A big well done to Aoife Moran, Luca O’Connor, Isabella O’Connor, Roan Kavanagh and Sam Dowling who all competed at the Wexford B Championships and brought home a number of medals.
On Thursday evening, thanks to great help from the parents of the juvenile athletes, USAC hosted the annual four club track & field event, at the New Ross town park track. Open to juvenile athletes from Waterford AC, St Joseph’s AC, St Senan’s AC and USAC, the clubs compete in… Continue reading
The Striders Juveniles sent their largest ever squad to Tullamore, this weekend and had a great time of it and plenty of success also. Thanks in no small part to the Hewlett brothers, this years medal count was very impressive. Saturday morning started with a bang for the Striders with… Continue reading
An historic evening for USAC, with Alan O’Connor becoming our latest county champion, in 2018, and the Striders men’s team winning the Wexford Masters Road Race Championships, at Ferns, with a perfect team score of 10 points. Led home by Alan (20.25 mins), the Striders filled the top four places… Continue reading
John McGrath and Aine Cullen were competing at the Leinster Masters, Track & Field Championships in Tullamore today. John won Gold in the 1500m event, a clear win, 16 seconds ahead of the chasing pack, and Silver in the 800m. Aine had an extremely profitable day, winning Gold in discus,… Continue reading
The USAC Juveniles had another very successful outing at day 2 of the Wexford Track & Field Championships. With over sixty athletes in action, there were so many great performances to be proud of. Some standout achievements include, in the Under 9 category, Fionn McEochaidh’s Javelin winning throw and TJ… Continue reading
Striders legend, Gavin Kelly, proved yet again what an accomplished all round athlete he is, by taking second place at the National Masters Multi Event Championship. Previously Gavin has won national and provincial medals in sprinting and jumping events. Therefore with plenty of practice at the throwing events and some… Continue reading
On Sunday, the USAC juvenile sprinters were in action, in the Leinster Juvenile Relay Championships, at Enniscorthy. The under age boys had two teams competing and both performed really well, with the U15’s winning silver and the U17’s winning bronze. The girls fielded three teams, from U17 up to Junior… Continue reading
Another Leinster medal for Aine Cullen, in the Masters O40 Pentathlon yesterday in Scanlon Park, Kilkenny. Over five events – 80m Hurdles, Long jump, High jump, Shot Put and 800m – Aine performed consistently to scoop a provincial bronze medal. Well done again Aine.
Stay strong striders .. keep trotting even if we will be like “ hamsters on a wheel “ .. remember we are the United Striders..day by day 💙🖤
Timeline PhotosAthletics Ireland Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update 24.03.2020
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Revised date of Saturday 22nd August 2020 @ 7pm
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Following on from advice issued by Athletics Ireland all club training sessions are cancelled till further notice. See below the official advice given re competitions and training
Athletics Ireland is therefore instructing all affiliates to suspend all athletic competitions and events with immediate effect. We understand that this decision will result in inconvenience and disappointment to many athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers and supporters. However, we are sure that all will understand that the decision is taken in the best interests, not just of the athletics community, but of the Country.
Club training is down to the discretion of the individual club, but the recommendation from Athletics Ireland is that club training sessions be cancelled at this time.
