The 10th WMRA/WMA Master World Mountain Running Championships 2010 was held in Poland on 28th August.
Deon McNeilly finished 7th in the Vets 45-50 race. He narrowly missed out on a team bronze as he led the Irish Team home in 4th place.
1. Paul Sichermann (GER) 45:17
2. Davide Milesi (ITA) 46:38
3. Armin Grob (SWI) 46:48
7. Deon McNeilly 48:18
11. Sean Foley 50:03
22. John Lenihan 52:01
Results can be found here
A record 225 runners competed in this year’s Lurig Run, which took place on Saturday 14th August, as part of the Heart of the Glens Festival 2010.
Joe McAlister won in a very impressive time of 28:50, while Emmet McAlister was the first local home for the third year in a row, finishing in 8th place in a time of 33:10 and collecting the prestigious Larry McAfee Memorial Shield. The first female home was Shileen O’Kane in 35:21, who finished 20th overall. Congratulations to our very own Richard McNeilly who won the male Vet over 60 category in a great time of 40:45. Ballymena Runners won the very competitive team race, as 4 of their runners made it home first.
Many thanks go to the runners, spectators, volunteers and organisers who made the event such a success and who year on year make the Lurig Run such an important part of the Festival week.
Stephen Cunningham of Mourne Runners set a superb new course record for the Mourne Seven Sevens at Newcastle on Saturday. The gruelling 19 mile event climbs the seven highest peaks in the Mournes and involves a total climb of 8,500 feet. The race was the fifth round of six in the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Championship
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Congratulations to Eamon McCrickard and Deon McNeilly who won the 2009 2 day Mourne Mountain Marathon. Results and pictures at www.mourne2day.com