Drogheda & District AC athlete Christopher Keenan took bronze while representing Leinster at the Senior men's 1500m at the 8th CSIT World Sports Games (WSG) held in Loutraki, Greece.

Organised by the International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation (CSIT), the WSG brought together approximately 6,000 amateur athletes from 36 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, and America to compete in a wide range of athletic events.

Chris is now officially one of the most talented middle-distance runners in the country. This astonishing performance is all the more impressive given that he is so focused and dedicated on his full-time studies and got to Greece on the back of his usual training and a few races, and his time was not shabby either as he clocked 4.05.89 for the metric mile.

Summer was in the air as several Drogheda & District AC athletes enjoyed the country lanes at the annual Patrick Bell and Nicky Philips 5K at Bohermeen on Saturday evening. There was a good turnout, although down on previous years, the race was not a sell-out which is odd considering the course is well suited to fast times.

The race was won by an on-form Sean Doran. Fastest around the course for Drogheda was club favourite Paddy Murphy who ran a nice 19 minutes 16 seconds. Brian Carrig was just 30 seconds behind, making a good return to racing for him after a short gap. Katheryn Meade also broke the 20 minute milestone.

Colin Prone returned to racing, and smartly took it easy around this course while Colin Cuffe found the course a little short after all the long miles he's been running so far this year, both just over the 20-minute mark.

A special well done is due to Helga Mcdonnell and Linda Byrne Cruise on winning 2nd and 3rd place category prizes. Helga finished in 23:34, and Linda in 24:05, and with plenty of food and drinks after it a night to remember.

There was also much delight at the Dublin Graded Track and Field Meeting at Morton Stadium as talented track athlete Ernesto Saborio returned to the cauldron and made it count when he lit up the track 2 seconds quicker than his last outing in the 800mrunning the distance in 2min 04.46 sec which was good enough for 3rd place.

The Glenmore Challenge Running Festival was enjoyed by several DDAC athletes on Saturday, 07 June 2025, which was held in beautiful North County Louth. Conditions were favourable on the day.

Olivia Reilly (22:50), Louise Irvin (26:16), Gerard Maher (27:53), Lorraine REILLY (28:56) Amy GREGORY 28:59 ran the 5K.

Maria Ward (01:24:26) ran the 10K.

Joe Carroll (01:21:14) and Mike Staunton 01:35:35 ran the 10 Mile.

And finally, Yasmin Canning took category prize in the 800m at the Leinster masters Championships held in Carlow. Her time was 2 minutes 43.