As indoor facilities go, it's pretty basic but it's an indoor track all the same. The host club Nenagh Olympic AC have now embarked on a major upgrade.
See below for more...
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Showing posts with label Indoor Stadium. Show all posts
Friday, December 09, 2016
Major upgrade to Nenagh Indoor athletic track
The 200m indoor track in Nenagh, Co.Tipperary is the only one of its kind in Munster and is used every year for various Munster & County Indoor Championships. In the past, it was the venue for the National Championships but that is now held at the new state of the art facility in Athlone IT.
As indoor facilities go, it's pretty basic but it's an indoor track all the same. The host club Nenagh Olympic AC have now embarked on a major upgrade.
See below for more...
As indoor facilities go, it's pretty basic but it's an indoor track all the same. The host club Nenagh Olympic AC have now embarked on a major upgrade.
See below for more...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
AAI Games at the new indoor track in Athlone last weekend...
After a long wait, Ireland's newest indoor track in Athlone finally opened for business last weekend.
One of the best performances was from Brian Gregan of Clonliffe Harriers who ran the 400 metres in a time of 46:07, breaking his previous best time of 46.66 which he set in Ghent, Belgium in February of 2012. This now makes his the third fastest Irish man over the distance, moving up two places from fifth. The current Irish indoor 400m record was set by David Gillick in a time of 45.52. Considering that Brian is still only 23 years old, you'd have to wonder if it's only a matter of time before he breaks it?
Race video...
As if to verify just how fast this new mondo indoor track is, Thomas Barr of Ferrybank AC in second place also set a new personal time of 47.46 seconds.
In the women's 800m, there was plenty of drama with two contestants crashing to the ground within metres of the line in what was a very closely contested finish...
Race video...
Mens 3000m walk.....Rob Heffernan of Togher AC and Luke Hickey of Leevale AC in action
Men's 3km Walk...1, R Heffernan Togher A.C. 11.13.92 // 2, A Wright England 11.23.99 // 3, L Hickey Leevale A.C. 12.34.16
Results for the weekend can be seen HERE
Kieran Carlin of Finn Valley AC has plenty of photos HERE
One of the best performances was from Brian Gregan of Clonliffe Harriers who ran the 400 metres in a time of 46:07, breaking his previous best time of 46.66 which he set in Ghent, Belgium in February of 2012. This now makes his the third fastest Irish man over the distance, moving up two places from fifth. The current Irish indoor 400m record was set by David Gillick in a time of 45.52. Considering that Brian is still only 23 years old, you'd have to wonder if it's only a matter of time before he breaks it?
Race video...
As if to verify just how fast this new mondo indoor track is, Thomas Barr of Ferrybank AC in second place also set a new personal time of 47.46 seconds.
In the women's 800m, there was plenty of drama with two contestants crashing to the ground within metres of the line in what was a very closely contested finish...
Race video...
Mens 3000m walk.....Rob Heffernan of Togher AC and Luke Hickey of Leevale AC in action
Men's 3km Walk...1, R Heffernan Togher A.C. 11.13.92 // 2, A Wright England 11.23.99 // 3, L Hickey Leevale A.C. 12.34.16
Results for the weekend can be seen HERE
Kieran Carlin of Finn Valley AC has plenty of photos HERE
Thursday, January 24, 2013
New indoor track in Athlone now finished...
The new indoor track has now been completed in Athlone IT and it looks fantastic...
Built at a cost of some 10 million Euro, this international class facility located in the centre of the country will give a great boost to Irish athletics.
Some background info with travel times can be found in this old post. More construction photos HERE.
This is a report from RTE television about the new facility...
Built at a cost of some 10 million Euro, this international class facility located in the centre of the country will give a great boost to Irish athletics.
Some background info with travel times can be found in this old post. More construction photos HERE.
This is a report from RTE television about the new facility...
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