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The 2015 edition of the Galway 5k Series opens for entries on Friday 13th March 2015 at 20.00pm, details of which are below;

Tuesday 28th April 2015 @ 8:00pm – Athenry

Tuesday 5th May 2015 @ 8:00pm – Loughrea

Tuesday 12th May 2015 @ 8:00pm - Craughwell

Tuesday 19th May 2015 @ 8:00pm – Claregalway

Tuesday 26th May 2015 @ 8:00pm – Galway

Tuesday 2nd June 2015 @ 8:00pm - Tuam

Number collection will be on the first night in Athenry, and the t-shirt collection and post-series celebrations will be in Tuam after the last race.

Series entry will on Friday the 13th of March, starting at 8:00pm

·                     Series entry will cost Euro 30:00

·                     700 online entries will be accepted. This is an increase of 100 over previous years, but the organising group think this is a manageable increase.

·                     Each Galway AAI club, whether hosting a race or not will be allowed 30 ‘Golden Entries’

·                     Mick Rice (Athenry AC) will act as Series Director and Martin Smyth (Loughrea AC) will act as Series Treasurer

·                     Galway County Board to assist with obtaining the necessary permits

·                     Any surplus income generated from the series will be passed on to the Galway County Board of Athletics Ireland for the support of Athletics in Galway

·                     Participants that complete four or more series races will qualify for a souvenir t-shirt.

The event is now up on www.active.com at http://www.active.com/galway-galway/running/galway-5km-series-2015?int=

This year the organisers have provided the ability for people to edit their own entry details online (once they’ve secured an entry, of course) and even to transfer their entry to another person, up to and including the 17th of April, if that’s what they want to do.

The series is intended to be a ‘no frills’ series of races that provide a social opportunity to run in a competitive environment and where beginners are welcomed.

This year it is intended to provide each entrant with a race number bearing their first name and club affiliation - where applicable - and which is color-coded for gender, (blue for men and pink for women). This will facilitate the more accurate production of a race result.

In order that we can produce the most accurate and fair race-results possible, the organising group are asking clubs to actively discourage number swapping during this years’ series.