After a week of wet and windy weather, the weekend provided ideal Autumnal running conditions for those who participated in cross country, road and parkrunning. The club had team successes at the Bobby Rea XC with a good turnout in both the Women’s and Men’s events.
Bobby Rea International Cross Country
The Billy Neill MBE Country Park, Comber was the venue for a day of Cross Country racing over the undulating and testing terrain. The two kilometre course held up well considering the wet weather over the previous 48 hours and the hundreds of runners who lined up on a glorious sunny Autumnal day.
Running three laps the women and veteran men of North Belfast Harriers were out in force. The Senior Women’s team placed 2nd whilst David Clarke placed 1st overall in the Veteran Men’s Race.
Senior Women & Veteran Men 6KM
Roise Roberts 00:22:59
David Clarke M 00:24:10
Debbie Mcconnell 00:25:40
Louise Smith 00:25:56
Fionnuala O’Hare 00:26:45
Joseph Gallagher M 00:27:09
Sarah Jane McFadden 00:27:52
Una Mcconnell 00:28:38
Diane Taylor 00:29:15
Helen F Weir 00:30:07
Roma Doherty 00:30:14
Carol Clarke 00:30:24
Emma Taylor 00:30:30
Brian Stewart M 00:30:34
Donna McLaughlin 00:33:07
Alina Biskupska 00:34:17
Sandy Carr 00:34:56
Philomena Donaldson 00:40:40
Bernadette Duffy 00:41:48
Eadaoin Kelly 00:45:16
Again, there was a large contingent of Harriers out for the four laps of the Senior Men’s race. Finn McNally was representing NI & Ulster and the Men’s team were tied for 1st place but awarded 2nd on final finishing positions. As with the Women’s race, it was great to see the club represented from the front and all the way through the field of runners. Plenty of points were picked up for the cross country league.
Senior Men 8KM
Finn McNally SM NI & Ulster/NBH 00:26:22
Matthew Lavery U23M 00:26:51
Conal McCambridge SM 00:27:08
John Black M35 00:28:34
Philip Goss M35 00:29:10
Eoin McCann U23M 00:31:45
Matthew Mccombe SM 00:32:10
Piarais Mcshane SM 00:32:25
Ian Keys SM 00:32:29
Neil Carty M55 00:33:14
Odhran Rafferty U20M 00:33:52
Michael Butler SM 00:34:04
Patrick McAuley M45 00:34:47
Matthew McNutt SM 00:35:06
Niall Armstrong SM 00:36:08
Simon Reeve M45 00:37:38
Andrew Taylor M40 00:43:22
Martin McLarnon and Paul McCusker also ran the Senior Men’s Race.
Saintfield 5k & 10K
Gareth Lyons won the 10k in 34:01 whilst Ryan Moore placed 3rd with 35:07. Declan Liggett finished in 38:50 just outside the top ten. Also completing the 10k were John Davidson 54:29 and Mark Brooks 58:47.
Valencia Half Marathon
Ray Cameron ran the 13.1 miles in slightly warmer conditions this weekend. Finishing in 1:39:35
Centra Run Together, Ormeau Park
Over 1200 runners were in Ormeau Park on Sunday representing North Belfast Harriers were Elizabeth French, Denise Rainey, Kathleen Montgomery, Alison Dickson, Roy Rainey and Denis Loughran in the 5k and Alun Rolph in the10k.
parkrun Results:
Several parkruns were cancelled due to the heavy rainfall in some areas at the end of the week. The Waterworks however, was dry and sunny on Saturday morning and plenty of Harriers were out for their free weekly timed 5k. Well done to any Milestone runners, PBs and thank you to all those who volunteered.
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
7 6 Simon REEVE 00:20:33
13 12 John Gerard MURPHY 00:21:30
18 16 Seamus LEHENY 00:21:59
20 18 Thomas MCLAUGHLIN 00:22:07
30 27 Martin RAFFERTY 00:22:58
41 36 Nicky HAGAN 00:23:31
52 46 Greg MCCLURE 00:24:31
69 59 Tony REID 00:25:14
74 64 Orán STEELE 00:25:31
98 81 Jack CARBERRY 00:27:20
117 91 Patrick HAMILL 00:28:50
132 21 Catherine SEAWRIGHT 00:30:04
135 104 Jim CLINTON 00:30:07
139 23 Frances STROUD 00:30:14
144 26 Sandy CARR 00:31:04
143 25 Gillian RODEN 00:31:04
147 28 Ita MCCAMBRIDGE 00:31:37
149 29 Catriona MCCAMBRIDGE 00:31:38
151 30 Stella HARRISON 00:32:01
153 109 Gerry ANDERSON 00:32:12
156 32 Grainne STEPHENS 00:32:32
161 36 Margaret STEPHENS 00:33:30
180 116 Matthew PURVIS 00:36:21
189 118 Paul LAVERY 00:40:15
191 60 Kathleen MONTGOMERY 00:40:50
198 120 Liam DANIEL 00:48:03
Derry City parkrun
82 61 Jason REID 00:27:21
Belfast Victoria parkrun
5 5 Aaron RUSH 00:18:06
51 39 Matthew CARLETON 00:21:59
56 43 Paul WILLIAMS 00:22:14
79 60 Terence MCATAMNEY 00:23:09
83 63 Peter MCCLELLAND 00:23:18
157 115 Peter DOLAN 00:26:51
161 117 Philip MCILWRATH 00:26:57
275 100 Rosy RYAN 00:55:39
Falls parkrun, Belfast
21 18 Ian KEYS 00:27:13
Antrim parkrun
120 90 Thomas Peter NORTON 00:27:39
Bangor parkrun, Northern Ireland
167 46 Lynn MURRAY 00:31:13
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
43 33 David JOHNSTON 00:29:41
Stormont parkrun
104 79 John DAVIDSON 00:26:30
Orangefield parkrun
69 22 Ita WEIR 00:43:21
70 47 Fergus JAMISON 00:46:36
Riemer parkrun
29 24 Glenn BEATTIE 00:28:26