North Belfast Harriers

North Belfast Harriers made history Saturday at the Seeley Cup 10km road race in Ormeau Park in Belfast, running away with both the men’s and the women’s Northern Ireland & Ulster 10km Championships. It was the first time in Athletics Northern Ireland history that a club has won both the men’s and women’s championships, and […]

The Seeley cup is only one week away and with a total of forty-three Harriers set to take part it is going to be one of the largest participated events by the club this year. With that in mind I’m sure many of those taking part decided to give racing a miss this weekend in […]

North Belfast Harriers were awarded the Athletics Northern Ireland 2013 Junior Club of the Year at the Athletics Northern Ireland Awards on Wednesday 20 November. The award builds on other recent achievements, including junior coach Jimmy Nolan winning Volunteer of the Year in 2012, Matt Shields winning Services to Coaching in 2011, and the club […]

British and Irish Masters Cross Country Championships, Cardiff. Highlight of the weekend was hearing that Cathy McCourt had picked up a sliver medal in the F40 category at the British and Irish Masters XC in Cardiff. Wearing the green shamrock of Ireland, Cathy continued her impressive return to form after a nightmare lay off with […]

Not wanting to be outdone by the excellent turnout by the seniors at the McConnell Shield on Saturday the junior members of the club turned out in force on Sunday to ensure that we were represented in 9 of the 10 races that took place in the NI & Ulster Age Group Uneven Championships in […]

With the road running season drawing to a close, cross country has now emerged  as the main focus of the clubs runners. This Saturday saw the third installment in the Athletics NI Cross Country league with the well established McConnell Shield taking place. This was the first “local” race in the season and a large […]

After the excitement of the Dublin marathon it was a quiet weekend for the harriers with only  a handful of races and the usual local parkrun events. Cathy 4th in Donegal Cathy McCourt made the journey to Carndonagh on Sunday to take part in the annual Donegal XC championships. Cathy continued her run of form […]

North Belfast Harriers’ own Sean McShane set a World Record for a Marathon run as a zombie in Monday’s Dublin Marathon. McShane had applied to the Guinness Book of World Records so his mark is official. He told the Irish Independent: “I’ve just completed the ‘Fastest Marathon dressed as a Zombie. I had to apply […]

Dublin Marathon Monday marked Dublin Marathon Day and a number of Harriers capitalized on all the months of hard work with some outstanding performances. New recruit Joe Magee led the way, crossing the line in 2.40.18. Jack Carberry – competing in the 70+ Veterans category – clocked a personal best of 4.07.56. Next home were […]

 Gerry Farnam Cross Country Race, Phoenix Park, Dublin Some would say that the Gerry Farnam Cross Country is the most prestigious race in the Irish XC calendar and arguably the strongest domestic race in the irish calendar. Its list of winners reads as a “who’s who” of the irish running.  This year’s title went to […]