A selection of the crowd who participated in the Dundalk Santa Run on Friday. Picture courtesy of Aidan Stewart
Last Friday night’s Dundalk Santa Run will feature on the ‘Louth County Matters’ programme on Irish TV tonight at 6.30pm.
There will be interviews with organisers and participants as well as a general look at what is happening in the area over the festive period.
Irish TV can be found on Sky channel 191.
The Coca Cola truck parked at Tesco Extra this morning
It’s finally here, the day you’ve all been waiting for!
No, not Christmas, but the Dundalk Santa Fun Run.
The event, which is aiming to break another world record, gets underway from 6.30pm this evening at the back of the Tesco Extra shopping centre. From there it will make its way to the Market Square.
Also at Tesco tonight will be the Coca Cola truck, which features in the famous advert with the tune ‘Holiday’s are coming’.
The truck is already parked outside Tesco this morning but will be lit up and available for people to check out properly from 4.30pm until 9pm.
People can still get involved in the Santa Run today. The distance is only 1km and you can walk, run or crawl. Registration can be made online at www.dundalk.ie/santa and make sure to collect your race tag and santa suit at the Santa Run HQ at Pulse Pacemaker, Park Street. Registration fee is €10 per Adult and €5 per child.
As a result of the run, a number of roads in the town will be closed between 6pm and 8pm to accommodate it.
These include:
The alternative routes and traffic diversions will be sign posted on site for the various section closures.
Rape Crisis North East have appealed for those getting involved in next month’s Dundalk Santa Run to consider raising funds for the charity in the build-up to the event on Friday December 5th.
Those hoping to sign up for the Santa Run can do so in the former Pulse Pacemaker shop in Park Street, which is open on the following dates:
Alternatively you can register online at www.dundalk.ie/santa
After you have registered, if you wish to support Rape Crisis North East you are asked to please contact their office at 042 9339491 and they will issue you with an official sponsorship card.
All proceeds from our sponsorship cards will go to Rape Crisis North East to provide a much needed counselling and support service to the increased number of women, men and teenagers attending the service.
For more details contact Rape Crisis North East Centre on 042 9339491 or email info@rcne.ie
The Dundalk Santa Run is back again once again this year and is scheduled to take place on Friday December 5th.
Dundalk Chamber of Commerce, who are running the event to raise funds for the Dundalk Simon Community, are hoping to repeat last year’s feat of breaking a Guinness World Record.
Registration dates have now been posted with those looking to partake able to do so from Saturday week, October 25th.
A special Santa Run shop will be set up in the old Pulse Pacemaker shop in Park Street. It will be open from 10am to 6pm on Saturdays and from 12 noon to 6pm on Sundays.
Registration is just €10 per adult and €5 per child. This allows you to participate and receive a Santa suit.
For sponsorship cards call 042 9339583.
Organisers of last year’s Santa Run in Dundalk have received official confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records that they set a new world record last November for the world’s largest santa run.
The run from the Redemptorist Church to the Market Square required 4,000 participants to break the record with estimates at the time of up to 6,000 taking part.
The event raised over €50,000 with 18 local charities and organisations benefitting including Men’s Sheds, North Louth Hospice, SNAP, Lordship Children’s Respite Centre and SOSAD.
Well done to all concerned.
Picture credit: Masterpiece Aerial Photography.
This week’s Dundalk Democrat focuses on the superb turn out at the Dundalk Santa Run last Friday. There’s also a report on the impending closure of The Dundalk Shopping Centre, a feature on locally grown Christmas trees and a coupon for €5 off Jim Murphy’s new book on Dundalk FC ‘C’mon the town’.
All that and more in this week’s Dundalk Democrat… on sale now!
Dundalk was a sea of red and white tonight as it broke a new world record as around 6,000 took place in the Santa Run from the Redemptorist Church to the Market Square.
The initial figure was thought to be around 5,000 but Dundalk Tourist Office is reporting that the figure is now in or around the 6,000 mark. An exact figure has still to be determined but it comfortably broke the target of 4,000.
Well done to all concerned.
Picture credit: Masterpiece Aerial Photography.
Suit collections for the Dundalk Santa Run will commence tomorrow and run until Tuesday November 26th.
The suits for the run can be collected at the Elgee Buildings at Market Square, beside the Talk To Me mobile phone shop.
Dundalk Chamber of Commerce will be aiming to break a Guinness World Record when they hold their annual Santa Fun Run on Friday November 29th.
Over 4,000 participants are needed to break the record, which will be run in aid of five local charities: Lordship Children’s Respite Centre, North Louth Hospice, Men’s Sheds, SNAP and SOSAD.
The event will take place from the Redemptorist Church on St Alphonsus Road to the Demesne and Market Square.
It will also coincide with the start of the Festival of Light and Culture.
Entry is only €10 per person or €25 per family with further details available here.
Talk of the Town 