Tag: athletics

It was a busy weekend for St Abban's Athletics Club, with athletes across numerous disciplines representing the Crettyard club. Ruby Millet was part of a...

The National Juvenile Track and Field Championships took place in Tullamore this weekend, with some great performances from St Abban's Athletics Club. The Crettyard club...

Emo’s Ava O’Connor has been on cloud nine recently, having represented Ireland at senior level for the first time. Ava helped Ireland to the Division...

The Leinster Novice and Masters Road Championships took place on the 1 mile loop around the village of Gowran in Kilkenny on Saturday last. St...

There was success for Laois athletes both in Ireland and outside of the country across the weekend. St Abban's Ruby Millet achieved the European U-23...

There was success for Laois athletes at the National Indoor Combined Events Championships at the weekend. St Abban's had four athletes competing in the competition...

Ruby Millet was the star of the show at the National Junior and U-23 Indoor Championships which took place at the National Indoor Arena...

Timahoe GAA and Tigh Mochua le cheile are coming together to create the inaugural Noel Ramsbottom St Stephen's Day Road Race and Family fun...

Mary Mulhare was the crucial runner as Ireland claimed a stunning bronze medal at the European Cross Country Championships this morning. Ireland claimed a silver...

The All-Ireland Juvenile Grade B T&F took place in a baking Tullamore Harriers Stadium on Saturday July 16. Athletes from St Abban's, Ballyroan Abbeyleix, Emo...

A Laois athletics club is set to host a summer road race where there will be cash prizes available for the winners. Ballyroan, Abbeyleix and...

There was huge success for Laois athletes at the National Juvenile Athletics Championships in Tullamore. Cillin Hoey won the National outdoor title in the Boys...

The showpiece of the school's athletics calendar will take place in Tullamore on Saturday and a host of Laois youngsters will be vying for...

Students from Portlaoise, Vicarstown and Ballylinan have excelled in the field of athletics recently. Canice Whearty is a 6th year student in Knockbeg College and...

A great group of Laois athletes travelled to Ferbane in Offaly on Saturday at the weekend to compete in Juvenile Uneven Ages (U-11 to...

Laois athletes from seven different schools enjoyed success at the Leinster School's Track and Field finals at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin over the...

Almost 300 students competed in the 2008 Laois secondary schools track and field championships in St Abban's, with the nine schools present ensuring an...

Dundalk IT was the venue for the final cross country event of the 2018/2019 season. All Laois, Leinster and National Cross country championships are now...

As part of our now well-established running series, we bring you this week’s ‘Good Week/Bad Week’. To see who has had a good or bad...

Emo Rath athlete Eoin Keenan brought the curtain down on his juvenile athletics career with another gold medal winning performance, this time in the...

It's no secret we have a huge tradition of athletics here in Laois, and like any sport, it can result in performance debilitating injuries. Dr...

There was glory for a young Laois man at the popular Cork City Sports athletics meeting last night. St Abban's runner Cian Kelly took the...

A Laois man was crowned champion at the recent British & Irish International Cross Country championships. Congratulations to Martin McDonald, of Ballyroan Abbeyeix & District AC,...

The women from St Abban's claimed the National Premier Division title on a wet day in Tullamore on Sunday - an absolutely massive achievement...

Two Laois teams have qualified Athletics Ireland National League Finals. The Laois Ladies, who are a combination of a number of clubs in the county,...

The 'Power of Dreams' seminar in Heritage Hotel, Killenard played host to motivational speeches from some of athletics finest former athletes. The event focused on...

Four Laois Athletes took home medals at Day 3 of the Athletics Ireland National Track and Field Finals, in Tullamore on Sunday. On a day...

A 400 metre hurdler from St Abban's has qualified for the World University Games after smashing his Personal Best at the weekend. Killeshin native Paul...

The Laois Athletics Summer Track & Field League got off to a great start on Monday night, with athletes and parents enjoying a warm sunny evening...

The highlight of the schools athletics season takes place in Tullamore on Saturday with the All Ireland Track and Field finals. It's always a really...