The artic weather conditions left us just in time for a great morning of cross-country races up at the Mathieson Cup in Mallusk on Sunday morning. Three things are pretty much guaranteed with this event every year….
1 – Seamus & Davy will be there with the club tent, race bibs and lots of great advice for the juniors, big thanks to both of them!
2 – There will be mud…lots of it…
3 – A great friendly atmosphere for all of the kids with enjoyable races.
Also, thanks to the various coaches and parents for helping prepare the kids before each race with warm ups and course walks.
The full results of the race can be found on this Facebook link.
First race of the day was the primary school boys, well done to the six boys Isaac, Milo, Max, Luke, Seadna and Owen
The second race was a spectacular sight due to the sheer number of yellow vests. Our primary school girls came out in their numbers and brilliant running by every single one of them…all 17 of them! They were led home by Sophia in a great 4th place and for many of the girls this was their first ever XC race.
The U13 race combined boys and girls, 9 in total, 5 boys and 4 girls with some great running, well done Cillian as first boy and Nola as first girl for the club.
The U15 race which again had the boys and girls racing together, a great performance by all the juniors with podiums for Leila, Cassie, Thomas and Cormac. In his first race for the Harriers but on very familiar ground Leo also ran a great debut race with Ruarcc, Lucas, Tom, Senan and James all quickly following – as a team going forward, the boys the looking strong!
Finally in the U17 race, we have Cadence Hamilton and Niamh McMillan who both ran good steady runs which Cadence narrowly missing out on a podium.
Parkruns
On Saturday 5k parkun in the Waterworks, a lot quieter due to Mallusk the next day, well done Oscar Purvis (18.29) #6 , Dara Cassidy (20:06) #13, Katie Louise Goodfellow (31:24) #192
Meanwhile across the city at Ormeau Parkrun with over 700 runners taking part!….Eimear O’Regan continues to make fantastic progress with a new PB of 21:33 and 35th place, super running Eimear!!
On Sunday at Junior Parkun in the Waterworks, well done to two juniors who achieved PBs! Erin O’Regan on a new PB of 9:05 and 4th place while Ronan O’Neill got a new PB of 10:24 and 12th place.
Full results can be found here: results | Waterworks junior parkrun
Future dates for the diaries:
- Irwin Speirs Cross Country – Cookstown 25th January. XC races for U10 / U12 / U14 / U16 age categories, more info at: Irwin Speirs Memorial XC | Athletics Fixtures in Northern Ireland | Athletics Northern Ireland
- Malcom Cup – Ormeau Park Belfast – 2nd February. XC races for U13 / U15 / U17
More info at:SiEntries – Malcolm Cup XC
- Stormont Cross Country – Saturday 8th February. XC races for U13 / U15 / U17
More info at: SiEntries – Stormont Cross Country
Training
Training as normal every Tuesday and Thursday at Girls Model track from 6pm
Please make sure the kids are warmly kitted out for training.
Any help with taking down the floodlights is appreciated by the coaches as means we all get home in good time.