6980 Balls Roll Down Barrack Hill For Charity
The miserable weather didn't deter the the crowds from turning out in numbers today to watch the 5th Annual Barrack Hill Ball run take place late afternoon. Earlier in the day the events started with the Up-Hill Challenge, and families took part in the Crab Fishing and Treasure Hunt competitions. Musical entertainment was provided in the Promenade by the Army Band of 1 Southern Brigade.
Balls for the Ball Hill Roll proper, which cost €2.00 each, were on sale until approximately 3.40pm, just twenty minutes before our own Special Olympian Bronze Medal winner Clodagh Killcullen had the honour of letting the 6980 balls loose down one of Ireland's steepest hills. Great credit for the organisation of this annual event must go to Paddy & Lil Histon and all the volunteers who once again made the afternoon one to remember.
This was a charity fundraising event in aid of two charities – Brainwave Ireland and the Head and Neck Oncology unit at the South Infirmary Hospital in Cork, with the first five balls through a finishing line pipe at the end of the hill winning cash prizes.
Results are as follows:
1st Prize ball no: 1261 - Alexia Cox
2nd Prize ball no: 2402 - Deborah Dondall c/o Brainwave Cork
3rd Prize ball no: 1432 - Nick Tobin c/o Breda
4th Prize ball no: 5770 - John O' Keeffe Carrigtwohill
5th Bonus ball no: 2214 - Finbarr Constant c/o Irish Oxygen Waterfall Rd., Cork. c/o Brainwave Cork.
2nd Prize ball no: 2402 - Deborah Dondall c/o Brainwave Cork
3rd Prize ball no: 1432 - Nick Tobin c/o Breda
4th Prize ball no: 5770 - John O' Keeffe Carrigtwohill
5th Bonus ball no: 2214 - Finbarr Constant c/o Irish Oxygen Waterfall Rd., Cork. c/o Brainwave Cork.
110 photographs of the afternoon are on the Cobh Edition Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cobhedition
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