Great running and fun at Glor na mara 4 mile

Well done all the WAC members who were out in force this evening at the Glornamara 4 mile.

Well done Silvia Malone on winning the ladies section, Joan Mahony coming an excellent 3rd, Diane Behan 4th and Caitriona Gough 5th.
WAC men were well in contention with 7 men in the first 10 finishers! From Frank Quinlan 2nd, Brian Swaby 3rd, Finley Weir 4th and David Drohan 5th WAC members were very evident throughout the field! Many members ran and with great refreshments after at the GAA centre all agreed it was a great evening of athletics. Well done to Andrew Connick of WIT AC who won the race in a very respectable time of 20min 35 sec.

Michael White enjoying a run with Pat happened to cross the line at exactly 40:00 min and collected the special 40 min prize later at the GAA centre!

Bobby Coady showing he is back showing how its done!!!

Andrew Connick: 1st overall

Frank Quinlan: 2nd overall

Brian Swaby: 3rd overall

Finley Weir: 4th overall

Dave Drohan and Kevin Malone 5th & 6th Overall

Tom O'Brien: 8th overall

Silvia Malone: 9th overall and 1st lady

Pat Breen: 10th overall

Des Colbert: 11th overall

Joan Mahony: 3rd lady home

Diane Behan: 4th lady home.

Caitriona Gough: 5th Lady

And the fun runners just kept coming.....

Great to see John Hasset back running and cruising through the 4 mile!

And in the earlier U16 series of races some WAC members were to the fore and had a great time...and excited and delighted about winning a voucher of Pirates Adventure venue in Tramore...

You're nearly there!

Glad I do all this training at WAC!!!

Doing WAC proud...11 yr winner

Glor na mara 4 mile

Tonight April 27th: Glornamara 4 mile road race in Tramore. 
Registration is from 5:30 at Oceanics Surf school.

4 mile race for adults starting at 6:30pm; entry is 10 euro.

U16 Kids race along the prom (mens slip to lifeguard hut) starting at 6pm; entry is 5 euro.

Enquires to 0879578013

National Intervarsities title for WIT AC Men

Well done to WAC members Niamh Tebay and Richard Lucas who represented WIT AC at the national inter-varsities Track & Field championship in Athlone at the weekend and the Highlight of the weekend was the Men's team won the Tier 2 Division for the first time since 2008

Gold Medals David Hynes 100m & 200m (Club Record)
Silver Medals Andrew Connick 10km (Club Record), Michael Dowling 1500m, Zoe Scanlon Weight for Distance (Club Record)
Bronze Medals Barry Upton 400m hurdles, Zoe Scanlon Javelin (Club Record), Zoe Scanlon Discus (Club Record), Brian McGinley 3km Steeple Chase (Club Record), Charlotte O'Farrell Hammer Throw and Women's 4X100m Relay.

Michael Dowling who has helped coach WAC juveniles in the past running well in the 1500m final

Well done from all in WAC and great achievement to go with the 2nd place finish for the men at the recent national cross country held at WIT Sports Campus.

Wexford Half marathon and 10K

Kevin Malone 3rd overall and Silvia !st Lady in 10K

Great results from Wexford 10K and Half mararthon with Silvia & Kevin Malone running great in the 10K with Silvia winning the ladies section and Kevin coming 3rd overall!
In the Half marathon Michael O'Mahony was first WAC member home and ran an excellent 1:22 and was 6th home in the race and Brendan Aspel back running short distances like 13.1 miles again after his Connemara ULTRA marathon run a few weeks ago ran 1:28 today and his Brother Adrian running his first half ran an excellent 1:44. Jason O'Brien beat his PB by 6 minutes to run 1 42 and Deirdre Chapman ran a super PB of 1:46:00.
Results of 10k HERE
Results of Half HERE
Also, in London today Pat Grant ran an excellent 3:23 and while this is slower than he was hoping for most of us mere mortals would be happy with that time for the distance! Pat is due to be a pace maker for the Waterford Viking marathon in June but something tells us he'll have his eye on a marathon somewhere over the summer to get under that 3 hr barrier....Longford in August some suggest is good for a time!!!!

Deirdre Chapman 1 46, Jason O'Brien 1 42 and Adrian Aspel 1 44 in the Half

Deirdre with Brendan Aspel 1 28 for the half marathon

Butlerstown 10K

Well done to all members who took part in the Butlerstown 10k last night and Frank Quinlan and Brian Swaby who were 2nd and 4th respectively.

Finley Weir won the M40 category  and Kate Nolan won the Junior Prize.

Full resullts HERE and summary of winners HERE

Summary of WAC finishers

Waterford to tramore road race on May 5th

The 43rd Annual Waterford to Tramore 7.5 mile road race is on Saturday 5th May 2012.

This race begins in Waterford and finishes out at Tramore.

The race starts outside Waterford city hall at 7pm sharp. 

The race finishes opposite the Majestic Hotel in Tramore. Don't forget to organise a lift back to Waterford to collect your car. Changing and shower facilities plus refreshments and prize-giving will take place in the Tramore GAA clubhouse after the race. 

It is €10 to pre-enter and €12 on the night so log onto runireland and get your entry in. Entries will be taken at the Munster Bar, on the Mall (which is near both the Tower Hotel and only minutes from the start) between 5:45 and 6:45 on the night. Those who pre enter can collect their number in the Munster Bar at the pre entered section.

Course record Pauline Lambe, Tullamore Harriers A.C. 44.03 (2010) Sandis Bralitis West Waterford AC 36.44 (2010).

For further information check out www.waterfordac.com,  or our facebook page and pre enter on Runireland

Current WAC training sessions

The following is a list of sessions available at the moment as well as casual runs from the RSC carpark on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm. Also, various weekend runs on Saturday and Sundays take place. Check facebook for times and venues for these but one definite at the moment is 9am from Superquinn each Sunday with those training for the Viking Marathon for anything from 6 mile to 16mile.

WAC Training Sessions

Mount Sion 5 mile

Well done to Frank Quinlan and Sylvia Malone on 1st WAC male and female home in the mount sion 5 mile run earlier today. Frank was 2nd overall to Paddy Hogan from WIT AC and Sylvia was 3rd individual. Photos to follow.

Full results HERE

Launch of the Waterford to Tramore 7.5 mile sponsored by Blue Wall

Pictured at the launch of of the Waterford to Tramore Paddy Flanagan memorial race taking place on Saturday May 5th at 7pm. Entries available on runireland by clicking HERE.

In the picture are Fintan Walsh WAC PRO, Diane Behan WAC Secretary, Gail Watson, Derek Tebay and Mary Tebay of Blue Wall (Main sponsor for the event), Frank Quinlan WAC Club Captain 2012/13 and seated is Paddy's wife Mary Flanagan.

WAC are most appreciative of club member Derek Tebay and Blue Wall for the very generous sponsorship of this event yet again this year. Last years prizes were very popular and with prizes for first five men and women, 1st Junior male and female, category winners and male and female team a large field is expected again. The race is also part of the West Waterford AC Ger Wyley series.

WIT AC/WAC 5k

Results available by clicking HERE

With exceptional times on a fast 5k course at WIT sports campus Michael Dowling from WIT AC won in a time of 15:04 with Ciara Wilson of DMP AC winning the ladies section in 18 21. An excellent day of quality athletics again at the WIT Sports Campus and WAC are glad to be assocated with another exceptionally well organised event. Hats off to all club members who competed and helped out and to Andrew Connick and the WIT Students for coming out in their numbers. Next year will be the 3rd running of the annual event and the race will move to a Friday evening with provisional date of either March 29th or April 5th at 7pm.