Big Crowds but no Records.  
The club held the 5^th annual Little South Run, 4 mile road race on Sunday last and almost 300 people took part despite the rainy day. The race winner was Colm Burke of St Abbans who has now three Little South wins to his credit. Claire Phelan of St Abbans pipped Adele Walsh for the top ladies prize, while Bronagh Kearns and Chloe Laffan won the juvenile and junior sections. The day was a big success from a fund raising point of view with the hospice movement again the chosen charity. Well done to all who took part and especially those who raised money on sponsorship cards and remember to return them as soon as you can. Results here

Hat trick for Colm
The men’s race saw a large group get away early on but it was Colm Burke who was strongest of the bunch and he eventually went clear to win in a time of 20.18 well ahead of second placed peter Duggan of St Josephs 21.00 and Kevin Murphy of  Slaney 21.09 who was third and first O/40. Good runs too from O/40 athlete Pat O’Sullivan, Carrick and new vet on the block Ted Flannelly. Nicholas Halley was first St Senans athlete home ahead of James Howley and Robert Duggan. PJ Dwyer picked up 2^nd O/45 behind St Joseph athlete Larry Leacy. Damien Walsh had a good run as did Andy Dollard, Robert Walsh and Bobby Coady. Another club athlete in the winners enclosure was Tom Roche who won the O/60 section, while wife Statia was the winner of the Bus Eireann holiday making it a good day all round.

Claire takes Ladies Title
Claire Walsh of St Abbans proved strongest on the day taking the ladies race in a time of 24.27 with Adele Walsh 2^nd in 25.08 and Diane Behan of West Waterford 3^rd in 25.49. Linda Molloy of United Striders won the O/35 section with Cait Caulfield powering through for 2^nd. Bernie Power of Waterford AC won the O/40 section from Anne Cronin of Clonmel AC. Good runs too from Brenda Lowe of Waterford AC, Verena Fenlon of St Josephs and local athlete Maire Reddy.

Juniors Shine
Our junior girls took a clean sweep of the prizes with Chloe Laffan first ahead of Eimear Breathnach and Sinead Deegan. Meanwhile the junior boys winner was Eamon Maher of KCH from Martin Manning St Josephs and Andrew Smyth of Coolquill.

Super Juveniles  
Some of the outstanding performances of the day went to our juvenile squad with Bronagh Kearns posting a very impressive time of 28.36. Ciara Vereker was next in 31.10 with nine year old Tara Leacy winning 3^rd prize and a tenner bet with a time of 31.13. Others who ran well included Adam M organ, David Kearns, the Butler twins Orla and Aoife. Another set of twins also rane very well, that’s Eoghan and Gerard Wallis as did David Dollard, Ian Williams and young Evan Duggan to name just a few.

Stay Local
Our local winners were Maire Reddy, Siobhan Power and Karen Costelloe, while on the men’s side Robert Walsh, Eoin Sheehan and Gerard Maher were tops. Some notable faces on the march include Echoes columnist Sean Maher who is a regular Little South participant, quiz brain specialist Mary Walsh and Betty Walsh a former Gracedieu girl. Also taking part was former champion walker Perri Wlliams, while well known opera buffs Kathleen and Breda Kennedy guarded against attack from the rear.

Thanks Folks
The club are indebted to lots of people for their help in organising the race, chief amongst these are our main sponsors Kelly & Dollard Electrical as well as the many individual sponsors of spot prizes. Also to our sign makers Mary and Gerry Quinn from Q-signs  A special thanks to the ladies and gents of the hospice movement who provided refreshments and stewarding on the day. To Neil Dennehy our video cameraman and John Butler and Sean Walsh our still photographers as well as Carmel Croke and Ruth Dollard our water station marshalls. Tony Ryan and the members of WWAC who did a superb job as MC. To Maria Walsh and the students of 5^th and 6^th class who all took part and the eight members of the Murphy family, check out Gary’s Gym in the Sports Hall. Well done to Kevin Power from St Josephs AC who took the trouble to dress up, hopefully for him Christmas came early. Finally to all our runners and walkers who came along and who made it a great occasion. We look forward to seeing you all back again next year.