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RunnerHILL RUNNING RACE IN AID OF MOUNTAIN RESCUE

 Description:  A short route over Ticknock and Fairy Castle mountains first used by Mountain Rescue

Where and when : Dublin, Wednesday 11 August, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Climb (m): 200

Distance (km): 5.00    Event Difficulty: 5 (2,2,1) - Moderate Terrain, 200M - 500M ascent, <6Km

Race Marking: Route fully marked

Organisers Instructions: The Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team and Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team in association with IMRA are organising an end of Season Mountain Rescue Benefit Hill Run. As it is end of season, there will be no IMRA registration fee and new runners are most welcome. There will be several Mountain Rescue personnel from both teams in attendance so this is the race to have your tumble! There will be race prizes, sponsored by IMRA and others, several spot prizes and it promises to be a great fun night at the end of what has been a great season. Mountain Rescue in Ireland is a voluntary service, and depends on fundraising for most of its operating income. Between the two teams we respond to about 50 callouts per annum and cover an operational area from the Cooley Mountains down to South Wicklow. Please contact Hugh McLindon 086 8520962 or Brendan Lawlor 087 2432798  if you would like more information. Also see www.imra.ie for more information.

The Glen Team is in the process of building a full Mountain Rescue base - secure indoor parking for vehicles, fully equipped operations room and specially designed cleaning, drying and storage facilities for all their specialized and life-saving equipment.  In this effort, the team members rely entirely on fundraising and donations.

 

How you can help

All team members give their time on a voluntary basis, and we rely on the generosity of the public for our operations. To make a donation from any bank just use back account number 59244771, sort code 90-65-07. Our registered charity number is CHY.3950.

 

Pager Appeal

To alert as many members as possible at the beginning of an incident the team uses the Eirpage paging system as well as mobile phone texting. While mobile phone coverage is excellent in urban and most rural areas, we are still dependant on pagers in the remote mountainous areas to get that important message through. Unfortunately, because of the reduced use of paging in the comercial world, paging receivers are becoming expensive and hard to get. The Team is in urgent need for your unused Motorola MemoExpress Pagers. If you have any sitting around in office drawers etc. they may be of use to us. Please contact the Communications Officer at noledaly@gmail.com  if you would like to donate them to the team.