Another quiet week for our junior stags with only park run action to report on. This weekend saw North Belfast Harriers juniors competing across Waterworks, Pomeroy Forest and Waterworks Junior park run with strong performances throughout, a number of personal bests and some excellent finishing positions for our young athletes.
Waterworks Parkrun – 5K
| Position | parkrunner | Gender | Age Group | Group | Time |
| 37 | Oisin CALDWELL | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 23:01 |
| 76 | Cohen TURLEY | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 24:52 |
| 110 | Senan MCCONNELL | Male | JM15-17 | North Belfast Harriers | 26:28 |
| 133 | Fóla O’KANE | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 27:39 |
| 181 | Cillian COY | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 30:44 |
Five NBH juniors were in action at the Waterworks on Saturday morning, taking on the ever-popular local 5km course.
First home for the club was Oisin Caldwell, who continued his excellent recent form by finishing 37th overall in a superb 23:01. Oisin has been one of the club’s most active and successful junior park runners and once again showed his quality by leading the NBH contingent across the line.
Next across the line was Cohen Turley, who finished 76th overall in 24:52. Cohen has shown significant improvement in recent years, steadily lowering his 5km times through consistent participation and hard work and this was another strong effort from the young athlete.
Close behind was Senan McConnell, who completed the course in 26:28. Senan has consistently demonstrated determination and resilience throughout his parkrun journey and continues to represent the club strongly whenever he races.
The sole junior female representative for NBH at Waterworks was Fóla O’Kane, who finished strongly in 27:39. Fóla has shown excellent progression over the past couple of seasons and continues to improve her performances over the 5km distance.
Completing the NBH team was Cillian Coy, who finished 181st overall in 30:44. Despite still competing in the JM10 age category, Cillian continues to gain valuable experience over the 5km distance and deserves great credit for taking on the challenge.
Pomeroy Forest Parkrun – 5K
| Position | parkrunner | Gender | Age Group | Group | Time |
| 3 | Lois USHER | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 21:42 |
The standout 5km performance of the weekend came from Lois Usher at Pomeroy Forest.
Lois produced an outstanding run to finish 3rd overall in a fantastic time of 21:42. Even more impressively, she was the first female finisher on the day and achieved the result on her first appearance at the event. Lois continues to demonstrate the consistency and competitiveness that have made her one of the club’s leading junior athletes.
Congratulations Lois on a superb run and an excellent result.
Waterworks Junior Parkrun – 2K
| Position | parkrunner | Gender | Age Group | Group | Time |
| 1 | Oisin CALDWELL | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 07:30 |
| 2 | Eloise MCAULEY | Female | JW11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 07:36 |
| 5 | Séadna OHARE LYNCH | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 08:24 |
| 8 | Sophia KIELTY | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 08:38 |
| 9 | Georgia OSHAUGHNESSY | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 08:41 |
| 15 | Erin MCKEE | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 09:25 |
| 21 | Ronan O’NEILL | Male | JM11-14 | North Belfast Harriers | 10:02 |
| 29 | Tommy BURNS | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 11:16 |
| 35 | Harry TEAGUE | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 12:03 |
| 36 | Naoise LYNCH O HARE | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 12:07 |
| 50 | Alice MCAULEY | Female | JW10 | North Belfast Harriers | 13:57 |
| 58 | Finn MCCONNELL | Male | JM10 | North Belfast Harriers | 15:28 |
Sunday morning saw twelve NBH juniors represent the club at Waterworks Junior Parkrun.
Leading the way was Oisin Caldwell, who completed a highly successful weekend by taking 1st place overall in a new Personal Best of 7:30. Oisin’s victory capped another excellent weekend of racing and highlighted the form he is currently enjoying.
Next home was Eloise McAuley, who ran brilliantly to finish 2nd overall in 7:36, producing one of the strongest performances of the morning.
Séadna O’Hare Lynch was next across the line in 5th place with a very impressive 8:24, while Sophia Kielty followed in 8th place in 8:38.
Another personal best arrived courtesy of Georgia O’Shaughnessy, who finished 9th overall in 8:41. Well done Georgia on a fantastic achievement.
Erin McKee continued her consistent running and celebrated completing her 50th Junior Park run with a time of 9:25, while Ronan O’Neill crossed the line in 10:02 to finish 21st overall.
Tommy Burns completed the course in 11:16, followed by Harry Teague in 12:03 and Naoise Lynch O’Hare in 12:07, all showing great determination throughout the 2km route.
Completing the NBH finishers were Alice McAuley, who recorded 13:57, and Finn McConnell, who crossed the line in 15:28.
Another weekend of excellent participation and representation from NBH juniors across both the 5km and 2km events.
Well done to all of our athletes who represented North Belfast Harriers this weekend. Your hard work in training continues to show in your performances and we look forward to seeing more success in the weeks and months ahead.
Upcoming race
Upcoming race on 31st July 2026 for 12-17yr olds.
Registration closes on 12th July and can be accessed via the following link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1cRInglaBAUwraooJOYH8OOErYwuQaE-AJDbkYz7_hWdMhA/viewform
Message from the Coaches
Training has now finished for the summer break and will return on Tuesday 4th August 2026 at the usual time.
We highly recommend that all our young athletes take a couple of weeks break from running. When they start back it should just be relaxed running, ideally with friends, and no sessions.
It would be good if they started back into their drills.
When they start back they should slowly and sensibly build up the time they spend out running.
However…….
Alan and Seamus will be putting on an additional training session at Mallusk on Tuesday night at 6:00 (back carpark) for those racing the Irish Championships T&F this weekend.
For any of our junior athletes (those that train at 6:15) that want to come along, do the warm up and down, help pace the reps for those racing, see their friends and enjoy a bit of NBH craic are more than welcome to come along.
Enjoy the summer holidays everyone.