with excellent credit. Well done to our neighbours in North Sligo who had 1-2 as usual in the u16 1500m in Cian mcBride & William Crowe, Odhran Gildea got a brilliant silver in the u16 200m & Shane Gillen 6th in the u18 200m final. SLIGO is on the up in the athletics world, Congratulation one and all from your friends in Sligo AC.

Also congratulations to all club members who participated in the wide range of events being held over the weekend, Coolaney 8K, Lough Arrow 8 Mile and the Strandhill Loop, all tough events but which will stand to all over the coming months.

Olympic Journey......

Pictured above is well known Sligo AC athlete, coach and former Chairman Ray Flynn,
the Calry native is a fantastic ambassador for athletics and this can be seen every Tuesday and Thursday evening at the Sligo IT athletic track where Ray can be found passing on his wealth of knowledge to the younger and upcoming Sligo AC stars. Ray him self was a very competitive athlete both at long distance running having a PB of 2:38 in the Dublin City Marathon but most notably at his beloved Race walking where Ray really shone on the local and international stage. Ray is now preparing to attend his 4th Olympic Games and for this Olympics he will be attending as Chairman of High Performance Athletics Ireland, Ray will also be accompanying 3 of his Race walking stars which under Ray's expert tuition qualified for the London games. We at Sligo AC want to take this opportunity firstly to thank Ray for all his hard work, dedication and commitment to Sligo AC throughout the years and wish him and all his Team Ireland athletes the very best of luck in London and we will all be shouting for your success.
Stay safe.

Weekend Update

A massive well done to Sligo AC athlete Emmett Dunleavy who finished 5th in the Fingal 10K today in a super time of 32:53, well done Emmett from all your friends in Sligo AC.

Well done to Sligo AC's Zak Irwin wining a Bronze medal in the 200mtrs atthe schools International in Ashford England yesterday (Saturday), Earlier in the week saw Aishan Patil and J.P Carty run PB's over 800m in Santry and Colm Bourke competed well in the Cork City Sports, well done to all from all in Sligo AC.

Rescue Support

Pictured is Sligo AC Chairman Michael "Facebook" O'Connell presenting Brian Sexton with €300 to the Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue team, proceeds from the trail run organised by Sligo AC on Wednesday evening last where 65 runners braved the hilly terrain of Union wood, and Sligo AC would like to congratulate and thank all who took part for their great support.