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March 5th, 2026
Six Youghal AC athletes made the short journey to Ballycotton on Sunday morning for the second edition of the Ballycotton Lighthouse 5-mile road race, a wet and windy morning for running
A total of 327 runners braved the conditions, and our results were as follows:
4 Tom O’ Neill 30:32
19 Maurice Walsh 32:59
99 Mike McMahon 40:45
106 Ger Fox 41:03
136 Marie O’ Rourke 43:20
151 Peadar Carty 44:25
Well done to all who made the journey on a bad morning, and to the organising committee who put on a great spread afterwards
March 7th, 2026
Ruby Devereaux has done it again. See report below from Stephen (Rubys dad). Thank you Stephen for allowing us to share.
All Ireland schools cross country Belfast under 17 Ruby gets the Silver,well a beautiful course and a beautiful day for cross country. They headed out at a nice clip and our Lad settled in well looked very comfortable, it's amazing when you think comfortable but the speed these kids are moving at is unreal not for the faint hearted it was 5 k .Our lad had been training well and had a strong season of cross country under his belt he kept his composure and had a battle for second place with his fellow Ireland team mate who both fought to the end to get that second place home .It's not easy when you rock up to the line in races and you carry a lot of pressure on your shoulders your running for your school and your town or village ,nobody see s the sessions the long runs the sacrifice your body makes to get you to this point we had a conversation this morning about that pressure and I just said when you put your toe on the line just say to yourself I HAVE A JOB TO DO TODAY AND IM GOING TO GET IT DONE .we as a family are so proud of this kid ,his mother puts trojan work into him no rock is left unturned and his club Youghal Ac and the people of Youghal have taken him under their wing and support him in his quest to be the best he can be ,he's proud of where he comes from .So he,s off to Bangor Wales in a few weeks to represent his Country again to wear the Irish Jersey and bring an amazing season to an end .Thank you Ruby you never cease to amaze us your a warrior 🏃♂️
March 8th, 2026
13 Youghal AC athletes made the short journey for the second edition of the Midleton Greenway 10-mile race, which was held this morning, Sunday 8th of March 2026 on a cool but dry morning for running. There were 486 finishers.
40 Thomas O'NEILL 1:02:24
83 Adam QUIRKE 1:06:59
96 Brendan COLEMAN 1:08:48
102 Isaac LANDERS 1:09:20
141 Alan HANNIGAN 1:12:41
169 Thomas MOLONEY 1:14:38
189 Rob MOYNIHAN 1:16:15
264 Maurice O'MAHONY 1:21:32
285 Emer HANNIGAN 1:24:18
304 Antoinette KEATING 1:25:44
360 Alicia O'HALLORAN 1:32:04
361 Joanne O'HALLORAN 1:32:04
400 Una MURPHY 1:35:40
Well done to you all
Well done to Freya Keating & Darragh McGrath who travelled to Nenagh over the weekend to take part in the Munster Under 12 - 14 Indoor T&F Championships Day 1, gaining valuable experience in the process..
Freya took part in the 800m on Saturday and Darragh took part in the 60m and 600m on Sunday
Thanks to their parents for supplying the photos, needless to say they don't need to give up the day jobs though 😅
March 15th, 2026
Youghal AC was well represented on the continent over the weekend with Brian Walsh completing his first marathon in Barcelona in a speedy time of 3:39:42.
Meanwhile in Malaga Des and Joanne O Halloran took part in the Malaga half marathon in the glorious sunshine. Well done to you all. Enjoy the R&R.
March 21st, 2026
Breaking news from today….. Massive congratulations to Ruby Devereaux on his superb run in the SIAB cross country championships in Bangor, Wales this morning. Ruby led team Ireland to a silver medal coming home fifth place overall and first to count for Ireland. We are all hugely proud of Ruby, a great role model for our younger members.
Massive congratulations also to Krzysztof Pawlik who smashed the Tralee Ultra marathon 50km in a superb time of 5hrs and 11mins. Enjoy the celebrations
Big shout out to Donal Sheahan who also ran the ultra marathon in 6hrs 32mins, covering the 50km and if 50km wasn’t enough, ran another 10km with his wife Jen on her last loop. Well done to you both.
March 22nd, 2026
Weekend Round-Up (20260322)
Well done to our members who travelled to Kinsalebeg and Mallow on Sunday to take part in their respective races
We had a good turnout for the Kinsalebeg National School 5km Fun Run, and kudos to our Chairperson Dee Ansbro who was first lady over the line
Well done to our 5 athletes who travelled to Mallow to take part in this years 10 mile road race. Well done to Mossy on a big PB. Results as follows:
432 Brian O' Connell 1:18:43
481 Mossy O' Mahony 1:20:21
625 Jonathan Ormond 1:24:22
836 Joanne O' Halloran 1:30:29
841 Rachel McGrath 1:31:45
March 28th, 2026
Congratulations to Geraldine Curtin on her super run in the Prague half marathon today, smashing it in 2:36. Enjoy the celebrations Geraldine
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