Please allow plenty of time if you are travelling to Tuam on Sunday as major road works are taking place on all approach roads to Tuam including the N17 approach from Galway City and the Dunmore to Tuam rd.
Late entries will be taken until 1.30pm at the Mercy Secondary School gym, Dublin road (opposite the credit union)
The race must start at 2.30pm
Sincere thanks to everybody for the massive support of our race.
The Tuam AC 8K has now got its own Facebook page! So why not take a look and show us how much you “like” it! You can find it here.
After a very successful Fields of Athenry, with over a thousand runners competing, all eyes are now looking towards the next big event which is the Tuam AC 8K race on Sunday 15th Jan 2012 and the entries are absolutely flying in. We are already ahead of the number we had at this stage last year so it now looks likely that we will have another record attendance in Tuam. Early entry is strongly advised as the first 300 entrants receive our fantastic 3-pack of top quality running socks and we are sure they will all be gone by race day so enter online now at the RunIreland Tuam 8K page.
2011 ended on a high for Tuam AC as we had a great day at the Fields of Athenry 10K Race on St Stephens Day. Tommy Joe Whyte and Roger Rushe both won their categories amongst stiff competition from the massive crowd of over a thousand runners.
Dan O’Rourke and Martin Hynes both took second place in their own categories and Tuam AC were the 3rd team home on the day thanks to a superb team effort from Enda Mannion, Dan O’Rourke, Tommy Joe Whyte and Conor O’Rourke. We left Athenry with a car boot full of fine Galway Crystal trophies and some very happy runners. Other star performers on the day included Iarlaith O’Rourke, Michael McLoughlin, Fergal Byrne, John Fleming, Aiden Brady, Noel Murphy and John Mongan.
Andrea Ridge and Claire Murphy flew the flag for Tuam AC ladies and posted great times in the race. Andrea is considering once again going to Berlin for the half-marathon on April 1st. Anyone who is interested in joining her should let her know.
All members are asked to make every effort to attend the GOAL Christmas Mile which starts at 12 Noon on Christmas Day at Tuam Rugby Club. A great way to get ready for the dinner and more importantly help those who are much less well off than ourselves. Just turn up anytime between 12 Noon and 1.30pm, run a mile and make a donation-SIMPLE See you all on Christmas Day
Entries are now beginning to fly in for the Tuam AC 8K New Year Road Race which will take place on Sun 15th Jan 2012 @ 2:30. Early entry is strongly advised at RunIreland.
Enda Mannion rounded off a great season for Tuam AC on Sunday when he was selected to represent Co Galway at the All Ireland Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships in Sligo. Everybody knew in advance that competition was going to be fierce in this event as it was also a selection race for the upcoming European Cross Country Championships and the best runners from all four provinces made their way to Sligo racecourse. Enda was part of a very strong Galway team that was led by GCH international runner Gary Thornton and you really had to be in top form to be selected for this 12 man team. Enda had justified his selection with some fine performances on the road throughout the year and a brilliant victory in the Co Galway Novice Cross Country championships which also resulted in 3rd place overall in the county. The first 6 runners home for each County on Sunday would score for the team and Enda was the 5th Galway man home and his performance helped Galway to a very creditable 8th place overall in one of the strongest fields seen in Ireland for many years. Everybody in Tuam AC would like to congratulate Enda on his performance.
East Galway AC brought a new race to the local calendar on Sunday and it was definitely one to put into the calendar for next year. The 4 mile road race was held in Abbeyknockmoy and everybody was catered for. The day started with a very enjoyable and well attended children’s 1km race and they were all fantastic. Tuam AC was represented by Ciara Hugo and Michaela Watts and they did us proud.
The 4 mile race was also well attended and local runner Derek King led from the start to win the race in a very impressive 23 mins. The course was very enjoyable with a real challenge between one and two miles and a good downhill sprint in the second half of the race. Dave Mullins led the huge Tuam AC contingent home in 7th place overall and he was followed by Brendan Monaghan in 12th place and a great comeback run from Pat Flaherty who finished in 30th place in his first serious race since winning the All Ireland Adventure race team event in Connemara back in June.
Roger Rushe was in his usual superb form and won his category in style yet again and Andrea Ridge was the sole lady representative from Tuam AC and she is now back to her very best. Paddy Gilmore also ran a great race and said he would definitely be back next year to tackle those hills again.
We were also delighted to see Declan Tierney running a cracking race and this 4 mile event was the perfect build up to his target race The Tuam AC Road Race on Sunday 15th Jan 2012 which is filling up very nicely and early entry is strongly advised to avoid disappointment at www.runireland.com
Well done to everybody in East Galway AC for putting on a great event and we hope it will become a permanent fixture. The next race to look forward to is the Carnmore 5km Turkey Trot on Sun 4th Dec where you could win the Christmas dinner. All are welcome.
A final reminder that all members are asked to support the East Galway AC 4mile road race which takes place this Sunday (November 20th) in Abbeyknockmoy. Entry is available online at RunIreland or you can enter on the day at Abbeyknockmoy Hurling Club.
The Hollymount 10K road race also took place on Sunday. Dan O’Rourke was the sole representative of Tuam AC and he ran another massive race to finish in 37:11 which is serious running from the Tuam veteran who is having a great season.
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