Wed May 30
Furey Insurance 5km Series, Buncrana, 7.30pm. Entry €8; reg online, pay on day. £400+ prize fund each race; overall £800 prize fund; sen, masters, U20. Quality printed series souvenir all who complete 4 from 6 race series. Donegal Grand Prix Rd 7. C: Gerry Lynch 07702 006 667; www.sparta-athletics.co.uk.
St Abban’s Summer 4km League Rd 2, Rossmore, Co Laois, 7.30pm. Entry €5 or €30 for series (8 races); re Oisin House. Cash prizes top 5 M&F; sports, refreshments. C: 087 289 0730 or E-mail stabbansac@gmail.com
Pat Finnerty Memorial 5km League (final round), Belvedere House, Mullingar. www.mullingarharriers.com.
Great Balbriggan 10km.C: info@balbriggansumerfest.com
Leevale AC/North Mon PPU 5km. C: Liam Horgan 086 8297020
Walls of Fethard 4-Mile, 8pm. C: Micheal Mc Cormack 052 6131534; www.tipperaryathletics.com.
Newry Triathlon Club Aquathlon Series Rd 2, Camlough Lake, 7pm. 6.30pm. 750m swim, 5km run. Overall prizes. C: Padraig Mallon 07879413131; www.newrytraithlon.com.
Leinster Evening Hill Running League Rd 6, Brockagh, Co Wicklow (10.43km, 424m climb), 7.30pm. Entry €7; entry limit 150. C: www.imra.ie.
Munster Wednesday League Rd 3, Slieve na Muck (9.1km, 170m), 8pm. Entry €5; reg 7pm. www.imra.ie.
Phoenix Park Duathlon Series Rd 2, 7pm. 2.7km run, 13km cycle, 2.7km run. C: www.dublintri.com
Thursday May 31
Clare Athletics Summer Road Race Series Race 5 (final round), Ennis 5km, Lee’s Rd, 7pm. Entry €8 or €20 for 5-race series. T-shirt all who pay for series. Spots, refreshments after each race. C: Clare Sports Partnership 065 6865434; James Sexton 087 2472623.
JUNE
Friday June 1
Touraneena 5km (Rd 5 Ger Wyley Sports/Nike Summer Series) Touraneena Co Waterford, 8pm. www.westwaterfordathletics.org
Bridge Complex Charity 10km, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare,6.30pm. Entry €15. Also 5km, entry €5. C: Jimmy O’Brien 086 8349155; www.bridgecomplex.ie.
Dan Byrne Memorial 5km Trail Race, Doneraile Park, 8pm. Race 1 Ballyhoura Summer Race Series. Entry €5. All proceeds Autism Assistance Dogs Ireland. C: John Holland 085 2432115; www.mallowac.ie.
An Riocht A.C. 5km, Castleisland, Co Kerry. C: Denis Mc Sweeney 087 7995647
Donegal Town 5km, 7.30pm. Donegal Grand Prix Rd 8. C: Eamonn 087 2797548.
June 2-4
Orienteering: Irish 3-Day, Oughterard, Co Galway. C: 087 6745595; www.wego.orienteering.ie.
Saturday 2
European Cup 10,000m, Palafrugell, Spain.
Aviva All Ireland Schools’ T-F, Tullamore, 9am.
Fr Cantillon Memorial 5km, Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare, 2pm. Entry €15; medal, goody bag, tea and cake. C: John Brosnan 087 9721677, Tony Reilly 087 6681 301; stkevinsac@gmail.com.
Ballycomoyle GAA Fore Village 5km, Fore, Castlepollard, Co Westmeath, 12 noon. C: Ray Farrelly 087 2264205.
Adventure Playground 10km, Knock, Co Mayo, 6pm. Entry €10. C: David Neylon
086 1613355.
Fintown Festival 5km, Co Donegal, 3pm. Donegal Grand Prix Rd 9. C: Cormac 087 7945525, Joe 087 6994381.
Parkrun 5km Belfast Waterworks 9.30am; Victoria Park. 9am. Entry free but reg in advance. www.athleticsni.org
Four Roads of Madness, Glenamaddy, Co Galway, 9am. Three options: 10km run/walk, 33km cycle, or both together. Entry €15 run or cycle; €30 duathlon; reg at www.abilitywest.ie 10km run: €15, 33km cycle: €15, duathlon: €30 before May 20. C: Cathal Ryan 0876820265.
