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IS IT A BIRD? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman and his mates, and they’re pushing a engine-less Mini Cooper through the streets of Gort.
No, it’s not a scene for Tim Bur- ton’s latest film, instead this Friday two teams of local lads will dress up and push two Mini-Coopers through the streets of Gort.
This daring deed, which will see a team of heroes race a team of vil- lains, is all in aid of this year’s Peo- ple in Need telethon.
“It started with myself and Ross O’Donnell, a guy I work with. We were having a bit of a laugh and we said that we would do something for the ‘Telethon,’ said Brian Bourke
(hero).
“The idea came about pushing the two mini-cars. The idea went from there and we decided that we would have a bit of craic with it and dress up. I don’t know where the idea of the super heroes came from but I Wee ULM oom OMA RETIT OLA
“We are going to have a good team and a bad team, good versus evil, and we will raise as much money as we can.”
The teams will race from the Gort hurling field on the Tubber Road and are expected to arrive in the square in Gort at 4.30pm this Friday, Octo- ber 26.
“Oh ya, it’ll be a competitive race. We should have five or six heroes and villains on each team in full cos-
tume. It will be competitive, there is no doubt about that. We will have Su- perman and Spider-man on the good team and the Joker and the Penguin on the evil side.
“There is a guy in the town called Seamus Daly and he has a number of Mini Coopers and he is going to give us two of them. One of them is driveable but I don’t think there is an engine in the other one so that will be lighter to push, I think the heroes will be pushing that one.”
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“There will be plenty of buckets around on the day for people to do- nate money. We have cards and buck- ets in the local businesses around the
town and people can just call into them if they want to donate money,” continued Bourke.
“The money raised locally around the area stays local which should be an incentive to donate. We would like to thank the people from the Tel- ethon for all their support, the Gardai who are helping us and blocking off the streets for the race and the people of Gort for all the support they have given up.’