No Messing in the Mizzle as NBH take Malcolm Home from the Mud
The seasonal chill of last weekend disappeared as we moved into to December and the damp mizzle returned just in time for the third race in the cross-country league, the Malcolm Cup. Elsewhere, there were Santa Runs and the latest in the Run Forest Run Series and Sperrin Harriers Winter League.
Malcolm Cup XC, Ballyclare
Almost 50 Harriers travelled to Ballyclare on Saturday afternoon to participate in the Malcolm Cup XC events hosted by Annadale Striders. The course around Sixmilewater Park was heavy going in places but was mostly dry for the 2km circuit.
In the 3 Mile Ladies and Men’s Veteran Race North Belfast Harriers were represented by over 20 club athletes. Neil Carty lead the NBH contingent home placing 2nd overall closely following by David Clarke and Laurence Johnston.
2 97 Neil Carty 16.58 M50 9 100 David Clarke 17.49 M55 14 105 Laurence Johnston 18.04 M55 65 98 April Clarke 21.36 FO 71 108 Una McConnell 21.58 F40 72 117 Helen Weir 22.00 F45 77 107 Greg McClure 22.14 M60 88 99 Carol Clarke 22.50 F50 99 106 Ita McCambridge 23.42 F55 106 96 Sandy Carr 24.05 F35 127 197 Elaine Holmes 25.36 F50 134 370 Andrew Taylor 25.57 M35 136 112 Nial O Neill 26.05 M55 144 115 Diane Taylor 26.42 F35 162 104 John Higgins 28.32 M45 168 101 Eadaoin Donaldson 29.23 FO 172 102 Philomena Donaldson 29.33 F55 175 109 Lynn McKenna 29.53 F45 182 116 Lindsay Walker 32.07 F40 183 111 Catherine O Boyle 32.50 F55
The Harriers were also well represented in the Men’s Senior 4 Mile Race, and comfortably brought home the Malcolm Cup with 4 finishers in the top 10. Mark McKinstry, in contention for the win throughout, finished second overall and with Andrew Annett, Philip Goss and John Black taking places 6, 7 and 8 won the team competition.
This success was then followed up with a decent points score for the 2017/18 Cross-Country league with great representation by the club to also collect maximum participation points.
2 465 Mark McKinstry 21.41 6 473 Andrew Annett 22.15 7 359 Philip Goss 22.16 8 353 John Black 22.19 22 457 Marc Jennings 23.44 31 484 Chris Shaw 24.26 33 369 Kent Swann 24.29 43 464 Connor McCann 25.02 U20 49 364 Piarais McShane 25.20 U20 57 483 Colin Willetts 25.46 61 366 Simon Reeve 25.57 105 356 Ray Cameron 28.16 119 361 Paddy McCambridge 29.06 126 360 Eamon McCambridge 29.24 133 114 Joe Smith 29.34 134 368 Frankie Smyth 29.34 149 367 Colin Simpson 30.41 154 355 Ciaran Browne 31.05 158 354 Lance Breen 31.55 164 444 Gary Blythe 33.29 165 458 Matthew Curleto 33.37 U20 171 494 Gerry Anderson 35.22 172 363 Philip McIlwrath 35.28 175 357 Lyle Carleton 36.46 177 371 Alvaro Usero 36.47
The day’s programme of races also included Junior events in which the club were also represented.
Max Reid won the U11 Boys race with Eoin McConnell placing 4th and Jack McCready ran in the U15 Boys.
parkrun Results
It was a milder Saturday morning this week after last weekend’s cold snap cancellations. No milestones reported but a couple of PBs were recorded.
02/12/2017
Belfast Victoria 123rd Colin SIMPSON 28:33 196th Drew CRAWFORD 36:20
Colin Glen 5th Paul WILLIAMS 23:10
Falls 16th Jim CLINTON 25:17
Larne 9th John STEELE 22:46 10th Sandy PLUMB 23:09
Queens 4th Martin REA 19:00 16th Damien GILL 20:53 23rd Lauren COX 21:56 40th Ciaran HUNTER 22:46 120th John LAVERY 37:50
Waterworks 3rd Matthew LAVERY 18:00 4th Thomas REID 18:11 5th John SLOAN 18:41 6th David CURRAN 18:56 – New PB 7th John Gerard MURPHY 19:23 9th Drew KNOX 19:56 17th Jack CARBERRY 21:54 20th Simon REEVE 22:15 26th Greg MCCLURE 22:28 28th Tony REID 22:48 29th Orla CASH 22:52 36th Sean MCSHANE 23:41 38th Katrina MCAULEY 23:44 40th Kevin MCCANN 23:48 59th Maurice PALMER 25:17 85th Philip MCILWRATH 27:29 104th Stella HARRISON 28:54 109th Gerry ANDERSON 29:11 111st Thomas MCKINSTRY 29:16 121st Clare O’HARA 29:56 131st Bernadette DUFFY 30:48 133rd Sandy CARR 31:26 134th Margaret STEPHENS 31:27 135th Dirdre MURPHY 31:31 136th Joan GRIEVE 31:36 152nd Jason REID 33:48 176th Gabrielle MALLAGHAN 39:14 181st Helen GRIMLEY 40:03 182nd Gemma LOWE 40:04 183rd Eileen KEENAN 40:04 197th Rosy RYAN 47:03 02/12/2017
Falcarragh 17th Kevin LAVERY 25:00 18th Vincent BRADLEY 25:00 – New PB
St Annes 123rd Lynn MCCULLOUGH 25:33
