The last race in the Slaney Olympic Summer Series took place on the Old Dublin Road on Friday 17^th September at 7.00 pm. This was a straight 1 mile sprint on a flat course open to all grades of runners.  Some very fast times were achieved.  Kevin Murphy took the honours in the superb time of 4.28 followed by Martin (Farmer) Monaghan in 4.53.  Only one second separated 3^rd & 4^th Mick Jordan and Bobby Redmond in 5.01 and 5.02.  Wayne Breen who was the most improved male runner of the series was next in 5.13.

First lady was Martina Conran in 6.13 followed by Joan Doyle 6.26, Mag Dunphy 6.48 & Moira Roberts in 7.32.

Afterwards Prizegiving took place in Shenanigans where the Handicap awards were presented for the whole of the Summer Series.  To qualify 5 races out of 8 had to be completed including one 5 miler, one 4 miler and three others. Results are as follows:

Group ‘A’                                                        Group ‘B’

1^st Fergus Murphy                         1^st Ger Murphy

2^nd`      Kevin Murphy                          2^nd Pat Foley

3^rd Paul Murphy                              3^rd Joe Millar

Most Improved            Man                 Wayne Breen

Most Improved           Woman            Mag Dunphy

Olympian of the year                 Kevin Murphy

The Summer Series committee would like to thank all those who took part, those who helped in so many ways and a special thanks to Shenanigans for the use of their facility where a very enjoyable night was had by all.