Irish Mountain Running Championships Rd 2, Carrauntoohill (12.5km, 1137m climb), 12 noon. www.imra.ie.
Mace ‘Crack the Rock’ Triathlon, Blackrock, Co Louth, 9.15am. 500m swim, 18km cycle, 6km run. Entry €36 or €60 teams. C: Kevin Hamill 0866038410, Johnny McCabe
087 8105919.
Tri-Burgh Triathlon, Louisburgh, Co Mayo. Sprint and standard distance s. C: Robert Heneghan 086 8222838; rob@triburgh.ie.
Connemara Rough Diamond (beach run, assault course, cycle, mountain race). Expert and sport classes. www.connemararoughdiamond.com; Mike Laffey 086 8222447.
BlackStairs Adventure Race, Rathnure, Co Wexford. 65km and 45km options. Entry €55 or €60. C: Norma Carty 085 2823253; www.blackstairsadventurerace.com
Sunday June 3
Leinster Senior and Masters T-F, Tullamore. C: Patrick Cart 097 6538501.
Ulster Senior T-F C’ships, Antrim Forum.
Gneeveguilla T-F Open Sports, Castleisland, Co Kerry. C: Tom Joe 064 7756309.
Newry City Marathon and Half Marathon, 9am. Entry €34 marathon, €28 half marathon. Also fun run. C: 028 30267011; lquinn@nmea.net; www.newrycitymarathon.com
Sky Road 10km Challenge, Clifden, Co Galway 2pm (walkers 1.30pm). Entry €20. €500 first M&F. C: www.clifdenchamber.ie
Cong 8km, Cong Woods/Ashford Estate/Lough Corrib, Co Galway, 11am. Entry €15; CD May 27. Prizes sen, jun, O40, O50. C: Gary Collins 086 8120955, Adrian McKiernan
087 6394863.
Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon Challenge. Range of races for adults and children, from “The Widgeon” for 8-10 year olds (100m run, 4km cycle, 1.3km run) to Olympic (1500m/40km/10km). C: www.castletriathlonseries.co.uk.
Predator Children’s Aquathon Series Rd 3, Loughrea Lake.Entry €7 or €20 for full series (4 races). Individual winners and overall race series winners. Medal, t-shirt all competitors. C: www.predatortriclub.ie
Sperrin HarriHERS Women’s 5 Mile Fun Run & Walk, Parkmore Road, Magherafelt
12 noon. C: Fiona Crozier 07912 689 341; www.sperrinharriers.co.uk.
West Clare United 5km, Annagh, 1pm. Entry €10 adults, €5 children, €20 families. Trophy prizes. All proceeds to football club.
Monday June 4
Flora Women’s Mini Marathon 10km, Fitzwilliam St, Dublin 3pm.
Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon, Half Marathon and Team Relay. C: 021 4924170; www.corkcitymarathon.ie.
Moyne 10km Mini Marathon, Thurles, 3pm. Entry €12. Medal all finishers; walkers and charity groups welcome. www.tipperaryathletics.com
Leinster Athletics U9-U15 Team Event, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Ballon/Rathoe AC Juvenile T-F Open Sports, Ballon, Co Carlow. C: Jane Flood 087 9009421.
Tuesday June 5
Galway 5km Series Rd 6 (final round) Tuam, 8pm.Followed by series prizegiving and
Celebration.
Cork O Summer League 5, James’ Fort, Kinsale, Co Cork, 5.30 -7pm. Short (<2.5km) and Long (<5km) courses on premarked maps. Entry €3 children, €5 adult, €10 family, €2 AI rental. C: 086 3062054; www.corko.net/summer.
East Antrim Summer Trail Series Rd 3, Tardee Forest (3.5 miles), 7.30pm. Entry £5. C: Carol Annesley 07786127212; www.eastantrimharriers.org.uk
Wednesday June 6
Olympic Flame visits Ireland Dublin: 9.30-11.20am.
Dublin T-F Championships Day 1, Irishtown, 7pm. www.dublinathletics.com.
Tipperary Olympic Mile, 8pm. Various venues. C: Billy Purcell 087 2467226; www.tipperaryathletics.com
Multy Community Centre 5km, Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath. C: Enda 086 8038066 Fri
Ballymena 5 Mile Road Race & Fun Run. www.ballymenarunners.co.uk.
Runways Duathlon, Phoenix Park, Dublin. www.dublintri.com
Leinster Evening Hill Running League Rd 7, Scarr (8km, 367m), 7.30pm. Entry €7. C: www.imra.ie.
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