The function room in Donegal Towns Central Hotel was packed on Sunday Evening when Tír Chonaill AC celebrated the numerous 2011 club achievements. Prior to making presentations, club Chairman Paul O'Gara, highlighted a number of achievements and thanked various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly throughout the year ensuring that the club was successful on a number of fronts. He congratulated and thanked all the athletes- juvenile, seniors and masters - who weekly train and compete successfully all over Ireland and farther afield. more
01 Feb 2012 - Into 2012
January is viewed by many sports people as a quiet period. Tír Chonaill AC members seemed to have forgotten this sentence as the opening four weeks of the new year were very busy.
Thirty eight club members departed on New Years Eve for an eight day warm weather training stint in Monte Gordo, Western Algarve. The experience of training in an International facility, of mingling with International athletes was inspiring. Catriona McKiernan's visit to the group - where she trained and was involved in a most informative Q&A session was one of the many highlights.
01 Feb 2012 - Mary McLoone, Karl Griffin and Mark McGuinness
Mary McLoone had hardly returned home when she was straight into competition. She had early Indoor long jump victories in Belfast, Nenagh and last weekend in London. In winning the Athletics Ireland Games in Nenagh with a superb 6.13m best she has laid down a marker of greater things to come. Mary is now a full time athlete and we wish her every success in Olympic year 2012.
Karl Griffin, started his Indoor season with a breathtaking victory in the Irish Junior U20 Championships in Nenagh - time 50.43secs while Mark McGuinness at the same Championships battled his way to a bronze medal winning performance in the 1500m - time 4mins 14.2secs.
01 Feb 2012 - County Awards
The 2011 County Awards, hosted in the Finn Valley Centre, found the following club athletes being recognised.
County Senior Female - Mary McLoone
County Junior Female - Louise Harvey
County Junior Male - Christopher Doherty
Club Awards - Karl Griffin and Kate McGowan
01 Feb 2012 - Busy Time Ahead
The next four weeks will be a very busy and exciting time for club athletes. 'Ulster Schools District Cross Country' in Dungannon will find a large contingent of club athletes representing the 2nd level schools in our area.
The Odyssey Arena Belfast on 10/11th February will have a large number of our juveniles compete in Ulster Championships and a number of Seniors in the Irish Championships. Numerous senior and master club athletes continue to compete with distinction in local road races. The club will host a 5k series during April.
The Cara Bundoran 10 mile challenge on Saturday 10th March promises to be the best supported and organised event on the 2012 Irish road racing calendar. Tír Chonaill athletes and officials will be supporting this event in huge numbers. To date, the organisers report an exceptionally high entry. Late entries are still being accepted http://carabundoranrun.com/
Numerous local Primary Schools have entered and will participate in the county Sportshall imitative being supported and promoted by Donegal Sports Partnership/Donegal County Board.
07 Jan 2012 - Ulster Masters Cross-Country Championships 2012
John Cannon and Vinny Duffy competed in their first race of 2012 in Scotstown, Co. Monaghan on Saturday, January 7th. Both were happy with their runs on a very testing 8K country course and are looking forward to the many road races that lie ahead during the remainder of the year. It will be interesting to see how they fare against the club members who enjoyed a recent spell of training in the Algarve. Well done lads.
07 Jan 2012 - New Fixture List 2012
