Farranfore MaineValley Athletics Club

26/08/2026

16/08/2026

🎉 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID KENNY! 🇮🇪🏃‍♂️

Farranfore Maine Valley Athletics Club would like to extend our massive congratulations to club member David Kenny on an outstanding 6th place finish in the Half Marathon Walk at the European Athletics Championships! 👏🇪🇺

David also set a fantastic new personal best of 1:24:49, an incredible achievement on the European stage! 🔥

This result is a testament to the countless hours of hard work, dedication and training that David has put in. The early mornings, tough sessions, long miles and unwavering commitment have all paid off.

To finish 6th in Europe while setting a new PB is something to be incredibly proud of. David has once again shown the determination, discipline and commitment that make him such a fantastic ambassador for Farranfore Maine Valley AC and Irish athletics.

From all your fellow members at Farranfore MV, congratulations David! We are incredibly proud of you. 👏🇮🇪🏆

15/08/2026

15/07/2026

01/07/2026

Huge Congratulations from everyone in the club to Kevin O'Shea who has been selected to represent Ireland at the European U-18 Championships in Rieti, Italy from the 16th-19th July.

02/06/2026

The 110th edition All-Ireland Schools took place at Tullamore at the weekend. The club had 3 representatives. Isaac and Ryan Vickers and Kevin O Shea.
Kevin was one of the standout performers of the day winning the Intermediate Javelin by over 10 metres. An hour later he lined up in the Discus. A foul in the first round didn’t deter him and was in second place coming into the final round. His last throw of just under 47 metres added almost a metre onto his personal best where he took his second gold of the day, a very impressive achievement.
Ryan Vickers was in a great duel with fellow Kerry athlete Jack Collins in the 800. Ryan took the lead with 250 metres to go but the fast finishing Tralee athlete powered home down the home straight to take the victory with Ryan taking second place. For good measure he finished 6th in the 400 metres and was part of the St. Brendans team that finished 4th in the relay.

Isaac was in the senior 800. Isaac who is slowly recovering from injury ran an excellent first lap and was well in contention with 150 metres to go but the lack of training took its toll in the home straight in a very fast race.
Matthew Dunlea was our sole runner in the Munster U-13 championships on Monday in Templemore. Matthew finished 4th in his heat of the 80 metres and ran an excellent sub 2 minutes in the 600. Excellent performances for his first Munster Championships.
Well done to all !
Thanks to David Kissane for the photos

29/05/2026

Last weekend Aodhan O'Shea made the long trip to Waterford to compete in his first Munster Championships. In a huge field of athletes he finished 6th with a fine throw of under 19 metres. This is a massive improvement of almost 7 metres from his performance in the Kerry championships.
Further away in Carlow David Kenny made a welcome return to competition in the Leinster championships where competing as a guest. He won the 5K event in a very quick time on 19 minutes in very hot conditions.
The very popular Track and Field Live took place in Castleisland on Wednesday. Daniel Woods, Ollie Moriarty, Liam O Dowd, Erika McTear and Matthew Dunlea put in some fine performances.
Well done to all our athletes on their efforts

21/05/2026

Thanks to Keane's Centra Farranfore for their generous sponsorship of the childrens prizes for the event