Cork City Grant Thornton 5K A Great Success

CORK CITY GRANT THORNTON CORPORATE 5K TEAM CHALLENGE A GREAT SUCCESS

Nearly 700 runners took part in the Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge last night in the Mall, Cork City. Aimed at encouraging social running amongst the business community, the event welcomed both seasoned runners as well as beginners. Starting outside the Grant Thornton South Mall offices participants ran through the heart of Cork city.

This was a team event with four participants per team combining to determine the winner. There were prizes on offer for the top five teams in the Male, Female and Mixed categories, and all entrants received a souvenir technical t-shirt and a goody bag. The first team across the line and the winners of the male category were the Irish Naval Service, the female winners were Trend Micro – Kick Assets and the winners of the mixed category were Electric Bar and Restaurant. 

The first male across the line was Feidhlim Kelly of Athletics Ireland in 16:05, while Carol Finn of Electric Bar and Restaurant took the female honours in a time of 18:28. For full results click HERE

Grant Thornton had the largest amount of entries with 22 teams while AIB weren’t too far behind with 12 teams.

Race Ambassador Olive Loughnane, who will receive her retrospective world championship gold medal at the European Athletics Championships next week, was competing with her colleagues in the Central Statistics Office.

"It was a great evening of sport and I'm delighted to have travelled full circle and enjoy sport for its core values - fun, health and participation," said Loughnane. "It was great to take part with my colleagues and the rest of the business community in Cork."

Gearoid Costelloe, Partner, Grant Thornton Cork said:  “We were delighted to bring this event back to Cork and to support the wonderful work done by both the nominated charity the Alzheimers Society of Ireland and by Athletics Ireland.”

Former Munster Rugby player, John Kelly, Director in Grant Thornton Cork said: “We are delighted to see so many corporates in the Cork area run tonight as a team and enjoy a great evening of exercise and fun. There was a great team spirit and some healthy competition too.”

Georgina Drumm, President of Athletics Ireland, said: “As an association one of our core strategic objectives is to promote health and fitness in the population as a whole.  It is great to see the Cork business community participating in this 5k run.”

The next Grant Thornton Corporate 5k Team Challenge for the diary is the flagship event taking place in the Dublin Docklands on Tuesday 13th of September 2016. To enter your team for this event go to www.grantthorntoncorporatechallenge.ie.