The Brother Ireland Morton Memorial will take place on Friday, 25th July, 2008 in Morton Stadium, Santry, Dublin.
In 1958, three world records were broken over 1, 2 and 3 miles in the stadium in meetings organised by the legendary promoter and Clonliffe Harrier, Billy Morton. Morton was also instrumental in the construction of the stadium which is now given his name. This inaugural meeting will commemorate the most famous of these records, when Herb Elliot smashed Derek Ibbotson’s mile record leading three other athletes, including Ireland’s own Olympic Champion Ronnie Delany, went under the old mark in front of 20,000 capacity crowd in Santry Stadium. This race was bille! d the 'Greatest Mile Race of All Time' by Time Magazine in 1958. The meeting will also serve as a send off for the current Irish Olympic Team one week prior to their departure for the Beijing Games with the event program focussed on these athletes. Dublin is one of the few European cities that do not have an international athletics meeting and this event will serve as a foundation for future meetings in years to come, bringing world class athletics back to the capital. The title sponsor of the meeting is Brother Ireland based in Santry who are celebrating 50 years in business in the Ireland this year. The Irish Sports Council and Athletics Ireland are also sponsoring the event in association with Clonliffe Harriers. The meeting website (www.mortonmemorial.com) is now live and keep track of it over the next few months for updates on athletes and events. Tickets go on sale in! early May.
Things have been a bit slow over the last few weeks, but the outdoor track season kicks off soon and we will bring you loads of video's from around the country.
The winner of the Logo competition is Alan Kennedy, so well done to him. The logo will be displayed throughout the site and on future t-shirts etc.
A new part of the website is the upload page. This is where you can upload a video of yourself or your friend competiting or maybe a training session down at your local club. So if you have a camcorder get it out and start video taping!
This Weekend, Sunday Feb 17th, we will be in Nenagh getting all the action from the AAI Junior Indoor Championships, so if your planning on competing this weekend, check back on Monday to see if you made our video section.
Logo Competition: Check out the Logo competition page, some new logo's have been submitted. Keep them coming in, you have until the end of Feb.
