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Vivienne Connolly promotes Goal’s 2014 involvement in the Dublin Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon on the June bank holiday weekend
mini-marathon: sudan the beneficiary this year for international charity
Request for runners to take to the road for Goal’s efforts Women in Dublin are being called upon to help international charity Goal improve the plight of women in South Sudan by running in support of the aid agency in this year’s Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon on bank holiday Monday, June 2. However, time is tight with the deadline for registrations coming on April 18. By signing up for #TEAMGOAL in this year’s event, runners and walkers will be supporting the women of South Sudan, where conflict and displace-
ment have left hundreds of thousands of people in need of assistance. The 10km race is the biggest allwomen’s event of its kind in the world, with over 40,000 ladies (and one or two men!) taking part in 2013. Close to €137m has been raised for charities across Ireland since its inception in 1983, and it is now the country’s biggest single day charity event. The event is tailored to people young and old, who can walk, jog or run depending on their level of fitness. Dublin actress and model, Vivienne
Connolly decided to lead the Goal team this year after watching a video of some of the women who Goal are assisting in South Sudan. “We tend to complain about a lot of things in this country, but I think it’s always good to look outwards at the lives of impoverished people around the world and realise just how good we have it here. “In South Sudan, women are more likely to die in childbirth than receive a second-level education,” the former Fair City star said.
“That’s something we should all be trying to address. Forget country borders; we all live on the same planet and can do more to help our fellow man. I see running the Mini-Marathon for Goal as my small contribution towards that, and anybody can join me and the rest of the team to do the same.” For more information, or to get your Goal sponsorship card, contact Carmel in Goal on teamgoal@goal.ie, and log on to their website, www.goal.ie to find out more about the organisation’s work around the world.
PASCHAL Collins said Stephen Ormond’s defeat of Barcelona based Karim El Ouazghari last week was the “perfect performance” as the lightweight boxer from Quarryvale put on a good show as he continues to progress his career. He stopped the Spaniard in the fifth round on the undercard of Carl Framption’s world title eliminator and trainer Collins was impressed with how Ormond stuck to his gameplan. “He started the fight exactly how we wanted him to, slowly picking his shots with a lot of jabs to the head while also driving his right hand in under the elbow. Eventually, his left hand started to drop. The main thing was to land one or two power shots but not get hit.”
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