Tuesday, 8 February 2011

Roe Valley Country Park Trail Run

Well done to those athletes who took part in the Roe Valley Country Park Trail run on Saturday.

Congratulations to Alison who won the Female Open section at a fabulous time of 32:46 and to Kay who was 2nd in her age group in a time of 38:18 for the 5 mile course.

Adam Wilson finished 5th in the Male Open in a time of 29:32.

Well done to Stephen Keown who did his first race in 35:56 and to Johnny Dempsey who despite a knee injury finished 5th in the Vets and 3rd in the Male 40 category in a fabulous time of just 8 seconds outside 30 mins.

Roger Poland finished well in 34:24; Stephen Morrison 34:53; Iain O’Kane 38:19; Michael Rankin 41:18.



There was another victor in the Kendall/Hack household with Ailbhe Kendall winning the 1,600 metre race in a fine time of 6:43 secs.



It would be fare to say that the race wasn’t sufficiently supported and I have no idea what people want. Do they object to Moore’s Hill which is about 800 metres uphill?

My thanks to the Environment & Heritage Service and to the Springwell marshals who stood out to give everybody a great race.