The Muff race was the seventh in the very successful series which began on the Bay Road circuit back in April and the close to 70 finishers delivered a great spectacle for the vocal spectators on the testing lap circuit in the border village.

Up front Grant was in command from early on and with a performance reminiscent of his Balliniska win in mid June, the red vested student came home alone 30 seconds clear of clubmate Colin Roberts with an impressive 15m 26secs clocking.

Roberts was on 15m 56 secs taking the runners up spot by three seconds from another Spartan, the Culmore winner Declan Reed on 16m 59 secs.

Indeed, promoting club runners grabbed all the top six places as Declan McCarthy (16m 52secs) outsprinted two of his teenage teammates, Declan Burns (15m 55secs) and Eamon Colhoun (16m 56secs).

Burns took the Male under-20 award with this excellent effort, his first time on the winner’s podium and McCarthy yet again claimed the Male U45 prize.

In the women’s race Anne Paul had 42 seconds to spare on Letterkenny rival Margaret Kelly with Springwell’s Gillian Wasson in third.

The Spartan’s 18m 6secs was a great effort over the course and she confirmed her domination of the series races with another strong performance.

Kelly ran 18m 50 secs and Wasson 19m 23secs, Jacqueline McMonagle and Bernie Ryan clocked 20m 2secs and 20m 42secs respectively to take the F40 and F45 awards.

Roisin Lynch missed the Jog in the Bog but returned to winning ways in Muff, running 24m 46secs to once again claim the F55 age group victory.

Declan’s Delight

Local cafe proprietor, Declan Moore made his series debut a positive one by taking the Male 35 award with 18m 24secs, Springwell’s Colin Loughry in 8th overall was the top Male 40 on 17m 7secs with his clubmate Gerry O’Doherty yet again grabbing the Male 50 honours with 17m 32secs.