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NBH Race Report, 21st – 27th Oct 2019

NBH Race Report, 21st – 27th Oct 2019
By Maurice Palmer Race Report October 29, 2019

This week saw a mixture of cross country and marathons which attracted good representation and support from North Belfast Harriers.

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Sat 26th Oct         Novice Cross Country Championships

CAFRE Greenmount Campus, Antrim, hosted the NI And Ulster Even Age Groups And Novice Cross Country Championships. The Harriers entered both a ladies and a men’s team, the men running 6000m, the ladies 4000m.  The ladies team managed to achieve 2nd place with 37 points. Well done ladies.

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Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Finish
17 913 James Trainor 00:21:10
21 919 Gabriel McAvoy 00:21:15
26 914 Paul Horan 00:21:24
46 917 Simon Reeve 00:22:42
50 915 Paul Butcher 00:22:57
61 916 Paddy McAuley 00:23:26
67 918 Jack Wasson 00:23:59

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Pos Bib Firstname Lastname Finish
7 995 Sarah-Jane McFadden  00:17:46
12 996 Penny Lindsay  00:18:01
18 998 Helen Weir  00:18:29
20 999 Caroline Wasson  00:18:34
28 1000 Janice Plumb  00:19:00
29 991 Una McConnell  00:19:00
30 997 Orla McCambridge  00:19:02
38 889 Carol Clarke  00:19:58
41 990 Fionnuala O’Hare  00:20:22
45 993 Leah McAvoy  00:20:59
50 992 Lorraine Hibbert  00:21:21
52 994 Eleni McCrea  00:21:40

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Sat 27th Oct         Leeds Abbey Dash 10k 2019

A Northern Ireland & Ulster team of 8 competed at the Age UK Leeds Abbey Dash 10k as part of the Inter-Area Road Race Series.

John Black represented the North Belfast Harriers, making his debut in the NI & Ulster vest. John gained a new 10k PB time of 30:42, beating his previous record by 55 secs to finish in 51st place overall. Many congratulations John.

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Sat 27th Oct         Frankfurt Marathon

Two Harriers made the trip to the German city to run the marathon billed by the organisers as the third fastest in the world. They don’t stop there: It is probably the most atmospheric finish in the world, running on the red carpet into the Festhalle of Frankfurt is for every marathon runner, the finish of his dreams. In the Festhalle every finisher will be celebrated. Hopefully John and Ryan enjoyed the experience.

Pos Runner Bib Time
3006 John McGuigan 7269 03:28:53
815 Ryan Maguire 7555 02:57:39

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Sat 27th Oct         Dublin Marathon

This week saw the 40th anniversary of the Dublin City Marathon, and to help them celebrate, many North Belfast Harriers made the journey south to take part and to spectate.

Two in particular put up stellar performances: Gladys Ganiel topped the F40 category whilst Jack Carberry retained his M75 crown. Well done to all!

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Bib First Name Surname Gender Gen Pos Cat Cat Pos Halfway Gun Time O’all Pos Chip Time Chip Pos
113 Gladys Ganiel Female 11 F40 1 01:17:49 02:36:42 77 02:36:40 76
3772 Louise Smith Female 37 F45 4 01:24:04 02:56:15 435 02:56:10 437
4926 Tracey Atkinson Female 82 F40 20 01:32:26 03:09:01 1050 03:08:42
729 Christy Lennon Male 1290 M45 230 01:34:54 03:14:57 1411 03:13:47 1382
2974 Joseph Drain Male 1344 M50 91 01:34:54 03:15:56 1470 03:14:45 1444
2858 Paul Williams Male 2154 M55 50 01:40:09 03:26:52 2391 03:25:56 2386
1734 Greg Mc Clure Male 2700 M60 25 01:46:20 03:31:51 3041 03:30:37 3037
8887 Elaine Holmes Female 764 F50 46 01:54:46 03:48:16 4947 03:48:00 5151
17756 Paul Carlin Male 01:55:52 04:01:39 7358 04:01:12 7583
12525 Jim Clinton Male 01:57:52 04:06:11 8004 04:01:47 7683
6584 John Carberry Male 6521 M75 1 01:57:01 04:09:02 8405 04:08:46 8583
16929 Fiona Magill Female 2532 F35 493 02:08:55 04:20:19 9988 04:19:33 10153
19814 Thomas Norton Male 7674 M40 2006 02:12:48 04:22:29 10346 04:21:24 10402
13945 Eimear Nugent Female 2984 F40 885 02:12:48 04:27:48 11059 04:26:44 11115
16930 Catherine Seawright Female 4040 F45 921 02:11:46 04:45:33 13134 04:44:48 13198
14084 Gary Magee Male M45 02:00:22 03:20:38 14776 04:58:34 14776
13242 Francesca Mc Areavey Female 4967 F40 1427 02:26:08 05:04:41 14879 05:03:55 14859
14586 Lynn Mc Kenna Female 5324 F45 1208 02:26:10 05:16:19 15535 05:15:33 15496

