Important date for the Diary

Club AGM – Tuesday 31 January 2017

Details to follow – please contact a Committee Member by 9 January 2017 if you have any matter that you wish to have raised at the meeting.

On the traditional busiest shopping day of the year it was not altogether surprising that an East Down team did not make the long journey to Gransha Park in Derry on Saturday for what is the shortest race on the cross country calendar.

But that is not to say that the Club were unrepresented, as a quartet of 2 men and 2 women, Neil McCartan, Michael Cultra, Catherine O’Connor and Carmel Tumelty, bravely forsook the pleasures of retail therapy to compete.  Continue reading →

LAUREN STIRS THE FLAHAVAN’S PORRIDGE SERIES

It was quite a week for East Down’s young runners, beginning on Tuesday at windswept Castlereagh where the 2^nd round of the Flahavans Porridge Primary Schools Cross Country series was being staged at the Henry Jones Playing Fields in Castelreagh.  I was surprised to find such excellent facilities in such a location – or perhaps I should say I was surprised to find out about them, as apparently they have been there for decades.  There must be something in the air in Belfast which causes the powers that be to provide playing fields on or near wind swept mountain tops. This venue bears striking similarities to Mallusk. Anyway the course route was in very good condition and surprisingly well sheltered from the lively wind.

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MALCOLM CUP

The Malcolm Cup fixture in Ballyclare on Saturday afternoon saw East Down Ladies take centre stage yet again, as, with only one man standing, thus rendering team points out of the question, it was an opportunity for Paul Burns to test his recent good form against his peers in the Master’s race. And he was more than happy to claim 9^th place overall and 2^nd Over 40, in a race won in fine style by the experienced Annadale Strider Paul Carroll (16.33.)

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PB for PB at JOE SEELEY?

This started out as a bit of banter when discussing the forthcoming Seeley Cup strategies which might result in running a pb or PB  (Personal Best)for the10K distance, and it was put forward that the above headline would look good if it was achieved. And so it does and Well Done – Personal Best for Paul Burns. I got to thinking that we have become obsessed with acronyms, perhaps because of the growth of texting etc. We have LoLs, BOGOFs, BYOBs,

I’m not sure whether it’s a matter of laziness or thrift in not waning to over use letters but it has become an overly used idiom, whether in sport with  MOTD, SPOTY,. Medicine BSE, CJD, MS, PD, OPCD, SAD, ADHD, COPD   Music AC/DC , ELO, JLS, U2,UB40 and eating places KFC , McDs

When I was younger we only ever had PTO and PS with the occasional RSVP.

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