Press release Adamstown Launches Inaugural 8k Road Race Adamstown, 28 April 2009 – Adamstown Community Partnership today launched the inaugural Adamstown 8km Road Race which will take place on Sunday May 24th. The race committee has put up a total of €10k in bonuses if the mens and womens Irish 8km road race records are broken in the first ever Adamstown 8k.
The current Irish road race records over 8km are held by John Doherty and Sonia O’Sullivan. Doherty set his record in the US back in 1989 when he ran 22:08. O’Sullivan set her record in Scotland in 2000 at 24:43.
The record breaker bonus is being supported by Ladbrokes.com and means that if the mens or womens record is broken the race committee will pay out €5k to the individual that achieves the feat.
This year’s race is being organised in association with Celtic DCH and Dublin County Board and boasts a prize fund in excess of €5000 outside of the €10000 available in bonuses.
The race course has been specifically designed to cater to runners and walkers of all abilities and charts a course through Adamstown over an exciting network of flat new roads specifically chosen to break personal bests and test Irish records alike.
Entry costs €22 and is open to all persons aged 16 and over with places being limited to 2500 so in order to avoid disappointment entrants are being encouraged to register early on www.adamstown.ie.
Speaking on behalf of Adamstown Community Partnership, Tony McGinley Principal of St John the Evangelist Primary School Adamstown said;
“We are delighted to partner with Celtic DCH to bring this exciting new race to Adamstown. Whether you are an athlete in pursuit of a record or a personal best over our flat, fast and enticing race course or a casual runner out to test yourself or raise money for charity we invite all comers to participate in the first ever Adamstown 8K.
With a schedule of family focused activities being organised in conjunction with Fossetts Circus, this promises to be a fantastic day for the community in Adamstown, the runners and their supporters so we hope this is the start of a very special annual event in Adamstown.”
Also commenting, Bryan Coleman of Ladbrokes.com said;
“Ladbrokes.com is delighted to support this community event and hope that by supporting a potential record break bonus that we can help attract the best of Irish athletes to the Adamstown 8k. I’m sure that €5,000 would be a welcome boost to any athlete should they succeed in breaking these long standing records.”
All registered race entrants will receive a race pack containing:
• Electronic chip and pin timing device
• Race number and full information pack
A “goodie” bag including Souvenir t-shirt will also be presented to each runner on the day.
For a full map of the course with directions to Adamstown log onto www.adamstown.ie
The Adamstown 8k Road Race has been fully licensed by Dublin County Board and AAI with all surplus proceeds raised by the event will be donated to the Adamstown Primary Schools, St John the Evangelist and Adamstown Castle Educate Together.
For further information contact:
Slattery Communications:
James Wynne: +353-(0)86-8186418 / james.wynne@scomms.ie
Rob Pearson: +353-(0)87-2924484 / rob.pearson@scomms.ie
*The €10,000 bonus is based on €5,000 for the mens record and €5,000 for the womens record.
Editors Notes:
About Adamstown
Adamstown is a strategically planned new living environment on the outskirts of Dublin City. The plan will deliver, along with quality residential neighbourhoods, a wealth of new amenities including a new rail station, 3 new primary schools, a secondary school, a Sports & Leisure centre, and an array of Public Parks and playgrounds. At the heart of Adamstown will be a new town centre with shopping, cafes, restaurants, public library, medical centre, cinema and all the facilities necessary to support the new community