Subway Holywood Exchange Half Marathon & 10k 2017
Holywood Exchange 10k and Half Marathon took place on Sunday 2nd April 2017 with a few hundred runners in attendance. The Half Marathon was also part of the Pure Running Half Marathon Series 2017. The route of the Half Marathon was covered by two laps of an ‘out and back route’ with the finish line back at Holywood Exchange. The event was organised in conjunction with Charity Partner ‘The MS Society’.
North Belfast Harriers male Andrew Considine took first place in 1:16:24 with Brian Taggart (Sperrin Harriers) following in 1:17:53 (2nd place), while Connor Johnston (Unattached) crossed the line in 1:18:15 for 3rd place. Well done Andrew!
For the ladies Judith Lonnen of City of Lisburn AC finished in 1:24:44 (first place, Denise Logue (Ballydrain Harriers) 2nd place in 1:25:23 while Laura Wylie was in 3rd place with 1:30:33.
In the associated 10k road race, which included one lap instead of the two covered by the 13.1 mile runners, it was David Graham (Unattached) and Claire Quigley (North Down AC) who excelled. David led the way in 33:49 (1st place) with Claire winning the ladies race in 42:10 (1st place).
10k Results
| Position | Name | Time |
| 10 | Piaras McShane | 00:38:36 |
| 70 | David Curran | 00:54:10 |
| 104 | Lauren Hollyoak | 00:57:16 |
| 117 | Kelly Weston | 00:57:50 |
| 141 | Keli Crawford | 01:01:13 |
| 186 | Roslynne Sheppard | 01:08:09 |
| 192 | Thomas McKinstry | 01:11:31 |
| 196 | Marilyn Foster | 01:12:03 |
Half Marathon Results
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1 |
Andrew Considine | 01:16:24 |
| 23 | John McConnell | 01:26:07 |
| 41 | Greg McClure | 01:30:41 |
| 58 | John McGuigan | 01:34:37 |
| 146 | Paul Carlin | 01:49:33 |
| 189 | Philip McIlwrath | 01:57:02 |
| 262 | Joan Grieve | 02:24:37 |
| 263 | Monica O’Kane | 02:24:41 |
| 264 | Bronagh Conlon | 02:24:43 |
| 277 | Martine McAnoy | 02:41:40 |
| 278 | Leeanne Magee | 02:41:40 |
Omagh Half Marathon
Spar Omagh Half Marathon took place on Saturday 1st April and was attended by a few North Belfast Harriers who completed the course with amazing times. Louise Smith took third place for the ladies.
| Position | Name | Surname | Time | Cat |
| 35 | Stephen | Walker | 01:20:55 | M35 |
| 48 | Louise | Smith | 01:23:03 | F45 |
| 636 | Mary | Reid | 01:47:45 | F50 |
| 763 | Elaine | Holmes | 01:51:35 | F50 |
| 942 | Clare | Holmes | 01:55:58 | F35 |
| Kevin | McCann | 01:41:39 | M |
Antrim 5 mile
Antrim 5 mile race took place on 30th March 2017 and 2 North Belfast Harriers were in attendance. Jonny Steedy (Glen Runners) led the race finishing in 00:26:52. Congratulations to John Miskimmin who came in 5th place with 00:30:12 and Martsje Hell who won the ladies race in 00:30:45.
Queens 5k /3k
The Queens 5k / 3k event was held on Wednesday 29th March 2017 and was attended by thousands of athletes and spectators for the annual ‘Race Round the River’, which also doubled up as the NI & Ulster 5k (Road) Championships.
Despite numerous quality performances and personal bests, it was Conor Bradley (City of Derry AC) and Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) who secured victory and ultimately the headlines.
The flat and fast 5k course started on the Annadale Embankment and covered two and three quarter laps (each lap measures approximately 1.8k), finishing outside Queen’s on the Stranmillis Embankment.
North Belfast Harriers had a very successfully evening with the men’s team winning both gold and silver in the Northern Ireland Championships!!!!
This event was highly attended by North Belfast Harriers and was a successful evening for the club. Well done to all!
