Santry wins race to host top Euro event

IRELAND will host the 2009 European cross-country championships.

Tue, 16 Oct, 2007 - 01:00

Brendan Mooney

The European Athletics Association made the announcement yesterday with the Santry Demesne course in North Dublin the venue for the event on December 13 in two years time.

The Irish bid was one of three which had made the shortlist, with the other bids coming from France (Carcassone) and Poland (Bydogoszcz).

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Courts Place: Ireland Place: Santry Demesne Place: north Dublin Place: France Place: Carcassone Place: Poland Place: Bydogoszcz Place: Europe Place: Edinburgh Place: Limerick Place: Bellahouston Park Place: Glasgow Place: Morton Stadium Place: Dublin Person: Mary Coghlan Person: Liam Hennessy Person: Paddy Marley Person: Senan Turnbull Person: Fionnuala Britton Person: Catherina McKiernan Person: Sonia O’Sullivan Person: John Treacy Person: CEO Person: Treacy Person: Santry Demesne Person: Tom McCormack Person: Brendan Hackett Event: 2009 European cross Event: Championships Event: European Championships Event: Spar European Cross Country 2009 Organisation: Santry Organisation: European Athletics Association Organisation: AAI Organisation: Fingal County Council Organisation: RTÉ Organisation: Irish Sports Council Organisation: EAA Organisation: Athletics Ireland High Performance Committee Organisation: European Athletics Organisation: Athletics Ireland

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