There was another bumper turnout of harriers on saturday for the NI and Ulster senior cross country championships at Greenmount Antrim with highlights of the day being Breege Connolly and the ladies team both convincingly winning gold medals as well as the continuing enthusiasm of new members to represent their club irrespective of the fields [...]
Volunteers required
North Belfast Harriers have just had a very successful season in which we are starting to see the fruits of our development plan. We have a strong and growing youth section and our senior section is attracting athletes of all abilities from the local community. We are providing the training and racing opportunities appropriate to [...]

Gladys PBs in Houston/ Magill & team win in Moira/ Junior round-up
The big story of the weekend was Gladys Ganiel O’Neill running the Houston marathon and attempting to make the Olympic “A” standard for London 2012. Gladys had a great run finishing 7th overall in a new PB of 2:40:56 but unfortunately 2:37 was required for automatic Olympic qualification. With the online tracker clocking in every [...]

Gladys goes for Olympic time
North Belfast Marathon star Gladys Ganiel O’Neill laid off the chocolates over Christmas as she finalised her preparation for the 2012 Houston Marathon which takes place on Sunday 15 January 2012. Gladys is using the event to chase down the Olympic Marathon “A” qualifying standard for London 2012 and will be joined stateside by Marathon [...]

Mens team and Cathy NI /Ulster champions in Scotstown, Alan 2nd
34 harriers travelled to Scotstown on saturday for the NI/Ulster Junior, Intermediate and Masters XC in what proved to be successful day for all involved. Junior team victory / Alan second The men sent down a large team with the hope of winning and also with the hope of a few individual medals and weren’t [...]
Weekend Round-Up: Harriers Ring in the New Year With Wins
Harriers continued to lead the pack in a second weekend of holiday races, with Sharon Trimble Bird’s dominating win in the Race Over the Glens on Monday 2 January among the top performances. Neil Carty won the Belvoir 5-miler, Gregory Walsh and Cathy McCourt had podium finishes at the Race Over the Glens and the [...]
Holiday Race Round-Up
Harriers have been turning out in force for races over the holiday period, featuring in the Castlewellan Christmas Cracker on Tuesday 27 December, the Greencastle 5 Miler on Boxing Day, and the Park Runs on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Among the highlights were Breege Connolly and Jim Benson teaming up to win the mixed [...]
Weekend roundup: Cathy and Gregory victorious
In a quiet weekend for racing the major action was in the North West at Gransha for the annual XC. The race covered 6k in mucky conditions with the female, male and vets all taking part in one race. Cathy McCourt was the sole representative for the women and had an easy victory – beating [...]
Weekend Round-Up: Neil and Gladys Winners on Country and Road
It was a relatively light weekend for racing but the Harriers produced winners on Saturday at the both Dromore Cross Country meeting and the Waterford Half Marathon. Neil Carty scooped top honours in the Veterans cross country race and Gladys Ganiel O’Neill secured a victory as part of her preparations for the Houston Marathon on [...]

3rd for mens team / good runs from juniors at Ballyclare
It was cross country day again in Ballyclare with the Harriers out in force in vets and open mens race and once again in the juniors. Juniors In the under 11 race Jimmy Nolan once again had his young protiges out in force with half a dozen taking part. Damian Marquess had a great run [...]
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Athletics NI Results
- Antrim-IAAF-Cross-Country- January 21, 2012
- Flahavans-Full-League-Results-For-Final January 17, 2012
- Flahavans-ANI-Primary-School-Cross-Country-League January 16, 2012
- Athletics-NI-Open-Indoor-Meet January 14, 2012
- Moira-Cross-Country January 14, 2012
- NI--Ulster-JuniorInter-and-Masters-XC-Champs January 7, 2012
- Race-Over-the-Glens January 2, 2012
- Lough-5-Mile-Road-Race December 31, 2011
- Belvoir-5-Miler December 31, 2011
- Christmas-Cracker December 27, 2011
Athletics NI Blog
- Standing Still December 23, 2011
- My Commonwealth Youth Games (Matthew Martin) September 27, 2011
- Orla Smyth wins Gold at World Transplant Games June 20, 2011
- Pacing the Belfast Marathon with Peter and Jim May 13, 2011
- BBC Spaces & Places: Michael McKillop May 9, 2011
- Marathon is Taking Veteran Tommy Hughes to the Top of the World April 29, 2011
- First Lady of the Belfast Marathon: Sue Boreham on the Sport Then and Now April 28, 2011
- Marathon Question and Answer with Matt Shields April 27, 2011
- Teresa Duffy: NI's fastest ever female Marathon runner remembers her love of the long run April 26, 2011
- Belfast City Marathon will be Greg McClure's 50th! April 25, 2011
Athletics NI Fixtures
- Jimmys-Ten March 18, 2012
- Athletics-NI-AGM March 13, 2012
- Addiction-NI-10k March 11, 2012
- Sperrin-Harriers-Winter-League-Trail-Series March 3, 2012
- NI-Ulster-Juvenile-Indoor-Championships March 3, 2012
- Team-Cian-10k February 26, 2012
- NI-Civil-Service-Cross-Country February 25, 2012
- Aviva-Ulster-Schools-Districts-XC February 22, 2012
- Flahavans-Primary-School-XC-League-Final February 22, 2012
- Roe-Valley-Country-Park-Trail-Run February 18, 2012
