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Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 28-05-2019 10:01

Please note that online entries are now open for this year's Rathfarnham 5k on Sunday 28th April at 10.00. Enter now on the Rathfarnham 5k website and reserver your place in a high quality race on one of the fastest 5k routes in Ireland. To be ready for race day please use the 8 week training programme on the site or join us at the Club at any of o...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 07-05-2017 23:12

Well done to Margaret and Sean Grehan who were honoured today for their 43 years of athletics volunteering with WSAF AC and Dublin Athletics, at a party in Grenhills today. Sean and Margaret were the driving force behind the many years of success at WSAF AC and were ever present with helping at many cross country and track events over the years. WS...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 23-12-2016 08:15

Happy Christmas from all at Rathfarnham WSAF AC. Please note that the annual St. Stephen's day Mince Pie Run starts from the Clubhouse at Main Street, Rathfarnham at 10.00. Shake off the Christmas turkey and win the 'last to the top' perpetual plaque. On Tuesday 27th December the changing rooms at Nutgrove Park will be available for use for those ...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 03-10-2016 21:40

Well done to Clare Sullivan who ran a very strong race to win the Ladies Novice Cross Country Championships in the Phoenix Park yesterday. Clare was up with the leading pack from the start and made her break for victory up the long straight to the finish. Meanwhile in the mens novice race Robert Murphy equally kept with the leading pack over the 6,...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 25-09-2016 19:03

Well done to all 904 finishers in today’s New Ireland Rathfarnham 5k Run out of 1,080 entrants. In dry, sunny but blustery conditions we had a very close battle up front with Mark Christie from Mullingar Harriers just edging out Freddy KERON Sittuk, Raheny Shamrocks in an identical time of 14.26. Brian Maher, Kilkenny was third. In the ladies rac...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 07-08-2015 18:05

At last Tuesday's training in Nutgrove Park some of our promising members had the opportunity to model this year's Rathfarnham 5k Run tee shirt, which has recently come in. Please register for the 5k run on our race website at the link across so as to collect one of these coveted items. Some further pictures of the tee shirt and images of those tra...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 05-11-2014 11:54

The October Edition of Irish Runner has recognised the achievements of Mark Ryan on the mountains, in winning the European Mountain Running M35 Masters title in Poland in July and bronze in the World Masters Mountain Running Championships in Austria in September. In the World championship event Mark and fellow Rathfarnham teammates Peter O'Far...

Author: Peter Claffey, Created: 18-01-2014 19:02

Well done to Sean Hehir who won the Tom O'Driscoll trophy for athlete of the year last night at the Grange Golf Club. Sean had a tremendous year in 2013, winning the Dublin Marathon and National Marathon Championships last October. He also came second in the National Half Marathon in Dublin in August and set a PB and club Record of 65.11 in the Car...