Westaro/Balla 10k details announced

Plans have just been announced for the 18th annual Westaro



mini-marathon also known as the Balla 10k.

This year's event will be held on Saturday evening July 24th at 7



pm.

Race director Brendan Conwell [who established the race in the



early nineties] is pulling out all the stops to ensure this will



be the biggest event to date.  He points out that this event



caters for all across the spectrum from walkers to joggers to



people who have taken up running through the various Fit4Life



groups to the leading club athletes from across the West of



Ireland and further afield.

Numerous organisations are taking part to raise funds for worthy



causes in the area.  This year main sponsors are Castlebar-based



Westaro Hosing Ltd, supported by the Mayo News and C+C Cellular.

People can enter in advance on www.runireland.com.  Also entries



will be taken on race day from 5pm.  Entry fee is €15 all entrants



receive a goody bag and t-shirt.

A €2000 cash prize fund will ensure that places will be hotly



contested both at senior level and right through the age groups



for both men and women [see enclosed posters].

The Sheebeen 2km race for under 16 boys and girls will get the



evening's action underway at 6pm while Mayo AC will be holding a



fund-raising race night in the Rendevous Bar in Balla [just



across the road from the finish line] starting at 9pm on the same



evening a great way to finish off the day!

The Westaro/Balla 10k is race #3 in the Mayo AC/C+C Cellular



league 2010!