Sligo Athletic Club Notes 18th August 2009

The National Masters took place in Tullamore on Sunday 16th August. Although Sligo had only a reasonable numerical representation on the track we had some quality performances. Kevin Mc Glone was competing in his first Nationals and produced a sparkling effort to take gold in the 100 and 200 ms and a close fourth over 400ms, probably his best event but coming at the end of a hard day following his two victories. John Mc Dermott, fresh from his fourth in the World Masters the previous week took a silver early in the day over 200ms but ran away with the gold over 400ms. Terry Hayes repeated his 2008 bronze over 1500ms , while Karl Boyce ran his fastest ever 1500 ms of 4mins 47 secs in a high class race and Eamon Reddin also ran his fastest 1500ms in his category.


The Annual Dromahair 4 Mile Road Race also took place on Sunday 16th August on what turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon. As usual this race was in the capable hands of Tom Cullen and Danny Hannon and they didn't disappoint with excellent organisation throughout. Over 170 people turned out to take part in both the senior walk and run section whilst a large amount of underage athletes were evident too. Tommy Carroll - pictured -(North Sligo) breezed home as the comfortable winner with Neil Faulkner (North Leitrim) coming second. Full results to follow.


The Tullan for the Township 5k will take place on Tullan Strand Road, Bundoran, Co Donegal on Saturday 22 August 2009 at 2.00pm. The Walkers will set off at 2.00pm and the Runners at 2.30pm. Registration is at the Donegal Adventure Centre, Bundoran, (Directly opposite GAA Park) at 12 noon to 1.45pm sharp. The race start and finish area at the Tullan Strand beach car park at the top of Tullan Strand Road, turn up at KFC. Entry €15 includes Niall Mellon tee shirt. There will be cash and merchandise prizes in all categories. Contact: Paddy on 087 2376389.