Former All Star in go-kart challenge for charity

FORMER All-Ireland winning hurler and All Star Michael Cleary will set out today to cycle a go-kart the length of Co Tipperary to raise funds to ease the suffering of sick children.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2011 - 01:00
Peter Gleeson

The 44-year-old former Tipp star forward is to undertake a circuitous 80km route from Clonmel to his hometown of Nenagh in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital Research Foundation.

Joining him on the mammoth two-day go-kart challenge will be his friend Robert Quinlan, 31, of Holycross.

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