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A busy week for races this week, although the weather could have been kinder to our runners. Still, it didn’t stop them winning medals.
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27th Mar – 2nd Apr 2026: European Masters Athletics Indoor Championships
Three Harriers travelled to Torun, Poland to represent the Club in the European Masters Athletics Indoor Championships.
Davy Clarke, representing Great Britain, lifted gold, running 3000m in an incredible 10:30.78.
Meanwhile, Joe Gallaher representing Ireland, took part in the team 5k race in the M65 category. Team Ireland won gold with Joe finishing in 21:35.
Paul Blaney took part in the M50 category of the same race, also running for Ireland. Paul achieved 3rd place with a time of 17:15, helping Team Ireland lift a silver medal.
Congratulations to you all.
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Sat 28th Mar 2026: Run One More Ultra
Run One More is a 12 hour challenge where participants will aim to complete a 5K run every hour, on the hour for 12 hours. Matty Carlton did just that, completing 10 of the 12 runs in under 30 minutes each. That was quite an achievement given the weather conditions for parts of the day.
Well done Matty.
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Sun 29th Mar 2026: 36th Spar Omagh Half Marathon
Over 30 Harriers joined over 4300 other athletes to take part in the ever-popular Spar Omagh Half Marathon, battling weather that was more like Winter than Spring.
The journey was well worthwhile however as they returned with four age-category wins.
Well done to all who competed.
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| Place | Name | Net | Gross | Bib | Cat | Sub Cat | |
| 21 | Mark SMITH | 01:15:45 | 01:15:50 | 2423 | M | M55 | 1st M55 |
| 37 | Matthew MCNUTT | 01:16:57 | 01:17:00 | 2631 | M | M35 | |
| 67 | David FOSTER | 01:19:31 | 01:19:36 | 426 | M | M40 | |
| 146 | Elisoa CRAWFORD | 01:23:54 | 01:24:06 | 30 | F | F50 | 1st F50 |
| 159 | Colin WILLETTS | 01:24:17 | 01:24:42 | 4203 | M | M40 | |
| 220 | Michael LAMONT | 01:27:03 | 01:27:37 | 2543 | M | M35 | |
| 236 | Louise SMITH | 01:27:58 | 01:28:12 | 2834 | F | F55 | 1st F55 |
| 242 | Sarah-Jane MCFADDEN | 01:27:55 | 01:28:20 | 1729 | F | F40 | |
| 243 | Arran RUTLEDGE | 01:27:56 | 01:28:21 | 1410 | M | M50 | |
| 299 | Fionnuala O’HARE | 01:28:54 | 01:29:54 | 2247 | F | FS | |
| 310 | Frank HUGHES | 01:29:37 | 01:30:03 | 2878 | M | M55 | |
| 334 | Andrew GIBSON | 01:29:25 | 01:30:25 | 2632 | M | MS | |
| 413 | Patrick MCAULEY | 01:32:11 | 01:33:11 | 2895 | M | M45 | |
| 415 | Roma DOHERTY | 01:32:12 | 01:33:12 | 2012 | F | F35 | |
| 505 | Barry ROONEY | 01:34:44 | 01:35:35 | 2440 | M | M50 | |
| 554 | Janice PLUMB | 01:35:37 | 01:36:37 | 1707 | F | F55 | 2nd F55 |
| 588 | Ray CAMERON | 01:36:54 | 01:37:36 | 2079 | M | M50 | |
| 845 | Nuala MULDOON | 01:37:54 | 01:42:11 | 3928 | F | F45 | |
| 945 | Thomas TAYLOR | 01:40:27 | 01:43:40 | 1541 | M | M40 | |
| 1110 | Una MCCONNELL | 01:44:17 | 01:46:18 | 1969 | F | F45 | |
| 1200 | Mark MULHERN | 01:46:21 | 01:48:06 | 4022 | M | M40 | |
| 1455 | Emma TAYLOR | 01:48:56 | 01:52:16 | 1542 | F | F40 | |
| 1662 | Mary REID | 01:52:04 | 01:55:18 | 2031 | F | F60 | |
| 1723 | Catriona BRADFORD-MCKEOWN | 01:56:19 | 01:56:19 | 4029 | F | F50 | |
| 1724 | Martin DOHERTY | 01:56:19 | 01:56:19 | 3685 | M | M45 | |
| 1798 | Chris CALLAGHAN | 01:54:20 | 01:57:27 | 431 | M | M60 | |
| 1837 | Gerard MAGEE | 01:55:22 | 01:57:56 | 3970 | M | M50 | |
| 2038 | Donna MCLAUGHLIN | 01:57:53 | 02:00:22 | 2104 | F | F50 | |
| 2277 | Brendan MCCONNELL | 02:04:30 | 02:04:30 | 3944 | M | M WCH/A | |
| 2328 | Katrina MCAULEY | 02:02:08 | 02:05:27 | 2894 | F | F45 | |
| 3220 | Leanne MCCONNELL | 02:29:00 | 02:31:26 | 3956 | F | F45 | |
| 3444 | Aimee CURRAN | 03:07:16 | 03:12:16 | 1214 | F | F35 | |
| 3445 | Martin MCLARNON | 03:07:16 | 03:12:17 | 3275 | M | M50 | |
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Sun 29th Mar 2026: Berlin Half Marathon
Berlin Half Marathon is one of the iconic European Super Halfs. They attract big crowds with an atmosphere to match. Four Harriers took crossed the finish line to pick up a coveted medal, with Frances McMullan securing second place in her age category Well done ladies.
