Tag: athletics

Students from Portlaoise, Vicarstown and Ballylinan have excelled in the field of athletics recently. Canice Whearty is a 6th year student in Knockbeg College and...

A great group of Laois athletes travelled to Ferbane in Offaly on Saturday at the weekend to compete in Juvenile Uneven Ages (U-11 to...

Laois athletes from seven different schools enjoyed success at the Leinster School's Track and Field finals at Morton Stadium in Santry, Dublin over the...

Almost 300 students competed in the 2008 Laois secondary schools track and field championships in St Abban's, with the nine schools present ensuring an...

Dundalk IT was the venue for the final cross country event of the 2018/2019 season. All Laois, Leinster and National Cross country championships are now...

As part of our now well-established running series, we bring you this week’s ‘Good Week/Bad Week’. To see who has had a good or bad...

Emo Rath athlete Eoin Keenan brought the curtain down on his juvenile athletics career with another gold medal winning performance, this time in the...

It's no secret we have a huge tradition of athletics here in Laois, and like any sport, it can result in performance debilitating injuries. Dr...

There was glory for a young Laois man at the popular Cork City Sports athletics meeting last night. St Abban's runner Cian Kelly took the...

A Laois man was crowned champion at the recent British & Irish International Cross Country championships. Congratulations to Martin McDonald, of Ballyroan Abbeyeix & District AC,...

The women from St Abban's claimed the National Premier Division title on a wet day in Tullamore on Sunday - an absolutely massive achievement...

Two Laois teams have qualified Athletics Ireland National League Finals. The Laois Ladies, who are a combination of a number of clubs in the county,...

The 'Power of Dreams' seminar in Heritage Hotel, Killenard played host to motivational speeches from some of athletics finest former athletes. The event focused on...

Four Laois Athletes took home medals at Day 3 of the Athletics Ireland National Track and Field Finals, in Tullamore on Sunday. On a day...

A 400 metre hurdler from St Abban's has qualified for the World University Games after smashing his Personal Best at the weekend. Killeshin native Paul...

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...

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...

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...

After a brief sabbatical, our My Club & I section makes a return this week with Kate McDonald from Ballyroan, Abbeyleix & District Atheltics...

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 cross country season comes to an end this weekend with the All-Ireland Schools Cross Country Finals being held in Mallusk Playing Fields, Newtownabbey,...

The Laois Athletics Downeys Nissan Indoors Championships, held yesterday in the magnificent AIT, was the highlight of the athletics calendar this year so far. A...

Sarah Buggy is the subject of this week's 'My Club and I' interview. The St Abbans athlete won the senior women’s triple jump at the Irish...