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ADARE 10k Road Race and 10k fun walk will take place this Sunday, March 11, in the village of Adare starting at 1.30pm with the fun walk and road race at 2pm.
This race is organised by West Lim- erick AC and entries will be taken in the village hall from noon. There will be t-shirts to the first 250 entries with spot prizes and refreshments af- ter the race. Race entry will be €5 for juniors and walkers and €10 for all senior athletes. Any queries can be directed to Willie Costello, West Limerick AC, at 061 396532.
There will be big number of Clare athletes taking part and the course record is 30.34mins and that was set in 2003 by Seamus Power, Kil- murry Ibrickane/North Clare, and the ladies course record is 34.34mins and that was set by Valeria Vaughan, Blarney/Iniscarra.
Clare athletes have been very suc- cessful at this venue with James McIntyre and James Liddane, Tul- la, again expected to be among the leading contenders along with Gerry Ryan, Galway City Harriers, Dermot Galvin, St John’s, Jason Fahy, Olym- pic Harriers, Brian Murphy, Mar-
ian, Thomas Walsh, Tulla, lan Egan Galway City Harriers, with Eugene Moynihan, Marian, contesting the masters title along Michael Harvey, James Kenny, Kilmurry I[brickane/ North Clare, Pat and Mick O’Shea, Iveragh in Kerry, Jeffrey O’Looney Kilmurry Ibrickane/North Clare,
and Gerard Mullane, Bilboa.
In the team competition Galway City Harriers will once again do bat- tle with Bilboa, Tulla, Desmond Cur- rans, Ballynonty, and the host Club West Limerick.
The ladies contest will see Valerie Vaughan, Blarney/Iniscarra, who set a course record of 34.33mins a few years ago, challenge Rosemary Ryan, Bilboa, and Clare athlete, Ve- ronica Colleran, Ennis Track Club, for the title.
The Clare Cross Country Champi- on could be the athlete to cause a big surprise here and not too far off the pace will be Marie Foley, Limerick, Mary Sweeney, and Mary Murphy, St Finbar’s, Mary Sheehan, Blarney, along with Tracy Guilfoyle.