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first male and female finishers aged 40 and over, Brendan Lyng and Ann Ryan were successful in the 50s and over category and Eugene Doherty and Catherine Redmond came home first in the 60s and over category.

Luca O’Connor of the United Striders club won in the Junior Males category, while Sass Thompson was the winning Junior Female.

The winning female team was comprised of United Striders athletes Beth O’Connor, Lorraine Harrington and Catherine Redmond, while Slaney Olympic athletes Denis Whelan, Seán Crotty and James Doyle made up the winning male team.

Conditions were mostly good for the race, which got underway at the Wexford complex at 12 and followed an anti-clockwise route from the entrance down to the left, and left again out onto the hard shoulder of the N11 at Kitestown cross, and back into the left at Kyle Cross and left again to finish back at the clubhouse.

Following the race, participants and supporters alike enjoyed a chance to catch up over a warming cup of tea or coffee and some tasty refreshments as they looked forward to more great sporting and community events to come in 2023.

The Committee of Crossabeg Ballymurn Community Centre would like to thank all sponsors and supporters of the 2023 Gallagher Ferrycarrig ‘5’ Five Mile Road Race 2023, as well as all volunteers who helped out on the day, all participants and everyone who helped to make the event another brilliant success. n