A much quieter week after the great successes of Cross Country during November and early December. Instead of taking part, we got to watch the top athletes participate at the European Cross Country on Sunday morning. There was not a bit of mud to be seen! However, our local athletes did extremely well and coach Séamus sums it up nicely when he mentions “Yesterday at the European Cross Country Championships was probably one of Ireland’s overall greatest days in Athletics … Great …

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National Uneven Cross Country Championships – Dublin – 7th December Well…..what another fantastic day for the club. I remember going to the National Uneven XC Championships in Gowran, Co Kilkenny four years ago and if my memory serves me well, I think we had around 5 Junior harriers participate in the finals that year, two being Matthew and Rosie who now represent Ireland. Fast forward to yesterday where we had 23 Junior Harriers participate! This shows not just the work rate of …

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Podium4Sport Seeley Cup 10k The Seeley Cup is one of the longest running 10ks in Northern Ireland having been going since 1982. It commemorates an outstanding and popular local athlete, Joe Seeley of Willowfield Harriers who passed away at a young age. Conditions on Saturday were dry with a cool north westerly breeze as the athletes tackled the 3 laps along the Ormeau Embankment and through Ormeau Park. A strong squad of 37 harriers took part and their results were: Posn Athlete …

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After a hugely busy couple of weeks with all of the successes that the Juniors enjoyed at the National Championships, it was a quiet week of rest and relaxation with just the usual training, including the last additional Saturday cross-country training at the Valley of the year, as well as the weekend Parkrun events to report upon.  We want to give a shout out of congratulations to Harriers dad Geoff Dickson, who recently qualified as a Level 1 Athletics Coach, adding further …

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