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Galway teams excelled at the National League finals last weekend in Tullamore.

This week, Shauna Bocquet of Craughwell AC heard the fantastic news that she was selected on the Irish team for the Paris Paralympic Games.

A strong International Schools team is set to compete in Carmarthen Athletics Track, Wales on Saturday, July 20 in the SIAB Home Countries international.

Conor Penney of Calasanctius College and Craughwell AC was outstanding. He smashed the Tailteann Games High Jump record with a huge 2.09 metre effort. Penney leaped up to 2.05 metres clearing all heights on his first attempt, and then set the record initially by jumping over at 2.07m and added further to it when clearing 2.09m on his second attempt for an amazing victory.

Irish athlete Shauna Bocquet of Craughwell AC competed at ParAthletics 2024 in Nottwil Sport Arena, Switzerland. The event took place last weekend with Shauna partaking in four events as she chases Paralympic qualification.

We had a very successful weekend with an entry of 37 athletes taking home 4 gold, 7 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Sinead Maher from South Galway AC was the star of Ireland Juvenile team at the recent English Championships.

The Lake District athletes had yet another busy weekend in Tullamore competing in the Juvenile All Irelands Day 1 and the Juvenile B All Irelands. Competing on Saturday last was Eoin Jennings, Ryan McCormack, Liam Lynch, David Marrey and Grace Jennings. Eoin Jennings and Ryan McCormack competed in the U15 Boys Javelin and both represented their club and gained invaluable experience on the national stage.

Galway athletes once again came away with a substantial medal haul at the National Juvenile Indoor Championships held at the weekend.

Galway clubs enjoyed success the Connacht Indoor Athletic Championships held over two days in Athlone at the weekend.