On Monday the 26th Dec, St Stephens day St Itas held their annual Christmas Puc Fada competition from Gortroe village to Redbarn. The prize for this event was the Willie Sloane Memorial Cup. This 2 mile course is fairly straightforward in that there are no hills and the road is relativity straight.  With good shelter on either side from the wind and no rain even though it threatened to with the cloudy overcast morning it was it was perfect weather for the Puc Fada.

There was a good turn out this year with everyone on good form.  With all the teams lined up and ready to go the first group of two teams with three in each team crossed the start line at 10 past eleven. They were followed by all the other teams till the last team crossed the start line.  By one o clock all teams had crossed the finish line with a clear result on a score of 41 the O Brien team were declared this years winners with Darragh, Ciarian and Padraig putting in a record breaking performance to win this year. Chairman Sean Harnedy was on hand to present the winning team with their prizes.

See photos below. Thanks to all who took part this year.View photos here

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