Big numbers expected at Gransha

The Open 6K or the U20’s; Seniors and Masters has been kindly sponsored by Eamonn Gee of the Foyle Valley Wine Club and will ofer a generous and extesive prize list across all the usual categories, including male and female team races - men 6 to score, female 4 to score. It is also a scoring race in both the NI Masters and Athletics NI Winter Leagues and this will ensure additional interest from way beyond the usual NW entry base.

The Open race has a 12.20pm start time and will be preceeded by the under age races, starting at 11.30am by the U13 1.1K. This is followed at 11 40am by the U15’s who race over 2K and then at 11 55am its the U17’s who take on a 3.1K test. A real feast of cross country action is on the cards at the City of Derry Spartans promotion.

Online entries for the Open 6K only can be made at [email protected], simply send the following details: Name/Gender/Date of Birth/Club before 5pm on Friday. Your race pack can then be picked up on Saturday morning from 11am at the race HQ in the U3A Foyle building in the Gransha Grounds.

On the day entries for all the races will be taken at the same location from 10.30am. Entry fees for all the Juvenile races are £1/2 euros and £5 for the Open race. Ribboned medals will be awarded to all finishers in the Juvenile races and the usual post race refreshments will be on offer at the Open race awards presentation in the U3A Foyle premisses.