42 Challenge

Back in October 2020, we launched the 42 Challenge in a bid to build a 400m tartan track in Craughwell to support Shauna and her dream of going to the Paralympic Games.
Today, we are proud to let you know that Shauna has been selected to represent Ireland at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games from the 28th of August to the 8th of September 2024!🥳
Thank you for your support!

IRISH PARA ATHLETICS TEAM NAMED TO REPRESENT IRELAND AT PARALYMPIC GAMES ☘️

Paralympics Ireland have officially announced the five person athletics squad to take flight to the Paralympics in Paris this August🥳

We have .....

Greta Streimikyte
Mary Fitzgerald
Orla Comerford
Shauna Bocquet
Aaron Shorten

Let's go !

Bank holiday weekend at last! Enter soon to get in the draw for this great prize!

It's Friday! 3 sleeps to go to the Women's Galway Mini Marathon

Get registered today at:
https://www.popupraces.ie/race/galway-womens-mini-marathon-2023/

And if you need another reason to enter, Evergreen Healthfoods have given us this Gift box.. Anybody registered online before Saturday 23:30 will be in with a chance to win it!

Thank you Evergreen Healthfoods😍

Celebrate the new Bank Holiday in 2023! Please support and Share

Galway Mini Marathon Women of Ireland celebrate St. Brigid's holiday with a run, jog or walk!

Predator Youths Mixed Relay Team has been invited to take part in the European Triathlon Union championships in Banyoles, Spain on 27th August 2022. They will be representing Ireland in their Predator Club Gear!!!
They are fundraising to contribute towards sending the team.
Team Coaches, Loic Bocquet and Declan Mahon are putting their hair on the line to raise funds.

PREDATOR TRI CLUB YOUTHS MIXED RELAY, organized by Declan Mahon Hi Predator Youths Mixed Relay Team has been invited to take part in the European… Declan Mahon needs your support for PREDATOR TRI CLUB YOUTHS MIXED RELAY

Great News today! 🥳 Thanks to everyone that helped along the way!👍

€120,000 Sports Capital Grant Announced! - Craughwell Athletic Club Craughwell AC are over the moon with today’s announcement of a €120,000 Sports Capital Grant towards surfacing the club’s 400m track with an Olympic-standard tartan layer. With so many people working so hard within the club on coaching and committees and freely giving of their time to 100s of ...

What a difference a week makes!! Huge progress on the track in Craughwell. 😄
Donations are still coming in which is amazing. Thanks for the support! 👍

Thank you to everybody that has contributed to the 42 Challenge! The build is starting this Monday. We will keep you updated.

Ciaran and Shauna turn the sod on our 400m track development!

Our construction is about to start this Monday and it was fitting that the sod-turning dignitaries were Ciaran Cannon and Shauna Bocquet at the weekend. Shauna and her dad Loic spear-headed a fund-raising campaign for the 400m track last Autumn raising over €49000 in the process for the track, with Ciaran contributing over €7000 of that in a charity cycle. Ciaran has also been instrumental in advising the club on many successful grant applications towards our facility development in the past few years.

There will be some disruption to the facilities available for use during construction and we will post updates on that here.

The construction to tarmacadem level will be done by local contractor Seamus Coleman / Coleman Plan & Civil Ltd and will start this Monday 17th May.

Many Thanks Gort Family Practice for your generosity & support.

Well Done Brian - 5 Mornings - 4.20am each morning - Brians message on last morning : Day 5 my final 4.20am  this morning. I got a huge lift this morning when Shaunas parents called to see me at 4.20am and ran for 42mins 🙌 very inspiring. The week has been a great experience something Ive really enjoyed. Thanks to Shauna, her parents and all the  team, everyone at Craughwell AC my sprint brothers and for everyone who supported me from donations to the encouragment from all my friends 🙌 🙏. Big thanks to my family to my kids Emma Paddy and Tom who all got up very early on their midterm break to join on different mornings and especially my wife T for listening to my alarm at 3.30am each day x. Im delighted to have supported Shauna in her ..its easy to get up and run but to not many of us have Olympic talent..Shauna has that talent..so lets get this track built for Shaunas Olympic dream and all the other future stars. Cheers Brian🤘

Well Done Nadine - Challenge finished yesterday in wet & windy conditions - 420,000 steps in the month for Shauna - Many Thanks