Annnual Drinks Night
Our Annual Drinks Night will take place in Duff's Lounge, Main St., Bray, on Thursday 12th Dec from 9pm. All welcome, bring a friend.
Ballycotton, Final Reminder and more
The Ballycotton 10 mile road race is one of the most popular races in the country and the demand for places last Friday was testament to that. After opening at 2pm, all 2,300 places available online were sold out within 90 minutes although there were some problems with the website being able to handle so many requests.
The form for postal entries can now be found HERE
Note however that these are now the only options for getting in....
1) If you are a member of an Athletics Ireland registered club then you have until Friday the 20th to get your entry in.
FERRYCARRIG 5MILE.
Some of our athletes may be interested in the following;
Date; 12th Jan 2014 at 1pm.
On line entry is available at www.runireland.com or www.activeglobal.com.
Entry forms can also be applied for by return to this email.
Entry on the day may or may not be available. This will be confirmed nearer the date. Numbers are limited however and entries have started to come in in earnest.
All pre-entered runners will receive our unique race memento, the Ferrycarrig 5 Gym Towel and all will receive a goody bag and refreshments afterwards.
The prize list for the race is as follows:
All prizes are in cash except for the team and junior prizes which are vouchers.
| Male | Female | |
| Winner | €200.00 | €200.00 |
| Time Bonus* (See below) | €100.00 | €100.00 |
| Second | €100.00 | €100.00 |
| Third | €50.00 | €50.00 |
| Fourth | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Teams (3) (Vouchers) | €120.00 | €120.00 |
| Junior (Vouchers) | €30.00 | €30.00 |
| Vet O/40 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Vet O/50 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
| Vet O/60 | €40.00 | €40.00 |
*If the race winner beats the course record from last year (Men 25:18, Ladies 29:43) he or she will also avail of the €100.00 time Bonus (€300.00 total)
Cyril Smyth at plaque unveiling
Please check out the following link.
Winter League. Rd 4
Tonight, Thursday 5th Dec., we had Rd 4 of our Winter League, a 10 x 400mtr 2 person relay. The race proved to be a very interesting affair with the lead changing hands on a number of occasions and the result in doubt up to the final few metres. The winners were the very experienced pairing of Pat McCourt and Christy Maloney, in 4th place after 1st leg they gradually moved through the field to win by 2sec from Diana Doll and Jason O'Connor. The final round will be held in conjunction with our Annual 5k Club H/cap, on Sunday 15th December, in Shanganagh at 9.30.
RD 4 10 x 400mtr Relay.
1st; Pat McCourt, Christy Maloney. 15 Pts each
2nd; Diana Doll, Jason O'Connor 14 Pts ..
3rd; Noelle Thorpe, Liam Casey 13 Pts ..
4th; Tony Brannigan, Gordon 12 Pts ..
5th; Colm O'hEigeartaigh, Nicola 11 Pts..
After 4 Rounds Leaderboard looks like this;
1st; Diana, 56pts
2nd; Jason, 55pts
3rd; Noelle, 51pts
4th; Liam, 50pts
5th; Pat, 42pts
6th; Christy, 32pts.
All could change after final round, lots of bonus points on offer.
BALLYCOTTON 2014----REMINDER
Entries for Ballycotton 2014 will be available on line from 2pm tomorrow, 2,300 in total, and they will sell out fast. A postal entry form will be available from Monday next, to download, all entries from registered club athletes received before 20th Dec., will be accepted. THERE IS NO LATE ENTRY TO THIS EVENT.
Winter League Round 4
Round 4 of the winter league will take place on Thurs 5th December @ 6.30pm. Thursdays race will be a relay event, teams will be selected on the night.
All welcome, helpers included.
