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Commedagh Chase - 1981

Mon 15 March 2004 - Simon Taylor

The photo below is from the Commedagh Chase race, held on the 10th of October 1981. Starting at the Trassey Track and going to the summit of Commedagh and back. If you have any other similar pictures or know who the unkown people are then please get in contact.

Results from this year were:

 

1. Seamus Costello (Dublin)            60m 49secs

2. Jim Hayes                           62m 28secs

3. Richard Rodgers (as an 18 year old) 62m 35secs

4. Jim Patterson (as a 35 year old)    62m 45secs

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In the photo:

Back from left:

Glen McCabe (?), Brian Vallely (Armagh), ?, ?, ?, Jim Patterson, Trevor Spiers (beard, ex-Hill Trekker), ?, ?, Mike McNulty (Tollymore), Dave Watson (?), ?, Chris Canavan (Newcastle), ?, John Taylor (beard), ?,?

Front from left:

Geordie Geddis (deceased), Denis Rankin, Reggie McNeil (Newcastle), Willie John Brown (Newcastle), Paddy ONeill (Newcastle, a legend), Richard Rodgers, Dermot McGonigle, Jim Hayes, Seamus Costello.

Thanks to Jim Patterson for supplying this picture.