Menapians Athletic Club

06/09/2026

Weekly Weekend Parkrun Roundup
Saturday 29th August
What a miserable start to a Saturday morning, we have been so lucky all Summer but Saturday made up for it. Good to see Ryan M back after a break

Wexford Racecourse Parkrun:
Jonathan Cody, Michael Murphy, Mary Cronin, Enda O'Sulivan, Fran Power, Geoff Hoffheinz, Brian Smyth, Dermot Foley, Dave Midwinter, Ryan Midwinter, Ryan Ellard, John Hyland, Anthony Dowd

Saturday 5th September
A much nicer morning after the downpours of the previous week. Kirsty made her parkrun debut and smashed it while Deirdre lowered her 5k PB after some sessions with the club since joining.

Wexford Racecourse Parkrun:
Anthony Dowd, Brian Smyth, Eamon Foley, Dave Midwinter, Pat Gallagher, Kirsty Hynds, Jonathan Cody, Deirdre Mallon, Dermot Foley, Alex Parris, Geoff Hoffheinz, Micheál Kinsella, Ollie Stack, Fran Power, Helen Burrell, Janette Mulvany, Michael Murphy, Dave Percival, Peter Mulvany Sinead Ryan

Avondale House Parkrun:
Ryan Ellard

Club training Sessions continue all through the week just check our website www.menapiansac.com or our social media accounts for more information.

Feel free to contact us through our social media pages or talk to any club member if you are interested in joining the club or try out a session.

02/09/2026

We are delighted to confirm our return to training after the Summer break for our Juvenile athletes.
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Primary school athletes age 7 upwards
September 9th Wednesday 6pm
Pres Girls School Gym
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Teenage athletes age 13 upwards
September 14th Monday 8pm
Pres Girls School gym
Also
September 17th Thursday 7pm
Rosslare Strand track (beside Rosslare community centre.)
*****
Looking forward to sering everyone again
New members welcome

30/08/2026

Very Pink Run
The historic Kilkenny Castle overlooked the course for the Very Pink Run earlier today. A run that's not officially timed but aimed more as an awareness and fundraiser for Cancer research.
Samantha Donegan and Ryan Ellard both ran the 8ish km route decked out in their finest Pink attire in weather which can only be described as challenging
Well done to you both.

30/08/2026

Oylegate Half Marathon & 10k.
After a blazing hot Summer the weather changed with a bang as everyone prepared for the Olyegate race series.
Warming up on a damp morning hits differently as your feet get wet and dirty.
A popular event among our club members over the yeats and this year 15 took part across the 2 races.
In the Half Marathon 3 ran and Tony was 3rd in the M50 category.
The 10k saw another 12 run with Kirsty 3rd in the women's race, Lisa 1st junior girl, Michael 3rd in M60 and Helen 2nd in F70 and a few grabbed a PB to add to the buzz.
The gang reported a lovely buzz around the event and were grateful for the refreshments afterwards.
Well done to all involved I organising the event and congratulations to a club members proudly wearing our colurs today.
*Half Marathon:
Tony Harpur 1:30:44 (3rd M50)
Conor MacAogain 1:47:22
Jesse Kielthy 1:52:47
*10k:
Eamonn Foley 45:53
Kirsty Hynds 46:30 (3rd place F)
Pat Gallagher 46:57
Casey Jordan 48:30
Lisa Foley 48:37 (1st Jnr Girl)
Dermot Foley 48:38
Gareth Lloyd 51:59
Michael Flaherty 52:17 (3rd M60)
Ollie Stack 53:46
John Dier 55:40
Jonathan Cody 56:19
Helen Burrell 1:08:28 (2nd F70)

28/08/2026

Kilmore Cross Country Winter League
A lovely evening saw Kilmore AC host night 1 of their Winter League. The Burrow in Kilmore saw lots of athletes running back and forth on the out and back loop.
A crew of club members made their way to run the 3k race with some hitting cross country for the first time.
Ryan was first in the men's race and Kirsty 2nd and Casey was 3rdin the women's
Well done to all our athletes who ran:
Ryan Ellard, Conor Casey, Dave Percival, Casey Jordan, Kirsty Hynds, Helen Sinnott, Conor MacAogáin and Pat Gallagher.
Next event is Thursday Sept 10th in DMP grounds.

26/08/2026

The last leg of our ‘MySport’ Summer League training runs will be at Clonhaston for a 2 mile race.

7pm (Start) ⏰

Registration from 6:15pm at Kehoe’s Hardware Y21R6C4 📍

€10 💰

All non members , visitors, family & friends are welcome!

Looking forward to seeing you all there 👋🏻

26/08/2026

26/08/2026

Weekly Weekend Parkrun Roundup
A milestone event for our men's captain as he celebrated his 500th volunteer at Parkrun. John Dier was one of the founders of a parkrun in Wexford which began in Johnstown Castle and then moved to Wexford Racecourse.
He has built a welcoming and friendly event which tourists always comment on as they finish. Congratulations John.
Wexford Racecourse Parkrun:
Anthony Dowd, Ryan Ellard, Ryan Midwinter, Pat Gallagher, Eamon Foley, Dave Midwinter, Casey Jordan, John Hyland, Fran Power, Dermot Foley, Gareth Lloyd, Alex Parris Geoff Hoffheinz, Jai Ling Wan, Niamh Howlin, Rob Mehigan Ann Thomas, Helen Burrell, Deirdre Mallon, Janette Mulvany, Michael Murphy, Dave Percival, Ollie Stack, Bridie McGuire

Kilkenny Castle Parkrun:
Dave Clancy

Clonmel Parkrun:
Brian Smyth

Club training Sessions continue all through the week just check our website www.menapiansac.com or our social media accounts for more information.
Feel free to contact us through our social media pages or talk to any club member if you are interested in joining the club or try out a session.
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24/08/2026

Clonmel Half Marathon
A great run from Brian Smyth on Sunday morning as he completed the Clonmel Half Marathon In a time if 1 hour 29 minutes.
All the training runs in the warm weather paid off as he took 7 minutes of his time from last year at the same event.
Congratulations Brian.