Bohermeen AC to host half-marathon next Sunday

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Bohermeen Athletic Club will promote their annual half marathon next Sunday, 10th March in Bohermeen, commencing at 11am.

The main sponsor this year and for the past number of years is the local based National and International company McNally Logistics to which the club extends its sincere gratitude and to all its many supporting sponsors who have stood by the event over many years, to name a few Sheer Motion, Fyffes, Meade Potato company, Codam, JM food services, NGP plastics, Radical Runner, URBO drinks, Custom Bathrooms and the Tile Shop.

Members of Bohermeen AC with sponsors at the launch of the 2024 Bohermeen half marathon including (from left) Cara Martin, Kevin McGeogh, Emma Kate Ball, Robbie Dolan (Utmost), Stephen Ball, John Foster (McNally Transport), Ryszard Kikosicki (McNally Transport), Lauren Duffy, Tony Walsh, Martina Miskelly and Caroline Walsh.Photo: David Mullen/www.cyberimages.net

This year’s event will see over 1500 runners taking part, making it one of the largest athletic road races in the region, as well as huge numbers taking part the event has grown both in popularity and quality in terms of top class athletes taking part, this year former European indoor 400 mts double gold medalist David Gillick is taking part.

The event has its race HQ at Bohermeen community centre and the race starts sharp at 11am just outside the home of the late Sonny Bennett on the Newline. Sonny was an outstanding club man who was on the winning Bohermeen Meath NACAI half marathon championship team in 1973 along with Vincent and Colm Rennicks.

The route takes in Neilstown-Newline the Boyerstown road, Athboy road, Ongenstown. There will be a traffic management plan in operation will local access coordinated.

Another huge turnout is expected for the start of next Sunday's Bohermeen AC half-marathon Photo: David Mullen/www.cyberimages.net Photo by David Mullen

The club acknowledges the support and co operation of the parish in its promotion of the event and also they thank all the help they get from various sections of the local community for Sunday's event.

Next Sunday's race is also the 50th running of the Rennicks Cup originally a cross country race until the year of the foot and mouth in 2001 when it changed direction and continues as a very success full road race.

The event is also the 47th running of the Fr Delaney Cup for the ladies section, it remembers the late Fr Delany PP of Bohermeen for 17 years.

As in keeping with its founding tradition, Sunday's event is also a Meath road championship for affiliated athletes of Meath athletic clubs.

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