NBH Race Report, 21st  – 27th July 2025

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No rest for the Harriers this week as the height of the Summer means mid-week races to keep them busy!
Stags picked up gold and silver medals on track and trail while the ladies excelled at this week’s parkruns.
Another successful week!

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Tues 22nd July: Portaferry 10 mile
Portaferry turned festive for the annual Portaferry Gala Festival of which the 10 mile race is an integral part.

Eight Harriers journeyed to the town to participate in the race which took runners around the base of the peninsula. The beautiful scenery around Strangford Lough, enhanced by the good weather and great local support made the hilly course seem more bearable.

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10 Miles              
Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Gender Cat Finish Chiptime Note
18 454 Mark Smith M M55 01:00:47 01:00:45  
37 601 Thomas McLaughlin M M45 01:03:47 01:03:43  
250 408 Maurice Palmer M M65 01:37:18 01:36:59  
297 407 Evelyn Palmer F W60 01:51:24 01:51:04  
302 419 Brendan McConnell M M45 01:55:16 01:54:58  
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999 418 Eadaoin Kelly F FO     5 miles
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Relay                
Pos Bib First Runner Second Runner   Cat Finish    
28 914 Gerry Anderson Chris Callaghan   M 01:24:49    

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Photos by Derek Goodfellow / Portaferry Gala Facebook
  

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Wed 23rd July: Donaghadee 5k
Organised by the Dee Runners, the Donaghadee 5k route takes runners along The Commons and around the iconic “Port Devine” lighthouse. The race starts at the Harbour and finishes at The Commons, with a two-lap course.

Two Harriers took on the challenge on a warm evening with Estelle Lowry completing the course in 24:17 with Jason Reid close behind on 28:47. Well done to you both.

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Sat 26th July: John Kilmartin 5k
Three Harriers took part in this race centred around the Co. Donegal town of Milford, held in memory of John Kilmartin.

Paddy McCambridge picked up a prize for second in M60 category. Well done to all.  

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Pos Bib Name Gen Cat Time
6 1499 Brendan McCambridge M MO 00:17:39
48 1498 Paddy McCambridge M M60 00:24:56
67 1767 Liam Smith M M60 00:29:08

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Sat 26th July: National Outdoor Master Championships 2025
Tullamore hosted the National Outdoor Master Championships 2025 where four stags competed very successfully over two track events – Masters Men 1500m and Masters Men 5000m. Both Davy Clarke and Conán McCaughey picked up gold while John Black gained silver.

Congratulations to the whole team.

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Masters Men 1500m      
Rank bib Name Cat Time
1 1564 David CLARKE M65 00:05.81
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Masters Men 5000m      
Rank bib Name Cat Time
1 1610 Conán McCaughey M35 15:12.94
2 1613 John BLACK M35 15:31.38
8 1611 James TRAINOR M35 16:32.39

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Sat 26th July: Giant’s Trail Race
Starting and finishing at Queen’s University’s playing fields at Upper Malone Road in Belfast, the Giant’s Trail Race brought runners on a scenic and ancient trail run of approximately 6 miles in distance.

The scenic trails and towpath of the Lagan Valley Regional Park provided the backdrop to this stunning trail run, organised by Dub Runners running club. The challenging course included a combination of forest trails, pastures and the Lagan towpath. Runners enjoyed stunning views of the river Lagan, climbing through the woodlands of Minnowburn, passing sculptures and natural art along the way, before running through the ancient environs of the Neolithic monument at the Giant’s Ring and returning via Edenderry village and Gilchrist Bridge to Shaw’s bridge and on to the finish.

Seven Harriers took on the challenge with Phil Goss winning the race. Fionnuala O’Hare was the second lady finisher while Mark Smith came second in his age category [M55].

Congratulations to all.

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Position

 Bib Name Group Gun Chip Note
1 292 Philip Goss MO 37:25:00 37:25:00 Winner
11 136 Mark Smith M55 42:26:00 42:26:00 1st M55 cat
32 9 Fionnuala O’Hare FO 46:24:00 46:19:00 2nd Lady
43 29 Simon Reeve M45 48:27:00 48:21:00  
75 207 Una McConnell F45 52:13:00 52:06:00  
106 174 Helen F Weir F50 54:38:00 54:32:00  
223 39 Heather Griffiths F45 01:05:49 01:05:37  

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Photos from Dub Runners’ Facebook
     

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Sat 26th July: Blayney Rockets 10 Mile Road Race
The Blayney Rockets 10 Mile Road Race is on a scenic course in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

The predominantly flat, looped course took runners around Lough Muckno, finishing at St Mary’s Park, Castleblayney.

Four Harriers competed.

