Hawks legend Ricky Munday's old training mate Sonia O'Sullivan is back in Scotland
Ricky teamed up with Sonia a few years back along with Australian middle distance star Craig Mottram courtesy of RBS



‘An Evening with Olympic Medallist and World Champion, Sonia O’Sullivan’
Thursday 17th June

Lomond School

New Games Hall (opposite the Rugby and Cricket Club) Helensburgh G84 8YJ
Run 6.30pm and Presentation 7.30pm

Tickets in advance £5 (£6 on the door)

Dunbartonshire AAA

You are Invited by Helensburgh Amateur Athletic Club and Scottish Athletics to join them for ‘An Evening with Olympic Medallist and World Champion, Sonia O’Sullivan’

On Thursday 17th June at Lomond School’s New Games Hall, in Rhu Road Higher, Helensburgh Tel: 01436 670 857 01436 670 857 01436 670 857 01436 670 857 [opposite the Rugby and Cricket Club]

The evening will begin at 6.30pm, with a group run, for all abilities [so no need to train before you come] Changing and showers available

Refreshments

Presentation and Q & A begins at 7.30pm for 7.45pm

Learn about Sonia’s journey through athletics, from aspiring twelve year old, in Cobh, in County Cork to World 5,000m Champion in Gothenburg, in 1995; Winner of Double Gold in the 1998 World Cross-Country Championships, in Marrakech; followed by a European Championship Double, over 5,000m and 10,000m that summer and finally Olympic Silver, over 5,000m, in Sydney, in 2000.

Sonia holds every Irish record from 1,000m to half marathon and has a vast amount of knowledge to share with you, whether you are an aspiring youngster, a club runner chasing pb’s or simply running for fun. Sonia now classes herself as a fun runner and is a mum to Sophie and Ciara but still turned in 2:47 in last year’s Boston Marathon, raising thousands for charity in the process. She has even tried her hand at open water swimming in Nova’s Great North Swim, in Windermere and beat her age in minutes, for a mile.

We will also be joined by Lindsay Dunn, from Gateshead, former coaching advisor to Brendan Foster and Charlie Spedding, both winners of Olympic Bronze Medals and currently coaching an outstanding squad, including Nick McCormick 3:33 over 1,500m.

The evening will finish at around 9.30pm with a raffle for Nike kit and Sonia memo

Tickets in advance £5 (£6 on the door) from members of Helensburgh AAC or Kevin Johnson on 07881-501068 07881-501068 07881-501068 07881-501068 or [email protected]

This article was posted on 7-Jun-2010, 11:08 by Hugh Barrow.