NORTH BELFAST HARRIERS RACE REPORT 5 – 11 JULY 2021

By Katrina McAuley Race Report July 13, 2021

North Belfast Harriers welcomed yet more opportunities to race this week demonstrating their lockdown training regimes are certainly paying off. Such participation and performances are not indicative of any ‘holiday mode’ this week.

Co Down 5k and NI 5K Championships

On Friday evening, a team of twenty North Belfast Harriers travelled to Downpatrick to run the “flat, fast PB 5km course in Downpatrick Town Centre.” (Co Down 5k Championship FB page.) Three races were scheduled for the sub 17mins, 17 – 22 and the 22+ categories. Congratulations to all those who achieved PBs including (but not exclusively) Gavin McCaffrey (MJ category winner) and April Clarke. Well done to Nat Glenn who claimed the Vet 55 category too with his time of 17.11 and 7^th overall in the B race – a great first race back this year. Fantastic running from all ‘stags.’

Pos

First name

Last name

Gender

Cat

Finish

8	Gavin	McCaffrey	M	MJ	00:15:12
10	John	Black	M	MO	00:15:13
12	Phil	Clarke	M	MO	00:15:17
18	Gerard	Heaney	M	MO	00:15:30
24	Cathaoir	Purvis	M	MO	00:15:38
31	James	Trainor	M	M35	00:15:53
33	Brandon	McMinn	M	MO	00:15:55
37	Gareth	Lyons	M	M40	00:16:08
39	Mark	McAvoy	M	MO	00:16:14
72	Nick	Irvine	M	M40	00:17:04
77	Nat	Glenn	M	M55	00:17:11
91	Matthew	McCombe	M	MO	00:17:39
100	John	McGuigan	M	M45	00:18:01
102	Max	Reid	M	MJ	00:18:03
109	Natasha	Henderson	F	FO	00:18:14
121	Paul	Butcher	M	M45	00:18:33
125	April	Clarke	F	FO	00:18:41
132	Gabriel	McAvoy	M	M45	00:18:58
165	Fionnuala	O’Hare	F	FO	00:21:02
170	Ray	Cameron	M	M45	00:21:30

NBH Afternoon of Middle Distance (10 July)

North Belfast Harriers hosted a brilliant day of middle distance running at Mary Peters Track in Belfast on Saturday afternoon. It was attended by elites from across the country including Finn Valley AC, Letterkenny AC, Clonliffe Harriers, Raheny Shamrocks and those closer to home, Willowfield Harriers, City of Lisburn AC and Orangegrove AC, to name a few. Described as a ‘flawless meet thoroughly enjoyed by athletes and coaches’ (NBHAC Twitter), the team should be very proud, as should the athletes who performed at the highest standards. Results for NBH club members listed below.

Male 800m

Place	First Name	Last Name	Category	PB	Time
2	Andrew	Milligan	MO	01:51	1:52.25

Male 1500m

Michael

McKillop

03:51

4.03.27

Conor

Curran

M45

03:55

4:08.70

Peter

Donnelly

04:12

4:10.72

9	Luke	Kelly	MJ	04:15	4:13.98
10	Peter	McGarry	MO	00:00	4:14.42

7	Juma	MacMillan	MJ	04:52	4:31.67
10	David	Clarke	M60	04:39	4:33.58
11	Hugo	Reilly	MJ	04:42	4:33.75

Well done also to our juniors who also participated in this highly competitive event.

Alex

Reid

3.47.40

Caoilainn

Curran

3.21.94

PARKRUN

Parkrun is a welcome addition to our running calendar with harriers participating in a variety of parkruns across the province. Congratulations to all those who achieved PBs this week; Joe Gallagher, David Hurst, Eimear Cash and Sharon Hobbs. A special mention to our first male and female across the line with their PBs at Valley parkrun also; Matthew Lavery and Maya Reilly – well done!

Waterworks parkrun, Belfast

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	Mark MCAVOY	00:17:51
5	David CURRAN	00:19:42
7	Sean MCSHANE	00:20:47
14	Gabriel MCAVOY	00:21:55
19	Greg MCCLURE	00:22:53
20	Joseph GALLAGHER	00:22:54
22	Fionnuala O’HARE	00:23:02
35	David HURST	00:24:02
36	Matt SHIELDS	00:24:18
37	John Gerard MURPHY	00:24:19
45	Eimear CASH	00:24:48
55	Tony REID	00:25:19
57	Maurice PALMER	00:25:26
58	Gerry ANDERSON	00:25:30
61	Lyle CARLETON	00:25:38
62	Jack CARBERRY	00:25:39
76	Thomas Peter NORTON	00:26:55
83	Michelle MCLOUGHLIN	00:27:10
95	Stella HARRISON	00:28:08
101	Laurence ROGERS	00:28:31
125	Jim CLINTON	00:30:14
132	Evelyn PALMER	00:30:27
134	Gordon GLENN	00:30:36
139	Lynn MURRAY	00:30:56
140	Michael LAWLOR	00:30:57
146	Bernadette DUFFY	00:31:33
165	Gillian RODEN	00:33:02
193	Grainne STEPHENS	00:35:26
205	Martin MCLARNON	00:38:30
215	Sile HANNON	00:41:15
221	Denis LOUGHRAN	00:42:13
224	Margaret STEPHENS	00:43:48

Belfast Victoria parkrun

Paul WILLIAMS

00:20:11

Queen’s parkrun, Belfast

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
17	Gerard MCNAMARA	00:22:28
26	Ciaran HUNTER	00:23:45
73	Vincent BRADLEY	00:27:46
99	Philomena DONALDSON	00:32:04
111	Eadaoin DONALDSON	00:40:14

Portrush parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
183	Thomas MCKINSTRY	00:27:18
223	Jason REID	00:29:10

Citypark parkrun, Craigavon

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
4	Peter SAVAGE	00:18:00

Antrim parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
44	Brian STEWART	00:22:35

Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
1	Matthew LAVERY	00:16:42
15	Maya REILLY	00:23:27

Sixmilewater parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
2	Kent SWANN	00:18:21

Crawfordsburn Country parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
15	Ray CAMERON	00:22:59

Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
99	Sharon HOBBS	00:30:12
106	Eamon MCCAMBRIDGE	00:30:49

Hillsborough Forest parkrun

Position	parkrunner	Run Time
37	Kevin MCCANN	00:24:38
47	John MCCONNELL	00:26:44
68	Philip MCILWRATH	00:29:14
137	Rosy RYAN	01:00:55