Hill and Dale 2008
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Hill and Dale Race
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Donard Wood and The Night Of Surprises
Twenty years ago a field of 36 runners contested
the final race of the newly created Hill and
Dale Race series, a race that was won by Ian
Park of Ballydrain Harriers while the first
lady was local girl Gwenda McNeilly. Twenty
years on and against 116 others the McNeilly
name is still to the fore as Gwenda’s
brother Deon gained the victory in this year’s
race. More
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Hill and Dale Race
10
Down to the Wire…
Meelmore and Meelbeg (‘The Meels’)
sit majestically alongside the ‘Devil’s
Bite’ above the Trassey Area of the Mournes.
Despite the simple concept of a horseshoe loop
around the valley over the two tops, this race
has been infamous for providing candidates for
the ‘lost in the mountains’ award.
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Hill and Dale Race
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Welcome to the New Pretender?
Is the king’s reign coming to an end?
Now 41 years old Alan McKibbin has won the past
4 Hill & Dale Championships, but this year
he is really up against the wire. The (not so
young) pretender from Omagh, Stevie Duncan,
is close to grabbing the crown. More
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Hill and Dale Race
8
Canny Cunningham cruises
to victory; wily Ward is top woman
The inability of Bogboy to re-emerge and the
fact that Bogman literally stuck in a bog somewhere
the responsibility for penning this week’s
diatribe of criticism and invective fell upon
their younger and more verbose cousin, Bogusboy.
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Hill and Dale Race
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Downhill start – Uphill finish
Race 7 of the popular Hill and Dale race series
brought this bunch of fine runners back to Tollymore
Park for the Monument race previously known
as the White Plains race but always known for
the final run up the famous green rig.
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Hill and Dale Race
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Sandford produces a blast from the
past
There is no better place to be at the height
of summer than in the Central Mournes and last
Thursday the weather was certainly doing a great
impression of the height of summer as the runners
gathered at the Hen Car Park near Hilltown for
the 6th race of this year’s Hill &
Dale Series.
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Hill and Dale Race
5
“Come on ye girl ye…”
The deepest Mournes shed one of its secrets
on Thursday last as 129 souls gathered for the
5th race in the Hill & Dale Series. More
of that later (or if curiosity is killing you,
skip the next few paragraphs and find out sooner).The
Moughanmore Race covers an out and back course
via Pigeon Rock to the Moughanmore summit from
the Deer’s Meadow.
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Hill and Dale Race
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Steep, Steep & Even
Steeper
168 runners braved the traffic jams to reach
the Head Road on the south side the Mournes
last Thursday evening – they came from
all parts – Belfast, Larne, Ballymena,
the Sperrins, Omagh, Armagh, Castleblayney,
Dublin and of course the heart bed of local
fell running - the Mournes and surrounding area.
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Hill and Dale Race
3
Duncan makes it a hat-trick in an epic
This week, the 3rd race in the Hill and Dale
Race Series took the runners to the beautiful
Kilbroney Forest Park in Rostrevor, but behind
the beauty was the beast in the form of the
485mt climb to Slieve Martin. Some of the trackies
wimped out this week but were replaced by an
additional 28 brave new souls - where do they
keep coming from? More...
There is a Pub Quiz in the Avoca Hotel,
Newcastle, on Sunday 4th May at 8.30; all proceeds
to the Neo-Natal Unit everyone welcome. |
Hill and Dale Race
2
Duncan & Shannon in Control
The 2008 Hill & Dale Race Series continued
in great form with the race based in Tollymore
Mountain Centre and another record turnout of
175 runners toeing the start line – but
this week only 171 were destined to make the
finish line. Results
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Hill and Dale Race
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Duncan impresses in a record turnout
The 2008 Hill & Dale Race Series got off
to a brilliant start last Thursday in Castlewellan
Forest Park with the traditional opener –
the McVeigh Classic. After last year’s
161 runners (surpassed the following week in
Tollymore with 164 runners) no one really expected
that another record would be set, but it was
with 169 runners starting and finishing. Results
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