NBH Race Report 20 – 26 January 2020

By Katrina McAuley Race Report January 28, 2020

Participation growing as club goes from strength to strength – a club for all!

Between Monday and Thursday of last week, club coaches and volunteers gave of their own time on at least 42 occasions to deliver 24 pre-planned running sessions to over 580 attendees.

256 of the attendees were non-members from the community who took part in the two twice-weekly Couch to 5k programs being run by the club and the remaining 324 were members attending coached sessions.

In addition to active running and classes, the club also delivered an informational talk (organised by Helen Weir, April Clarke and Seamus McCann,) to 49 female members on the experiences of Gladys Ganiel O’Neill, a club member, who has competed at both Commonwealth and European level in the Marathon. Gladys spoke about her background growing up in Harrington, Maine, USA, college basketball and cross-country, being trained by Ray Treacy (brother of 1984 Olympic Silver medalist, John Treacy,) balancing scholarships, PhD studies and lecturing with family life. Gladys’ talk was both inspiring and humble and very much appreciated by NBH ladies.

Gladys speaking to NBH ladies at Lansdowne Hotel

Further to the coach-led sessions, the clubhouse was also available to members for the remainder of the week to arrange their own group runs and there were at least 30 members who made use of the facilities in this way last week (this was a quiet week in that respect, probably due to race commitments.)

The club also provided a wide variety of other activities/classes for its members including Boxercise, Circuits, Yoga and Strength & Conditioning with approx. 60 attendees at these classes last week.

In total, the club premises and facilities provided by the club have been used on over 700 separate occasions in the past week.

Credit photos and participation write up – Paddy McCambridge

NI & Ulster Intermediate & Masters XC (25 January)

The harriers travelled to Gosford on Saturday afternoon to take part in the NI & Ulster XC. Great success at this event where Mark McKinstry claimed first in the Vet Men’s race (Men’s team 3^rd overall and a M40 team prize) and the ladies’ vets took top spot in the teams. Congratulations to all who ran for the “Stags” – who also literally made an appearance!

Intermediate Women

Pos	Firstname	Lastname	Finish
21	Orla	McCambridge	00:21:04
33	Catriona	McCambridge	00:22:52

Vet Ladies

6	Louise	Smith	00:19:11
11	Penny	Lindsay	00:19:30
18	Sarah Jane	McFadden	00:19:55
26	Janice	Plumb	00:20:34
43	Una	McConnell	00:21:59
48	Diane	Taylor	00:22:32
58	Ita	McCambridge	00:23:39
65	Lorraine	Hibburt	00:24:11
82	Philomena	Donaldson	00:32:55
83	Bernadette	Duffy	00:32:58

Vet Men’s

1	Mark	McKinstry	00:26:32
5	Eamon	White	00:27:21
17	Neil	Carty	00:29:06
45	Vernon	Shiels	00:31:21
59	Laurence	Johnston	00:32:49
64	Patrick	McAuley	00:33:12
87	Ryan	Armstrong	00:35:49
93	Greg	McClure	00:36:37
97	Patrick	McCambridge	00:37:37
100	Gary	Blythe	00:39:33
101	Andrew	Taylor	00:39:34
105	Lyle	Carleton	00:42:43
107	Philip	McIlwrath	00:44:29

Male Vets Over 65

Brian

Stewart

00:21:28

Photos Credit – Bob Given Photography and NBH Facebook (Diane Taylor)

AXA Raheny 5 Miler (26 January)

The 36th AXA Raheny 5 Mile Road Race, one of the most eagerly awaited events on the athletics calendar, took place on Sunday afternoon at 3pm.