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| Place | Name | Bib | Cat | Gross | Net | Notes |
| 1265 | Frances McMullan | 61578 | W65 | 01:50:03 | 01:42:14 | 2nd W65 |
| 5339 | Lorraine Hibburt | 21911 | W50 | 02:23:46 | 01:58:57 | |
| 14939 | Aoife Birmingham | 51574 | W30 | 03:49:00 | 02:41:25 | |
| 16086 | Denise Fuenzalida | 55301 | W35 | 04:11:04 | 03:02:13 |
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Sat 28th Mar 2026: PARKRUNS
A total of 102 Harriers took part in 25 parkruns.
Well done to this week’s First Lady Finishers: April CLARKE (Larne) and Niamh McMILLAN (Narin Beach parkrun). Also to the one gent: young Thomas COY (Waterworks).
One runner achieved a PB this week: Katie KIELTY. Well done Katie.
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 | Thomas COY | 00:17:41 | First Finisher | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sion McALLISTER | 00:20:26 | |||
| 21 | 20 | Thomas McLAUGHLIN | 00:21:56 | |||
| 22 | 21 | Seamus LEHENY | 00:22:07 | |||
| 32 | 29 | Séadna OHARE LYNCH | 00:23:13 | |||
| 35 | 32 | Frank HUGHES | 00:23:21 | |||
| 40 | 35 | Dermot COY | 00:23:35 | |||
| 47 | 41 | Conor HENRY | 00:24:16 | |||
| 50 | 44 | Ray CAMERON | 00:24:31 | |||
| 54 | 47 | Simon REEVE | 00:24:49 | |||
| 70 | 7 | Eimear COY | 00:25:43 | |||
| 72 | 60 | Martin RAFFERTY | 00:25:45 | |||
| 74 | 9 | Nola RAFFERTY | 00:25:46 | |||
| 75 | 10 | Maria MAGUIRE | 00:25:47 | |||
| 76 | 62 | Ciaran BEATTIE | 00:25:47 | |||
| 78 | 11 | Fionnuala O’HARE | 00:25:50 | |||
| 79 | 12 | Una McCONNELL | 00:25:50 | |||
| 81 | 64 | Brendan McCAMBRIDGE | 00:25:55 | |||
| 82 | 65 | Conal McCAMBRIDGE | 00:25:56 | |||
| 83 | 14 | Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY | 00:26:01 | |||
| 84 | 15 | Sophia KIELTY | 00:26:01 | |||
| 85 | 16 | Michelle McLOUGHLIN | 00:26:02 | |||
| 88 | 67 | Emmett SULLIVAN | 00:26:09 | |||
| 92 | 69 | Orán STEELE | 00:26:20 | |||
| 99 | 19 | Clare O’SHAUGHNESSY | 00:26:38 | |||
| 103 | 21 | Fóla O’KANE | 00:27:03 | |||
| 109 | 80 | Tony REID | 00:27:13 | |||
| 113 | 24 | Ita McCAMBRIDGE | 00:27:32 | |||
| 116 | 85 | Mark BROOKS | 00:27:35 | |||
| 138 | 97 | Peter McCLELLAND | 00:28:40 | |||
| 143 | 38 | Stephanie COY | 00:29:07 | |||
| 147 | 40 | Catherine SEAWRIGHT | 00:29:25 | |||
| 148 | 41 | Lynn McKENNA | 00:29:25 | |||
| 163 | 49 | Gillian RODEN | 00:30:22 | |||
| 177 | 114 | Patrick HAMILL | 00:31:15 | |||
| 190 | 63 | Grainne STEPHENS | 00:31:49 | |||
| 195 | 123 | Gerry ANDERSON | 00:32:05 | |||
| 203 | 69 | Margaret STEPHENS | 00:32:17 | |||
| 204 | 128 | Kevin McCANN | 00:32:17 | |||
| 210 | 130 | Jack CARBERRY | 00:32:32 | |||
| 213 | 75 | Leanne McCONNELL | 00:32:38 | |||
| 220 | 134 | Greg McCLURE | 00:33:19 | |||
| 228 | 137 | Jim CLINTON | 00:34:02 | |||
| 244 | 144 | Declan GORMAN | 00:35:58 | |||
| 251 | 147 | Liam DANIEL | 00:36:29 | |||
| 257 | 99 | Katie KIELTY | 00:37:08 | New PB | ||
| 260 | 101 | Eadaoin KELLY | 00:37:34 | |||
| 267 | 149 | Paddy McCAMBRIDGE | 00:38:01 | |||
| 268 | 107 | Michelle HARKLEY | 00:38:02 | |||
| 276 | 113 | Jennifer GOODFELLOW | 00:39:18 | |||
| 277 | 114 | Cathy SCULLION | 00:39:42 | |||
| 281 | 152 | Matthew PURVIS | 00:40:32 | |||
| 297 | 128 | Philomena DONALDSON | 00:47:15 | |||
| 298 | 129 | Bertha McWHINNEY | 00:51:26 | |||
| 299 | 130 | Kathleen MONTGOMERY | 00:52:22 | |||
| 301 | 157 | John Gerard MURPHY | 00:52:42 | |||
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| Wallace parkrun, Lisburn | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 26 | 24 | Matt SHIELDS | 00:22:58 | |||
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| Citypark parkrun, Craigavon | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 49 | 44 | James TRAINOR | 00:23:36 | |||
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| Belfast Victoria parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Lucas MOONEY | 00:17:35 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Zak WILSON | 00:18:42 | |||
| 10 | 9 | Matthew McCOMBE | 00:18:45 | |||
| 30 | 3 | Nuala MULDOON | 00:21:28 | |||
| 40 | 33 | Marcel CORRY | 00:22:48 | |||
| 52 | 44 | Jason REID | 00:23:28 | |||
| 84 | 62 | Paul WILLIAMS | 00:24:56 | |||
