Thousands in the mix as Connolly targets Ballycotton glory

OVER 3,000 runners will go to the starting line for tomorrow’s “Ballycotton 10”, Ireland’s most enduring and successful road race.

Last year, 2,402 finished the course but the man behind the race, John Walshe is confident that most of the 3,340 entrants will reach the finish line tomorrow.

There were 1,700 entries in the first three days, a far cry from the inaugural event’s total of 39 in 1978.