The Tony O Connell 4 Miler goes ahead this Sunday, January 24th, in Clonmel at 12 noon. Entries will be taken at the Vocational School, the Mall from 10 a.mm onwards. The course is relatively flat and ideal to get you off to a fast time for 2010. Entry fee is €10 and there will be Prizes in all Categories as well as many Spot Prizes for down the field finishers. There will be after race refreshments in the Vocational School after the race.
The winner of the race will receive 250 Euros, sponsored by the O’Connell family. This year there will be Prizes for the following categories 1st 5 Men, 1st 3 0/40, 1st 2 0/45, 50, 1st 0/55,0/60,0/65 and 0/70 1st 3 Junior Men. This year there will be prizes for the Ladies in the following categories: – the 1st 5 Senior Ladies, 1st 3 0/35, 1st 2 0/40 and 1st 0/45 and 1st Junior Lady For further enquiries please contact Niall O Sullivan at 086 1660888.
Due to the continuing bad weather, the Tony O’Connell 4 Miler Road Race has been postponed. A provisional date of January 24th has been set as the re-scheduled date for this race.
The Tony O Connell 4 miler has been re scheduled for Sunday 10th January, weather permitting. The race headquarters will once again be the Vocational School, the Mall and entries will be taken from 10 am onwards. The race will start at the Loreto Convent at 12 noon and proceed down to Ferryhouse and back to Barlo Motors via the Waterford Road. The entry fee is €10 and there will be Prizes in all the various categories as well as plenty of Spot Prizes for down the field finishers. There will also be Post Race Refreshments in the Vocational School after the race.
This race will be ideal for anyone aiming to run in the Dungarvan 10 mile road race on January 31st of January. It will also offer people of all levels of ability an opportunity to get 2010 off to a great start to their New Year Resolution.
Weather permitting the Tony O Connell 4miles will get underway at 12 noon from the Loreto Convent. However I would ask everyone who are interested in participating in the race to check back here for confirmation of the race going ahead closer to the date. Or they can contact 086 166088 for further enquiries.
The Club will once again be promoting a series of 4k for seven Wednesday nights in January and February to encourage people who are over 16 years of age to Get Fit and Stay Fit. We promoted a very successful Pre Christmas series where we averaged 80 people each night to participate and get fit and this has encouraged us to do a 2010 New Year Series of 4K. The series gets underway on Wednesday 13th January at 7 pm. We encourage everyone to come along and participate at your own pace over the 2 lap route which is relatively flat and well lit up. The entry fee is €4 each night and everyone who participates in four out of the seven races will receive a Special designed Mug. Read the rest of this entry »
Due to severe weather conditions the Tony O Connell 4 Mile Road Race had to be cancelled. It has been re scheduled for Sunday January 10th at 12 noon. Sorry for any inconvenience caused
Well done on tonight’s performances, despite the atrocious conditions it was great to see such a great entry, 63 competitors. It was great to see some more new faces. Due to the climatic conditions the race format was changed to a Luck Dip and the winners are highlighted, well done and I will have your prizes for you next week. Speaking of next week – it is race 7 of the Series and all monies received on the night will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Home Care. The format will be Lucky Dip, based on finishing positions and weather permitting we will present the Prizes on the Night. I would ask everyone to come along earlier than usual as we may well have a record entry; such is the interest in this race for such a worthy cause.
Well done on another great night for racing, great to see some more new faces and tonight we had 80 athletes competing. Please find results attached. Well done to all the winners, great to see some new faces among the prizes.
Race 6 Format – This is a handicap race where the slowest athlete goes off first and the faster athletes go off last. Georgina Gilligan will have the honour of going off first and Richard O Gorman will in the last group to go off. All Athletes will be grouped according to their best times and I will send out the starting times for each group during the week. The race will start at 6.55 pm for the first athlete, so please come along a bit early to make sure that you start in the right group. For all future Races Parking have to be more organised so we ask all athletes to come early and adhere to the stewards instruction.
Race number 7: - Alzheimer Society of Ireland - Home Care Service – Charity Run The November 18th 4k race will be a run in aid of a Special Charity that has a local focus and the Charity selected by the organising committee this year is the Alzheimer Society of Ireland - Home care services. The Home Care Service is a support service for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their carers and family members in the South Tipperary area. This service provides dementia care workers who are assigned to families offering care and support in the home, providing the carer with a welcome and often, desperately needed break from their caring role. So on November 18th all monies donated will be given to this very charitable cause. So anyone can come along on that night and walk the 4k course and help raise much needed funds for this cause.
Some dated to keep in Mind
St Stephen’s Day – Clonmel – 12 noon – The Tony O Connell 4 Mile Road Race – More details next week.
We will be resuming this series on January 13th 2010 for a 7 races series – More details next week.
