A sweet selection box of races were available over the Christmas Holiday week and plenty of Harriers enjoyed the opportunity to race.
Christmas Day Waterworks parkrun results
There was a huge turnout of Harriers at the Waterworks on Christmas Day and several New PB times were posted and a couple of milestone runs celebrated.
Greencastle 5 Mile
This race in the Sperrins always attracts a quality field of runners on the 26th December. This year it was North Belfast Harriers’s Mark McKinstry who wouldn’t be beaten over the fast finishing straight of the undulating road race. Mark broke the tape in 24:40.
Ray Cameron 34:22
Chris Fox 39:47
Larne AC Boxing Day 5 Mile
Also on the 26th, another 5 mile road race was put back on the calendar for 2018. North Belfast had podium success here with John Black finishing 1st and Kent Swann placing 3rd. April Clarke took 3rd place and her first ever podium place.
John Black 25:57
Kent Swann 27:29
Nat Glenn 29:07
Paul Hutchinson 30:37
April Clarke 34:13
Carol Clarke 36:58
Brian Stewart 40:10
BARF Turkey Trot
The Turkey Trot in the Mourne Mountains always attracts a hardy bunch and the 13km race with 450m of elevation as well as technical rocky descents was hosted as always by the Belfast Association of Rock Climbers and Fell Runners.
Paul Manton 1:17:20
Gordon Glenn 1:37:28
Castlewellan Christmas Cracker
The annual betwixmas event changes route each year but always sells out its places to eager pairs of runners keen to encourage each other around the multi terrain course. Martsje Hell of NBH paired up with Sarah Graham of Mourne Runners to be first female team home.
| 16 | Martin Rea | Ciaran Rea | Unattached | 01:02:11 |
| 33 | Conal McCambridge | Lucie Noall | Queens University of Charlotte | 01:05:06 |
| 67 | Martsje Hell | Sarah Graham | Mourne Runners* | 01:08:13 |
| 112 | Paul Butcher | Ray Cameron | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:12:57 |
| 145 | Eamon McCambridge | Frankie Smyth | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:15:21 |
| 179 | Paul Williams | Stephen Walker | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:17:58 |
| 193 | Michael Welsh | John Murphy | 01:19:14 | |
| 211 | Gerard Mcnamara | Michael McKeown | 01:20:21 | |
| 218 | Ita McCambridge | Patrick McCambridge | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:21:03 |
| 224 | Michael O’Donoghue | Colin Simpson | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:21:34 |
| 237 | Sandy Mc Laughlin | Matt Shields | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:22:52 |
| 288 | Diane Taylor | Andrew Taylor | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:26:30 |
| 349 | Catriona McCambridge | Brendan McCambridge | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:30:22 |
| 358 | Emma Taylor | Thomas Taylor | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:30:57 |
| 412 | James Trainor | Ronan OFlaherty | 01:34:13 | |
| 579 | Catherine Seawright | Lorrianne Hibbert | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:50:18 |
| 581 | Philomena Donaldson | Chris Tingay | 01:50:22 | |
| 594 | Karen McClean | Clare Boyle | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:51:31 |
| 604 | Jennifer Butcher | Sinead Russell | North Belfast Harriers* | 01:54:36 |
| 635 | Gabrielle mallaghan | Lynn McCullough | North Belfast Harriers* | 02:02:31 |
EAMS NYE B2B
Another annual fixture is the end of the year back to back marathon events organised by East Antrim Marathon Series. Marathon finishers on the 30th included:
Gordon Glenn 4:51:57
Thomas McKinstry 5:01:39
…and Thomas McKinstry completed the double by running 5:22:16 on the 31st. Greg McClure also ran 3:52:37 on New Year’s Eve after marshalling out on the course the day before.
Saturday 29th December parkrun results
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
Simon REEVE 00:18:46
John MCGUIGAN 00:18:54
Niall ARMSTRONG 00:21:23
Eoin MCCONNELL 00:22:47
Greg MCCLURE 00:23:11
Sam CARR 00:23:44
Kevin MCCANN 00:24:45
Lyle CARLETON00:25:33
Matt SHIELDS 00:25:34
Jack CARBERRY 00:25:38
John Gerard MURPHY 00:25:39
Joe WILSON 00:26:06
Gerry ANDERSON 00:26:15
Max REID 00:26:17
Alex REID 00:26:47
Gary BLYTHE 00:27:03
Eimear NUGENT 00:27:06
Tony REID 00:27:44
Jennifer CLEMENTS 00:27:44
Stella HARRISON 00:27:58
Niamh MCAULEY 00:28:03
Marian HAYES 00:28:46
Una MCCONNELL 00:29:00
Katrina MCAULEY 00:29:00
Fergus JAMISON 00:29:05
Padraigin BINGHAM 00:29:31
Heather WILSON 00:30:32
Claire BROWNING 00:30:40
Trisha MURRAY 00:31:18
Joan GRIEVE 00:32:00
Margaret STEPHENS 00:32:20
Bernadette DUFFY 00:32:21
Sandy CARR 00:32:25
Monica O’KANE 00:33:33
Jim CLINTON 00:34:41
Mick MURRAY 00:35:14
Sile HANNON 00:35:21
Maire JAMISON 00:35:23
Elisabeth FRENCH 00:43:11
Belfast Victoria parkrun
Thomas MCKINSTRY 00:26:13
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
Damien GILL 00:25:20
Vincent BRADLEY 00:37:30
Citypark parkrun, Craigavon
John MCCONNELL 00:21:47
Ormeau parkrun
Orlagh MCCOMB 00:24:10
Antrim parkrun
Luke KELLY 00:18:29
Castlewellan parkrun
Ciaran HUNTER 00:23:05
Carrickfergus parkrun
Andrew MILLIGAN 00:16:47
Odhran MOAN 00:23:42
Colin Glen parkrun
Elaine HOLMES 00:28:21
Falcarragh parkrun
Mark DIAMOND 00:18:40
John LAVERY 00:34:01
Bushy parkrun, Dublin
Philip MCILWRATH 00:26:42
Rosy RYAN 00:57:50
Orangefield parkrun
Colin SIMPSON 00:25:53