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And, too late for last week’s report……

Sat 20th Oct         SPAR Autumn Open International Cross Country

Nat Glenn qualified for the Irish Masters team at the SPAR Autumn Open International Cross Country , held at the National Sports Campus, Abbotstown. Nat ran the 7.5k course in 28:16 in the V50 category.

Well done Nat.

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Sat 26th Oct         PARKRUNS

Only 47 North Belfast Harriers took part in just 10 parkruns this week. Well done to John LAVERY on achieving the (unofficial) milestone of 200 Parkruns.

Conor CURRAN made it to this week’s list of Top 10 fastest men’s Parkrun times in Ireland. Great work Conor.

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Waterworks parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time Notes
13 Simon REEVE 00:20:50
20 John Gerard MURPHY 00:21:39
22 Anne FITZPATRICK 00:21:43
36 Ita McCAMBRIDGE 00:23:10
44 Drew KNOX 00:23:50
48 Fionnuala O’HARE 00:24:07
57 Patrick McSHANE 00:24:42
58 Tony REID 00:24:49
91 Lyle CARLETON 00:26:39
92 Maurice PALMER 00:26:41
97 Sandy CARR 00:27:02
98 Thomas McKINSTRY 00:27:03
99 Kevin McCANN 00:27:06
114 Ivan McALLISTER 00:28:16
117 Evelyn PALMER 00:28:20
118 Nuala MAHON 00:28:31
132 Fergus JAMISON 00:29:37
141 Jim CLINTON 00:30:27
142 Heather WILSON 00:30:39
145 John BURNS 00:30:44
150 Lynn MURRAY 00:30:49
151 John BEGGS 00:30:49
154 Kerry McSHANE 00:30:54
155 Matthew HIGGINS 00:30:58
157 Sharon HOBBS 00:31:09
161 Greg McCLURE 00:31:54
162 Joe DRAIN 00:31:55
163 Christopher LENNON 00:32:17
168 Bernadette DUFFY 00:33:27
172 Catherine CARLETON 00:34:03
173 Sinéad RUSSELL 00:34:04
174 Gillian RODEN 00:34:06
181 Sile HANNON 00:35:39
195 Paddy McCAMBRIDGE 00:41:36
197 Margaret STEPHENS 00:47:36
198 Eileen KEENAN 00:47:37
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Belfast Victoria parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
7 Conor CURRAN 00:16:31
212 Gemma LOWE 00:32:21
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Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
Position parkrunner Run Time
138 John LAVERY 00:31:02 200 Parkruns
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Ormeau parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
250 Trisha MURRAY 00:30:42
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Antrim parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
31 Brian STEWART 00:22:33
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Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
Position parkrunner Run Time
23 Paul MURPHY 00:26:14
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Stormont parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
41 Colin SIMPSON 00:22:16
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Narin Beach parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
19 Michelle McLOUGHLIN 00:36:05
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St Mary’s parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
4 Matt SHIELDS 00:20:45
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Sixmilewater parkrun
Position parkrunner Run Time
26 Philip McILWRATH 00:25:19
100 Rosy RYAN 00:50:46

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