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The United Striders Athletics club was formed in 1976. It was an amalgamation of the senior sections of Adamstown A.C. and New Ross A.C. and Shelburne A.C.

In the mid 1980's the senior sections of Utd Striders A.C., Duncannon A.C. formed SDS A.C. with the name Utd Striders A.C. surviving as a juvenile club for the New Ross district. In the late 90's the name became synonymous again with the juvenile and senior athletics club for the New Ross district.

12/06/2026

𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 - 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘄

A mixed day of weather last Saturday, but a good day out competing and enjoying time with friends. We're very proud of these young athletes, putting themselves out there on the track with the big track clubs. Very few adults would do that!

𝗨𝟭𝟭 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀
Alex Drought, Cormac Deely, Éanna Cullen and Rian Kehoe.

These boys are progressing nicely, placing 3rd in their heat for an automatic qualification to the finals, and placed 7th in the final.
Brilliant to see the progress as they did not qualify for the finals last year.

𝗨𝟭𝟯 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀
Cameron O'Neill, Darragh Kavanagh, Gabriel Sobilo, Tom O'Brien.

Our aim this year was to place well in the final, and this team did exactly that. A brilliant 5th place in the final. A fast & furious race from these boys.

𝗨𝟭𝟰 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀
Annamae Moore, Aoife Mehigan, Kaitlyn Coady, Pauline Kinsella.

These young ladies put their hearts into the race, working on changeovers and gaining experience. They ran a smooth heat, and once again we are extremely proud of them in representing the club.

Congrats to all! 👏🖤🤍

11/06/2026

𝘔𝘳. 𝘖𝘪𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴

𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 10𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 : 𝘞𝘦𝘹𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦

𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮

Well done to our 4 Striders who headed to Wexford RaceCourse yesterday evening to compete in the County Road Relay Races.

In a very competitive race, each competitor doing 1 lap of the racecourse, D. J. Dempsey was the 1st to head off, handing over the baton to Aoife Lyng next, who in turn passed it on to Tomás Young and Sandra Young took on the last leg.

Great performances by all athletes earned them Team Silver. Well done Lads & Lassies. Amazing Team Work 👏

Thanks to Oliver Stack Photography & Sportsphoto Ireland for there their great photography as always.

09/06/2026

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚... 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜!!

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09/06/2026

Another memory from the United Striders archives 📸

The Striders men's team that finished third in the County Senior Cross Country in 2001, held at Good Counsel College, New Ross, on December 23rd.

According to notes from the time, the race was run over a looping course on ground that was still thawing after a heavy overnight frost. No mention that it took place just two days before Christmas 😀

Leading the way for Striders were Matt Flannelly in 4th place and his little brother Ted in 9th.

📷 Back row: John Kent, Emmet Malone, Paddy Delaney
📷 Front row: Barry Moroney, Matt Flannelly, Ted Flannelly

🎉 50th Anniversary Party – Friday, June 12th
🎟️ Tickets: https://eventmaster.ie/event/22lRF2qc0z

08/06/2026

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 - 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 7𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚

Midday on Sunday saw 4 of our Strider Ladies take on the 5km route as part of the Annual Mile Marker in Danesfort Co. Kilkenny

Well done

Kim Lodge
Stacey O Leary
Karen Barrett
Maia Bolger

Also Well done to Julie Byrne who took part in the hugely challenging Hell & Back at the weekend also.

Way to go Julie 💪

07/06/2026

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝟏𝟖 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 ✅✅

Emma Hickey continued her excellent season at the Irish Milers Club meet yesterday at Irishtown Stadium, clocking 4:23.39 for 1500m in very wet conditions.

The performance marks the second time this season that Emma has achieved the qualifying standard for the European U18 Athletics Championships, which will take place in Italy next month.

Based on her current form, Emma will be hoping to earn selection for the Irish team in the weeks ahead 🤞

Photo credit: Eric Bellamy

06/06/2026

𝐖𝐞𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!

Like buses, you wait ages for one and then two come along at once. Adam O’Connor’s impressive victory in last night’s County Senior Road Race follows Paul Doran’s win twelve months ago. Before that, you have to go back 40 years to find the previous United Striders men’s winner, John Hamilton in 1985. The club’s only other men’s winner was Olympian Andy Ronan, making it a short but distinguished list of men's champions.

Adam is enjoying a season to remember. The signs were evident back in April when he came close to breaking the 15-minute barrier for 5km at the Streets of Kilkenny. In May, he claimed the Leinster Novice Road Race title with a fine performance in Gowran. He can now add County Senior Road Race Champion to an already impressive list of achievements.

Adam led home the Striders men’s team as they retained the team title for a remarkable seventh consecutive year. Tomas Harrington, Colin Carney and Pat Culleton completed the scoring quartet, while Thomas Moran, Pat O’Callaghan, DJ Dempsey, Alan O’Connor, men’s captain Sean Meaney, Luke Kelly, Tommy Elmes and Sean Kelly all played their part in another successful evening for the club. The seven-in-a-row achievement leaves Striders just two titles short of the record nine consecutive wins set by the John Joe Doyle-inspired DMP team of the 1980s.

The Striders women were unfortunate to miss out on a team medal. Eilis Peat led the way with a top-ten finish, while women’s captain Sandra Young was close behind. Aoife Lyng and Rebecca Mernagh, both making their debuts at senior county championship level, completed the scoring team. Liz Conway and Stephanie Davis also ran strongly, but the team finished just outside the bronze medal positions.

The women’s race was won by Ciara Wilson, who has strong New Ross connections. Following her victory, she was presented with the Olive Hickey Memorial Trophy by United Striders chairperson Brendan Lyng. The trophy commemorates former club member Olive Hickey, who sadly passed away in 2024.

Photo: Sportsphoto Ireland / Sean Rowe

05/06/2026

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 & 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲

Some of our Juveniles travelled to Carlow recently for a fun evening of athletics, while growing in confidence on the track under full track rules.

They were thrilled to meet 𝗢𝗹𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄𝘀 (800m 1996 & 2000 Olympics), and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿 (200m 2021 Olympics, and 2025 National Outdoor champion).
David and Marcus were very generous of their time with the boys.

Congrats to our juveniles for their performances:

Pauline Kinsella - 80m
Gabriel Sobilo - 80m and Long Jump
David Morgan - 600m
John Moore - 600m
Éanna Cullen - 60m and Turbo Javelin

02/06/2026

𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 & 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗱!

Sinead McCarthy's strength has her reaching for records again!
With her first Outdoor season in the O50 category, Sinead has added 2 Leinster and 1 National record to her collection this year!

WFD - Weight for Distance Throw - O50 20lbs throw of 7.33m.
A Leinster AND National record.

WFH - Weight for Height Throw - 050 16lbs throw of 9.89m.
A Leinster record! This is the first time Sinead competed in the WFH!

Go Sinead!

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