Sports Leader scales the heights in Mourne Mountain Marathon

Congratulations to Emily, one of our Year 14 Sports Leaders, and her father Martin on their epic mountain trek over the weekend.

Emily writes: “My dad and I completed as a team in the Mourne Mountain Marathon over the weekend. We started at 10.00 am on Saturday morning and arrived at the campsite at Spelga Dam 6 hours later after completing the 12 miles through the Mournes. Bright and early on Sunday morning, we waved goodbye Spelga Dam and headed back to Shimna. Overall, our journey home took us 4.5 hours over the 10 miles.

Back at Shimna, I tucked into a chicken and stuffing sandwich, with a cup of tea. Our great team effort, navigating and running through the mountains, paid off as we came 7^th out of 40 teams in the C class and 2^nd in the Adult/ Junior category.”