The Connacht Uneven Ages and Adult League Cross
Country Championships (under 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, Seniors, Master’s) will take
place in Belleek, Ballina this Sunday, November 10, with the first race to
start at 12:00.
We have a small number of athletes travelling
to the beautiful North Mayo town to take on the beautiful but challenging
parkland course.
In the U11 Boys, we have Hugh McGovern in
action while Clara Doherty will be in action in the U13 Girls. In the U13 Boys,
Declan and Patrick Kennedy will lead teammates Riaghan Guckian, Oran Butler, Kyle
Lannon and Cathal Enright while Brendan Kennedy (U14 Boys) and Justin Cornélis (U17 Boys) complete our line-up.
Moy Valley Athletic Club, in consultation
with Ballina Municipal District, are encouraging all who will travel to the
event to use the Council owned parking facilities in Ballina (especially at (1)
the Market Square; (2) adjacent to Dunne’s Stores and LIDL; and (3) Bachelor’s
Walk) and then make the relatively short walk to Belleek.
The cross country
course is best accessed via the historic Belleek Gatehouse (https://goo.gl/maps/soKb35e4vSN2
). There will be both Garda and club stewards in the area to minimise traffic
delays so please observe their directions.
REGISTRATION
The race Headquarters will be Ballina Town
Football Club (https://goo.gl/maps/FwAMjpvH7hm) but please note that race numbers will be
given out in a designated tent on the cross country course itself until 11:30
am.
COURSE
The course will be laid out in two laps as
detailed below. The small lap is 400m long and the blue lap is almost 1000m
long with a run to the finish line of almost 100m. Where the 400m lap is
required, athletes will run the shorter lap first. Therefore, the race
distances will be covered as follows:
1500m = 1 small loop; 1 large loop
2500m = 1 small loop; 2 large loops
3500m = 1 small loop; 3 large loops
4000m = 4 large loops
5000m = 5 large loops
6000m = 6 large loops
8000m = 8 large loops
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