The Eagle AC Summer Series 2020 (Virtual Edition!) drew to a close this week when the final race of this year’s series was held. Race No. 4 took place between Wednesday 19th – Friday 21st August and saw 63 members in total log an entry. This was a great number once again, especially when we weren’t so lucky with the weather this time around to say the least!
A special mention from this month’s entries must go to Tamara Lopez who managed to log her 5 miles whilst running around her garden! It was great to see Martin Daly back in action after a recent injury also, as well as Derek Costello who logged a brilliant 5 miles and is hopefully well on the road to recovery after a tough year of injuries. For the photos from Race 4 see the album here -https://www.flickr.com/photos/125872653@N04/sets/72157715606774967/
The club committed to donate at least €1 for each run logged throughout the series to Fota Wildlife Park. A GoFundMe page was also set up in order for members to make a voluntary donation to the cause if they so wished. Between the 4 races there were 293 runs logged. This, combined with the amount of €950 raised through our GoFundMe page translates to a total of €1,243 being raised by Eagle AC for Fota Wildlife Park. We would like to sincerely thank members who contributed so generously to this cause over the past few months. The money raised from the Summer Series will go directly towards the feeding bill and operational costs of the park.
Denis Carroll
This time around, we had two raffles to complete – one for all those who took part in Race 4 and one for all those who completed all 4 races in the Summer Series 2020. In total, we had 53 members who took part in all 4 races. A huge thanks to The Edge Sports who donated the prizes so generously for this series. Their generous sponsorship ensured that we could donate 100% of profits from the series to Fota Wildlife Park.
Race No. 4 Raffle Winners:
Dolores Casey - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Michelle Traynor - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Anne Murphy - €10 voucher – The Edge Sports
Andrew McDonald - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Ray Harrington - €10 voucher – The Edge Sports
Sean Lucey - €10 voucher – The Edge Sports
Geraldine Corcoran - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Mark Smith - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Donal Hannigan - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Ray needs a rest after taking part in all 4 races!!
Overall Summer Series Winners:
Ken Nyhan - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Frank Cotter - €10 voucher – The Edge Sports
Derek Costello - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Ruairi O’Callaghan - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Gary Gibbons - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Karen Bevan - €15 voucher – The Edge Sports
Denis Looney - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Dermot Slyne - €10 voucher – The Edge Sports
Olga O’Sullivan - €20 voucher – The Edge Sports
Congratulations to all of the winners this time around.
Many thanks to all those who have put in lots of behind the scenes work to make this series happen over the past few months. Especially to Damian Kenneally who is the brainchild behind the Summer Series!! And to Ruairi Egan who organised all of the vouchers and photos for each race. A big thanks to Derek Costello also, for putting the Flickr albums together for every race and to Denis Looney who organised the GoFundMe page.
Finally, we would just like to say a huge thanks to all members who took part in the 2020 series in such great numbers . Hopefully it was a way to help keep members somewhat connected and motivated over the past few crazy months!
All that’s left to say is Roll on Eagle AC Summer Series 2021 – Hopefully a non-virtual event!!
Donal Hannigan
Ber and Denis Looney
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