Letterkenny Athletics Club Notes



Several Letterkenny AC runners made the short journey to Gransha, Derry for Saturday’s North West Cross Country Championship. In ideal running conditions, Annmarie McGlynn emerged as the winner of the women’s race. She ran 20.32 for the 6KM course, which gave her an emphatic victory as she was well over a minute clear of her closest challenger, North Down AC’s Rachel Gibson.
Barry Mackey and John Hughes, 2 in-form M50s, finished close together. Barry’s time was 25.07, with John just 2 seconds behind. Richard Raymond’s good form continued and his time of 27.26 gave him 3rd place in the M60 category. Cathal Roarty moved from his usual Saturday locale of Letterkenny, for the parkrun, to Gransha. He also moved his recent good form with him and finished in 28.24. Danny Sharkey ran well and clocked 29.17.
The race winner was Neil Johnston of Springwell Running Club, who finished in a very  fast time of 18.31. The fine weather clearly had a positive impact on race participation, with  266 runners taking part.
Before the race, Richard Raymond and Cathal Roarty showed their commitment to athletics  by volunteering their services as stewards at the Letterkenny parkrun. Peter McLean took part in this race for the 34th time and his time of 26.25 earned him a top 10 finish and 2nd place in the M55-59 category.
Letterkenny Athletic Club would like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy Christmas to  all media oulets. We would like to thank them for giving the club   space in written publications and time on radio stations in order to publicise our activities, events and  news.
The club would also like to wish a Happy Christmas to all our sponsors. We wish to thank them for their generosity, which has helped the club to retain its position as one of Ireland’s most successful athletic clubs. The generosity has also helped us to orgainise a large number of races in Letterkenny during the year.
                                      Hugh Gallagher.
                                  Letterkenny AC PRO.


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