Moyne AC 70th Anniversary Games
On Thursday evening next, 12th July, Moyne Athletic Club will celebrate 70 years in existence with a gala night of running.
Since April 1948, there has been an unbroken sequence of 70 years of the club and is thus the longest surviving athletic club in Tipperary. In those seven decades, hundreds of athletes have donned the green and gold singlet bringing innumerable rewards to the club. National, Munster & County champions and indeed International representation on Irish teams, have graced the club throughout this time.
The anniversary games will be their first big track promotion following the re-development of their track in 2015 when they laid an IAAF standard 4-lane 400metre tartan track. The main features on the evening are a Men’s Mile and Ladies 800m with a supporting programme of 200m & 400m races and a 'B' Mile for adults and a 600m for U13 Juveniles. Also included are a Junior Men’s Long Jump and Senior Men’s Weight for Distance.
Also, an attempt will be made to break the 4 minute mile barrier in the Men’s Mile, which will be a first in Tipperary as it has never been broken on any track in the County.
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