Galway's most popular race, the Streets of Galway 8k, takes place on Saturday (August 12 ) at 7pm.
This 37th edition of the Blackrock Health sponsored road race boasts a bumper 3,000 entries, and as a result, entry is now closed with capacity reached.
Galway City Harriers, the race organisers, are working hard along with a team of volunteers, Gardai and the Galway City Council, to ensure a great evening for this famous race around the city streets.
Race headquarters are again at the Claddagh Hall beside South Park, and the race start at GTI on Fr Griffin Road.
Regarded as "the jewel in the crown of road races in the west", it it a tour of the City of the Tribes, taking in many of the sights , including the Spanish Arch, Eyre Square, the landmark Galway Cathedral and NUI Galway. It takes a route out towards Salthill, past Pearse Stadium and then back in the Prom along Galway Bay for a fast section into the finish at the historic Claddagh.
This year calibre athletes David McGlynn of Waterford AC, Jamie Fallon of Craughwell, and Duncan Hartwick of An Ríocht AC are strong overall contenders. The women's race will feature National 5k champion Ide Nic Dhomnhaill who will be hot favourite following her recent 15.46 run at the nationals.
However, it is the thousands of regular runners, locals and visitors, who help make this event one of the highlights of the summer calendar in what is always a superb evening of running and sport in the city.
European U20 Championships
South Galway’s David and Stephen Mannion competed alongside DSD’s David Bosch and Cabinteely’s Joe Doody, today Wednesday 9 at the European U20 athletics championships in Israel, and led the team to the final which is Thursday night.
Stephen Mannion raced on leg 3 of the 4*400m relay in Jerusalem, with brother David running the anchor leg. The Irish squad clocked a time of 3.10.83 for a string second place finish behind heat winners Germany, to take an automatic final berth.
National Track and Field League Final
The Galway senior men’s and women’s teams have been named for the National League final which taked place in Tullamore on Sunday (August 13 ). Team managers Sarah Finnegan (women ) and Siobhan Kelleher (men ) have assembled stellar squads featuring Aisling Joyce of GCH, Alix Joyce and Aoibheann Reddington of Tuam, Loughreass Caoimhe Farrell and national medallist Laura Nally in the sprints, while the men’s team features Abbas Edris of Castlegar, Andrew Egan of GCH, Kyle Moorhead of Craughwell, and Liam Shaw of Athenry.
Also, this weekend, the National Masters Track and Field championships will be held Saturday in Tullamore
