A Golden Era – a fantastic piece of work from great writers telling the stories of 58 master athletes and the story of Irish athletics. Vol. 1 consists of people born between 1924 to 1955. A must for all running fans and participants. Contact Michael Gygax (0868500798) for a copy

The very best of luck to our own Orla Comerford who competes in the T13 100m heats in Rio tomorrow afternoon at 4pm Irish time.

Freddy Sittuk won the Seamus Weldon 5k in 15:29 which was hosted by Ardee AC with Cillian O’Leary finishing third  in 15:54 and Simon Ryan finishing 4th in 16:09. The trio took home the Seamus Weldon Memorial Cup for the team prize

Tonight was saw the 29th edition of the Jim Wall handicap race take place. A staggered start saw a bunched finish with James Fitzgerald, a relation of Jim’s, taking the honours in 17:55 ahead of father George Fitzgerald in 18:09 and Ray McCormack in third in 18:21. Overall winners of the series were also crowned tonight. Dermot Gorman was crowned overall men’s winner with 5 victories and 3 second place…