Well done to all our athletes who competed at the Dublin Graded Meeting 6 at Morton Stadium on Wednesday 25th June 2025. In the 1,500m Tom Cuddy ran 5.18. Aisling O'Conner ran 5.18 as well in her 1,500m and Sophie McGrath ran 5.31. In the womens Javelin Isabel Mullarney was 5th and threw the javelin 26.55m. In the shot she was 3rd with a 8.65m throw. Well done to all. The full results are on Dublin Athletics live website at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-6/menu.htm l

Club Membership for 8 to 11 year old children is now closed until September 2025 as we have a large number of children in these age groups and can only train a certain amount safely.

Booking now open for the Rathfarnham WSAF AC Annual Awards and Dinner on Friday Jan 31st via Eventbrite: There is a limited number of tickets so don't delay in booking, it's always great fun! 

Well done to all our athletes who competed at the Dublin Graded Meeting 6 at Morton Stadium on Wednesday 25th June 2025. In the 1,500m Tom Cuddy ran 5.18. Aisling O'Conner ran 5.18 as well in her 1,500m and Sophie McGrath ran 5.31. In the womens Javelin Isabel Mullarney was 5th and threw the javelin 26.55m. In the shot she was 3rd with a 8.65m throw. Well done to all. The full results are on Dublin Athletics live website at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-6/menu.htm l

Some great results for Rathfarnham WSAF AC athletes in the Michael Manning Memorial Dunshaughlin 10k 2025 on Saturday 21st June in very hot conditions with Gerry Boyle (M65) and Colm Murray (M55) both winning their age categories, Dov Kremer (M60) 2nd in his, Dermot Shiels 4th in M50, Alexy Marchenko 5th in M40, and David Reidy 19th in M45. Results and times are: Alexey MARCHENKO – M40 - 0:33:36 David REIDY - M45 - 0:37:50 Dermot SHIELS – M50 - 0:38:03 Dov KREMER – M60 - 0:38:28 Colm MURRAY – M55 - 0:39:06 Gerry BOYLE – M65 - 0:40:16. At the Viking Half Marathon in Waterford on Sunday 22nd June David Power placed 5th in 1:14 and Donal Murphy 114th in 1:38. At the UCD track meeting on Wednesday 18th June Jared Murray took 2nd place in 800m lowering his PB to 1.55. Good luck to club juvenile athletes taking part in the national championships in Tullamore over the next 2 weekends.

Well done to all our athletes who ran at the Dublin Graded Meeting 5 at the DSD Track on Saturday 14th June 2025. We had some excellent performances over 3000m and 800m. Aisling O'Connor and Caitriona Dowling (11.22) ran in the 3000m. In the mens 3000m A race Aiden O'Connor ran 9.20, while in the C 3000m race Gael Hernandez ran, along with Dermot Shiels (10.06) and David Reidy (10.22). In the 800m Sophie McGrath ran 2.43. In the mens 800m Ryan O'Nelll ran 1.55 and Jared Murray 1.57. At a track meeting in Malta over the weekend Lee Byrne ran 1.58 to come second in an 800m. Over the weekend (14 - 15 June 2025) we had several Juveniles competing in the Dublin Championships on the DSD track. Full results on the Dublin Athletics Live website at http://live.dublinathletics.com/menu.html . Well done to all who competed. 

All-Ireland Schools Track & Field Championships A fruitful weekend for Rathfarnham WSAF AC sprint and middle distance athletes at the All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday. In the 200m Junior Girls race Ellie Oldrey was fast away from the blocks leading around the turn and powered down the home straight away from the field to claim a clear win and brilliant gold medal in a PB run of 25.65s, likely a club record. Ryan O Neill took to the start for the concluding race of the day in the senior boys 1500m. In a tactically run race Ryan lead through the opening 800m and signed off on his schools career in a hard fought final lap taking 2nd place and silver medal in a time of 3.59. Aoibheann NicMhathuna also competed in thd Junior girls shot out throwing 9.15. A fantastic showing of young talent from these young athletes and great credit to sprint coach John Hayes, endurance coach Paul Fleming and throws coach Angela Mac Mhathuna. Other races: Sprint club athletes competed at the Stratford Speed meet in London with Stephen Gaffney running a blistering 10.69s over 100m and Isabella Doyle 26.14 in 200m. The Slieve Donard. Rathfarnham runners took on the oldest mountain race in Ireland. Slieve Donard celebrated its 80th edition this year, with an up and down race from Newcastle up to the summit at 853m, a total of 9.5km. this race forms part of the IMRA Irish championships. David Power 12th M Peter O'Farrell 23rd M Laura Flynn 27th F Matt Kane finished 2nd in Howth IMRA on Wednesday too.

