Little South Run

e summer season is in full swing now, and not surprisingly their will be plenty of activities throughout the summer months including numerous Athletic events in both Track and Field and on the Road.

Following on from the Tullaroan Marathon last weekend, attention turns to south Kilkenny this coming Sunday as St. Senans Athletic Club in Kilmacow host their annual Little South Run.

e Little South Run is a 4 Mile Road Race as the course takes runners and walkers through Kilmacow Village and surrounding roads.

Proceeds from this years event will be supporting Kilmacow Hospice and St. Senans Athletic Club, and it's an event that is open to everyone and suitable of all abilities, walkers and runners, and it's a great event for families also.

is years Little South Run is the 20th running that brings the community together for one of Kilmacow's main annual events, and raise much needed funds for e Kilmacow Hospice Support Group. Kilmacow Hospice Support Group was founded in 1993 to raise funds to support the Hospice Movement based at University Hospital Waterford.

e Hospice Movement was founded in 1988 to provide palliative care services for patients with life threatening illnesses in Waterford City and County and South Kilkenny.

ere will be Cash Prizes and Goody Bags on Sunday along with Post Race Refreshments in e Community Centre.

Entry on Sunday is €10 for Adults(Over-16) and €5 for Juveniles (Under-16), and you can Register-On-Line at www. eventmaster.ie/events or on the day in e Community Centre in Kilmacow.

St. Senans have been very busy with various events in recent times particularly with the Track and Field events, and the Kilmacow Club have had plenty of success also, especially one Athlete in particular who has excelled is Sophie Jackman.

Sophie has won a whole host of Medals in Leinster and AllIreland Championships over the past few years in a variety of disciplines, and recently she was named as the Trinity College Dublin Athlete Of e Year. Also recently, Sophie was one of six Athletes from e St. Senans Club who competed at e Milers Meet in the Mary Peters track in Belfast, and she set a Personal Best along with three of her Clubmates.

Sophie ran 2 Minutes 13 Seconds in e 800 Metres, while Charlotte Carpendale, Eoin Aylward and David Williams ran personal bests also. Charlotte ran 4 Minutes 48 Seconds in e 1500 Metres,

Eoin Aylward ran 2 Minutes 4 Seconds in e 800 Metres, while David Williams ran 3 Minutes 56 Seconds in e 1500

Metres.

Caoimhe Phelan (1500m), and Gearoid Long (3k) also competed in Belfast, as the St.

Senans Athletes performed superbly against top quality opposition.

St. Senans are very busy throughout the year led by a Superb Committee along with hardworking and dedicated Coaches and Volunteers. ey have a top class complex that accommodates both CrossCountry and Track and Field, while other sports are played there also.

Two other annual events e South Kilkenny Club host are the Open Track and Field Sports on Easter Monday, while in September they host their Open Cross Country. Both events attract strong representation from around the country, and they are both perfectly timed leading into the start of the Track and Field and the Cross Country Seasons. ere can expect to be strong representation once more in Sunday's Little South Run, particularly with the recent Summer Weather we have been experiencing. Check out e St. Senans Athletic Club Page on Facebook for all the up to date details on Sunday's Little South Run.

BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITORKILKENNYOBSERVER.IE

>>SHERRY SAYS BIG MATCH PREVIEW

Leinster Senior Hurling

Championship Final

Kilkenny vs Galway Croke Park, Sunday 4pm.

(Referee Sean Stack, Dublin) e provincial campaign for Sunday’s nalists has been quite similar. Galway rock up to headquarters unbeaten during the group stages. ree wins and two draws from their ve games means that Henry She in’s charges are in decent health ahead of the Leinster decider. e Tribesmen were the top scorers and had the best defensive record in the province and will be keen to secure the silverware to reward their championship endeavors to date. ree wins over Wexford, Westmeath and Antrim were augmented with draws against the Cats and Dublin as Henry’s men topped the group with Sunday’s opponents just one-point behind in second place. e Westerners have secured three O’Keefe Cups since they joined the ranks in Leinster back in 2009. Prior to this the men in maroon had racked up 25 Connacht titles but their relocation to the East has undoubtably been a huge driving force in Hurling within the county. With Henry She in at the helm, Galway will be hoping to secure Leinster title number four this weekend. e attacking threat

Here we go.... another provincial nal for the Cats. Derek Lyng takes his panel to Croker on Sunday hoping to secure a 75th Bob O’Keefe Cup knowing that a formidable opponent in Galway will be out to get one over on Kilkenny and if their round robin game was anything to go by, we are in for another helter-skelter encounter. Both sides will arrive in the Capital hoping for victory and con dent in their own ability and one would imagine that there won’t be much between these sides when the long whistle sounds on Sunday evening at Croker. She in and Lyng know that the provincial crown is merely another step on the journey to what both managers will hope leads to a serious crack at the all-conquering Limerick juggernaut.

Kilkenny’s defeat to Wexford last day out in that crazy game con rmed the Noresiders position in the group.