- Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club
Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, founded in 1958, is an athletic club in
Raheny ,Dublin , Ireland, one of Ireland's oldest athletics clubs still operating, and one of the most active, with many athletes competing in a wide range of running events, and running a very large number of events.History
The club was founded by Paddy Boland, partly based on local traditional annual sports activities.
Key figures
The club has provided 3 Olympic athletes, with five appearances: Dick Hooper (1980, 1984, 1988), Pat Hooper (1980) and Paddy McGrath (2000).
Facilities
The club makes extensive use of quiet local roads but especially of Dublin city's second-largest municipal park,
St. Anne's Park . It has a modest clubhouse in the centre of Raheny, in a former schoolhouse on the banks of theRiver Santry .Colours
The club's colours are white and green, with running gear a white singlet with a green chest-band and green shorts.
Races
The Shamrocks promote 25 races a year, including:
*Raheny 5 Mile Road Race - Last Sunday of January each year, a mjor national event, run in and aroundSt. Anne's Park
*Mid-Summers 5K
*Winter Road Series - Held Between November and March, including Three 3 Mile Races, Three 2 Mile Races and Two 1 Mile Races
*Raheny 1 Mile - incorporates the final Round of the Winter League
*The Holland Cup - 3 Mile Sealed Handicap Road Race
*Lord Mayor Two Mile Series - Six two mile (3 km) races held between May and July.
*The Peter Doody Memorial Two Mile - Incorporates the Last round of the Lord Mayor Series
*The Jim Wall Cup - Three Mile Open Handicap Road Race
*Joe Noonan Cup - Six Mile Road Race
*Christmas Day Mile - Held in association withGOAL
*St.Stephens Day Parlaufs
*Fit4Life Series - Six Two Mile Races in association with Athletics Ireland
*National Road Relays - Hosted in association withAthletics Ireland External links
* [http://www.rahenyshamrock.com/ Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club]
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