North Belfast Harriers Race Report 15th-21st September 2025

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TJ McElmeel Cross Country (Sun 21st September)

Bring on the mud was the cry as the cross country season got off to a great start for the harriers with 25 athletes competing in the open and vets races at the Palace Demesne in Armagh. There were strong performances across all 3 races, with Joe Gallagher taking the win the masters Vet 60 category, Eoin McConnell leading the NBH men home in 9th place overall and Emily McRitchie first NBH lady home in 8th place. Full results were:

Open Ladies and Vets:

PosnAthleteTimeCat
8Emily MCRITCHIE0:19:46FO
9Holly COLLINS0:19:50FO
14Sarah-Jane MCFADDEN0:20:48F40
19Fionnuala O’HARE0:21:50FO
21Natasha HERSOM0:22:09F35
25Erin BEATTIE0:22:30FO
35Diane TAYLOR0:24:05F40
43Emma TAYLOR0:24:43F40
46Estelle LOWRY0:25:12F35
49Gillian RODEN0:25:39F40

Masters Men Vet 60:

PosnAthleteTimeCat
1Joe GALLAGHER0:22:46M65
7Brian STEWART0:26:35M70

Open Men & Vets under 60:

PosnAthleteTimeCat
9Eoin MCCONNELL0:26:02MO
12Conal MCCAMBRIDGE0:26:24MO
13Philip GOSS0:26:34M40
18James TRAINOR0:26:59M35
19Oscar PURVIS0:26:59MO
32Michael LAMONT0:28:24M35
38Niall ARMSTRONG0:29:22MO
40Conor DORIS0:29:35M40
46Saul THOMPSON0:30:01MO
68Simon REEVE0:32:46M45
79Thomas TAYLOR0:35:00M40
80Geoff DICKSON0:35:13M45
85Andrew TAYLOR0:37:17M40

Photo from Fionnuala O’Hare:

Photo from NBH ‘X’ page:

Belfast City Half Marathon (Sun 21st September)

Conditions were good in Belfast on Sunday morning as around 7,000 runners took to the streets for this popular annual event. The harriers were again out in force with 48 runners enjoying the morning sunshine. Highlights were podium finishes for Gladys Ganiel 3rd in the ladies race and John Black 3rd in the men’s. Gladys was strongly supported by Sarah McNutt in 4th and Elisoa Crawford in 8th place, while Chris Hutchinson took a fine 9th place overall. Full results for NBH athletes were:

3John BLACK01:11:023rd male
9Chris HUTCHINSON01:12:09
37Mark SMITH01:17:16
87Gladys GANIEL01:19:383rd female
97Sarah MC NUTT01:20:10
98Matthew MC NUTT01:20:10
141Elisoa CRAWFORD01:21:49
153Colin MC DOWELL01:22:18
154Andrew NEWELL01:22:27
166Patrick MC AULEY01:22:40
171Steven WALKER01:22:46
175Arran RUTLEDGE01:22:55
216Colin WILLETTS01:24:21
310Frank HUGHES01:26:42
324Laurence JOHNSTON01:27:05
328Christopher MURRAY01:27:09
523Odhran RAFFERTY01:31:18
554Brendan MC CAMBRIDGE01:31:56
595Moira LEHENY01:32:53PB
791Janice PLUMB01:36:00
1341Una MC CONNELL01:42:44
1553Peter DOLAN01:44:38
1588Mark MULHERN01:44:56
1720Kieran QUINN01:46:34
2188Martin DOHERTY01:51:17
2255Lorraine HIBBURT01:51:56
2811Lorraine HIBBURT01:56:53
3153Karen MC CLEAN01:59:03
3390Fiona MAGILL02:01:12
3415Thomas NORTON02:01:29
3416Owen SMYTH02:01:31
3532Martin RAFFERTY02:02:53
3711Matthew CARLETON02:04:38
3720Patrick MC CAMBRIDGE02:04:43
3740Shawn Paul DONNELLY02:04:56
4169Derek GOODFELLOW02:08:50
4236Robyn THOMPSON02:09:25
4352Brendan MC CONNELL02:10:55
4365Rachel AICKEN02:11:02
4369Maria LYNCH02:11:03
4370Frances STROUD02:11:03
4686Heather GRIFFITHS02:14:31
5198Leanne MC CONNELL02:22:03
5562Colm SMYTH02:28:28
6023Martin MC LARNON02:46:34
6024Michelle HARKLEY02:46:41
6025Cathy SCULLION02:46:41
6079Alison DICKSON02:51:15
6098Kate MONTGOMERY02:52:56

