Finn Valley Boxing Day 5k 2019

Families ,athletes  local and world class ,walkers ,joggers have been coming together for 48 years plus for the annual St Stephens Day 5k at Finn Vallley Centre . Its a community event in the wider sense those home for the holiday period tend to meet up .

Brendan Boyce retained the national 30k walk title in St Annes Park Raheny Saturday in an international quality field .

Ireland had their most successful European Cross Country Championships winning four medals, two individual and two team, at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon today (December 8).

ATHLONE INDOOR ARENA

DECEMBER 28^th 2019

The legends of Donegal Athletics gathered in the Finn Valley Centre on Sunday night to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Donegal Athletics Board at gala dinner and presentations marking the achievements of the last fifty years. The four surviving members of the first County Board, Chairman John Carlin, Raphoe, Vice Chairman Eamon Giles, Cranford, Secretary Patsy Mc Gonagle, Ballybofey and Public Relations Officer Bernie O’ Callaghan, Killybegs were present while the late Ben O’ Donnell, Lifford who was treasurer on the first Board was represented by his son John.

Next Sunday is a red letter day for Donegal athletics as it reaches the first fifty years of its existence. Founded in 1969 by the four existing clubs Cranford, Killybegs, Lifford and Glenties at a meeting held in Logue’s of Cranford, the board has continued to grow many of the people who attended that meeting will be in the Finn Valley Centre on Sunday evening to reminisce about the past fifty and of course look forward to the next fifty. Georgina Drumm President of Athletics Ireland and Vice President John Cronin will both be in attendance.

Teresa Doherty combined with claire Mc Guigan Nikita Burke and Helen Mc Cready  to collect bronze team medals in national x country in Dublin .It Was Dublin Laois Donegal race won by Fionnuaal Mc Cormick 

The Bay View Hotel Killybegs was the venue for the fifteenth Gala Ulster Star Awards Banquet and Presentations. Four athletes from each of the nine Ulster Counties were honoured as well as the Senior, Junior and Master Athletes of the Year and Ulster Athletics Hall of Fame i9nductee. Some of the dignitaries who attended the function were Leas Ceann Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher T.D. Councillor Michael Naughton and The President of Athletics Northern Ireland Mr Ian Taylor.

The 6th annual Remembrance 10k  once again drew a response from the general area as friends / families in large numbers joined in to mark loved ones sadly no longer with us 

Peadar Mc Granaghan receives his National Volunteers in Sports Award in Farmleigh House Dublin

The Annual Ulster Athletics Star Awards presentation night will be held in the Bay View Hotel Killybegs on Friday next November 15th. When the Awards were set up in 2005 the Bay View Hotel was the main sponsor and Killybegs was the venue for the presentation up until 2011, since then the Awards night has been held in Monaghan but this year they have come home. 

Well cross country is a tough challenge on a good day but Saturday in Dundonald Belfast the occassion the Ulster u 11-19 cross country  provided a memorable obstacle, dire conditions due to incessant rain but the show must go on 

An excellent days cross country hosted by Finn Valley on our grounds . Men and women teams winning and Teresa Doherty taking her 10th title 

Brendan Boyce on a short break home from his training base in Cork attended and made the presentations to the 68 young Finn Valley athletes that won national honours through the season just gone speaking about his early career his pride on representing Donegal on the world stage and his exciting year ahead in 2020 . 

The publication of the 2019 club record list while it indicates positive listings of new records in recent years there are many long standing marks to eg Sean Carlin Brian Doyle Christine Lynch Noelle Harron etc SineadMc Laughlin and Anthony Dunne to name a few 

Press Release 1/11/2019

Sonia O’Sullivan set to enter Hall of Fame at Irish Life Health Athletics Awards;

Sonia O’Sullivan, arguably Ireland’s greatest ever athlete, will celebrate her 50th birthday by being honoured with the Hall of Fame award at this year’s Irish Life Health National Athletics Awards on Thursday November 28th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blanchardstown.

Eddie Gallen did 220 km in Albi  France at the weekend and was 54th in the men´s race. His Donegal records at ultra distances are 6 hr  73k 12 hr and 24 hr is 230k

Success at Ulster level continued for the novice squads at Finn Valley having won the  Donegal titles the previous week they had travelled in confident mood to Greenmount  to challenge for the Ulster titles 

Eddie Gallen competes this weekend in Albi ,France for Ireland 

FINN VALLEY CENTRE
20/10/2019

The first Ulster Winter Throws Festival was held in the Finn Valley Complex and attracted throwers from sixteen clubs in all four provinces with a number of athletes making the long trek from Tipperary clubs Templemore, Nenagh Olympic and Carrick on Suir. Galway was well represented with athletes from Athenry AC and Tuam AC, Euan Cuniffe made the journey from Boyne AC in Louth while there were athletes form Ulster clubs, Lagan Valley, Ballymena and Antrim, Sparta, Olympian, Shercock and Omagh Harriers as well as local athletes from Cranford, Lifford/Strabane, Finn Valley, Tir Chonaill, Rosses.

Athletics Ireland organised an open x country at the National Sports Campus and in addition to doubling as a trial for master international in England next month it gives our senior and junior athletes an opportunity to gauge fitness preperation for the more serious  championship stuff in months ahead 

The Donegal County  Board athletics meeting for their annual general meeting in Donegal Town selected the following  award winners at senior ,junior and masters last evening with a clean sweep for the Finn Valley ac club

Donegal - success for FVAC novice teams in Mulladerg as individual and team victories

2019 signalled not only a global world class performance in 50k at world champs  from Brendan Boyce but Donegal and Ulster records over 20 and 50k walk  records also from his clubmate at Finn Valley ac John Kelly in the shot in European Throws meet Leiria Gareth Crawford L/S  in the javelin and the Letterkenny pair Caitriona Jennings 50k in Romania  and Ann Marie Mc Glynn in the Belfast  half marathon with the Valley athlete Bridget Mc Dyre getting added to the illustrious list with a weight for distance mark.

Finn Valley AC have organised an informal reception at the FVAC 8.30pm October 10th to which the relevant athletes, coaches and family are invited to acknowledge those on international duty through late 2018/2019.

A busy week of Cross-Country finished with the McGonagle Champions Cup event hosted by the Finn Valley AC.

Another beautiful September day brought with it another successful Secondary Schools cross-country event hosted by the Finn Valley AC.

A beautiful September day added to the success and enjoyment of the 19th annual primary school cross-country hosted by Finn Valley AC.

BERNIE O’ CALLAGHAN APPOINTED TO OFFICIATE AT PAN AMERICAN GAMES

ULSTER/ANI TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS 2018

Finn Valley ac and the track facility at their centre will certainly be buzzin in the days ahead as they host an array of track and field events . 

Finn Valley A.C. and the track facility at their centre will certainly be buzzin in the days ahead as they host an array of track and field events . 

ULSTER/ANI TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS 2018

A busy exciting evening at Finn Valley Centre for the Donegal Fastest Child finals.

Feb 26th @ Finn VAlley Ac

Yet another successful 5k 2018 with some 600 from the community and surrounding area involved.