Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association
www.nimra.org.uk

 

Sundry News

Thu 7 July 2005 - Ian Taylor

Glenarm Races

Mountain running will feature again this year on the 13th and 14th of July at the Glenarm Highland Games. See the item posted by Billy Magee for fully details.

A feature of the these races is the requirement that, in the true highland games tradition, runners should wear a kilt. This has led to a drastic reduction in the length of kilts worn as the ever competitive runners seek to gain advantage over their rivals!

Races on both days will start at around 1.00 to 2.00 depending on the progress of the various Highland Games events. Traffic can be a problem so you are advised to be in the grounds before 12.00. You should enter via the Straidkelly Road entrance which is across the river and first left if approaching from Larne.


Tsunami Event
As indicated in an email to members, the current total raised by the Tsunami Beach Race in January is ?8150-72. This included a considerable amount of matching sponsorship from a couple of generous companies. In addition a Gift Aid claim has been submitted via Oxfam for amounts up to ?1233. Well done to all.

World Masters, Keswick
Many of you will already have entered the World Masters Event being held on 10th-11th September in Keswick, Cumbria. A recent email from Danny Hughes, WMRA President indicated that with 10 weeks still to go before entries close, over 400 entries have now been received.
The record entry of 750 looks like being exceeded. The mountain town of Keswick will be filled to capacity as the worlds masters mountain runners compete for championship titles in their respective age groups. Overseas entrants leaving it until the last minute to make their arrangements are alerted to the fact that they need to book accommodation as soon as possible to avoid disapointment and having to seek board further afield.

Hannah Shields
NIMRA member Hannah Shields has just returned to NI, fresh from her trip to Canada where she was a consultant to the Polar Challenge. In this event in which Hannah was second in 2004, competitors race to the North Magnetic Pole. In 2006 Hannah is planning a return trip to Everest, to complete the part she just missed before, the last few hundred metres to the top, but this time from the North side. In the meantime she has found time to chat up anyone who will listen, even appearing in a garden party at Hillsborough and getting appropriate media coverage. Well done Hannah, we trust you will find time for a mountain race or two.