| 148 | 41 | Eva MOONEY | 00:29:09 | |||
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| Bushy parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 1237 | 448 | Stella HARRISON | 00:35:53 | |||
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| Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 14 | 11 | Sean McSHANE | 00:23:47 | |||
| 23 | 2 | Alina BISKUPSKA | 00:25:16 | |||
| 57 | 41 | David JOHNSTON | 00:31:08 | |||
| 59 | 43 | Colm SMYTH | 00:31:22 | |||
| 61 | 44 | Liam SMYTH | 00:31:43 | |||
| 91 | 32 | Kerry McSHANE | 00:37:14 | |||
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| Paisley Park parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 21 | 4 | Lynn MURRAY | 00:33:55 | |||
| 26 | 19 | Peter DOLAN | 00:38:39 | |||
| 27 | 20 | Paul LAVERY | 00:41:43 | |||
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| Larne parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 5 | 1 | April CLARKE | 00:21:15 | First Lady Finisher | ||
| 54 | 19 | Ita WEIR | 00:35:22 | |||
| 62 | 36 | Greg LAVERY | 00:45:47 | |||
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| Queen’s parkrun, Belfast | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 55 | 42 | Vincent BRADLEY | 00:27:00 | |||
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| Lurgan Park parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 19 | 18 | Colin McDOWELL | 00:24:57 | |||
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| Omagh parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 58 | 25 | Katie-Louise GOODFELLOW | 00:51:45 | |||
| 59 | 26 | Catriona BRADFORD-McKEOWN | 00:51:45 | |||
| 60 | 31 | Derek GOODFELLOW | 00:51:46 | |||
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| Antrim parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 26 | 24 | Brian STEWART | 00:22:34 | |||
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| Ormeau parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 22 | 18 | Cillian McLOUGHLIN | 00:20:59 | |||
| 191 | 44 | Erin O’REGAN | 00:27:37 | |||
| 318 | 99 | Ruth McCOMB | 00:31:18 | |||
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| Farfalle parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Philip McILWRATH | 00:28:39 | |||
| 26 | 11 | Rosy RYAN | 00:54:43 | |||
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| Colin Glen parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 29 | 15 | Liz FAVER | 00:35:17 | |||
| 53 | 33 | Sonia MILLAR | 00:55:08 | |||
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| The Fisherman‘s Walk parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 22 | 21 | Ian BRENNAN | 00:24:48 | |||
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| Hackney Marshes parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 9 | 9 | Andrew NEWELL | 00:18:52 | |||
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| Portobello parkrun, Edinburgh | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 81 | 63 | Adam McCLEAVE | 00:25:19 | |||
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| Orangefield parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 99 | 57 | Fergus JAMISON | 00:33:52 | |||
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| Loughmacrory parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 13 | 4 | Joanne BOAL | 00:26:54 | |||
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| Sixmilewater parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Mason MERCER | 00:20:00 | |||
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| Carrickfergus parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 2 | 2 | David FOSTER | 00:20:16 | |||
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| Momoi harappa koen parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 22 | 21 | Glenn BEATTIE | 00:25:32 | |||
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| Falls parkrun, Belfast | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Bo MORRISON | 00:22:49 | |||
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| Narin Beach parkrun | ||||||
| Pos | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 4 | 1 | Niamh McMILLAN | 00:25:49 | First Lady Finisher | ||