John Cashman of the Cork Sports Sunday programme on C103 radio caught up with Liam recently for a quick chat about the upcoming race, his memories of it and how the standards have changed over the years. You can hear it below...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015
Interview with Fr.Liam Kelleher about the Ballycotton 10 race
Fr. Liam Kelleher has a long association with running and athletics and was the editor of a running magazine called Marathon back in the 1980's.
John Cashman of the Cork Sports Sunday programme on C103 radio caught up with Liam recently for a quick chat about the upcoming race, his memories of it and how the standards have changed over the years. You can hear it below...
John Cashman of the Cork Sports Sunday programme on C103 radio caught up with Liam recently for a quick chat about the upcoming race, his memories of it and how the standards have changed over the years. You can hear it below...
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As a parent in Cobh it is such a pity that Fr Liam is so out of touch with the huge effort that is being made by so many great people in rejuvenating the Club.
As they say "Rome wasn't built in a day "
Totally agree with the last comment the effort being put in for the adults and youths sessions in the last couple of months has been a credit to Ballymore Cobh it`s a pity Fr.Liam is so out of touch with whats going on.
Perhaps Liam was referring more to the recent past when there were very few adult members in the Ballymore Cobh.
Anyone who follows running can clearly see that the club has made huge strides in the last year or so.
Totally disagree with these comments when I arrived in Cobh in 2013 there were very few athletes. I took numerous schools to the East Cork schools x country an event I had established when I was in Killeagh. I asked the club to enter about 15 athletes for the Co. Championships x country. The club refused they told me they knew nothing about me and they had to train with the club. Another said I knew about football or athletics. That prompted me to set up a club to cater for the athletes I was coaching it was vehemently opposed and eventually opposed at Co Board level, so I gave up. The same happened when I came back to East Cork from North I applied to join Midleton but I wanted to help out the senior athletes who had established East Cork AC I was told i could not join 2 clubs. I applied to start a new juvenile club was refused eventually after a year a new club Glenbower AC was approved. I had used the year well organizing 800m races in all the schools and at the next Co juvenile x country championships the club collected team medals at 10 age groups. The club went to become the top juvenile club in Ireland in xcountry and track. Ironically as we face into a new year Great Island athletics is trying to register a new club. I had absolutely no input in this but I'd asked I will help out if I can be of help.
I found this post on John Cashman's interview a number of years ago ironically after reading the article on Boards today
I am not hiding under anonymous
Yours in Sport
Fr Liam Kelleher.
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