NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 1st – 7th September 2025

We are back !!  And what a way to start the new season !!  The annual Laganside Junior Mile saw a record turnout from our young Stags with all runners, organisers, coaches, mums and dads putting in maximum effort.  Well done everyone.

This event is organised and marshalled by the club and its many volunteers, so first and foremost a very big thank you for all those who helped in any way – it really was a great event and a great day. A special mention should also go to the medal designers – it looks superb, a real keeper (Great North Run organisers take note !).

But of course the biggest congratulations goes to all the runners who turned up and stretched their legs, many doing so for the first time, and some perhaps doing so for the last time as they move up in age group.  Participation is the main success, but of course competing and achieving ever improving times is the focus, and as always the juniors did not disappoint – there were some great runs and times across the age groups, both the girls and boys.

As such special mention must go to our very own Thomas Coy who was first over the line in 4 mins 20 secs, with two more Stags tying on a time of 4 mins 32 secs and in joint 3^rd place – well done Leo McAuley and Ruarcc Sheridan.  First girl over the line also wore the Stag colours, with Cassie Curran carrying on her winning form in a time of 4 mins 49 secs – super as always Cassie !  And joining her on the podium as 3^rd placed girl in a time of 5 mins 3 seconds was her team mate Leila Jones.  Well done Leila.

The full list of results for the NBH runners is below, hopefully accurate as there were a few last minute entry changes !

1	10178	Thomas	Coy	North Belfast Harriers	00:04:20
3	10142	Leo	McAuley	North Belfast Harriers	00:04:32
4	10074	Ruarcc	Sheridan	North Belfast Harriers	00:04:32
7	10096	Cassie	Curran	North Belfast	00:04:49
10	10079	Mason	Mercer	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:03
11	10184	Leila	Jones	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:03
12	10083	Cillian	McLoughlin	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:04
13	10110	Tanoj Reddy	Yakkanti	North Belfast Harries	00:05:06
15	10095	Lucas	Mooney	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:11
16	10075	Tom	McLoughlin	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:12
20	10093	Isaac	Mooney	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:18
22	10188	Kobe	McClelland	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:28
26	10182	James	Oshaughnessy	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:37
27	10203	Lois	Usher	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:39
28	10099	Thomas	Weiniger	North Belfast harriers	00:05:42
29	10115	Nola	Rafferty	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:42
34	10158	Sophia	Doris	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:49
35	10089	Milo	Purvis	North Belfast Harriers	00:05:51
36	10156	Cohen	Turley	North Belfast harriers	00:05:52
42	10206	Oisin	Caldwell	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:07
46	10157	Grace	Mckenna	North Belfast harriers	00:06:11
47	10197	Luke	Oshaughnessy	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:11
50	10003	Miles	McKinney	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:19
52	10086	Aaron	McDonald	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:22
53	10159	Luke	Doris	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:27
58	10119	Annie	Cullen	North Belfast harriers	00:06:36
61	10200	Georgia	Oshaughnessy	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:42
62	10098	Sophie	Weiniger	North Belfast harriers	00:06:44
63	10071	Ruby Mae	McLaughlin	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:45
65	10109	Aoife	Lemon	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:50
68	10179	Isla	McNutt	North Belfast Harriers	00:06:53
72	10153	Erin	O’Regan	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:04
74	10080	Fóla	O’Kane	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:06
78	10202	Katie-Louise	Goodfellow	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:08
82	10118	Ellen	Cullen	North Belfast harriers	00:07:12
83	10170	Charlie	McCurdy	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:13
85	10169	Max	McCurdy	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:14
86	10046	Lucy	Dickson	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:16
87	10122	Ronan	O’Neill	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:16
90	10047	Penny	Dickson	North Belfast Harriers	00:07:21
109	10162	Ellie	McCarney	North Belfast Harriers	00:08:08
111	10085	Addison	McDonald	North Belfast Harriers	00:08:16
113	10094	Eva	Mooney	North Belfast Harriers	00:08:27
118	10193	Finn	McConnell	North Belfast Harriers	00:08:50
121	10168	Ruaidhrí	McLaughlin	North Belfast Harriers	00:08:54
125	10069	Owen	White	North Belfast Harriers	00:09:07
135	10138	Hollie	Brennan	North Belfast Harriers	00:09:54

However, our Stags did not restrict themselves to the Sunday Laganside run, as several took part in the Waterworks 5km Parkrun on Saturday, and yet again one of our own crossed the line in first place – congratulations Cormac Leheny !!  In addition 3 Personal Best times were posted – super running from Oisin Caldwell, Ruby Mae McLaughlin and Sophia Kielty ! But well done to all our runners.

1	Cormac LEHENY	Male	JM11-14	North Belfast Harriers	16:56
53	Oisin CALDWELL	Male	JM11-14	North Belfast Harriers	24:34 PB
61	Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY	Female	JW10	North Belfast Harriers	24:52:00
75	Ruby Mae MCLAUGHLIN	Female	JW10	North Belfast Harriers	25:42 PB
78	Sophia KIELTY	Female	JW10	North Belfast Harriers	25:57 PB
86	Niamh MCMILLAN	Female	JW15-17	North Belfast Harriers	26:09:00
193	Eva MCLOUGHLIN	Female	JW11-14	North Belfast Harriers	32:44:00
202	Matthew PURVIS	Male	SM18-19	North Belfast Harriers	33:45:00

The club and coaches now focus on training and preparing for the first Cross Country race of the year, and the first muddy shoes/legs/car/dog event takes place on Sunday 21st September in Armagh. This is a well organised annual event and a great warm up for Ulster Championships and all young Stags are strongly encouraged to enter. The NBH tent will be up and plenty of experienced club helpers on hand to guide new runners (and mums and dads). Entry details can be found at https://eventmaster.ie/event/kGW6HK2TA2

In the meantime training carries on as normal, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and with the weather changing and nights drawing in please ensure our runners are wearing appropriate clothing.