Photos from Belfast City Marathon Facebook page:

Ladies Podium
Men’s Podium
Griffith Avenue Mile (Sun 21st September)

The Griffith Avenue Mile is a straight, point to point 1 mile road race along Dublin’s Griffith Avenue. Four stags were in action and there some super performances, most notably by Conor Curran who set a new NI M50 mile record to take 11th place in 4:28. Junior Cassie Curran also set a PB to win the U15G category in 4:59, Davy Clarke won the M60 category in 5:14 and Carol Clarke finished in 6:40.

Photo from NBH X page:

Berlin Marathon (Sun 21st September)

The harriers had two representatives in Sunday’s Berlin marathon, both veterans of the race which Greg McClure has now completed 18 times, while Jason Reid completed his 8th on Sunday. Like the rest of the 55,000 runners they had to contend with a super hot day in Berlin to take on the iconic course, with the highlight for many being running under the Brandenburg gate 400m from the finish line. Greg got round in 4:33:26 while Jason (also on pacer duty) finished in 5:09:13.

Jason, Greg and friends
parkrun

Saturday’s parkrun results for the harriers were:

Edinburgh parkrun20/09/2025#739
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
460Séadna OHARE LYNCH4851.33%0:31:51First Timer!
Whiteley parkrun20/09/2025#341
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
165Maurice PALMER21956.04%0:29:55First Timer!
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast20/09/2025#715
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
4Paul HORAN5977.90%0:18:56
5Ryan MOORE5972.83%0:19:01
6Sion MCALLISTER1177.57%0:19:10New PB!
11Frank HUGHES22171.53%0:21:29
12Dermot COY11566.23%0:21:34
20Fionnuala O’HARE35965.78%0:22:30
29Matthew MCCOMBE12057.49%0:22:49
43Diane TAYLOR3865.97%0:23:51
60Michelle MCLOUGHLIN23462.72%0:24:54
64Chris CALLAGHAN12765.18%0:25:02
65Thomas TAYLOR1255.29%0:25:03
76John CASEY27167.92%0:25:40
78Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY3367.63%0:25:57
83Piaras MCSHANE28349.33%0:26:09
84Conal MCCAMBRIDGE14749.36%0:26:10
89Una MCCONNELL8362.03%0:26:23
94Paul WILLIAMS51360.50%0:26:45
96Orán STEELE14150.28%0:26:51
109Tony REID68158.73%0:27:47
124Gerry ANDERSON31154.50%0:28:41
131Liz FAVER5562.74%0:28:51New PB!
134Grainne STEPHENS23951.00%0:29:03
139Lindsay BELL25255.45%0:29:31
140Liam SMYTH12055.25%0:29:32
143Nicky HAGAN11745.67%0:29:40
144Patrick HAMILL46254.04%0:29:40
148Fóla O’KANE455.54%0:29:57New PB!
161Emma TAYLOR2150.46%0:30:43
163Stella HARRISON53766.97%0:30:44
171Niamh MCMILLAN4649.35%0:31:00
172Ann CRAVEN10060.05%0:31:25
173Jack CARBERRY44470.21%0:31:33
184Gillian RODEN22548.16%0:32:40
185Aisling DOHERTY3049.03%0:32:42New PB!
186Martin DOHERTY1443.02%0:32:42
191Sandy CARR43047.84%0:33:12
192Margaret STEPHENS50161.97%0:33:13
193Robbie SPEERS2338.84%0:33:13
197Bernadette DUFFY39563.46%0:33:26
211Matthew PURVIS15037.90%0:34:47
221Denise RAINEY18547.06%0:36:31
234Ian BRENNAN23135.34%0:39:31
236Eadaoin KELLY35337.94%0:39:53
245Liam DANIEL10434.86%0:42:59
254Paul LAVERY19137.03%0:46:35
261Kathleen MONTGOMERY27038.87%0:53:46
262Michelle HARKLEY11030.13%0:53:46
