What a busy week for our Juniors and an even busier week for this writer! Lots of races and runs to highlight with some amazing performances by our young runners.
North Down Primary Schools Mini Meets 2025
On Wednesday 30 April, North Down hosted a huge number of primary school athletes who ran proudly for their schools. North Belfast Harriers were represented well from P5 to P7. Well done to Lucy, Séadna, Sophia, Eimear, Betsy, Jessica and Isaac. Special mention to Isaac, Sophia and Betsy who achieved podium positions.
P5 Races:
| Race: 80m | ||||
| Girls Race 4 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 5 | 16.1 | 69 | Lucy Dickson | Cavehill Primary School |
| Race: 80m | ||||
| Boys Race 2 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 5 | 14.4 | 120 | Séadna Lynch O’ Hare | Naomh Éanna |
| Race: 600m | ||||
| Boys race 1 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 12 | 2.24.2 | 120 | Séadna Lynch O’ Hare | Naomh Éanna |
| Race: 600m | ||||
| Girls | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 7 | 2.43.6 | 69 | Lucy Dickson | Cavehill Primary School |
| Long Jump girls | ||||
| Position | Distance | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 9 | 1.89 | 69 | Lucy Dickson | Cavehill Primary School |
P6 Races:
| Race: 80m | ||||
| Girls Race 1 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 1 | 11.9 | 104 | Sophia Doris | Park Lodge |
| 4 | 13 | 75 | Jessica murray | Our lady of Lourdes |
| Race: 600m | ||||
| Girls | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 2 | 2.09.5 | 104 | Sophia Doris | Park Lodge |
| 3 | 2.10.4 | 75 | Jessica murray | Our lady of Lourdes |
| Long Jump girls | ||||
| Position | Distance | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 6 | 2.58 | 75 | Jessica murray | Our lady of Lourdes |
| 8 | 2.5 | 104 | Sophia Doris | Park Lodge |
P7 Races:
| Race: 60m | ||||
| Girls Race 3 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 2 | 15.4 | 71 | Betsy Taylor | Park lodge |
| Race: 60m | ||||
| Girls Race 4 | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 5 | 16.9 | 87 | Eimear Campbell | St Bernards PS Glengormley |
| Race: 600m | ||||
| Boys | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 2 | 1.59.4 | 102 | Issac Mooney | Park Lodge |
| Long Jump girls | ||||
| Position | Distance | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 7 | 2.9 | 71 | Betsy Taylor | Park lodge |
| Shot Put | ||||
| Girls | 2kg | |||
| Position | Distance | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 7 | 5.23 | 71 | Betsy Taylor | Park lodge |
| 18 | 3.45 | 87 | Eimear Campbell | St Bernards PS Glengormley |
| Race: 600m | ||||
| Girls | ||||
| Position | Time | Bib | Name | Club/School |
| 7 | 2.26.5 | 87 | Eimear Campbell | St Bernards PS Glengormley |
Ulster Schools – District B
It was the turn of our secondary school athletes on 1 May. It was a great day for running at Mary Peter’s Track and hundreds of pupils were there representing their schools in District B. District B includes all schools in South Antrim, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Whitehead and the whole of Belfast west of the Lagan. The official results are not out yet so we are relying on eye witnesses from the events, reports from the parents and photographs of the results posted on the board at Mary Peters. Unfortunately, we were not able to capture everything, so all we can do is record what we have so far. Needless to say, the official results will be forthcoming in the next week or so. The top 3 athletes from each event should qualify for the Ulster Schools finals on 14 May but the rules can be complex so please check with the schools if it isn’t 100% clear. For sure, we will have a good few runners performing at this top provincial level.
Mini Girls & Boys:
Mini level is Year 8 (or first year). We had Nola, Eimear Coy, Erin, Tanoj and Cormac Carabine. Each one of these runners did themselves and their schools proud. Tanoj took 1st place in the 100m and Cormac took 1st place in the 800m with a fantastic last lap where he moved up from 3rd to win the race.
| Mini Girls 800m | ||
| 4 | Nola Rafferty | 2:44.80 |
| 7 | Eimear Coy | 2:51.74 |
| Erin O’Regan | ||
| Mini Boys – 100m | ||
| 1 | Tanoj Yakkanti | |
| Mini Boys 800m | ||
| 1 | Cormac Carabine | 2:27.41 |
Minor Boys:
Year 9 was represented by both Lucas and Tom who are well used to running together, either in races or jogging round the Parkrun. Both the lads got impressive times for the 800m – well done to both.
| Minor Boys | ||
| 9 | Lucas Mooney | 2:40.64 |
| 14 | Tom McLaughlin | 2:47.09 |
Junior Girls & Boys:
This Year 10 group had the greatest number of NBH juniors participating. Leila, Daisy, Cassie, Erin, Ruarcc, Thomas Coy, Cormac Leheny and Leo were all running and representing their schools. Leila Jones and Cassie Curran proved that they can excel in both sprinting and middle distance events with Leila taking medals in the 75m hurdles and 1500m. Cassie also was on the podium for both the 200m and 800m races. Daisy took a fantastic 3rd place in the 100m. Well done to all the girls. The junior boys clearly prefer a few more laps with Ruarcc running a fantastic 800m race. Thomas and Cormac both ran a lightening fast 1500m, both in times that would win at Ulster level in most years, taking gold and silver. Finally, Leo took part in the 1500m walk which has its own styles and techniques which take a lot of getting used to. Congratulations to all our Junior juniors.
