NAC/MAC and Friends – Charity Run – Saturday 19th December 2015

On a very busy day in the running calendar, 47 athletes arrived in Castlewellan for the now traditional pre-Christmas night out Charity run – an ideal opportunity to get the legs warmed up for the inevitable dancing and general misbehaving that would follow later on that night. 47 started and 47 finished, but in now accepted fashion two did their own thing! Grainne and Patricia started out with the main field before finding a more interesting path; this led to a deviation off route, a bit of a nature trek, some impromptu bird watching before ambling back to the point from whence they came. After all of that they were home first by a country mile!!! The times below are accurate to a point as the timekeeper was suffering from a viral infection and a little under the weather.  Please do not hesitate to let him know if there are any inaccuracies and he guarantees to do absolutely nothing about it as this was a bit of good hearted Christmas fun.  If you ran faster you know it so well done!!!

Thanks to everyone for coming out and donating to charity – £600 was raised on the morning and a further £150 was collected on the night from those generous club members who were unable to attend but more than willing to hand over some cash. On Saturday morning £250 was donated to Emily McAlinden towards her missionary work in South Africa in the summer, £250 to Cancer Research and £100 towards the collection to purchase a defibrillator for Castlewellan Forest Park. The additional money collected will also be handed over in the near future.  Any further donations will be greatly received.  Thanks to Pascal Toner for setting the course (they all loved it), to Frank Cunningham who was ‘tour guide Barbie’ for the morning and to the angelic Nora, less angelic Roisin, Michelle, June, MT, Ciaran (AKA the Dog Whisperer!) and Rebecca for starting, finishing and organising and manning the hospitality. Thanks also to Martin McMullan of LIFE for handing over his wonderful premises in the Courtyard for the pre-run gathering and the post-run refreshments. Thanks also to Vicky for coming in early to look after us and going out of her way to make sure that everyone was looked after – it was very much appreciated.

 

Name Finish time Actual run time
Ciaran Young 44.32 44.32
Brendan Laverty 44.32 44.32
Ashlene McGeough 45.30 35.30
Lorna Cunningham 47.06 37.06
Colin Jess 47.30 33.30
Hugh Oram 47.30 42.30
Dave Stewart 48.00 43.00
Anne George 48.08 43.08
Liam Devlin 48.26 43.26
Wonderwall Gallagher 48.30 33.30
Dave Fulcher 48.34 43.34
Aidan Brown 48.37 33.37
The Prophet 48.53 33.53
Sinead Murtagh 48.53 33.53
Kevin Corrigan 48.53 43.53
Stevie Wallace 48.53 33.53
Linda Rogan 48.55 38.55
Eileen Fegan 49.55 39.55
Anne McCormick 50.02 45.02
Marguerite Robinson 50.02 45.02
John McVeigh 51.11 46.11
Nicola Mathers 51.36 46.36
Shauna Trainor 51.36 46.36
Michelle McCann 51.36 46.36
Laura Watson 52.00 42.00
Mark King 52.19 37.19
Megan McGreevy 52.19 42.19
Jerome Farrell 52.19 37.19
Nigel McKinney 52.19 42.19
Gary McIlhennon 53.35 41.35
Gemma Cousins 54.28 49.28
Alex McAlinden 54.36 49.36
Francie McAlinden 54.36 49.36
Catherine McIntosh 54.45 54.45
Tara Haughian 54.58 54.58
Shona Murray 58.36 53.36
Denise McAlarney 58.38 58.38
Jackie Moore 60.24 60.24
Liam Smyth 50.24 50.24
Geoffrey Calvert 63.40 63.40
Leah Calvert 63.40 63.40
Caroline Morgan 63.40 63.40
Lorna Fitzpatrick 63.40 63.40
Siobhan O’Hare 63.40 63.40
Frank Cunningham 63.40 63.40