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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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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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Club News, Competition, Cross Country, International Event, Munster Event, National Event, Schools Event, Senior Races, Track and Field
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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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 3
Conditions for running couldn’t be bette or in more stark contract to last weekend’s competition with sunshine and lolipops all ronnd in Bilboa for the third and final day of county championships for this year.
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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 2
Testing conditions today for the senior xcountry championships with a downpour just as events started making underfoot conditions challenging. Congratulations to Sinéad McDermott on winning the women’s county senior cross country in Newcastlewest today. Congratulations also to our senior men of David Secchi,Kevin Johnson,Mpho Chauke,Dermot Kearns,Andrew McMahon and Joe Chawke on winning team silver. Well done guys. A huge thank you to West Limerick AC, the county board and all involved in hosting this event in the fabulous new course of the showgrounds. The U10 girls of Zoe Casey O’Shea, Clara Mooney and Izabella Benka started the day’s races just before the rain began, and in the boy’s race we…
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2023 Limerick Cross Country Day 1
Day 1 of the 2023 Limerick County Cross Country was uneven-age relays and the Intermediate men and women. First up were our U9 girls of Izabelle Berka, Emma Morrissey, Ali Bourke and Lily Conway who came home in 4th in their first competition. Next up were the boys of James O’Donnell, Cian Harte, Caleb Cusack and Dougie Silke who came home in an amazing 4th place. We had two teams in the girls U11 Faye Hallinan, Clara Mooney, Ella Harte, Blanka deviet, Kiera Dillon, Ruth Cregan, Freya Collins and Zoe Casey O’Shea. These girls ran their hearts out and just missed out on the medals. Boys u11 were Luke Hays,…
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2023 Michal Rejmer 10-Mile Road Race
Congratulations to everyone that ran the Michal Rejmer 10mile. The weather was glorious and well deserved ice cream at the finish was much needed. Thanks to everyone that marshalled the race. The ongoing support of volunteers and sponsors is what makes such successful and enjoyable events. Results can be found at the following link. https://www.myrunresults.com/…/michal…/4376/results In the men’s podium it was a clean sweep for West Limerick AC with a nail biting finish between Karl and Mike. In the women’s race, Niamh Clifford set a new course record. See the below results for top 5 and age category winners. Men’s results: Karl Lenihan- West Limerick AC-57:07 Mike Sheehy- West Limerick…
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2023 Adare 10k
Well done to everyone that participated in the Adare 10km on Sunday. Conditions were great for running. Although some wind, the sunny, dry weather made for some great times. First team for the Dooneen Women and second for the Dooneen men. The men’s top 3 were: William Maunswell -Clonmel AC, Niall Shanahan-An Brú, John Kinsella- Bilboa AC. In the women’s race, Íde Nic Dhomhnaill of West Limerick AC was 1st and broke the female course record, followed by Mary Mulherne-Portlaoise AC and Kate McDonald of Ballyroan Abbeyleix District AC. In the men’s team events: 1st West Limerick AC, 2nd: Dooneen AC, 3rd: Mallow AC. In the women’s; 1st: Dooneen AC,…
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