Dermot Coy

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 17 APR-23 APR

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 by Dermot Coy

London Mini-Marathon Many congratulations to Josh McClune who was selected to run at U13 and to Max Reid and Hugo Reilly-Stewart who ran at U17. An excellent experience for them both. Lagan Valley Fab 5 Thursday night brought huge crowds to Mary Peter’s Track. This is great to see for our favourite sport. We had several NBH juniors taking part with some very cold parents watching them from the side-lines. LONG JUMP UNDER 11 GIRLS Place BIB DISTANCE 8 434 …

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 20-26TH MARCH 2023

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 by Dermot Coy

(Photo from Queens 3K – 22 March 2023) The North Belfast Harriers Juniors had a busy week with the first road race of the season (Queens 3K). This was a great event on a flat course with the 5K race happening afterwards. Queens 3K 23 3037 Cormac Leheny M U13B North Belfast Harriers 00:10:44 28 3069 Charlie McLarnon M U15B North Belfast Harriers 00:10:53 42 3082 Alex Reid M U13B North Belfast Harriers 00:11:24 73 3080 Treasa Mcconnell F U15G North Belfast …

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 30 JANUARY-5TH FEBRUARY 2023

February 5, 2023 by Dermot Coy

This week brought us into February where we are all looking forward to the longer days and warmer weather (fingers crossed). February should also be the last month where our younger group have to train in the dark. We had many of our junior runners who braved the cold weather this week. First up were the Saturday 5K parkruns: Waterworks Parkrun (5K) 5 Oscar PURVIS Male JM15-17 North Belfast Harriers 20:07 14 Cormac LEHENY Male JM11-14 North Belfast Harriers 21:14 21 Thomas …

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 8-14TH NOVEMBER 2021

December 4, 2022 by Dermot Coy

All Irelands – Uneven Cross Country The All Irelands – Uneven Cross Country took place in Garryann, Co. Cork on Sunday 4 December. The standard was extremely high consisting of the qualifiers from each provincial race in Ireland. Three of our juniors made the long trip to take part in an extremely harsh and muddy course in the bitter cold. Thomas Coy was first up in the 2500m U13 Boys. Earlier that morning, he took a quick jog up the steep steps …

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 24-30TH OCTOBER 2022

October 30, 2022 by Dermot Coy

This was a pretty quiet week, sandwiched between the two massive NI and Ulster Cross Country events. Next weekend, some of our juniors are off to Donegal to take part and we wish them the very best of luck. We had good numbers this week taking part in the 5K Parkruns (Saturday) and 2K Junior Parkruns (Sunday). Waterworks Parkrun (5K) Position Parkrunner Club Run Time 5 Thomas COY North Belfast Harriers 00:19:27 9 Cormac LEHENY North Belfast Harriers 00:20:32 15 Charlie MCLARNON …

NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS JUNIOR REPORT 19TH-25TH SEPTEMBER 2022

September 26, 2022 by Dermot Coy

The first cross country race of the season took place on Sunday 25 September. It was a great day for running and a huge crowd gathered in Armagh. Many clubs were represented and travelled to this prestigious event, as far north as North Down and as far south as Dunleer. Our junior harriers had a great day’s running and took part in events from U9 right up to U18. There are some great photos posted to the parents’ whatsapp group but special …