Annual Lurgan Park Fun Run to celebrate 10 years

Launching the Lurgan Park Fun Run for Southern Area Hospice 2024 are L-R Tony Mckeown, Event Organiser, Louise Doone, Store Manager, McKeever Sports, Deirdre Breen, Lurgan Friends of Hospice, and David Wilson, Event Organiser

The annual Lurgan Park Fun Run for Southern Area Hospice will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.

The ever popular 5k and 10K runs will take place on Sunday 3rd March 2024 at 11am. The event has now raised over £66,000 and has extended their partnership with leading sportswear company McKeever Sport.

David Wilson, a teacher in St. Ronan’s College and joint organiser said;

“We are delighted to have reached this significant milestone. When we launched the run in 2014, we never expected that 10 years later that the event would have grown so much. There is such huge local support for the Southern Area Hospice and that always attracts runners to get involved.”

The fact that the Lurgan Friends of the Hospice group, spearheaded by Deirdre Breen, has raised nearly £1m over the last 20 years plus, shows the connection they have to the local community.

Every year, our objective is to get sponsors on board so that 100% of the runners' donations goes to the Hospice.

We are delighted to announce that long term partners, McKeever Sports, will be sponsoring the medals and prizes this year as well as providing bobble hats to all participants. In addition, all runners will receive a 10% discount in their new Lurgan Store when they present their Running Number.

Clodagh McManus, Marketing Manager of McKeever Sports said; “We are honoured to partner with the Lurgan Park Fun Run this year once again, in order to raise funds for a cause very close to our hearts here at McKeever Sports.”

Other sponsors include Aqua Twist, Tesco and McDonalds.

This year’s entry fee is £20 for adults and £10 for under 16s. Each participant gets a running number, bespoke medal, hat and goody bag. Sponsor cards are also available from the Hospice.

To register for the Lurgan Park fun run, ENTER RUN HERE

Southern Area Hospice provides their service across the entire Southern Health Board area, including Lurgan, Newry & Mourne, Craigavon, Banbridge, Portadown, Armagh and Dungannon. With an annual fundraising target of over £3 million, SAHS need to raise over £250 every single hour to help people affected by terminal illness in Southern Board Area.