Dec 19, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Clonliffe`s juvenile athletes were out in force in the Morton Stadium for their Cake Race and party last night. Such were the numbers that 6 races in all were held. - MORE....

Dec 17, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
The City of Brussels provided an excellent venue for a top class European Cross Country Championship on Sunday the highlights of which included a magnificent Eighth Senior Men’s Cross Country win from Serhiy Lebid, a battling fourth place from Ireland’s Mary Cullen in the Senior Women’s event and numerous good performances from the Irish Athletes including our own David Flynn in the Junior Men’s race and although the hoped for medals did not materialise there is certainly a very strong base to be built upon over the coming months in preparation for Santry Demesne on the 13th of December 2009. - MORE....

Dec 9, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Full results now available on www.athleticsireland.ie reveal that a number of Clonliffe athletes have won Inter County medals. Rachael Murray is rewarded for her excellent run in the girls U/13 with county gold. Likewise after her excellent run in the U/19s Kate Purcell wins gold. Both Colm Murray and Jamie Rossiter add to their inter club golds by taking inter county silver and in the mens Novice Brett Paine also wins inter county silver.To view Gerry Brady`s photos go to www.imra.ie/events/view/tab/report/id/548/

Dec 7, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
It was grim in Ballyhaise in the county of Cavan today for the National Juvenile Uneven ages and Novices Championships. The hard overnight frost combined very well with cattle hoof pot holes to make the ground conditions vary from poor to down right dangerous,this and the lack of facilites at the venue and the number of ankle injuries inflicted on the poor athletes well answers the age old question of why our sport fails to attract the numbers of young sports people enjoyed by other codes. After the younger Clonliffe athletes "enjoyed" their runs with a variety of stories to tell to their friends ranging from twisted ankles to lost spikes it looked like an empty handed trip home until the U/19 boys dug deep into the now ankle deep mud to suck Gold from the quadmire with superb efforts from Dave Fitzmaurice, Colm Murray, Mark McDonald, Jamie Rossiter and Tony Kavanagh to take team Gold by three points from St. Malachys and Finn Valley. - MORE....

Dec 1, 2008 [Stephen Byrne]
The presentation night for the 2008 Clonliffe Grand Grand Prix last Saturday night proved to be another successful night for the club and will undoubtably be an event to be pencilled into your diaries for many years to come. - MORE....

Nov 29, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
The 2008 Clonliffe Club Cross Country Championship took place in freezing fog at Santry Demesne this afternoon. In what was one of the coldest days of Winter so far with temperatures a fresh 1 degree a good turn out of thirty plus athletes lined up the race, which doubled with the O`Connor Cup, the final round of the 2008 Grand Prix season. - MORE....

Nov 26, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Clonliffe`s David Flynn as expected has been selected on the Junior Men`s team for the European Cross Country Championships which take place in Brussels on Sunday week, December 14th. See www.athleticsireland.ie for full teams. - MORE....

Nov 24, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
There were a number of good performances from the small number of Clonliffe athletes competing in yesterday`s National Inter County Cross Country at wet and windswept Tramore Racecourse. David Flynn looks like he has earner selection for the Irish team for the Europeans in Belgium on December 14th with a fighting 3rd place finish. Eoin Pearce also ran well taking 17th place and both earned National Inter County team gold as scorring members of the Dublin team. Mark McDonald was just out of the scorring positions in 21st place. Whilst in the senior men`s race Brian McMahon, wearing the colours of County Cork was 9th and took County team silver. - MORE....

Nov 22, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
A pretty poorly attended Clonliffe AGM took place in the club bar this afternoon. The attendance heard annual reports from the club captains outlining the many successes of Clonliffe athletes throught this last year the highlight being the Historic Senior men`s treble of National Road Relay, National Cross Country and National Track and Field titles. Future plans were outlined which include the hosting of the National Masters/Intermediate Cross Country, The National Senior/Junior Cross Country, The Clonliffe Schools Invitational Cross Country and Clonliffe`s involvement in the hosting of the European Cross Country Championships on the 13th of December 2009. - MORE....

