Griffin begins cycling odyssey across Canada

FORMER Clare hurler, Tony Griffin, yesterday began a cycling odyssey across Canada and Ireland to raise more than €1 million for cancer research.

The Dalhousie University kinesiology student left Halifax, Nova Scotia shortly after dawn yesterday on the 7,000km trek.

Said Griffin: “To the sound of the bagpipes and following a short prayer, we dipped into the Pacific and set off for the East Coast. We were led by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.