Club prepares for Heffernan tribute

Members of the club where Irish athletics latest world champion honed his skills will walk their hero tonight through the streets where he grew up.

Members of Togher AC in Cork will form a guard of honour for world 50k race walking champion Rob Heffernan for what’s expected to be the most emotional of a series of weekend homecoming celebrations.

Monday night there will be a parade for Robert Heffernan in Togher. It starts on Edward Walsh road, bottom of the hill from Supervalu and ..

— Steve Macklin (@coach_SM) August 18, 2013