Loughrea Athletic Club

Congrats to our athlete Grace Broderick who was part of the girls u14 team that got bronze in the Community games all Ireland at the weekend..

🎉 **FINALLY… THE BIG REVEAL!** 🎉

We’re delighted to unveil our **new 10K tech top!** 👕🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

With its **long sleeves**, it’s perfect for keeping you comfortable on those cooler autumn and winter runs — so you can look the part while putting in the miles! 🍂❄️

And, as always, a **huge thank you to our fantastic Main Sponsor, Leahy's Pharmacy Loughrea **, for helping make this race possible. 🙌

**Entries are OPEN, with early bird ending on August 31st — so what are you waiting for?** Get yourself signed up, grab your new race top and join us for what promises to be a brilliant 10K! 🏅

👉 **Enter now and be part of it!**

https://eventmaster.ie/event/d5v4snGSwV

Saturday 6th March 2027!

Entries open on 1st September.

Entries continue to fly in for the Grey Lake 10k...with just over a week left to avail of the early bird entry.....and just over 24hrs left until the big reveal of our new tops 🤩🤩?? Time is ticking by....⏰️So get your entries in fast......

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Congrats to Ben Naughton on winning gold today at the community games finals in the u16 1500m.

Information on club membership along with Fit4life,juvenile and senior training times and locations,can be accessed on our club website.

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As issued on Spond today

Connacht XC Relays

The inaugural Connacht Cross Country Relays will take place at Belleek on Saturday 12 September.

First race on the day will be the U11 girls 4 x 500m at 11am.

Entries are now open via the online booking system. Details have been sent to clubs by the Connacht Secretary. Entries close on 6 September.

Each athlete may only be entered on at most one team. Up to six athletes may be entered on each team with four to run.

Athletes may run one year up in the U11 to U15 events, with a maximum of two athletes on each team competing one year up. All four athletes on each team may run up a year in the U17 event.

For mixed teams, the order is Female, Male, Female, Male.

Further details in relation to the venue, parking etc will be circulated once entries have closed.

The club is very sad to hear of the passing of Kitty Smyth, we offer our deepest condolences to club officers Martin Smith and to Louise and Keith Shaughnessy on the passing of their wife, mother, and mother in law.

Funeral details below. May her gentle soul rest in peace.

Death Notice of Kitty (Catherine) Smyth (née Connaire) (Loughrea, Galway) | rip.ie The death has occurred of Kitty (Catherine) Smyth (née Connaire) of Loughrea, Galway Ireland, on 16/08/2026. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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