George Webb of Rising Sub AC...RIP

On a sad note, George Webb of Rising Sun AC passed away last Saturday the 27th of February 2016. Notice HERE

George Webb was a regular on the local race scene up to recently and was always easy to spot in the trademark Green and Yellow colours of Rising Sun AC. He was involved in athletics for quite a long time and was well known to a lot of people in the running community in Cork.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Stan O'Neill of Rising Sun AC...RIP

Someone sent on a short note to me to say that Stan O'Neill of Rising Sun AC passed away on Thursday the 14th of January 2016.

Stan O'Neill won the Cork Junior Cross Country Championships in 1952 followed by fellow Ballineen man Dennis McCarthy.  Both were scoring members of the Rising Sun AC senior team that won the Cork County Senior Cross Country Champioinships in 1956 and 1958.