The racing calendar has resumed to ‘near normal’ with a variety of races and locations to report on.
Monday 2 August 2021: Broughshane 5K and 10K
No clubs are listed in results but Nat Glenn and John McGuigan were amongst the athletes who completed the 5K, finishing in 6th and 8th with superb times.
| 6 | Nat Glenn | 0:17:45.0 |
| 8 | John Mcguigan | 0:18:36.3 |
Wednesday 4 August 2021: Night of Sprints
This took places at the Mary Peters Track mid-week and hosted athletes from U15 through to Seniors. (www.fasttwitchathletics.com) NBH athletes excelled in different distances and results are listed below.
| 100m Senior & U20 Women |
| Darragh Andrews T20 | North Belfast Harriers | Sen | 16.92 |
| 200m Senior & U20 Women |
| Darragh Andrews T20 | North Belfast Harriers | Sen | 36.35 |
| 800m Men |
| Paul Horan | North Belfast Harriers | 2.07.14 | Heat 1 |
| Michael McKillop | North Belfast Harriers | 1.59.46 | Heat 3 |
Friday 6 August 2021: Mallusk 5 miler
Despite the wet conditions and ‘that’ hill, a number of North Belfast Harriers were among the 148 runners who turned up to support our neighbours in their annual 5 miler. Congratulations to both Brandon McMinn and Martsje Hell who claimed two podium spots on the night. In fact, five stags took half of the top 10 places! Congratulations to all who took part – excellent running!
| Pos | Firstname | Lastname | Gender | Cat | Club | Chiptime |
| 3 | Brandon | McMinn | M | MO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:27:56 |
| 4 | Darren | Millar | M | M35 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:27:59 |
| 5 | Aaron | Rush | M | MO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:28:13 |
| 7 | Mark | McAvoy | M | MO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:29:14 |
| 9 | Ryan | Moore | M | M35 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:29:39 |
| 31 | Martsje | Hell | F | F35 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:32:20 |
| 42 | Natasha | Henderson | F | FO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:33:54 |
| 44 | Gabriel | McAvoy | M | MO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:34:09 |
| 62 | Fionnuala | O’Hare | F | FO | North Belfast Harriers | 00:37:06 |
| 86 | Joe | Gallagher | M | M60 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:39:32 |
| 95 | David | Hurst | M | M35 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:40:52 |
| 100 | Peter | McClelland | M | M35 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:41:20 |
| 110 | Gordon | Glenn | M | M50 | 00:43:22 | |
| 120 | Jack | Carberry | M | M75 | North Belfast Harriers | 00:45:44 |
Sunday 8 August 2021: Féile 10KAs part of the annual Féile an Phobail, the 10K race took place on Sunday morning. With over 600 runners, this was the biggest event to date! Congratulations to John Black who completed the distance and was awarded second male with a ‘finish’ time of 32.45*and Gladys Ganiel who was first lady and 14th overall (36.56*).
*Please note that no accurate ‘chip’ times are listed in results as the start line was moved last minute due to road issues and so mats were unable to be moved before the start. Clubs are also not listed alongside the 600+ names but results for all athletes are available on https://www.championchipireland.com/index.html#results
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A special thank you to Maurice Palmer for photos and details / clarity regarding this race.
Saturday 7 August 2021: ParkrunsThe local parkruns were well attended by North Belfast Harriers as always. Congratulations to all those who claimed the top spots and / or achieved PBs.
Waterworks parkrun, Belfast
Belfast Victoria parkrun
| 81 | Thomas MCKINSTRY | North Belfast Harriers | 00:25:47 |
| 101 | Matthew CARLETON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:27:33 |
| 111 | Joe WILSON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:28:29 |
| 116 | Heather WILSON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:29:02 |
Ecos parkrun, Ballymena
| 22 | Ray CAMERON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:22:29 |
Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
| 94 | Vincent BRADLEY | North Belfast Harriers | 00:32:46 |
| 105 | Paul LAVERY | North Belfast Harriers | 00:36:31 |
Portrush parkrun
| 151 | Robert IRVINE | North Belfast Harriers | 00:27:02 |
MUSA Cookstown parkrun
| 19 | Eoin MCCONNELL | North Belfast Harriers | 00:19:00 |
| 37 | Una MCCONNELL | North Belfast Harriers | 00:21:25 |
Ormeau parkrun
| 30 | Terence MCATAMNEY | North Belfast Harriers | 00:22:03 |
Antrim parkrun
| 44 | Maurice PALMER | North Belfast Harriers | 00:23:32 |
| 45 | Brian STEWART | North Belfast Harriers | 00:23:37 |
| 115 | Jason REID | North Belfast Harriers | 00:30:27 |
Larne parkrun
| 1 | David CLARKE | North Belfast Harriers | 00:18:17 |
| 2 | Nat GLENN | North Belfast Harriers | 00:19:07 |
| 6 | Jonathan TOPPING | North Belfast Harriers | 00:21:24 |
| 14 | Carol CLARKE | North Belfast Harriers | 00:24:14 |
Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey
| 2 | Hugo REILLY | North Belfast Harriers | 00:18:43 |
Stormont parkrun
| 58 | Kevin MCCANN | North Belfast Harriers | 00:24:29 |
Orangefield parkrun
| 17 | Colin SIMPSON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:25:07 |
| 44 | Fergus JAMISON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:31:29 |
Sixmilewater parkrun
| 1 | Kent SWANN | North Belfast Harriers | 00:17:43 |
Crawfordsburn Country parkrun
| 108 | Philomena DONALDSON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:34:14 |
| 127 | Eadaoin DONALDSON | North Belfast Harriers | 00:54:29 |
Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun
| 14 | Paul WILLIAMS | North Belfast Harriers | 00:20:22 |
Hillsborough Forest parkrun
| 46 | Martsje HELL | North Belfast Harriers | 00:24:50 |