| Junior Girls – 75m Hurdles | ||
| 2 | Leila Jones | 13.3 |
| Junior Girls 100m | ||
| 3 | Daisy Lewis | 14.46 |
| Junior Girls – 200m | ||
| 1 | Cassie Curran | 27.48 |
| Junior Girls 1500m | ||
| 1 | Leila Jones | 5:15.94 |
| Junior Girls 800m | ||
| 2 | Cassie Curran | 2:19.07 |
| 6 | Erin McAuley | 2:57.99 |
| Junior Boys 800m | ||
| 5 | Ruarcc Sheridan | 2:18.91 |
| Junior Boys 1500m | ||
| 1 | Thomas Coy | 4:23.48 |
| 2 | Cormac Leheny | 4:26.27 |
| 1200m Walk – Junior | ||
| Leo McAuley |
Inter Girls:
The Inter Girls were represented by Aoibh and Niamh. Aoibh took part in the 100m and 200m races whereas Niamh tackled the middle distance 1500m and 3000m. Great running girls with special congratulations to Niamh who came 2nd in the 3000m which will qualify her for the Ulster finals.
| Inter Girls – 100m | ||
| Aoibh Sloan | ||
| Inter Girls – 200m | ||
| Aoibh Sloan | ||
| Inter Girls – 1500m | ||
| 4 | Niamh McMillan | |
| Inter Girls – 3000m | ||
| 2 | Niamh McAuley |
Senior Girls & Senior Boys:
Well done to Emily, Eoin and Saul who all took 1st places in all the races they ran in. This is fantastic going and it will be great to see them in a few weeks at the Ulsters
| Senior Girls – 400m | ||
| 1 | Emily McRichie | |
| Senior Girls – 3000m | ||
| 1 | Emily McRichie | |
| Senior Boys – 400m | ||
| 1 | Saul Thompson | 55.45 |
| Senior Boys – 800m | ||
| 1 | Saul Thompson | |
| Senior Boys – 3000m | ||
| 1 | Eoin McConnell |
Ulster Schools – District A
Cillian and Cadance’s schools are part of District A. Both ran amazingly achieving podium positions in all of their corresponding races. See you at the Ulsters guys!
| Mini Boys – 800m | ||
| 1 | Cillian McLaughlin | |
| Inter Girls – 1500m | ||
| 2 | Cadance Hamilton | |
| Inter Girls – 3000m | ||
| 3 | Cadance Hamilton |
Waterworks Parkrun – 5K
Congratulations to Thomas Coy who ran his 100th Parkrun and celebrated with sharing a nice cake with all the runners. There were impressive personal bests from our newcomer Seamus Wolf and from Ellen.
| 2 | Thomas COY | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 18:43 |
| 7 | Seamus WOLF | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:01 |
| 8 | Isaac MOONEY | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:09 |
| 9 | Lucas MOONEY | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:32 |
| 10 | Tom MCLOUGHLIN | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:32 |
| 69 | Eoin MCCONNELL | Male | JM15-17 | North Belfast Harriers | 25:36 |
| 80 | Séadna OHARE LYNCH | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 26:13 |
| 93 | Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 26:55 |
| 98 | Eimear COY | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 27:16 |
| 100 | Nola RAFFERTY | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 27:18 |
| 107 | Ruby Mae MCLAUGHLIN | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 27:26 |
| 151 | Annie CULLEN | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 28:53 |
| 210 | Ellen CULLEN | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 31:19 |
| 230 | Katie-Louise GOODFELLOW | Female | WWC | North Belfast Harriers | 32:10 |
| 288 | Erin O’REGAN | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 36:07 |
Sixmilewater Parkrun – 5K
| 30 | Mason MERCER | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 24:05 |
Nairn Beach Parkrun – 5K
| 7 | Niamh MCMILLAN | Female | JW15-17 | North Belfast Harriers | 24:55 |
Jordanstown Junior Parkrun – 2K
| 1 | Isaac MOONEY | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 07:30 |
| 20 | Eva MOONEY | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 10:34 |
| 21 | Penny DICKSON | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 10:42 |
Belfast City Marathon
Congratulations to coach Gladys who was the 3rd lady in the Belfast City Marathon. What a great result and what a fantastic inspiration she is for the kids.
Congratulations also Katie-Louise Goodfellow who completed the marathon in a time of 4:31:27 which is a new assisted PB. Brilliant going.
Training
Training as normal this Tuesday and Thursday at Girls Model track from 6pm
Also can we remind parents to speak to their children and remind them that there are no toilet facilities at the Girls Model Track.