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4th June 2011 Hillview 4 Miler

Pius McIntyre was an emphatic winner of Wednesday nights Hillview 4 Mile road race out of Brooke Park Leisure Centre,clocking an impressive 22m 47s for the victory on a welcome, beautiful night for running. The Foyle Valley man finished well ahead of clubmates Paddy Nicell and Ryan Snodgrass who battled hard to decide the minor placings,clocking 23m 21s and 23m 30s respectively.

In fourh and fifth were Ryan Gallagher and Brian Kelly with 23m 46s and 23m 52s with top local master runner Peter Lilburn next with another excellent run of 24m 49s. Lorraine Carlin broke 30mins to win the womens race in 29m 21s, ahead of Trish McClintock on 30m 23s and Kate Meehan 32m 08s as 40 runners completed the testing course.

Culmore 5K
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The race HQ for next Wednesdays Culmore 5K has been moved to Hollybush Primary School on Arden Road and entries wil now be taken there from 6pm for both the 5K and the 1K Fun Run which will preceed the main event. The Culmore race is the fourth in the Furey Insurances is sponsored by Joe Jackson Ice Cream Parlours and expects to attract around 100 participants.

Roberts In Kenya
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Greg Roberts leaves today for a three week altitude training stint in Kenya .The Spartan is working towards this years Dublin Marathon which wil be used as the trial for Irish selection for London 2012 and Roberts, bronze medallistin the Nationa championships there last year is determined to prepare assidiously for the biggest test of his career. He tavels today with a small,select group of marathon hopefuls and is confident that three weeks at altitude will significantly improve his chances to realising an Olympic dream.