Another busy week for club athletes on the roads and on tracks. Tuesday evening 20th May 2025, saw the Tom Brennan 5k road race where Dermot Shields fresh from Wicklow Way endeavours was 1st club runner home in 17.16 followed by Ronan Byrne 19.03 and Michael Stewart 19.50. The club juveniles took centre stage on the weekend 24 - 25th May with 60 boys and girls competing in Dublin track and field championships at Santry and Tallaght. Some impressive performances with Ellie Oldrey taking 250m u15 hurdles gold and Lucy Blessington u14 800m and Calum Kelly u17 boys 300h Silver medals and Sarah Murphy u19 400m H and Aoibheann Nic Mathuna u15 shot put getting bronze medals. These athletes now progress to National championships in Tullamore at the end of June. Also in action at the weekend with notable results were Kevin Donagher taking the win at the Grocers 4 mile at Leopardstown racecourse and Louis McCarthy 3rd Newry City 10km and David Power, 4th, Calcutta Run 10km, Phoenix Park.  Overseas we had Cillian McCabe run 50.28s in 400m and Stephen Gaffney run 10.75s over 100m at the IFAM meet in Brussels. We also had Aoibheann Nic Mhathuna qualify for All Ireland Schools in the Junior girls Shot Putt. 2nd place finish in Leinster and she now joins Ryan and Ellie in Tullamore for National Schools Finals next weekend and we wish them good luck.

At the third Dublin Graded Meeting on the Tallaght track on Wednesday 21st May 2025, we had some notable runs by our athletes. Paul Stephenson won bronze in the Dublin Championships 10,000m in a time of 35.04 and Alexy Marchenko was 4th in 35.14. In the 400m Cillian McCabe won the Dublin Championships bronze medal in 50.75 and Callum Kelly ran 59.68. In the womens 400m Orla Murray ran 1.23 and Vanessa Sallier ran 1.26. In the Hammer Vanessa threw 21.48M. In the mens mile Jared Murray ran 4.28 and Aiden O'Connor ran 4.53. In the womens mile Louise Gaffney was first home in 5.27, followed by Aisling O'Connor in 5.43 and Caitriona Dowling ran 5.54, in her come back race. Well done to all. The full results are on the Dublin Athletics live site at http://live.dublinathletics.com/graded-25-3/menu.html

At the National 5k Championships in the Phoenix Park on Saturday 17th May we had 17 competitors. First home was Shane O'Neill in 16.12. Shane was followed by Paul Fleming 16.37 and Sean McCreery 17.38. Shane, Paul and Sean won gold in the M50+ team category. Next came David Reidy 17.41, Michael Murphy 17.52, Colm Murray 18.04, Louise Gaffney 18.47, Aisling O'Connor 19.18, Ronan Byrne 19.22, Gerry Boyle 19.35, Richard Deeney 19.34, Caitriona Dowling 20.08, Alexander Dunne Martin 19.57, Donna Mahon 20.54, Sheelagh Jones 21.17, Ester Lawlor 21.52 and Vanessa Sallier 22.27. The results show that Rathfarnham WSAF AC won silver in the F50+ (Donna, Sheelagh and Vanessa) and silver in F35+ (Louise, Caitriona and Sheelagh). TThe M35+ team were 9th. Well done to all who ran. A busy week for club athletes aside from Wicklow Relay and National 5k road championships. In the Leinster schools finals Ryan O Neill finished 2nd in the senior boys 1500m and Ellie Oldrey finished 1st in Junior Girls 200m and 2nd in hurdles and both advance to National Schools finals in Tullamore in a few weeks time, good luck to both. We also had Aoibheann Nic Mhathuna qualify for All Ireland Schools in the Junior girls Shot Putt, 2nd place finish in Leinster. Club runners took part in Wednesday’s BHAA 5k beach run in Sandymout with Colm Murray winning M55 anc Vanessa Sallier 2nd in F50. In the Tullamore May Open today Cillian McCabe competed in 400m hurdle finishing 56.8s Over East coast Stateside, Patrick Hickey ran a fine 800m PB of 1.58.6. At the Bear organised Half Marathon in Clondalkin on Sunday 18th May, Amy Cooke in her first run on returning to the Club, ran 1.42 to finish strongly as 13th woman home. Well done to all.

Rathfarnham WSAF AC continued a 20+ year record in the 22nd Wicklow Way Relay on Saturday 17th May 2025. The green and black team finished 3rd after the 8 runners had covered over 100km in over 8 hours. First timers on the team were Patrick Macgabhann, Dermot Shiels and Gráinne Black, who did really well. The usual drama and intrigue was woven into a hot sunny day across the Garden County. Team captain John McAuley lined up a solid team, with lots of experience. Clare Shiels, Louis McCarthy, David Power and Marc Fitzachry held their place. Ciarán Aylward was the team's essential volunteer. Well done to East Cork AC for taking the win for the 3rd year. Other Rathfarnham club members running included Laura Flynn and Paul Stephenson.