Nov 19, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
A superb win from Colm Murray in the senior boys race at today`s CBS All Ireland Schools in ALSAA was the highlight of some excellent runs by Clonliffe athletes in the colours of their school St. Aidans. Colm ran a very controlled race sitting comfortably in second place until making his move close to home. Not far behind in 3rd place was club mate Jordan Logue, and with Graham Mahon gritting his teeth to slug it out for 7th place these three lead St. Aidans to senior victory. - MORE....

Nov 19, 2008 [Eugene Coppinger]
1. Sarah Woods (Snr) - MORE....

Nov 19, 2008 [Eugene Coppinger]
1. Lorraine Manning – Snr. (Raheny Shamrock)- Snr - 11.15 - MORE....

Nov 9, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
David Flynn was on International duty today in Mol, Belgium where the LottoCup International Cross country races took place. Dave was first Irishman in 6th place in the Junior mens race over 6,400m. See www.athleticsireland.ie for full Irish results and photos (although you`ll need good eyesight to spot Flynner!)

Nov 9, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Today`s Dublin Uneven Ages Cross Country Championships took place in far from ideal conditions in Marley Park, Rathfarnham. In complete contrast to last week`s Even Ages in the Autumnal sunshine of St. Annes today our athletes faced a bitterly cold wind in temperatures which bearly rose above 4 degrees and after the rain of the last few days the Marley grass quickly turned to mud. Despite this the young athletes from Clonliffe rose to the challenge and delivered superb performances bring home team Gold, silvers and bronze as well as individual gold, silver and bronze. - MORE....

Nov 2, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
At the Dublin (even ages) Juvenile Cross country held in St. Annes, Raheny our U/16 boys team of Fintan Doherty (6th), Ian Guiden (8th), Craig Commiskey (15th) Johnathan Ward (18th) and Niall Hanlon took team silver, with excellent runs from all, particularily as Ian, Craig and Niall are still U/15 and will be in action in next weeks uneven ages. Both Fintan and Ian also qualified for the Dublin Team for the Nationals. The U/16 girls finished out of the medals, however both Elaine Begley and Hannah Logue were selected for the Dublin Team. - MORE....

Nov 2, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
The Dublin Senior and Junior Cross Country Championships took place today in fine conditions at St. Anne's Park in Raheny. - MORE....

Nov 1, 2008 [Noel Guiden]
Today`s Horan Cup provided another chapter in the battle to win the 2008 Grand Prix. The current top three were at it again, the mere fact of running a marathon 5 days beforehand didn`t deter these boys. Fergus Wheatley may have thought that the day would be his, as he didn`t run Dublin, however, Dave Brady and Paul Carolan in particular had different ideas. The turn out today was a significent improvement on recent races, great credit goes to the five marathon men who were not put off by the mud and deep water around the Santry Everglades this afternoon so take a bow Alan Worrall, Ernie Ramsey, Eddie Harrison, Dave and Paul. - MORE....

Oct 29, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
Belated congratulations to Brian McMahon whose run on Monday was good enough to win him individual Silver in the National Marathon Championships. Not bad for a debut marathon! Well done, Brian. - MORE....

Oct 29, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
The Horan Cup incorporating Round 13 (the penultimate round) of the Grand Prix takes place this Saturday 1st November at 2.00pm in Santry Demesne. This race is generously sponsored by Colm Brennan. - MORE....

Oct 27, 2008 [Jeremy Walsh]
Fortunately, a respite to the bad weather greeted our marathon runners as they woke up today. In his first race over the distance, Brian McMahon was with the leading Irish group from the off. Going through halfway in just over 70 minutes, he finished with 2.27.26, and using the experience gained from this race, he'll surely take time off that in marathons to come. - MORE....