Berlin Marathon 2011

Well done all who chased the new world record down and completed the 26.2 miles in very warm conditions.



Above pictured are Trevor Swift (3hr 15min, Brendan Aspel (3 hr),Pat Grant (3 hr 7min) and Phil Carrol (4 hr 27min). Also, running on the day were Joan Mahony, Paul Walsh and Ian Robinson.

Female wrestlers make an appearance at Waterford half marathon.

Thanks for the many captions to our photo and thanks to Mel and Chelly for signing over the rights to the movie.

Options we could publish are;

If you don't mind I think I finished in front of you. Get off my podium!

"I picked the better brother" " no, - I picked the better brother" !!!!

The cream always comes to the top!

Winner Alright!

10k on Sunday in aid of Waterford Hospice - 12noon

Another great annual run comes up this Sunday Sept 11th in aid of the Waterford Hospice and Waterford AC are seeking support from their members and friends to come along and support and help out.

Members who are too tired after their excellent runs in the half marathon last week might want to take a week off and come along and support and/or Steward. Anyone available are asked to be at the RSC for 11:00 and/or contact Thomas Caulfield on 086 2619199 you will be given a job.

For those runnnig it is not too late to enter at the The Munster Express Office right up to Saturday, 10th September from 9:00am to 1:00pm for last minute registrations.

All proceeds go to Waterford Hospice. Entry fee €15.

Successful hosting of the National Half

Waterford AC hosted an excellent Fest of running on a much improved day on Saturday where the weather brightened up nicely for perfect running conditions. Hats off to all our members and friends who made the event a very popular one with the athletes and their supporters. Athletics Ireland were very pleased with the huge participation in both the championship and challenge elements of the race with a total number of 690 runners completing the course and they congratulated Waterford AC on excellent handling of the elements we were responsible for.

Apologies for the delay with the results on the day and shortage of sufficiently sized t shirts. However these two elements were outside the control of Waterford AC on the day.

Thanks are due to the Juvenile club in particular for handling the water-stations ably assisted by Emma, Cait and Noeleen. Very popular with runners in their post race comments.

Well done to the 43 Waterford AC members who ran and in particular National medal winners of Mary Jennings (Gold Ladies O55), Patricia O'Keefe (Silver Ladies O60) Tony O'Brien (Silver M65) and our W50+ team of Mary Jennings, Kathleen Kennedy and Phil Carroll who won Gold.

Well done our senior team in a very competitive race to come 12th out of 26 teams with Frank Quinlan (34th), Brian O'Sullivan (70th) and Brian Swaby (74th).

Also, our M40+ Masters team of Brendan Aspel, Darryl Hale and Paul McManus came a very credible 6th.




Pics include some of our major helpers on the water stations: Orla, Karen and Noeleen, some WAC members after a training run to prepare them for the Waterford AC half marathon on Dec 10th..entries available now on www.runireland.ie and......



...finally for a laugh....what are the girls saying? Answers to tom@waterfordac.com!



Also, thanks for the many emails received congratulating Waterford AC on the hosting of yet another great event and a sample are:

Just a quick note to say thank you and well done for a great event yesterday. I liked the course and the facilities and your club obviously put a huge amount of effort into it.

Looking forward to next year already!

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I ran in the Half Marathon yesterday the hospitality was fantastic and all round I had a great day. I do hope to be back in December.

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Well done today on the organisation of the half marathon. In fairness to you and the team it was ran unbelievably well from the marshals, the good quality t shirt, the volunteers, the water stops, the salad blaas, the price, the communication before, promotion etc

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Thanks of course for all the positive responses and they are always welcome and much appreciated and well done all who helped out with the event...and as always there will be complaints, however Waterford AC were not responsible for ordering and selecting the T shirts sizes, timing the event, preparing the results or Stadium MC.

Full results available on www.athleticsireland.ie