6th ANNUAL OLD HEAD FINANCIAL BALLINAMEELA 5K ROAD RACE ON THIS FRIDAY JULY 19th .
The final race in our club summer programme of road races will be the Ballinameela 5k road race and Fun Run which will be held on Friday July 19th at 7.30 pm. The big news with this year’s race is the introduction of a new sponsor and we are delighted to be working with Old Head Financial as our race sponsor for this event. Our sincere thanks to the company’s senior manager Marissa Tobin and all the staff of Old Head Financial for coming on board as the main race sponsor, old head financial are a relatively new company started up in 2020 and is headed up by Marissa who is a Qualified Financial Adviser and a Retirement Planning Adviser, Old Head Financial is a multi-disciplinary financial planning & wealth management firm based in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. They handle pension, protection, life assurance, investment and mortgage matters for clients of all ages – whether you are just starting out in your financial journey, ready to draw down your pension, or anywhere in between, Old Head Financial can provide you with the guidance you require and with access to the financial products you need. They are a trading partner of Hayes & Hayes Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers – should you also require expertise from a tax perspective, your financial planning and tax advisory needs can all be catered for seamlessly.
Contact us today; Tel: 058 43228 E: info@oldheadfinancial.ie
Registration online for the race is set at 10 with number collection at Community hall from 6.15 pm. entry fee on the night will be 15 euro. This course is as flat as you could imagine and one which will throw up many 5k PB’s. Showers and Changing Facilities and of course the important refreshments will be available at the centre afterwards.
ENTRY LINK BALLINAMEELA RACE.
https://eventmaster.ie/event/Q4jyInKSOy
EUROFINS WATERFORD GREENWAY HALF MARATHON SET FOR AUGUST 31ST .
ENTRIES FULL AND CLOSED.
On 31ST August at 9 am West Waterford Athletic Club will host our 8th annual Waterford Greenway Half Marathon. Once again we are delighted to have local company Eurofins as our title sponsor for this unique event and we thank them for their commitment to this race and to our club. The race will be limited to 750 entries which has now been reached so no more entries available for this event. Entry fee includes a specially commissioned Greenway Medal and Dri fit T-shirt !
EUROFINS WATERFORD GREENWAY HALF MARATHON PRIZES.
The prizes for this race will be as follows.
1st 5 Men and Women
Ladies
1st and 2ndO/35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60,65
1st Junior
Men
1st and 2nd O/40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70
1st Junior
We will also have 2 Men’s and 2 Ladies team prizes with first 3 finishing positions to score (Outside of prize winners).
Spot prizes will be randomly distributed to runners down the field at the finish line.
Note: Cash prizes will be given to the Men’s and Ladies winners and all category prizes will be vouchers.
“RAPID RESPONSE VEHICLE FOR WEST WATERFORD” TO BENEFIT FROM EUROFINS WATERFORD GREENWAY HALF MARATHON.
Each year for the Eurofins Waterford Greenway half marathon we partner up with a charity that will benefit from the donated monies by the runners taking part in the event. This year we are delighted to announce our charity partners for the event will be “Rapid Response Vehicle West Waterford”, As all our supporters know we try to raise awareness for important causes and charities with our events and this year the chosen charity we are supporting is Rapid Response Vehicle. Based in Dungarvan, Rapid Response Vehicle West Waterford aims to enhance emergency medical services in the region, ensuring advanced A+E emergency pre-hospital care is swiftly delivered throughout a very large mostly rural 100 square mile area.It is their goal to raise sufficient funding to procure and operate a state-of-the-art emergency vehicle with advanced medical facilities. This Rapid Response Vehicle for West Waterford will have the capacity to bring the A+E to the scene of a critical emergency with cutting-edge equipment to facilitate effective medical intervention. All carried out by a volunteer doctor and paramedics, skilled in emergency medicine .As always we ask your support for this worthy cause that will be a vital asset to the community. We never know the day or the hour that we might need this service so hopefully we can raise as much funds as possible to do our bit for this voluntary organisation who not might but will save lives in our community. For further race information please log on to club web site www.westwaterfordathletics.org and follow the link on home page for GREENWAY all race information and entry link is available here. Please note that entries are now closed as the target number of participants has been reached.
30TH ANNUAL RÁS NA RINNE FRIDAY JULY 26TH.
The 30th Rás na Rinne will be held on Friday 26th July at 7.30 pm.A great unique route that starts at the Barracks cross, An Rinn, heading downhill to An Coinigéar strand. Participants then head out to the tip of the Coinigéar beach, running on the sand side and returning on the grass side, finishing back at the Barracks cross. A beautiful scenic run in West Waterford that has something for everyone.Race numbers will be available for collection from Halla Pobail na Rinne between 6.15pm and 7.15pm on the evening of the race.Hand carved Criostal na Rinne perpetual trophy (‘Corn Ui Dhroma’) for the overall winner. Prizes for individual and category winners.A 42krunning t-shirt for all who register and complete the route. Supported by West Waterford Athletics Club .RACE ENTRY EVENTMASTER.IE 15 EURO
GOLD FOR PAT KENNEDY AT AAI GAMES.
The National AAI Games and Combined Events Championships were held last Saturday at Morton Stadium Santry Dublin and large numbers were the order of the day in most competitions. One of our newest members Pat Kennedy was in action wearing the West Waterford AC club singlet for the first time in a national competition and he got off to the proverbial filer when competing in the Heavy Hammer for men over 65 Pat threw a distance 11.23 to take his first national gold medal for the club, very well done Pat.
SYMPATHY.
West Waterford athletic club extend sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Margaret Burnes White Strand, Abbeyside and David Owens 12, An Seanachaí Cottages, Dungarvan who passed to their eternal reward recently, may the rest in peace.