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Pos bib Name Gen Cat Chip Gun
83 25 Ray Cameron M M50 01:12:08 01:12:14
84 209 Stephen McCullough M M40 01:12:07 01:12:17
88 375 Debbie McConnell F F35 01:12:26 01:12:36
221 130 Lorraine Hibbert F F45 01:31:55 01:32:15

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Sun 27th July: Hillsborough 10k / Half Marathon
Starting and finishing on the Event Village in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle, this race took on a carnival atmosphere as over 1800 runners gathered to compete in the 10k and Half Marathon races.

They were joined by 11 Harriers who competed across the two events. Both races started and ended in Hillsborough Castle gardens with the Half Marathon going to Anahilt village and beyond.

Michael Lamont led the Stags home in fifth place overall with an impressive time of 1:21:48. Joe Gallagher was top of the M65 category while Evelyn Palmer was top of the F60 category.

Well done to all taking part.

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Half Marathon                
Pos Net Pos Race No Name Gun Time Chip Time Category Net Cat Pos Gender Net Gen Pos
5 5 2801 Michael Lamont 01:21:50 01:21:48 V35 1 Male 5
73 80 2809 Joe Gallagher 01:38:40 01:38:21 V65 1 Male 73
555 543 2661 Maurice Palmer 02:09:25 02:05:42 V65 4 Male 419
727 718 2662 Evelyn Palmer 02:33:07 02:27:51 V60 1 Female 204
    2675 Brendan McConnell 02:34:00 02:34:00 Senior   Male  
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10k                  
Pos Net Pos Race No Name Gun Time Chip Time Category Net Cat Pos Gender Net Gen Pos
398 418 324 Heather Griffiths 00:59:23 00:57:38 V45 11 Female 143
509 522 445 John Kearney 01:03:37 01:01:04 Senior 120 Male 317
881 878 861 Cathy Scullion 01:20:14 01:14:04 V45 46 Female 456
887 889 950 Roisin Tomlinson 01:20:25 01:14:47 V60 6 Female 466
931 930 345 Michelle Harkley 01:24:02 01:17:47 V45 54 Female 496
983 981 2669 Alison Dickson 01:30:50 01:24:31 V50 39 Female 534

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Sun 27th July: Colour Run
Not a race or running event but loads of fun just the same. Adults get together at Girdwood Community Hub to throw coloured power over each other. Youngsters are brought along to make it look like a kids’ event.

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…and finally
The club is delighted to welcome new recruit – Chris Fielding.

Regular NI Senior International and 14:10 5000m runner, Chris is a part of a development plan to help NBH win and compete at the highest national and European levels.

Welcome to the club Chris.

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Sat 26th Jul 2025: PARKRUNS

A total of 101 Harriers took part in 22 parkruns.

Well done to this week’s First Lady Finishers: Emily McRITCHIE (Waterworks parkrun), Erin BEATTIE (Larne parkrun), Elisoa CRAWFORD (Carrickfergus parkrun), Natasha HERSOM (Sixmilewater parkrun) and Cadence HAMILTON (Lurgan Park parkrun). Cadence also achieved a PB.

And to the gents: Conor O’RAWE (Waterworks parkrun) and Colin McDOWELL (Newry Greenway parkrun).

Well done all.

Finally, well done to everybody who took park in this week’s parkruns and a big thank you to the army of volunteers.

