Laois athletes impress at Leinster Track & Field
Eight Laois athletes travelled to Leixlip on Friday night to compete at the Junior Leinster Track & Field championships. Despite having relatively low numbers...
Laois athlete to represent Leinster at Tailteann games
Eoin Keenan is having a roller coaster season in Track & Field Athletics this year. The sixteen year old 6’3” Emo Rath Athlete set...
Ballyroan runner answers Ireland’s call
Cian McDonald from Ballyroan-Abbeyleix and District AC will be competing for Ireland this Saturday in Gagliano del Capo Italy.
He will be running the youth...
In Pictures: Laois Athletics Summer League commences on sunny day in Vicarstown
The Laois Athletics Summer Track & Field League got off to a great start on Monday night, with athletes and parents enjoying a warm sunny evening...
Throwers lead the way as Laois athletes among the medals once again
After a magnificent Day 1 performance, Laois athletes maintained their success into Day 2 in glorious sunshine in Tullamore on Sunday at the Leinster...
Ruby sets a new record as Laois athletes impress at Leinster Track & Field
A great day's action took place on Saturday in Day 1 of the Leinster Athletics Juvenile Track and Field.
The throwers were represented by Gerard Kelly...
RESULTS: Full list of winners from Laois Community Games finals
The Laois Community Games finals took place in St Abban's Atheltics ground on Sunday.
Hundreds of children from all over the county, aged from U-8...
St Abban’s star named in Irish team for European Cup
Triple Jumper Sarah Buggy has been named in the Irish squad for the European Athletics Team Championships First League in the Finnish university town of...
Laois Athletics summer league to get underway
The Annual Downeys Nissan Laois Athletics Juvenile Summer League commences this evening, Thursday, June 8, at Portlaoise College Track.
This programme is aimed at younger...
Deegan stars as Laois athletes in the medals at All Ireland Track and Field...
They had all sorts of weather at the All Ireland schools Track and Field finals in Tullamore on a day of all seasons but...
Laois athletes go for All Ireland glory in Tullamore
The highlight of the schools athletics season takes place in Tullamore on Saturday with the All Ireland Track and Field finals.
It's always a really...
Ballyroan 5km run and BBQ to kick off festival weekend in Ballyroan
The final run of the Ballyroan Abbeyleix & District AC's 'Run For Your Life' series takes place on Friday night and starts a very busy...
Laois athletes excel at International Universities event for Ireland
Two Laois athletes were part of the Irish team which beat Scotland in an International Universities event at Morton Stadium in Santry over the...
Keenan and Millet lead the way as Laois athletes star at Leinster Track and...
The Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships took place in Santry over two days last week. First up on Wednesdayw ere the Minor and Junior athletes,...
Rain fails to dampen the spirits at Laois Track and Field
Day 2 of the Downey’s Nissan Track and Field went off last Friday as once again, the athletics community made the journey to St...
Deadman’s Dash proves a winner once again
Even though the numbers were down on previous years the temperature was well up, the sun shone and the clear blue skies overhead made...
Big crowd anticipated for fifth Deadman’s Dash
The 5th running of The Deadman’s Dash 7k Road Race will take place on Sunday at 12.15pm, starting and finishing at The Deadman’s Inn...
My Club and I: Kate McDonald (Ballyroan, Abbeyleix & District AC)
After a brief sabbatical, our My Club & I section makes a return this week with Kate McDonald from Ballyroan, Abbeyleix & District Atheltics...
Medals galore for Laois athletes in Leinster Masters and Novice Road Races
The Athletics Leinster Masters and Novice Road Races were held yesterday in Gowran in Kilkenny.
Running in glorious sunshine, a number of Laois athletes emerged with...
Mountmellick students excel as Laois athletes reach Leinster final
Laois students had a good day at the South Leinster Schools Track and Field finals in Waterford Regional Sports Centre on Friday.
Heywood College student...
English and Fenlon the main winners at Laois Athletics masters road race
The Downey's Nissan Laois Road Championships 2017 came to an end on Sunday with the Laois masters and junior road races.
The races were held in...
Laois road race titles up for grabs on Sunday in Portarlington
The Downey Nissan Laois Athletics road race championships come to an end this Sunday with the Laois masters and junior road race championships in...
London Marathon the latest challenge for Garrett Culliton
They say there's only one sports event in London that everyone pays attention to.
While there are Premiership soccer matches every weekend and the English...
Third annual Barrowhouse 5k set to draw big crowds
The annual Barrowhouse 5k in aid of Shanganamore N.S will take place on Wednesday April 26.
Now in its third successive year the race has...
Scully the toast of Vicarstown with parkrun success
Anyone who has ever had any association with athletics in Laois will have come across John Scully.
The Vicarstown man is the current chairman of...
Laois people urged to attend first ever Streets of Kilkenny race
Laois runners and athletics enthusiasts are being urged to attend the inaugural Streets of Kilkenny 5k race this Thursday.
The event, which is organised by Kilkenny...
The Run For Your Life races series gets underway in Abbeleix this week
Ballyroan-Abbeyleix and District AC Run For Your Life Race Series is coming to a village near you!
The official launch for the 2017 Run For...
Fenlon and Reilly claim Laois senior road race gold
The Laois Athletics Senior Road race was held in Kilcavan today with John Fenlon (St Abban's) and Grace Reilly (Portlaoise) taking gold in their...
In Pictures: Over 600 runners take part in the ‘Streets of Portlaoise’ 5K
Runners came from far and wide for the now annual 'Streets of Portlaoise 5K run this morning.
One of the local sporting highlights of the...
Laois athletes among the medals at All Ireland schools cross country
The All-Ireland Secondary Schools Cross Country took place in Mallusk in Antrim on Saturday. This is the highlight of the secondary schools athletics calendar,...
