THERE’S just days to go until a great community event at Connolly Park returns.

The Paul Lucey ‘Run for the Rock’ is back again for Bank Holiday Monday, May 1, and there’s a fantastic day of entertainment planned.

This is the fifth year of the run which has grown in strength and popularity from year to year. The run and walk honours the memory of Paul Lucey, a proud Austin Stacks man who passed away in Dec 2017 and is a community celebration of family and fitness.

Paul was a member of the famous Stacks All Ireland Club Championship winning team of ’77 and trained many underage and senior teams down through the years notably the 1986 and 1994 Senior  winning teams he coached to county success, as well as being involved with the Stacks ladies football team in later years.

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This year the run will be followed by a Family Fun Day for adults and children of the club and wider community.

The club is encouraging as many kids, teenagers, parents, grandparents, friends and family members to get outdoors on Monday to Run/Walk 5km promoting health and positivity within the club and community as mark the start of summer.

The event will begin at the entrance to Austin Stacks’ Clubhouse at Connolly Park at 11am and take its traditional enjoyable route up Caherslee and down the Skinny Mile section of the Greenway.

Registration is via www.eventbrite.ie by searching Paul Lucey Run or register through Austin Stacks Facebook or twitter or on the morning of the event between 9am and 10.30am.

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