As the Cross Country Season starts to reach it’s climax for 2023/24, North Belfast Harriers continue to impress with performances both individually and collectively. NBH were also seen racing fast on the streets and enduring the trails.
Armagh 5K
Armagh International Road Race is run around the iconic setting of The Mall in Armagh. A race programme of 14 races from underage up to the headline Men’s 5k was held for the 32nd time on Thursday evening. The club had several athletes participating.
Mens 5 K
105 Cathaoir PURVIS
00:14:48 00:14:48 163
196 Mark CORNETT
00:15:51 00:15:54 259
Womens 3 K
55 Roise ROBERTS
00:10:02 00:10:02 559 FO
110 Fionnuala O’HARE
00:10:55 00:10:55 474 FO
146 Louise SMITH
00:11:47 00:11:47 505 F50
Mens 3 K
58 Brendan MCCAMBRIDGE
00:09:33 00:09:33 640 MO
59 James TRAINOR
00:09:32 00:09:34 757 MO
61 Eoin MCCANN
00:09:35 00:09:35 685 MO
64 Paul HORAN
00:09:37 00:09:38 684 M45
83 Ian KEYS
00:09:46 00:09:46 708 MO
131 Niall ARMSTRONG
00:10:21 00:10:21 783 MO
161 Matthew CARLETON
00:11:00 00:11:03 829 MO
Stormont XC
Saturday saw the running of the penultimate event of the Cross Country League at Stormont. North Belfast Harriers were represented by a number of athletes throughout the field in the Women’s and Men’s events. Elisoa ran a great race to take first place with the Ladies team also securing 1st place.
1 524 Elisoa Crawford W50 0:19:57
8 525 Martsje Hell W35 0:21:02
10 535 Fionnuala O’Hare WS 0:21:09
12 530 Debbie McConnell W35 0:21:37
26 532 Una McConnell W45 0:22:59
28 528 Moira Leheny W45 0:23:04
45 538 Diane Taylor W40 0:24:10
62 539 Helen Weir W50 0:25:20
80 534 Sabrina Nulty W45 0:26:10
91 522 Sandy Carr W40 0:26:43
110 521 Alina Biskupska W40 0:27:20
115 533 Donna McLaughlin W50 0:27:29
164 529 Karen McClean W50 0:30:52
168 523 Ann Craven W55 0:31:06
169 537 Catherine Seawright W45 0:31:17
190 536 Gillian Roden W40 0:33:47
200 531 Leanne McConnell W45 0:35:12
207 527 Eadaoin Kelly W35 0:37:13
14 508 Joe Gallagher M65 0:23:45
34 513 Neil Carty M M55 0:26:53
38 517 Ian Keys M MS 0:27:10
49 515 Conor Doris M M40 0:27:39
72 519 Stephen McCullough M M40 0:28:46
75 510 Niall Armstrong M MS 0:28:58
77 518 Michael Lamont M MS 0:29:10
105 512 Matthew Carleton M MS 0:30:10
153 514 Kevin Crossley M M50 0:32:21
181 511 Ray Cameron M M45 0:34:08
220 516 David Hurst M M40 0:37:59
242 520 Martin McLarnon M M45 0:45:59
Atlas Running. Last One Standing, Florencecourt
Greg McClure ran this event which started at 12 noon on Saturday in the beautiful surroundings of Florence Court near Enniskillen. The Fermanagh weather was kind with just a few rain showers and cool temperatures.
The LOS format involves running a 4.167 mile loop every hour, typically on forest paths and trails. As the loops go by runners are gradually eliminated, usually by not completing a loop inside the hour.
The Florence Court course has about 130 metres of elevation per loop, thereby offering a good challenge, especially during the hours of darkness.
Greg managed 15 loops (in 15 hours) for a total of 62.5 miles and did not start loop 16.
Irish National Masters XC DKIT, Dundalk
Sunday saw further success for the club with a Team Gold and an individual Silver at the Irish Masters Cross Country. Laurence took Silver in the M65 category whilst the M35+ Team collected Gold.