263Denis LOUGHRAN25840.07%0:53:47
264Lyle CARLETON33529.12%0:56:02
265Roy RAINEY7627.89%0:56:03
268Philomena DONALDSON37537.50%0:56:35
Belfast Victoria parkrun20/09/2025#671
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
23Ian ONEILL1478.00%0:20:23First Timer!
77Mark SMITH5362.37%0:24:51
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast20/09/2025#619
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
2Zak WILSON4768.98%0:18:42First Timer!
139Vincent BRADLEY27550.89%0:32:39
Wallace parkrun, Lisburn20/09/2025#531
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
24John PATIENCE3073.09%0:23:10
Ormeau parkrun20/09/2025#554
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
65Eimear O’REGAN4667.44%0:22:59
333Erin O’REGAN1852.90%0:30:11New PB!
531Mannix MCALISTER19925.89%0:49:57
Antrim parkrun20/09/2025#502
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
58Michael LAMONT7852.21%0:25:15
125Brian STEWART21764.51%0:28:53
Castlewellan parkrun20/09/2025#331
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
73Kevin MCCANN23259.45%0:25:51First Timer!
Larne parkrun20/09/2025#516
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
4April CLARKE9369.25%0:21:28
6James TOPPING18959.54%0:21:40
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey20/09/2025#511
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
40David JOHNSTON19153.27%0:29:21
Penrhyn parkrun20/09/2025#437
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
73Connor MCCANN1750.42%0:25:35First Timer!
Colin Glen parkrun20/09/2025#414
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
11Aodhan O’REILLY1943.81%0:31:53First Timer!
Falcarragh parkrun20/09/2025#415
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
1John Gerard MURPHY67675.49%0:20:32
Orangefield parkrun20/09/2025#300
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
11Bo MORRISON3860.61%0:22:51First Timer!
14James TRAINOR22658.66%0:23:06
Westpark parkrun20/09/2025#281
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
126Glenn BEATTIE18242.90%0:30:04
Stadtpark parkrun, Graz20/09/2025#97
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
18Philip MCILWRATH45452.47%0:28:20Erstteilnahme!
41Rosy RYAN45433.52%0:50:37Erstteilnahme!
Belvoir Forest parkrun20/09/2025#2
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
93Joanne BOAL21061.58%0:28:38First Timer!
181Leah LAMONT2241.15%0:35:58First Timer!
195Fergus JAMISON19341.77%0:38:23First Timer!
197Ita WEIR11445.90%0:38:25First Timer!
Sixmilewater parkrun20/09/2025#217
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
1Colin MCDOWELL30786.83%0:17:51First Timer!
2Andrew NEWELL18568.07%0:18:57
17Brandon MCMINN8357.98%0:22:15
21Rory KANE3964.88%0:22:44
parkrun Park Jana Pawła II, Rymanów-Zdrój20/09/2025#116
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
6Alina BISKUPSKA13363.87%0:24:27
Paisley Park parkrun20/09/2025#44
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
13Lynn MURRAY23357.34%0:32:00
16Thomas MCKINSTRY38547.37%0:33:34
Jamaica Pond parkrun20/09/2025#314
PosparkrunnerparkrunsAge GradeTimeComment
60Emmett SULLIVAN7763.65%0:25:38