Dunlo Recreational Park Running Track & Community Pitch
The Dunlo Recreational Park consists of a 400m running track, community pitch and amenity area. This is a significant investment by the Town Council and will provide additional sports and recreational facilities in the town. These works, together with the developments being carried out by Ballinasloe GAA and Ballinasloe Town AFC will mean a total investment of approximately €3m in sporting facilities in this area of the town.
A Management Committee has been put in place to oversee the use of the facility. The Committee comprises of representatives from the various sporting organisations in the town, including the Athletics Club, GAA, Ballinasloe Town AFC, Ballinasloe & District Boxing Club and Emerald ABC Boxing Club.
The track comprises of a 6-lane 400m oval, with an 8-lane 100m sprint lane. The track system is constructed in accordance with IAAF Guidelines and consists of a 10 to 12mm rubber crumb base mat of insitu polyurethane bound rubber granules, and a 2-4mm fine crumb structural spray layer comprising EPDM granules in polyurethane liquor. These systems are used in athletics tracks all over the world to ensure consistency for competition facilities.
Any sporting organisation that wish to use the track should contact the Town Council at 090-9642263.
Members of the public can attend at the FIT4LIFE/ Meet & Train programme which runs from January 23rd 2012. For more information on this or if you are interested in joining Ballinasloe Athletics Club please contact Mick or Anne Burke of Ballinalsoe Athletics Club at (087)6385575.
The public can also participate in the open training sessions for Running for Cancer 2012. More information is available at www.facebook.com/pages/Running-Against-Cancer-2012 or contact Ken Campbell (087)7654200.
FIT4LIFE/Meet & Train Group
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Dunlo Recreational Park 2012 Roster
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