Men
5 Philip GOSS
00:26:16 461 M35
7 John BLACK
00:26:31 459 M35
11 Christopher HUTCHINSON
00:26:48 462 M35
19 Gareth LYONS
00:27:34 466 M45
35 Peter DONNELLY
00:28:30 460 M35
45 James TRAINOR
00:29:12 464 M35
120 Matthew MCNUTT
00:32:07 463 M35
2 Laurence JOHNSTON
00:17:41 223 M65
parkrun Results:
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
1 1 Ryan MOORE 00:18:01
4 4 Thomas MCLAUGHLIN 00:19:25
13 12 Simon REEVE 00:20:41
15 14 Thomas COY 00:20:47
18 16 Alex REID 00:21:27
35 30 Brendan MCCAMBRIDGE 00:23:06
34 29 Odhran Conal RAFFERTY 00:23:06
39 32 Isaac MOONEY 00:23:22
51 7 Michelle MCLOUGHLIN 00:23:57
61 52 Chris CALLAGHAN 00:24:33
62 8 Eimear O’REGAN 00:24:36
74 64 Jack MCCREADY 00:25:05
80 68 Sean MCSHANE 00:25:31
81 69 Piaras MCSHANE 00:25:32
84 71 Orán STEELE 00:25:41
88 12 Ita MCCAMBRIDGE 00:26:00
89 75 Conal MCCAMBRIDGE 00:26:01
94 78 Jim CLINTON 00:26:17
115 91 Gordon GLENN 00:27:13
119 23 Nola RAFFERTY 00:27:23
121 93 Martin RAFFERTY 00:27:24
136 103 Thomas MCKINSTRY 00:28:12
137 29 Frances STROUD 00:28:13
150 36 Catriona MCCAMBRIDGE 00:28:45
159 113 Patrick HAMILL 00:29:29
172 119 Paddy MCCAMBRIDGE 00:30:01
179 48 Stephanie COY 00:30:32
204 58 Margaret STEPHENS 00:32:51
206 60 Grainne STEPHENS 00:32:56
232 140 Tony REID 00:36:15
240 83 Cathy SCULLION 00:36:39
253 93 Kathleen MONTGOMERY 00:38:02
263 101 Catherine CARLETON 00:40:36
264 102 Paula O’REILLY 00:40:38
265 103 Ita WEIR 00:40:52
271 107 Elisabeth FRENCH 00:43:01
275 111 Stella HARRISON 00:46:42
Belfast Victoria parkrun
50 45 Peter MCCLELLAND 00:22:25
73 66 Terence MCATAMNEY 00:23:38
170 126 Philip MCILWRATH 00:28:10
280 93 Rosy RYAN 00:54:10
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
46 36 Kevin MCCANN 00:25:59
Citypark parkrun, Craigavon
4 4 Colin MCDOWELL 00:18:03
12 11 Franky MOONEY 00:19:55
Hilly Fields parkrun
3 3 Matthew MCCOMBE 00:18:23
Ormeau parkrun
13 11 John Gerard MURPHY 00:19:58
541 267 Paul LAVERY 00:46:29
Larne parkrun
2 2 Paul HUTCHINSON 00:21:43
6 6 Nat GLENN 00:22:18
7 1 April CLARKE 00:22:32
13 2 Carol CLARKE 00:23:54
36 28 John DAVIDSON 00:28:31
Comber parkrun
8 2 Fionnuala O’HARE 00:21:53
118 76 Brandon MCMINN 00:32:36
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
20 3 Leah MC AVOY 00:25:52
45 37 David JOHNSTON 00:28:43
55 44 Colm SMYTH 00:29:55
56 45 Maurice PALMER 00:29:57
Falcarragh parkrun
44 32 John LAVERY 00:29:22
Treviso parkrun
12 10 Glenn BEATTIE 00:30:38
Orangefield parkrun
76 52 Ray CAMERON 00:28:26
95 59 Vincent BRADLEY 00:30:29
Sixmilewater parkrun
37 30 Jason REID 00:26:08
University of Stirling parkrun
4 4 Gavin MCCAFFREY 00:19:01
Alexandra parkrun, Moss Side
5 5 Conor O’RAWE 00:17:07
Church Mead parkrun
13 12 Matt SHIELDS 00:24:31
Dunleath Playing Fields parkrun
5 5 Aaron RUSH 00:22:04