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HORSE lovers from all over the county will descend on Quin later this month in an effort to raise mon- ey for the local national school.
The Clare Hunt Association has organised a special four hour cross- country charity ride which will take place this Sunday in the town.
“We will kick off with a jumping competition in Malachy Hassett’s field at 12pm. Following that we will have our charity cross country event, starting at lpm,” said Paul O’Neill, Head of the Clare Hunt Association.
“We have tried to make it accessi- ble for different levels of riders so we
have two routes. One route takes the riders through the fields, cross coun- try and over jumps.
“But if riders don’t feel comfort- able going cross country we have a second route along the road.
“Both routes begin and end in Malachy’s farm and should take between three and three and a half hours to complete.
“If people are interested in taking part they should come along on the day or get in contact with the hunt. We have sponsorships cards avail- able at the moment which can be col- lected easily by contacting myself or other members of the hunt.
“People don’t have to fill out the
sponsorship cards but we would ex- pect that everyone who wants to take part in the hunt would contribute €50 in some way towards the char- ra A
The Clare Hunt has raised money for a number of good causes over the years.
“We have done a bit of fundrais- ing in the past. Last year we raised money for the Sr Ethel Normoyle Project with an event is Lissycasey and we have organised a number of other events for worthy charities oversees,’ continued Paul.
“This year though we though it might be a good idea to focus on a good cause closer to home. We have
a number of hunts each year and we need to cross the land of a lot of farmers for that to happen.
“Each year we have four hunts in and around the Quin area so we felt that this would be the ideal way of paying back that good will.
‘The school have recently put up a state of the art sports facility and we hope that this money help the school out a little with the expense of that.
“But hunts take place all over the county so if someone has a good cause locally, we would interested in looking at that possibly next year or the year after.”
For more information contact Paul O’ Neill on 6825740 or 087-9176243.