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Jimmy’s 10k Marshals Needed

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HELP WANTED

We are holding a Jimmy’s 10k marshals meeting in the East Down AC club rooms (location map) on Wednesday 9th March at 7:30pm and would appreciate all those wishing to volunteer as a marshal or indeed a member of your family or friend to attend the meeting. I would like all members that are not running on the day or assisting in the race day’s organisation to volunteer for a marshal position. It is very important that the marshals receive a briefing and know where to stand and what to do.

Many thanks

Mark McDowell
Email: mark.mcdowell@eastdownac.co.uk

Jimmy’s 10k and Novosco 10k Grand Prix

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East Down AC are proud to announce that Jimmy’s 10k is officially the first race in the newly formed Novosco 10K Grand Prix(http://www.novosco10kgrandprix.com) which is a not-for-profit 10km running race competition starting in March 2016 until November 2016. All 13 races will be accurately measured and certified as 10km.

Entries for this years Jimmy’s 10k are filling up so don’t wait, enter soon to reserve your place. (http://www.eastdownac.co.uk/?page_id=1594)

How to Enter Novosco 10K Grand Prix
Runners will submit their entry to each individual race in the normal fashion and the race organiser will provide the relevant entry data to the Novosco 10K Grand Prix organisers. You can register for Novosco 10K Grand Prix at (http://www.novosco10kgrandprix.com/registration).

The runners performances at each race will be compared to the Age Graded Tables. Age grading is a way to adjust the runners performance according to age and gender. For example a 35 year old male running 31 minutes gets a score of 87.0% whilst a 25 year old female recording 33 minutes gets a percentage score of 91.9%.

Individual Prizes

  • 1st £800
  • 2nd £700
  • 3rd £600
  • 4th £500
  • 5th £400
  • 6th £300
  • 7th £200
  • 8th £150
  • 9th £100
  • 10th £75
  • 11th £75
  • 12th £50
  • 13th £30
  • 14th £25
  • 15th £20

Club Prizes

  • 1st £500
  • 2nd £400
  • 3rd £300
  • 4th £200
  • 5th £100

Corporate Team Prizes

  • 1st £300
  • 2nd £200
  • 3rd £100

Jimmy Ten Preview

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NEXT ON THE AGENDA
The next event on the local front is the Rollercoaster Races on Saturday 6 February at Downpatrick Racecourse and all schools and clubs are invited to send their juniors to this safest of venues for road racing. All the races take place on the perimeter road round the racecourse and there are free refreshments for all participants.
Adults too are welcome to what is Downpatrick’s annual answer to Parkrun, a 5K race for seniors to round off the day.

MONEY SAVING REMINDER for JIMMY’S TEN
In case you had forgotten or never heard of in the first place online entry for this year’s Jimmy’s Ten on Sunday 13 March is open at www.athleticsni.org and that there is a special EARLY BIRD offer for those who enter by 31 January. Continue reading →

BELFAST MARATHON

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As I stood on the start line of the Belfast City Marathon outside City Hall on Monday past I couldn’t help but remember that it was almost exactly 30 years ago that I stood on the same start line awaiting the signal for the start of my first ever attempt at the 26.2 miles distance. Incredibly I was experiencing all the same feelings of nervous excitement, a mixture of adrenaline and apprehension, as the 10 second countdown began as all those years ago.   Continue reading →

Omagh Half Marathon

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A bit like buses, you wait for ages for a half marathon and then along comes three of them at once. Omagh was the third in as many weekends, following the Dune and Larne equivalents, and while perhaps suffering most from the weather conditions, nonetheless provided a quality race to equal that of its predecessors. Once again the 3 African visitors Continue reading →