| Position | Number | Name | Surname | Age Cat | Chip Time |
| 6 | 757 | Mark | McKinstry | MO | 00:15:18 |
| 9 | 478 | Lindsay | Gordon | MO | 00:15:26 |
| 15 | 753 | Michael | McKillop | MO | 00:15:37 |
| 16 | 210 | Andrew | Annett | MO | 00:15:41 |
| 24 | 481 | Philip | Goss | MO | 00:16:01 |
| 27 | 358 | Conor | Curran | M40 | 00:16:03 |
| 31 | 670 | Conal | McCambridge | MO | 00:16:10 |
| 32 | 984 | Kent | Swann | MO | 00:16:12 |
| 34 | 324 | Edward | Cooke | MO | 00:16:17 |
| 58 | 320 | Paul | Conway | MO | 00:16:38 |
| 65 | 790 | Andrew | Milligan | MJ | 00:16:53 |
| 66 | 674 | Connor | McCann | MJ | 00:16:55 |
| 78 | 1065 | Martin | Rea | M45 | 00:17:11 |
| 82 | 948 | Vernon | Shiels | M35 | 00:17:13 |
| 90 | 475 | Nat | Glenn | M50 | 00:17:23 |
| 97 | 216 | Amando | Bamisile | MJ | 00:17:30 |
| 106 | 868 | Conor | O’Rawe | MJ | 00:17:39 |
| 129 | 303 | Davd | Clarke | M55 | 00:17:58 |
| 140 | 776 | Piaras | McShane | MJ | 00:18:04 |
| 144 | 1013 | James | Wallace | M50 | 00:18:04 |
| 147 | 669 | Brendan | McCambridge | MJ | 00:18:09 |
| 155 | 473 | Ethan | Glenn | MJ | 00:18:14 |
| 173 | 777 | Sean | McShane | M40 | 00:18:28 |
| 174 | 576 | Luke | Kelly | MJ | 00:18:32 |
| 190 | 213 | Niall | Armstrong | MJ | 00:18:50 |
| 206 | 867 | Ciara | O’Rawe | FJ | 00:19:00 |
| 217 | 840 | James | Newberry | M60 | 00:19:19 |
| 225 | 941 | Eamon | Sheridan | MJ | 00:19:09 |
| 238 | 691 | Greg | McClure | M60 | 00:19:28 |
| 240 | 945 | Mark | Shields | M50 | 00:19:19 |
| 286 | 688 | Peter | McClelland | M35 | 00:19:55 |
| 301 | 970 | John | Steele | M50 | 00:20:18 |
| 330 | 291 | Samuel | Carr | MJ | 00:20:41 |
| 378 | 240 | Gary | Blythe | M45 | 00:21:55 |
| 379 | 541 | Anthony | Fleming | M | 00:21:55 |
| 389 | 292 | Sandy | Carr | F35 | 00:21:56 |
| 390 | 287 | Lyle | Carleton | M50 | 00:22:07 |
| 395 | 881 | Sandy | Plumb | M45 | 00:22:23 |
| 516 | 227 | John | Beggs | M50 | 00:24:09 |
| 523 | 735 | Philip | McIlwrath | M40 | 00:24:05 |
| 548 | 704 | Lynn | McCullough | F45 | 00:24:48 |
| 551 | 271 | John | Burns | M45 | 00:24:47 |
| 643 | 474 | Gordon | Glenn | M45 | 00:26:26 |
| 667 | 575 | Clare | Kelly | F40 | 00:28:24 |
| 686 | 531 | Caroline | Hill | F40 | 00:29:04 |
| 690 | 569 | Eileen | Keenan | F50 | 00:29:22 |
| 707 | 788 | Sonia | Millar | F40 | 00:30:47 |
| 720 | 925 | Anderson | Ruth | F35 | 00:31:42 |
| 724 | 488 | Andrew | Grimley | MO | 00:32:32 |
| 738 | 926 | Rosy | Ryan | F40 | 00:39:03 |
| 739 | 489 | Helen | Grimley | F45 | 00:39:11 |
Parkrun Results for Saturday 1st April 2017.
North Belfast Harriers were represented well at 9 parkrun locations. We celebrated Sandy Plumb’s 100th Park run and 8 members achieved new PB’s.
Antrim
5th Martsje HELL 19:05 – New PB
Bangor
84th Damien GILL 24:28
Carrickfergus
42nd Eadaoin Donaldson 26:24
78th Philomena Donaldson 30:02
Larne
4th Janice PLUMB 20:55
7th John STEELE 22:31
12th Sandy PLUMB 24:37 – 100th Parkun
Ormeau
12th Laurence JOHNSTON 19:23
25th Eva KISSENPFENNIG 20:56
308th Lynsey FLEMING 34:10
Queens
4th Martin COX 19:19 – New PB
22nd Ciaran HUNTER 22:36
61st Kevin LAVERY 26:32
Wallace
5th John MCCONNELL 19:34
Waterworks
3rd Thomas SIMMONS 17:26
7th Conor O’RAWE 18:21
10th Paul CURLEY 19:47
11th John Gerard MURPHY 19:54
13th Niall ARMSTRONG 20:08
19th Drew KNOX 21:20
24th Paddy MCCAMBRIDGE 21:35
26th Ita MCCAMBRIDGE 21:43
35th Gordon GLENN 22:25
41st Tony REID 22:48
45th Daniel O’CALLAGHAN 23:12
68th Sam CARR 24:53
71st Catriona MCCAMBRIDGE 25:03 – New PB
111st Greg MCCLURE 26:54
121st Fiona MAGILL 27:23
124th Liam SMYTH 27:25
126th Nial O NEILL 27:28
134th Orla MCCAMBRIDGE 27:55
135th Brendan MCCAMBRIDGE 27:55
136th Matthew LAVERY 27:56
139th Ciara O’RAWE 28:05
141st Ciara SEYMOUR 28:12 – New PB
155th Joanne MCGURK 29:03
156th Lyle CARLETON 29:04
160th Lynn MCCULLOUGH 29:32
161st Jack CARBERRY 29:36
162nd Coleen THOMPSON 29:36
163rd John BURNS 29:37
167th Philip MCILWRATH 29:45
168th Eimear NUGENT 29:50
169th Joan GRIEVE 29:52
170th Bronagh CONLON 29:53
178th Sandy CARR 30:15
179th Michael LAWLOR 30:15
183rd Clare O’HARA 30:36
187th Emma TONER 30:54 – New PB
191st Margaret STEPHENS 31:11
194th Magdalena BISEWSKA 32:03
197th Kerry MCSHANE 32:12
198th Gabrielle MALLAGHAN 32:13
204th Bernadette DUFFY 32:44
208th Catherine O BOYLE 33:13
220th James TOAL 34:39
221st Helen FERRIS 34:42 – New PB
224th Jim CLINTON 35:11
225th Sinead TOAL 35:19 – New PB
253rd Gemma LOWE 44:42
Malahide
32nd Colin SIMPSON 20:52 – New PB
