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Michal Rejmer 10 Mile Race 2025
Please Join us for our 10-Mile Road Race on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at 11:00 AM. Hosted by Dooneen Athletic Club, this event honors the memory of dedicated marathon runner and club member Michal Rejmer. Race Details: • Start/Finish Location: Limerick Racecourse, Greenmount Park, Patrickswell, Co. Limerick (Eircode: V94 K858) • Route: A scenic 10-mile loop beginning at Limerick Racecourse, passing through Raheen and the picturesque Patrickswell/Crecora countryside, and concluding back at the racecourse. The course is accurately measured with a Jones counter, holds an Athletics Ireland permit and is chip timing. Registration Options: • Individual Entry: €25 • Relay Team (2…
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Little Athletics 2025
Activity starts shortly for the 5-7 year olds with Dooneen Little Athletics returning for Spring 2025, starting April 6th from 9-10am. For this age group, skills of run-jump-throw are introduced in games and fun-focussed activity. For parents who are willing to volunteer with our teen assistants to run these fun group sessions, the club covers Athletics Leader training which is a 1 day course with Athletics Ireland. Online registration is essential, €40 covers 2025 membership for this non-competitive section. Children turning 8 in this calendar year can join the main juvenile club for regular training towards competition. https://membership.athleticsireland.ie/clubpage/Dooneen_A.C. Use your existing login account to renew or add a younger sibling…
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2025 County 4-Mile Road Championship
A Fantastic Day for Dooneen AC! Huge congratulations to everyone who competed in the county championship 4 mile today—what a day for the club! A big thank you to Kilmallock AC for hosting a great event. We had some incredible performances, including: Alan McCutcheon – Novice Individual Champion Cian Aherne – 2nd in Novice Novice Men’s Team – Winners. In the ladies’ races: Sinéad McDermot – 2nd overall Senior Ladies’ Team – Winners Novice Ladies’ Team – 2nd Place In the masters’ categories: Ann MacPhail – 1st O/50 Joe Chawke – 1st O/60 O/40 Ladies’ Team – Winners Brilliant performances all around—well done to everyone!
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Dooneen Mungret Development Update
Exciting Developments for Dooneen AC in Mungret! We are thrilled to announce that the first phase of Dooneen AC’s acquisition of 5.26 acres of land at Caheranardrish, Mungret from Limerick City and County Council is nearing completion. This marks a major milestone in our journey to develop top-class sports facilities for the community. Our vision includes: Phase 1: Land acquisition (almost complete!) Phase 2: Construction of a state-of-the-art indoor training sports facility Phase 3: Development of a 300m running track These new facilities will provide incredible opportunities for athletes and sports enthusiasts across Mungret, Raheen, Dooradoyle, Patrickswell and the wider Limerick area. We urgently need your support to make this…
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2025 Munster U12-14 Indoor Championships
The 2025 Munster Indoor Championships are now complete with the second weekend in Nenagh. Starting the weekend off were the hurdles and in Girls U14 was Faye Cusack, followed by Sophie Sherlock and Clara Mooney in U12. Clara made the semi-final and Sophie made the final. In the U13 Hurdles Lucy O’Donnell made the semi-final. In Boys U13 Hurdles Bobby Weekes and Milo Liddy-McDonagh both made the final, with Bobby finishing 2nd and Milo coming 8th. Girls U14 800m Lara O’Regan ran in heat 2 alongside the eventual overall winner while Eva McMahon ran heat 4 winning this heat and finishing 2nd overall. Caitlin Garvey won the girls U14 1000m…
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2025 Munster Indoor U15-U19 Championships
Last weekend saw the Munster Indoor track and field season start at Nenagh Olympic Stadium. Over the weekend athletes from all over Munster turned out to compete for medals and qualification to the National Indoor Championships in March. Siun Galvin was first up for Dooneen on Saturday in the U15 Girls 60m hurdles. Isbéal Ni Huigín competed in the U16 Girls 200m and came 2nd, splitting the 1st and 3rd that had both run in the first heat and finishing over 1 second ahead of the 2nd place in her heat. Destiny Lawal won the Girls U17 200m sprint by half a second, with Niamh Hynes being the next…
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2025 Limerick Indoors
The Indoor Track and Field championships took place on Sunday the 12th in Nenagh. After a week of snow and freezing conditions, the temperature got up enough to go ahead with the championships, and the competition was hot too. First off, it was a very special Birthday for one very special coach. Some action and awards from all of our fantastic young athletes below with a video of the overall action from our Munster RDO, Olivia Scully Hahne.
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Wrapping Up The 2024 Season
As 2024 comes to a close, these are some of the recent highlights from the club in Munster and National Cross Country, and other International Events. Well done to Caitlin Garvey who competed in the International race walking event, incorporating National Championships in Dublin today. Caitlin finished in top ten of Irish girls in U14 2k race and achieved a personal best!! Spraoi Games with Dooneen AC Little Athletics group. 24 5-7 year olds have been active for the past 8 weeks. Big thanks to club coaches and teen leaders who assisted this morning. A great introduction to Run Jump Throw games for kids to find what they like…
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Michal Rejmer 10 mile 2025 open for entries
Exciting news!!! Registration for the Dooneen 10mile in memory of Michal Rejmer is now open for a bargain early bird price of €20!! See link below to register (or in our IG bio). With a fabulous setting of Limerick Racecourse and with our sponsors HOMS Assist, the 10mile run takes place on Sunday 13th April at 11am. For 2025, there are even more prizes!! As well individual prizes and a corporate team prize (teams of 4 min of 1 female), this year there’ll be a relay team prize with teams of 2 runners with a 4mile and 6mile leg (entry for the relay is €15 pp-early bird). The event is chipped timed with all…
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Dooneen Little Athletics – Winter 2024 Session
Dooneen Little Athletics is back on Sunday mornings 9-10am in Vartry Field, Raheen. The aim is to get 5-7 year olds active using games based on fundamental movements. This year coach Rosie is joined by our middle distance teen assistants Ivana O’Carroll and Sophia Meaney who make the sessions fun and inclusive for all the children. Transition year provides an opportunity to gain experience in leadership and we are delighted they volunteered their time to bring along the younger age group in Athletics. Parents have the opportunity to walk or run the 400m field loop or local area while children get active with Rosie, Ivana and Sophia. Each week there…
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