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07th Apr 2015

The JOE team for the Spar Great Ireland Run has been announced

We're ready...

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Our team is looking great.

The SPAR Great Ireland 10k Run returns to the Phoenix Park in Dublin on Saturday April 11.

We’ve got our team ready and we’re set to absolutely stomp the competition (we’re looking at you HER).

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So without further ado, here’s the guys who’ll be representing JOE on the day.

Name: Michael O’ Reilly
Michael O'Reilly

From: Co. Cork

Age: 31

Hobbies: Running and running and running

Random Fact: I once came second in a karate competition. Unfotunately, there was only two people in the competition.

Name: Brendan O Donnell

Brendan O'Donnell

From: Navan, Meath.

Age: 28

Hobbies: GAA and soccer. I have just started to play golf and I love it but I’m not very good. I also love music gigs and festivals.

Random facts: I won an All Ireland schools title with St Patricks Classical School, Navan. I’ve also won a North American title with Vancouver Harps. (All GAA).

Name: Andrew McGhee

Andrew McGhee
From: Galway

Age: 30

Hobbies: Football (playing and watching)

Interesting fact: I really, really needed to pee in that photo.

Name: Robbie Furlong

Robbie Furlong
From: Dublin

Age: 32

Hobbies: Running, GAA, Soccer and Golf

Random Fact: I appeared in the first series of Celebrity Banisteoir and scored a point that was so beautiful, Tommy Lyons said it was worth 2 points.

Name: Daniel Copperthwaite

Daniel Copperthwaite

Age: I’ll let you guess that one.

Hobbies: I play rugby for @swordsrugby. As well as being pretty good at rugby, we also raise money for various charities.

Random fact: I’m a size 15 shoe, make of that what you will

What a lovely bunch of winners… not that there’s any pressure.

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Further details on the event are available here. 

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