HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2017-06-21, Page 44 Signal Star • Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Group of 5km runners along the Maitland River.
Leading 5km ladies running up the first big hill name 'Big Blue'.
Photos courtesy of Tricia Denunzio, Erin Grandmaison and Brandon Roorda
Start of the kids free 1 km fun run, led by focal celebrity runner
Steve Beasley.
Race the Falls
lk Inaugural race
a huge success
This spring, Race Huron, a
non-profit organization
made up of local athletes put
on their inaugural Race the
Falls event at the Benrniller
Conservation Area.
Over 200 athletes from all
over South Western Ontario
came to race 5km and
10km sections of the beau-
tiful trail along the river
and falls.
It was a family event in
which children under the
age of 12 years old could race
a lkm introduction to trail
running.
Thanks to all of the amaz-
ing sponsors, such as RONA,
topo athletic, Bruce Power,
Sommerbrothers, Zehrs,
McGee Motors, AKM Akro-
mold, 360 Bike n' Boards,
Physiotherapy Alliance,
Med-E-Ox and Mainstreet
Credit Union.
Race Huron was able to
present the Maitland Con-
servation Authority a check
for $1725.00.
The Maitland Conserva-
tion is a community-based
organization dedicated to
providing leadership to pro-
tect and enhance local water,
forests and soil.
Race Hurons next event
will be the Goderich Triath-
lon on August 20th 2017
starting at the main beach.
Please visit their web-
site http://www.goderichtri-
athlon.com/ to register or
sign up to volunteer.
Athletes lined up in the finish chute for a group
shot to thank the sponsors: Rona, Topo Athletics,
Bruce Power, Sommer Brothers Construction, Zehrs
Goderich, McGee Motors, Akromold, Mainstreet
Credit Union, 360 Bikes N' Boards, Physiotherapy
Alliance, MED -E -OX.
Race Huron team members presented Maitland Conservation Authority officer
Paul Kroll with a check for $1, 725. (Left to right): Stacy Denunzio, Tricia
Denunzio, Paul Kroll, Barb Allen, Steve Beasley, Erin Grandmaison and Miah
Sommer.
It was a family affair; kids had an opportunity to try out trail running.
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