February '26 Round-Up

Well done to the 61 strong contingent of Youghal AC athletes, who made the short journey to Dungarvan on Sunday morning for the ever-popular John Treacy 10m road race. Conditions were pretty much ideal for the race with mild dry weather, and there were almost 3,000 finishers.

Special mention to Sylvie O’ Mahony, who was first M70 on the day – fantastic running in his new age category . Well done to Isaac Landers who was second junior male, and to Sorcha Kilgannon, who was third junior female, and to everyone who was wearing the Youghal AC singlet for the first time, incl. Adam Quirke & Jonathan Ormond, and to those completing the 10-mile distance for the first time. PB’s for some of our members too - notably Maurice Walsh, Ted Kelly, Laura Keane, Connor Goulding, Kelly O’ Mahony, Eva Murphy and Susan O’ Sullivan to name a few.

Welcome back to running to Shane Greene who has been out injured since the 2024 Dublin Marathon, and Congratulations to Ciaran Mitchell and Shannon Sotok who ran side by side after Shannon announced she was almost 4-months pregnant on their first baby – exciting times ahead

Results in the photos, with all photos from Maurice Cronin available on our Facebook page shortly....

06/02/2026

Great turnout for week one of our couch to four mile program. Fantastic effort put in by all. See you all Monday night for the start of week two. 

Massive well done to Ruby and his team yesterday at the Home countries and Celtic cross country championships where he wore  the Irish vest for the U17 gold team. Ruby ran a superb race coming in sixth overall and second to count for Ireland. This helped Ireland secure team gold. Ruby is definitely one to watch. We are all so proud of you Ruby and excited to see what’s next. 

12/02/2026

Ruby Devereaux was in action again on Thursday at the Munster Schools cross country championships securing a fantastic 2nd place. Ruby has been very busy the last few weeks and has come home with silverware each time. Well done Ruby. 

DOUBLE WHAMMY for Youghal AC at the Hennessy’s Bar Sportsperson of the Year Awards 2025

Congratulations to Mr Popularity, ‘Coach’ Martin Drake on winning the coveted Hall of Fame award and Fearghal Curtin, who was announced as the Hennessy’s Bar Sportsperson of the Year 2025 this evening

Thanks to Ken Hennessy and the judging panel for recognising the achievements of our club members