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INTERSPORT AND PARKRUN JOIN FORCES!

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parkrun Ireland announce official partnership with Intersport UK & Ireland! ‪

parkrun Ireland, who deliver free timed runs at 40 locations around the country each weekend, is proud to announce that it has commenced a three year partnership with international sporting goods retailer Intersport.

Since the first parkrun in Ireland was established in the grounds of Malahide Castle in 2012, parkrun Ireland quickly developed into one of the country’s leading providers of grassroots physical activity.
Intersport is a retailer of performance sports equipment and apparel with more than 58 affiliated retailer stores in Ireland, and are a trusted source of expert advice to sports consumers.

Intersport’s mission ‘Sport to the People’, recognises its customers’ passion for sport and the essential role that the community plays within sport and physical activity.

Intersport’s investment will assist with the establishment of new parkrun events while supporting existing event teams with essential kit. Additionally, Intersport will be providing exclusive offers to parkrun Ireland’s rapidly expanding community, which currently stands at 75,000 registered participants and is growing fast.

The hugely successful RTÉ programme Operation Transformation, which helps get sedentary adults active, will this season include sessions that are capable of being completed at local parkrun events.

Operation Transformation camera crews will attend various parkruns around Ireland and feature some participants on the show.
parkrun Ireland’s Country Manager, Matt Shields said:
“parkrun Ireland and Intersport are kindred spirits that put local communities at the heart of everything they do. We are proud to be associated with an organisation that has a wide-reaching network of local independent retailers, which will provide a huge benefit to our rapidly growing community of parkrunners.”
“It’s crucial to parkrun Ireland that we only partner with organisations that share our passion for breaking down barriers and making it possible for everyone to take part in physical activity, and Intersport certainly share this vision.”

General Manager of Intersport UK & Ireland, Tom Foley added:
“parkrun has been a key player in promoting running as an accessible participation sport to the expanding community of runners throughout the UK and we are very happy to see this expand and grow in Ireland too. The parkrun model of local volunteers delivering weekly runs to people of all ages and abilities in their local community fits perfectly with the Intersport philosophy.

We are excited to see this partnership come to life and develop these running communities further together – encouraging more people to get their running shoes on.”
parkrun Ireland has been identified as a key initiative by Healthy Ireland as part of the National Physical Activity Plan, which it is expected to be published early in 2016.

parkrun Ireland is considered to have further potential for enhancing the health of communities all over Ireland and works in tandem with Sport Ireland, who support the establishment of new events through their network of Local Sports Partnerships, and with other key local stakeholders such as Athletics Ireland, local authorities and public agencies.
Healthy Ireland is about building mutually-reinforcing and integrated strategies to encourage, support and enable people to make better choices for themselves and their families.

parkrun Ireland and other Healthy Ireland supported initiatives aim to empower individuals and communities to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.

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THE YEAR AHEAD – 2016 IN … GAA

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Twenty-sixteen is going to be a year to remember for sports fans in this country. SuperBowl 50, Cheltenham, the Olympics, the Euros, the All Ireland championships, the Autumn Internationals…. we’re exhausted even thinking about all that is on the horizon, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg!!

In anticipation of a bumper year of sport we’re looking ahead to some of the most hotly anticipated events of 2016, starting with the GAA!

The All Ireland Club Football Final

Outrageously, it’s been FOUR whole years since Crossmaglen Rangers won the blue riband event in club football. Shocking, we know! This year they will attempt to finally draw level with Nemo Rangers at the top of the roll of honour as they go for their seventh Andy Merrigan Cup since 1997. Standing in their way are Castlebar Mitchels who made it all the way to Croke Park in 2013 and dethroned holders Corofin on their way to regaining the Connacht title. On the other side of the draw are Dublin superclub Ballyboden St Enda’s who face off against unexpected Munster champions Clonmel Commercials. Whoever comes out on top on March 17th, they’ll do it the hard way!

Women’s National Football League 

The remarkable consistency of the Cork Ladies in winning All Ireland title after All Ireland title since 2004 has been matched by their propensity to pick up NFL titles along the way. Only Mayo and Monaghan have upset the Cork run of league wins since claiming their first in 2005 (a startlingly similar run to the great Kerry Ladies side of the 80’s & early 90’s). However, the loss of legendary manager Eamonn Ryan will present a new challenge to Cork and waiting in the wings will be last year’s runners up Galway – considered by many to be Cork’s main challengers in 2016. Of course Dublin will fancy their chances too as will Cork’s Munster foes Kerry. Mayo too will feel they have a new lease of life after signs of promise in the 2016 championship while the Ulster trio of Tyrone, Monaghan and Armagh have big years in front of them. It promises to be a cracking campaign and could be a watershed year in Ladies football.

Munster Hurling Championship

The annus mirabilis that was 2013 gave way to more prosaic hurling summers since then but 2016 is already crackling with anticipation and nowhere moreso than in Munster. Tipperary, Cork and Limerick have won the last three Munster crowns between them and the traditional kingpins face each other in the quarter-final before the winners meet the Treaty in the last four. Waterford can go back to 2010 for their last title but it’s the last century since Clare climbed to the top of the provincial pile. The two counties face each other in Thurles on June 5th in a game that the whole country is already looking forward to. Amazingly it’s 2005 since a team won Munster and went on to win the Liam McCarthy later in the summer. Will that statistic change in 2016??

The Ulster Football Championship

We’re really going for the unknowns here aren’t we! But seriously, there is something absurdly exciting about every game in Ulster this year. Yes, Munster and the possibility of Tipperary taking on Cork for a place in the Munster Football final is intriguing, and the chance for Cian O’Neill to bring his native county, Kildare to a first Leinster final since 2012 looms in Leinster, while Galway & Roscommon standing in the way of a historic six-in-a-row in Connacht is fascinating, but Ulster is just mouthwatering.

Fermanagh or Antrim will gain momentum to go into a quarter-final with a Donegal side that are capable of anything. Monaghan play a Down side that could be the major dark-horses – will we see a repeat of the Donegal v Monaghan rivalry in the semi-final or can one of the other three produce a major upset?

On the other side Mickey Harte returns for yet another tilt, and Tyrone are a side desperately seeking a first Ulster crown since 2010. They face Derry under Damien Barton, a veteran of the great Oakleaf side of the early 90’s. On their day Derry can still produce moments of greatness.. will it be enough.
Meanwhile the youthful Cavan side, so full of promise face off against an Armagh side still smarting from last year’s humiliation against Donegal. Can Kieran McGeeney rouse them to former glories and first Ulster final appearance in eight attempts?? So much to look forward to!!

All Ireland Camogie championship 

A revamped Cork side made it back to back All Ireland titles in September but can they land a first Rebel treble since 1973? With the indomitable Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery back again, alongside Ashling Thompson, Gemma O’Connor, Orla Cotter and co, it would be a brave gambler to bet against the Leesiders repeating. However, defeated finalists Galway will have a thing or two to say about it as they chase a second All Ireland in four years while Kilkenny and Wexford will be waiting in the wings to trip up the holders. The Model County women in particular will feel they have under achieved in recent seasons in no small part due to a plethora of injuries to key players but with the buoyant Oulart the Ballagh crew in harness, don’t be surprised to see them back in the big time. Hopefully for the game also Limerick, 2015 Intermediate champions Waterford, Derry, Tipperary, Clare, Offaly and Dublin continue to progress and challenge the big four.

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