Gowran Athletic Club

We had a great day at the @gowranac Primary School Cross Country event today. Pictured are our fabulous athletes who brought home medals.

Simply incredible 😭 #IrishAthletics | #Tokyo2025 | #WorldAthleticsChamps

Dream Team! 🤩 Cian McPhillips and coach Joe Ryan have created Irish athletics history in Tokyo ☘️🙌 #IrishAthletics #WorldAthleticsChamps

Lifetime bests in 5 of 7 events. A national record by 227 points. First ever outdoor multis medal for Ireland. First Irish medal at World Champs for 12 years. First World Champs track and field medal for Ireland in 30 years. Kate O'Connor, take a bow.

🚨𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎'𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐑!!!! She's done it!!!🤯Kate O'Connor has just won Ireland's first ever global outdoor senior medal in the multi-events with a national record-breaking performance in Tokyo🙌 💥Heptathlon: 6,714 NR She joins an illustrious list of World outdoor medallists : Eamonn Coghlan 🥇, Sonia O’Sullivan🥈🥇, Gillian O’Sullivan 🥈, Olive Loughnane 🥇, Robert Heffernan🥇, Kate O'Connor 🥈🤩 OUTSTANDING!!!!👏👏👏 #IrishAthletics | #Tokyo2025 | #WorldAthleticsChamps | @ask123ie | @adidasRunning

RT @irishathletics: 🇮🇪 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐤𝐲𝐨! 🌍🥈 🏅 1983 – Eamonn Coghlan, GOLD, 5,000m 🥈 1993 – Sonia O’Sullivan, SILVER, 1500m 🏅 1995…

@cooms75 We're only liking it because it's red and white

RebelsAbú 🔴⚪️

Due recognition of a lifetime in athletics. Thanks to John for everything he has done in the past four years.

Congratulations to @bridgolden @FerrybankAC on her election as President of @irishathletics. We look forward to working with her in her new role.

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Bert who? #LeinsterXC @gowranac

4th Class

We had a wonderful day at the @gowranac Primary School Cross Country event last Friday. The sun shone and practically every child from 4th, 5th and 6th class ran and represented the school so well!

Following are revised fixtures for Kilkenny Cross Country in coming weeks: Sun 6th Oct Juvenile Even & Novice Castlecomer 11am Sat 12th Oct Juvenile Uneven, O/50s & Intermediate Ballycurren 1pm @gowranac @kclr96fm @KKPeopleSport @CRKC1 @KKCityHarriers @ThomastownAC @stjosephsac

Kilkenny Athletics Notice Due to Status Orange weather warning issued by Met Éireann, County Cross-Country Championships planned for Sunday 29th Sept in Ballycurran has been postponed. Revised fixture list will be issued next week. @kclr96fm @CRKC1 @KKPeopleSport @Ath_Leinster

Thanks to the seven @CBSKilkenny1859 transition year boys -all members of the club who helped ensure our primary schools cross country go off so successfully in Gowran Park on Friday @athleticskk

Ballinrobe's Oisín Joyce wins the first ever throws medal for Ireland at the World U20 Championships, throwing an Irish U20 record of 73.89m to win a brilliant javelin bronze in Lima, Peru. "I was bricking it for most of the competition, to be honest with you."

@_MaryFitzG @ParalympicsIRE @sportireland @UCC @gowranac @HerSportDotIE Well done Mary from all in Kilkenny Athletics. So proud of our double Paralympian! Go show the world how brilliant you are!

Proud and honoured to be officially selected to represent Ireland at my second Paralympic Games in Paris later this summer! 🇮🇪 Beyond grateful to family, coaches, and friends who have been there every step of the way. 💚 À bientôt, Paris! 🇫🇷

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