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Waterworks parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
1 1 Conor O’RAWE   00:17:27   First Finisher
3 3 Adam McCLEAVE   00:19:21    
4 4 Dara CASSIDY   00:19:25    
7 7 Ruarcc SHERIDAN   00:19:41    
10 1 Emily McRITCHIE   00:19:50   First Lady Finisher
12 11 Patrick McAULEY   00:20:00    
15 14 Sion McALLISTER   00:20:29    
22 20 Lucas MOONEY   00:21:25    
29 26 Seamus LEHENY   00:21:55    
31 28 Dermot COY   00:22:06    
33 3 Sophia DORIS   00:22:45    
34 30 Matthew CARLETON   00:22:46    
39 34 Conal McCAMBRIDGE   00:23:03    
42 37 Frank HUGHES   00:23:12    
49 43 Stephen WALKER   00:23:36    
58 50 Peter McCLELLAND   00:24:14    
61 53 Simon REEVE   00:24:31    
63 55 Greg McCLURE   00:24:36    
68 58 Mark BROOKS   00:24:59    
86 10 Frances McMULLAN   00:25:40    
99 14 Niamh McAULEY   00:26:27    
102 83 Joseph GALLAGHER   00:26:38    
104 85 John CASEY   00:26:42    
105 15 Alina BISKUPSKA   00:26:44    
110 89 Emmett SULLIVAN   00:27:01    
118 23 Erin McAULEY   00:27:19    
119 24 Stephanie COY   00:27:21    
121 91 Oisin CALDWELL   00:27:23    
141 108 Patrick HAMILL   00:28:42    
150 113 Philip McILWRATH   00:29:03    
157 32 Michelle McLOUGHLIN   00:29:28    
158 33 Lynn McKENNA   00:29:28    
161 35 Grainne STEPHENS   00:29:30    
170 121 Tony REID   00:29:44    
172 123 David HURST   00:29:54    
180 129 Jack CARBERRY   00:30:31    
187 44 Lindsay BELL   00:30:54    
192 45 Stella HARRISON   00:31:15    
198 48 Grace McKENNA   00:31:34    
199 49 Eva McLOUGHLIN   00:31:36    
203 52 Margaret STEPHENS   00:32:00    
212 143 Paul Mc CUSKER   00:32:30    
217 147 David WAUGH   00:32:43    
232 153 Matthew PURVIS   00:34:19    
238 70 Bernadette DUFFY   00:34:40    
239 71 Ann CRAVEN   00:34:41    
240 72 Oonagh DONNELLY   00:34:42    
245 76 Cathy SCULLION   00:35:40    
247 78 Michelle HARKLEY   00:35:48    
267 93 Nola JAMIESON   00:40:50    
269 95 Kathleen MONTGOMERY   00:41:54    
270 96 Catherine CARLETON   00:41:54    
274 161 Denis LOUGHRAN   00:43:05    
279 163 Paul JENKINS   00:47:45    
291 171 Lyle CARLETON   00:55:23    
292 172 Roy RAINEY   00:55:23    
294 173 Martin McLARNON   00:55:25    
295 106 Rosy RYAN   00:55:26    
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Belfast Victoria parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
70 62 John PATIENCE   00:22:46    
84 74 Sean McSHANE   00:23:34    
94 82 Kevin McCANN   00:24:12    
154 119 Paul WILLIAMS   00:27:20    
198 146 Colm SMYTH   00:29:35    
199 147 Mannix McALISTER   00:29:38    
201 148 Malachy McKENNA   00:29:42    
202 149 Jason REID   00:29:42    
273 89 Kerry McSHANE   00:33:57    
282 95 Jennifer GOODFELLOW   00:34:45    
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Hanley parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
70 54 Ian BRENNAN   00:26:23    
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Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
24 16 Martin REA   00:24:22    
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Ormeau parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
23 21 Laurence JOHNSTON   00:19:59    
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Castlewellan parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
29 24 Colin WILLETTS   00:22:52    
220 106 David FRENCH   01:06:58    
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Larne parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
21 1 Erin BEATTIE   00:23:07   First Lady Finisher
22 2 Fionnuala O’HARE   00:23:08    
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Carrickfergus parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
2 2 Andrew NEWELL   00:18:46    
16 1 Elisoa CRAWFORD   00:22:14   First Lady Finisher
133 84 Alun ROLPH   00:42:09    
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Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
43 10 Jessie SMITH   00:27:04    
69 50 David JOHNSTON   00:29:10    
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Hove Promenade parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
567 393 Thomas McKINSTRY   00:28:15    
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Falcarragh parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
19 17 John Gerard MURPHY   00:22:07    
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Lough Key parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
16 15 Chris CALLAGHAN   00:24:48    
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Ballincollig parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
3 3 Thomas McLAUGHLIN   00:19:02    
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Orangefield parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
89 53 Fergus JAMISON   00:37:26    
91 36 Ita WEIR   00:38:39    
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Westpark parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
182 112 Glenn BEATTIE   01:01:24    
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Sixmilewater parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
4 1 Natasha HERSOM   00:20:16   First Lady Finisher
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Limepark Playing Fields parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
2 2 Sarah-Jane McFADDEN   00:20:37    
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The Fisherman‘s Walk parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
36 21 Maurice PALMER   00:28:23    
55 25 Evelyn PALMER   00:35:04    
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Paisley Park parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
1 1 Zak WILSON   00:18:24    
16 13 Gerry ANDERSON   00:28:32    
18 15 Thomas Peter NORTON   00:29:10    
19 4 Eadaoin KELLY   00:31:07    
28 11 Philomena DONALDSON   00:51:23    
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Lurgan Park parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
8 1 Cadence HAMILTON   00:21:19   First Lady Finisher / New PB
158 83 Paul LAVERY   00:45:18    
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Christie parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time    
12 12 Mason MERCER   00:19:57    
77 48 Matt SHIELDS   00:27:56    
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Newry Greenway parkrun
Pos   parkrunner   Run Time   Notes
1 1 Colin McDOWELL   00:18:04   First Finisher
             

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