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Fethard Town Parkrun Hits Record Participants

February 19, 2024

FETHARD TOWN PARKRUN

This is a weekly parkrun held every Saturday morning in Fethard. It was a very wet morning and this week they had their largest attendance of 140 people take part. There was Lidl sponsors at the finish line with T-shirts and refreshments. Tom O Connell was 1st home in a fantastic time of 17.03. 

IMRA MUNSTER LEAGUE

IMRA MUNSTER LEAGUE RAHEEN WOODS MALLOW, CO. CORK took place on Sunday 18th February. This was the 5th race in the Winter/Spring Trail League. In the long course of 9.2k we had three Senior athletes take part. Barry Hartnett, who finished 2nd overall Male, Michael Moore & Jim Halley.
In the short course of 3k we had two juvenile athletes compete. Bella Curling was 1st Junior girl and Isobelle Hartnett was 2nd. A super strong race ran by the girls, front running the whole way to battle it out over the last 800m. Curling showed great strength on the tough uphill finish to take her 1st golden at an IMRA event.

Featured Image: Back L-R: Barry Hartnett, Michael Moore, Jim Halley.Front L-R: Bella Curling & Isobel Hartnett

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