Armagh Athletic Club

Taking picturesque running to the limit 😄 Armagh A.C.'s Alan Stretton knows that the best way to keep running is to enjoy your surroundings! ⛰️
Alan came an amazing 17th in the Men's Open Trail 52k European Off-Road Running Championships in Ljubljana-Kamnik, Slovenia at the beginning of June! 👏🥳🎉

These tough trail races brought together Europe’s top mountain and trail runners in one of Central Europe’s most picturesque and challenging landscapes.

Alan hasn't stopped using his fitness and skills to explore the world and was recently also training in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the French Alps in glorious summer weather. If these photos don't make you want to take up mountain running, trail running or ultra running, we don't know what will! 🤩🏃🏼‍♂️🇸🇮🌞🇲🇫🌍🇨🇭 Well done Alan! 💚💙

🇪🇺The European Championships were jointly organised by the Athletic Federation of Slovenia, the city of Kamnik and the Mountain Running Club Papež.

Well done to Armagh A.C. Junior Jessie who ran the 1000m race for the Flahavan’s Cross Country NI squad on Saturday and got to meet up with this year's Armagh 5k winner Nick Griggs! (Or rather he got to meet an Armagh A.C. star! ⭐)
Great running Jessie!

✨️Congratulations to the Armagh A.C. athletes who ran brilliantly today at the Glenmore Running Festival!

Julianne Keys was the 2nd🥈 woman home in the 5k with a new Personal Best of 18:46!
Fiona Kearney was the 3rd 🥉woman home in the Half Marathon in 1:47:19!
Well done to Seamus Kearney who was also flying in the Half Marathon, and to Michelle O'Neill and Michelle McMullan for a speedy 5k!

Thank you to and for all the volunteers for another well-organised and really friendly community racing festival! 💚💙

⛰️Thursday night Loughshannagh Hill & Dale!⛰️

This was a tough, technical course of 4 peaks, a lot of climbing, soggy ground, deep pools, and a big river crossing up to the hips! 🏃🏻‍♂️💧🏔
There were a number of falls from runners on the route, but the weather turned out very clear and dry so there was no compass navigation required & everyone ran brilliantly on what many believe to be the hardest course. 🧭🗺.

Well done to the men from Armagh! Keith Johnston, Lorcan Vallely, Cillian Reid, Gareth Kelly and Keith McAree on another great race!

📸Thank you to Richard Cowan for the fab action shots!

*TODAY!* 10am - 2pm - VOTE for Armagh A.C.!
*Armagh City Hotel.*
Come in the side entrance and you will be given a voting sheet with a *unique number*.
Scan the *QR code* and on the *website* vote for 15 groups (out of 60!) including *no.4* Armagh A.C.
We are at the back, beside the stage if you want to say hi! 💚💙
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council

❗️Vote for us ❗️
💚This Saturday 13th June, 10am - 2pm
💙at Armagh City Hotel

ABC Council's TAKE 500+ scheme grants funding to community groups who gain a large number of votes so we need you!

You *must* vote in person & anyone aged 8 & over can vote.

We have applied for funding to help our Junior athletes train and we will set out our stall on Saturday so come see us! 🙂🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏼‍♂️🎽🥇🤸

Armagh A.C. is a registered charity & the only athletics club in the city. There has been an athletics club in Armagh since 1890, & the current club dates back to 1933, yet there have never been dedicated athletics facilities for the people of Armagh - no track, no club-house. However our Junior athletes train hard each week & have achieved success across the county, province and island, competing at events in both track & field. Let's help them continue! 😃

We'd love to see you & appreciate your support, so please keep it in your diary & we'll see you there!

For more information go to: www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/take500plus/

Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council

⛰️Enter this year's Flagstaff to Carlingford Mountain Race on Sunday 21st June 2026!

Sponsored by Lilas Outdoors, Scotch St. Armagh

Enter here😃! www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=18031

Entries Close: Friday 19th June 2026 at 23:00🏃🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️

NIMRA

Building on their already impressive seasons, Armagh men Keith Johnston & Lorcan Vallely will make up 50 percent of the Men's Northern Ireland & Ulster Team as they have been selected for the International Snowdon Race on the 18th July. 🥳 Congratulations!!

The International Snowdon Race is held on the third Saturday in July in Gwynedd, Wales, and is a 10-mile endurance running competition, starting from Llanberis to the peak of Snowdon. It’s said to be one of Europe’s toughest endurance challenges! So well done and good luck to our Armagh men! 💪🏼⛰️🏃🏼‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

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