All Ireland fixture at WIT Sports Campus
Local athletic followers have a major attraction on their doorstep next Sunday when an All Ireland Cross Country Championship fixture is being staged in the grounds of WIT Sports Campus in Carriganore on the outskirts of the city. Many athletes from Waterford clubs will be competing in the majority of the races including the Novice races for men and women. The programme has Championships for boys and girls under 11,13,15,17 and 19 and Novice men and women The full timetable for the day is as follows.girls u 11 11.30 am,boys u11 11.40 am,girls u 13 11.50 am, boys u 13 12.05 pm girls u15 12.20 pm, boys u 15 12.40 pm, girls u 17 1 pm, boys u 17 1.25 pm, girls u 19 1.50 pm, boys u 19 2.15 pm, novice women 2.45 pm, and novice men 3 pm. Parking is available on site in two car parks but it is anticipated these will be full by 10:30 am so overflow car parking is available thanks to the owners of the Butlerstown Retail Park and there will be a shuttle bus running from there to the WIT Sports Campus. It is a 10 minute walk from the overflow car park at Butlerstown retail park to the start area at WIT Sports Campus.Check-in is upstairs in the the WIT Sports Campus building and there are eight changing rooms there which include showers and toilets as well as separate toilets within the building. Hot drinks of tea/coffee and soup as well as sandwiches and usual shop items will be available to purchase on the course.
Waterford AC and the County Board will be setting up the course on Thursday from 1:30 pm and on Saturday from 10 am and any help would be appreciated on these occasions and anyone available to help out on race day should contact Cait Caulfield of Waterford AC on 0861055458.Route map and other information is available on www.waterfordac.com
McCarthy has good run in Belgrade
Ireland had teams competing at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade last Sunday and two athletes from Waterford were competing on the teams David McCarthy West Waterford at senior level and Shane Quinn Ferrybank AC in the under 23 grade. McCarthy ran a very good race to finish in 18 th place in a field of 80 runners and he was the second Irish finisher Michael Mulhare finished in15th place and the Irish team were 6 th in a field of eleven teams. Shane Quinn ran well early on in his under 23 race but eventually dropped back to finish in 41 st place in a field of 84, the team did quite well to finish 4 th of 12 teams behind Great Britain, Ukraine and France and in front of Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Shane was the fourth Irish scorer. Best Irish performance came from Fionnula Britton who was attempting to win the senior title for the 3 rd year in succession but she eventually had to settle for 4 th place on Sunday another top performance. In the junior men's race Sean Tobin Clonmel was 9 th in a field of 112 runners which was a very creditable effort.and Paul Robinson also had a great effort in finishing 9 th in the under 23 race.
Philip Harty wins Turkey Trot
180 competed in the 5 th Annual Paddy Joe Curran memorial 5 miles Turkey Trot on a course near "The Marine Bar" outside Dungarvan on Sunday last. Philip Harty was the overall winner in 26 minute 43 seconds,Ravis Zakis was second in 27.08 and in third place was Kevin Kenneally in 28.11 all three from West Waterford. First lady home was Karen Grant Midleton in 31.42, Corina Walsh West Waterford was second in 32.40 and EvelynCashman Youghal was third in 33.378.The proceeds went to Youghal Cancer Support Group
January 2014 Fixtures
4 th Celtic Cross Country, Greenmount, 5 th AAI National Inter Club Indoor League Round 1 Athlone,11 th AAI All Ireland Indoor Combined Events all categories Athlone,12 th Munster Senior and Junior Cross Country Cashel, 18 th Munster Indoor Relays and Juvenile Combined Events,19 th Munster Junior and 23 Indoors Nenagh, 25 th All Ireland Masters Indoors Athlone, 26 th AAI All Ireland Junior and Under 23 Indoors Athlone
St Stephens Day Runs
The Annual Charity Fun Run on Stephens Day in Dungarvan at 11 am has a 5 miles and 2 miles route Entries at Dungarvan GAA Club. Another run listed for that day is a Family 5 KM Fun Run or Walk at The Pink Rock just off the Glenmore/ New Ross Road ,donations welcome and there will be spot prizes.
Baldy Man Run
This years Baldy Man Run will be in Tramore at 11 am on Saturday December 28 th with entries on the day, proceeds to Waterford Hospice full details from 086 2520231 begin_of_the_skype_
Incorrect Numbers
Once again people running with another persons number competed in the recent Waterford Half Marathon and consequently caused many problems with the results after the race with people getting prizes they did not win and others who had been entitled to them excluded, none of it the fault of the organisers. Men being credited with a certain placing when in fact it was a woman that wore the number and visa versa was a major problem as indeed was anyone wearing a number that was not theirs. Many have suggested that those found to be involved in this carry on be excluded entry to future races as is apparently done in other counties, people dealing with results I'm sure would support this suggestion and may have to bring it in here in Waterford. It mainly occurs in races where there are pre entries and someone decides a few days before the event that they cannot run and passes it on to someone else. Please destroy the number if you are not participating yourself when you see the problems that can be caused - its not rocket science- and give those totting up the results a clear run
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