Results
Oylegate Half Marathon &10K 2012 // August 29, 2012
The annual Oylegate half marathon and 10K race took place on 26th August on a beautiful Sunday morning. Well done to all who took part. Catherine Murphy won the ladies 10K race and Dave Barron was [...]
Gaelforce West 2012 // August 28, 2012
On the 18th August 12 Slaney Olympians along with other friends took part in the Gaelforce West Adventure Race. Well done to everybody. Rory was our first man home in a fantastic 4.51. There were plenty [...]
Davidstown 6K // August 24, 2012
A total of 35 runners and two walkers took part in the Summer League Davidstown 6k race on 10th August organised by Fergus Murphy. Results 1 Tommy McElwain 20:24 2 Paul gibbons 21:00 3 Jim Stafford 21:04 4 [...]
Blistering Ballymurn Festival 4 Mile // August 04, 2012
The Slaney Olympic A.C. road summer league continued on Friday, August 3rd with a 4 mile race in Ballymurn to coincide with the festival weekend there. A fast race saw the magnificent seven of (J.Clancey; P.Gibbons; [...]
Record Numbers in Clonroche 5K // July 21, 2012
With 69 runners and 12 walkers, this year’s Clonroche 5K broke all records for a Summer League race. Peter Matthews of DSD led out a quality field with twelve runners sub six minute miling. Conditions were perfect [...]
Battle at The Ballagh // July 17, 2012
The Slaney Olympic A.C. road summer league continued at the Ballagh last Friday with a challenging 4 mile race. A slight break in the weather gave some respite to the 42 athletes who battled their way around [...]
Mount Leinster 2012 // July 17, 2012
The annual mountain race on Mt Leinster took place on Sunday in damp foggy conditions. It was the fifth race in the six race Leinster Championship run by the Irish Mountain Running Association. In all 61 [...]
Bright and Breezy Taghmon 10K // June 30, 2012
The fourth race of the Slaney Olympic summer league series took place last Friday in sunny, bright but breezy conditions in Taghmon on a new, challenging 10K course. The first four kilometres were relatively flat but from [...]
The Monageer 3 Mile // June 16, 2012
After the great success of last week’s Curracloe trail race and BBQ, the Slaney Olympic AC road race series continued with a 3 mile race in Monageer last Friday 15th June. The rain did not put [...]
Race & BBQ 2012 // June 10, 2012
After a week of almost relentless rain the sun came out for the Slaney Olympic Race and Barbeque in Curracloe. The ever older and faster Kevin Murphy claimed victory over the new 4.77 mile course through [...]