Armagh Athletic Club

❗️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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Well done to our Armagh A.C. Juniors who on Saturday competed brilliantly at the NI and Ulster Age Group Championships! 🏃🏼‍♂️🏃‍♀️

And there were medals galore! 😃

Peter 1st 🥇 High Jump, 3rd 🥉75m Hurdles
Reuben 1st 🥇 400m Hurdles
Owen 1st 🥇 3000m
Sadie 2nd 🥈75m Hurdles
Aoibhe 2nd 🥈 3000m
Upe 4th 800m (qualifies for the All Irelands)

Fantastic performances all day from every athlete and we are so proud of their hard work and competitive spirit! Good job everyone! 🥳💪🏼💚💙

It is mountain weather for the mountain runners this week in Ulster, i.e. very changeable! ☀️🌧🌦

On Thursday night, the Hill & Dale Millstone - Race 7 saw 298 runners take to the hills & run & climb over 8km, so well done to Armagh A.C. men:
Keith Johnston (2nd overall, 1st M35), Lorcan Vallely (1st M45), Cillian Reid (3rd M35), Gareth Kelly (3rd M50), Gary McNamee & Keith McAree for reaching the heights! 🏃🏼‍♂️👏💪🏼🥳

Thank you to Newcastle Athletic Club for another great evening of racing and to Richard Cowan for the great official action shots!

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On Saturday it was time for the NIMRA Championship Cairncastle Fell Race which was 10 miles & 2200ft of elevation in Co. Antrim!
Well done to Paul McAnespie (1st M50, 8th overall),
Lorcan Vallely (2nd M45, 6th overall), and Gareth Kelly (9th M45) in very, very wet conditions! 🌧🫡💪🏼🥳
Thank you to the organisers East Coast Athletic Club and all the volunteers for braving the weather! 💙💚

NIMRA

🌞Well done to all our Armagh A.C. athletes who ran and Craigavon Lake Run on Wednesday night in the 1k, 5k and 10k!🌧

Congratulations especially to Upe who was the first female runner in the 5k 🥇 and to Aaliyah who was the second female runner home in the 10k! 🥈

Super running from everyone in both rain and shine!💚
Thank you to for organising and for our new Lord Mayor for presenting the medals!💙


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Congratulations to Armagh A.C.'s Jessie who came 2nd 🥈 in Ulster in the U12 1000m Walk at the Ulster U12 & U13 Championships and Children's Games in Stranorlar, Donegal! 👏👏😃🥳🌟

Finn Valley A.C. hosted the action-packed competition on Sunday, and the Patsy McGonagle Track was full of young stars of the future from all over Ulster battling it out in each event, so well done Jessie for such a brilliant performance! 🎉💙💚

🌟Huge congratulations to Armagh A.C.'s Fionnuala Ross on taking bronze at today's National Half Marathon at the 2026 Analog Devices Cork City Half Marathon, with a superb time of 1:17:02!

Women’s Irish National Championship Podium
🥇 Heather Murphy, St. Michael’s A.C. – 1:15:11
🥈 Hannah Steeds, Leevale A.C. – 1:16:46
🥉 Fionnuala Ross, Armagh A.C.– 1:17:02

A fantastic race and a magnificent performance from Fionnuala and all the women out there today competing to get a place on this prestigious podium. 🥳👏👏👏💪🏼🇮🇪🏃‍♀️Well done Fionnuala!!! 😃💙💚🎉

Well done to Keith Johnston, Lorcan Vallely, Cillian Reid, Gareth Kelly, Keith McAree, and Declan McCrory on the Slieve Donard race this week!

The 82nd Slieve Donard Race is Ireland's oldest mountain race, starting at Newcastle's main street and finishing in Donard Park playing fields.

Thank you once again to Newcastle Athletic Club and volunteers!