THE MARK MASON FINANCIAL SERVICES COLLIGAN LEAGUE STARTS THIS WEDNESDAY.
All roads lead to Colligan wood this copming Wednesday evening for round one of the popular 5 week Mark Mason’s Financial Services Colligan running league for beginners and regular runners and all are welcome once they are over 16 years of age. We would especially encourage newcomers to come along and join in this league in Colligan wood. For the complete beginner there is the option of doing two laps of the wood, beginning at the wooden bridge and finishing at the wooden bridge. This is 4.4 km in distance or 2.7 miles so it might suit all those that ran the short route over the winter league plus this route is more or less completely on the flat. Another option is to take part in the 3 lap which is 6.5 kms or just over 4 miles; this is 3 laps of the same flat circuit of the wood mentioned above. The final option is the 5 mile hill route which is one lap of the wood for starters and then up the first hill and down the hill and then across the road for the second hill and finishing in by the wood at the bridge. Entry will be online in due course. The league will start on Wednesday April 3rd and continue for five Wednesday evenings April 3rd,10th,17th, 24th and May 1st.Mass start each evening at 6.30 pm.
FORMAT OF THE LEAGUE.
Over the course of the 5 weeks of the league we will keep a record of each person’s finishing position. If you finish first you get one point, fifth place will earn you 5 points and so on. All runners will be put in to divisions of 5 and after the five weeks the winner of each division will receive a prize. Prizes will be awarded to those in each route and the divisions make it fun and interesting and all the more enjoyable.
VEALE TAKES SECOND WATERFORD SPORTS AWARD
Club member Kate Veale is the February winner of the Waterford Sports Awards, in association with WLR and the Granville Hotel.Kate won a seventh successive 3000m walk title at the National Senior Indoor Championships in Abbotstown, coming home in a personal best time of 12 minutes 27.82 seconds in doing so.This time was the third-fastest in the world in 2024 winning 17 national senior titles and seven national indoor titles to date . Kate also has the distinction of being a former World Youth champion and is prepared to make 2024 one of the best years of her career. Each month, an outstanding sports star will be crowned the winner of the monthly WLR Granville Waterford Sports Awards.The 12 monthly recipients will then gather for a black-tie Gala Banquet at the Granville Hotel in January 2025, where the first WLR Granville Waterford Sports Star of the Year will be revealed. Congratulations to Kate.
3.247 EURO RAISED AT 10TH ANNUAL AGLISH FUN RUN/WALK IN AID OF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CRUMLIN.
The 10th Aglish fun run walk in aid of the children’s hospital Crumlin was held on Easter Monday,It was great to see another great turnout on the bank holiday Monday once again for this great cause, the weather wasn’t too bad as it had brightened up nicely for the event, but some of our Walkers did get a heavy shower at the latter end of the walk , however it was worth it all with raise 3.247 euro for this most worthy cause, very well done to all who supported the event and well done to organiser Liam O’Donnell who had everything running smoothly on the day as usual.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
The clubs annual general meeting will be held on Friday April 12th at 8pm.The venue is upstairs in Merries bar Lr main st. All members welcome to attend.
CLUB SHOP NOW OPEN.
A new club Tee is also available now with a 17% discount at the online club shop. Three different sizes available kids-men’s and ladies fit, Please note when men are choosing theirs to pick the normal or the tight fit there is a big difference in the sizes so just be careful when you chose.
https://bodibro.ie/collections/west-waterford-ac
KILKENNY 5k.
A field of 874 completed the Killkenny 5 km road race last Wednesday evening through the medieval city on a 2 lap course. The overall race winner was Pierre Murchan Dublin City Harriers AC in a time of 14.03 and the Ladies winner was Fiona McKenna DCU AC who clocked time of 16.46.The club had four athletes who travelled to the race and all enjoyed the race and also performed well.
Onra Power 25.43
Michael Coakley 26.05
Niamh Fennell 28.54
Deirdre Daly 29.48
