Four Galway athletes will compete on a 35-strong Irish team in the European U18 Championships in Slovakia, taking place this week.
Conor Penney of Craughwell has been picked in the High Jump for the Irish squad, along with Orlaith Mannion in the 100m Hurdles for South Galway AC.
Ireland have a very strong walks selection with Matthew Newell (Tuam AC ) and his clubmate Savanagh O Callaghan part of a top-class squad.
Conor Penney will be in action at 3pm on Friday afternoon in the qualifying round, and hopefully again at 8:45am on Sunday in the final. Orlaith Mannion will compete in the 100m Hurdles heats on Thursday at 4:30pm.
Friday at 6.10pm sees Savanagh O'Callaghan feature in the Ladies 5000m Race Walk, while Matthew Newell will compete in the Men’s 5000m Race Walk on Sunday at 4.55pm.
Irish Schools International
A strong International Schools team is set to compete in Carmarthen Athletics Track in Wales on Saturday, July 20, in the SIAB Home Countries international.
Galway athletes selected include Ben Moran of Presentation Athenry, Daniel Sangodele of the Bish, Tom McHugh of Clifden CS, Angela Cielecka of Taylors Hill, Lucy Hounkponou of Colaiste Baile Chlair, Lauren Kilduff of Gort CS, and Niamh Madden of Portumna CS.
Cork City Sports and AAI Games
Galway’s Senior athletes put in some excellent performances at the high-profile Cork City Sports and AAI Games held over the past week.
At the 70th Cork City Sports, Robert McDonnell and Andrew Egan of GCH were superb in a high quality 200m race. They headed home with a Season's Best and a new PB respectively, with 21.00 and 21.28 on the board.
Sinéad Treacy won the 400m in an exceptional 54.85 to smash her own club record. Also for Craughwell, Kyle Moorhead ran a perfectly executed 1500m, finishing in 3:55.07 after making all the right moves. Jack Miskella smashed out another 1:54.48 in a high standard 800m, while GCH athlete Keith Fallon clocked 1.56. David and Stephen Mannion of South Galway clocked quick 48 second times over 400m.
In the field, Richard Kamson won the Triple Jump for GCH, while Athenry's Liam Shaw placed fourth in the Discus.
National Juvenile Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The second weekend of the National Juvenile Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held in Tullamore this weekend.
The 123.ie National Outdoor Juvenile ‘B’ Championships and Juvenile Relays will take place on Saturday, 20, with a second day of Juvenile championship individual action on Sunday, 21 July.
Streets of Galway 8km
Entries are already selling fast for the 38th annual Streets of Galway 8k, which will be held on Saturday August 10 in the city at 7pm.
Less than 300 entries remain for the event with just over 3 weeks to go before race day.
Once again, sponsor Blackrock Health Galway Clinic are behind the event - along with Galway City Harriers. A field of over 3,000 is expected to take part.
Entry is available on Eventmaster right now.
