Faster, Higher, Stronger!

You have to be quick out of the blocks to keep up with all that is going on in Athletics Ireland at the moment. The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger” was never so relevant!

What a 2018 to date, from high performance medals to a new office and several new staff. Change in sport is constant and something that we all need to positively embrace and enjoy. My philosophy is to embrace positive change and continually challenge to operate more efficiently at all levels. Just like any athlete we aspire to maximise our individual potential and also the potential of the organisation.

We often overlook all our achievements and under sell all the great work we do. I have to acknowledge our brilliant Athletes, Members, Board, Staff, Officials and Volunteers that contribute so immensely throughout our organisation. We are creating over 100,000 daily participation opportunities in Primary & Secondary Schools through The Daily Mile, Fit 4 Class, School Mile Challenge and iRun4Fun. Additionally, hundreds of competitions are taking place on a daily basis throughout the year in our Clubs and Schools right through to our 30 National Championships.

We should all be very proud of the positive impact we are delivering as a sport to the health and wellness of our nation.

Athletics is truly a sport for all and our diversity is our great strength, we also lead the way as a truly gender balanced sport with 52% of our membership being female.

Let us all celebrate our sport and continue to make a real difference to people’s lives through athletics.