While the race has its fair sprinkling of serious athletes, what has made the AXA Raheny 5 Mile so popular over the years is that it caters for runners, joggers and walkers of all abilities. Congratulations to April Clarke, Carol Clarke and Rory Kane who all achieved PBs.

https://www.myrunresults.com/events/36th_axa_raheny_5_mile/3461/details

Place	Name	Net Time	Cat	Sub Cat
53	Conor CURRAN	00:25:58	M (52)	M40 (4)
78	Mark MCEVOY	00:26:47	M (75)	MS (63)
103	Paul HORAN	00:27:30	M (97)	M40 (7)
115	Piarais MCSHANE	00:27:49	M (108)	MJ (5)
241	Rory KANE	00:29:35	M (224)	M45 (18)
318	April CLARKE	00:30:52	F (21)	FS (19)
354	Gabriel MCEVOY	00:30:57	M (327)	M40 (72)
546	Ray CAMERON	00:33:24	M (496)	M40 (113)
627	Carol CLARKE	00:34:10	F (68)	F50 (3)

Raheny Goody Bag (Credit Facebook – AXA Raheny 5)

Parkrun

North Belfast Harriers attended various parkruns on Saturday as always. Well done to all runners and to Martin Rea, Jonathon Topping and Roisin Hughes in particular for their 1st place finishes (overall and gender.)

Nonsuch Parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
45	45	Matt SHIELDS	00:20:45

Waterworks parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
6	6	Simon REEVE	00:19:48
15	15	Greg MCCLURE	00:21:32
31	29	Ivan MCALLISTER	00:22:59
39	36	Gerard SOWNEY	00:23:40
44	41	Laurence ROGERS	00:24:03
50	44	Sean MCSHANE	00:24:30
51	45	Matthew CARLETON	00:24:35
52	46	Jack CARBERRY	00:24:37
53	47	Tony REID	00:24:38
91	14	Eimear CASH	00:26:21
99	84	Chris O’DONOGHUE	00:26:38
103	17	Katrina MCAULEY	00:26:49
112	21	Stella HARRISON	00:27:13
123	27	Lucinda MCAVOY	00:27:57
126	29	Catherine SEAWRIGHT	00:28:14
131	33	Nuala MAHON	00:28:36
142	106	Gordon GLENN	00:29:00
144	108	Kevin MCCANN	00:29:04
154	41	Heather WILSON	00:29:36
177	53	Maeve CUSHNAHAN	00:31:45
179	54	Karen DUNLOP-WAINWRIGHT	00:31:46
187	59	Sandy CARR	00:32:12
188	60	Lynn MURRAY	00:32:23
191	62	Margaret STEPHENS	00:32:28
192	63	Gillian RODEN	00:32:28
193	64	Clare BOYLE	00:32:29
194	65	Claire BROWNING	00:32:30
210	77	Grainne STEPHENS	00:35:22
219	82	Sile HANNON	00:36:08
233	143	Denis LOUGHRAN	00:42:05
246	101	Eadaoin DONALDSON	00:49:10
248	102	Bernadette DUFFY	00:49:59
249	103	Philomena DONALDSON	00:51:45
251	105	Rosy RYAN	00:51:49
252	147	Philip MCILWRATH	00:53:44

Belfast Victoria parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
31	28	Paul WILLIAMS	00:20:02
48	44	Ciaran HUNTER	00:20:36
117	19	Karlene GRAHAM	00:24:48

Queen’s parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
96	76	Vincent BRADLEY	00:26:48

Falls parkrun, Belfast

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
5	1	Roisin HUGHES	00:21:12
13	12	Colin SIMPSON	00:23:19
19	18	John MCCONNELL	00:24:46
41	34	Thomas MCKINSTRY	00:28:35
61	45	Jim CLINTON	00:31:28

Wallace parkrun, Lisburn

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
43	5	Martsje HELL	00:22:41

Larne parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	1	Jonathan TOPPING	00:19:41

Carrickfergus parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
12	11	Ray CAMERON	00:23:02

Portobello parkrun, Edinburgh

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
64	7	Fionnuala O’HARE	00:22:18

Letterkenny parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
84	64	Liam SMYTH	00:32:12

Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
43	38	Paul MURPHY	00:27:27
131	65	Maria MURPHY	00:51:16

Colin Glen parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	1	Martin REA	00:18:57

Falcarragh parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	2	John Gerard MURPHY	00:20:32