The NBH Afternoon of 5000m Races was the big-ticket event this week drawing competitors from all over GB and Ireland.
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Mon 18th Apr 2022: Whitehead 5 mile Road Race
First ran as the “Great Harrier Race” in 1924, the Whitehead Road Race is the oldest road race in Northern Ireland. The event is sponsored by Wright’s Spar and is always popular with the North Belfast Harriers, 14 of whom took part in this year’s race. The route comprised three laps of Whitehead.
A special mention to Lawrence O’Hara who topped the poll in the M40 class.
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| Pos | Numb | Name | Sex | Class Rank | Class | Time |
| 5. | 182 | Lawrence O’Hara | Mal | 1. | M40 | 26:33 |
| 10. | 153 | John McGuigan | Mal | 2. | M40 | 29:44 |
| 14. | 27 | Paul Butcher | Mal | 4. | M40 | 30:38 |
| 31. | 91 | Natasha Henderson | Fem | 4. | FOpen | 33:02 |
| 45. | 183 | Fionnuala O’Hare | Fem | 6. | FOpen | 34:39 |
| 47. | 6 | Erin Beattie | Fem | 7. | FOpen | 35:48 |
| 54. | 221 | Brian Stewart | Mal | 3. | M60+ | 36:25 |
| 68. | 188 | Janice Plumb | Fem | 2. | F50 | 37:19 |
| 70. | 29 | Chris Callaghan | Mal | 10. | M50 | 37:31 |
| 75. | 30 | Matty Carleton | Mal | 28. | MOpen | 38:00 |
| 80. | 136 | Mark McAvoy | Mal | 31. | MOpen | 38:18 |
| 81. | 131 | Leah Mc Avoy | Fem | 10. | FOpen | 38:19 |
| 186. | 49 | Philomena Donaldson | Fem | 9. | F60+ | 52:06 |
| 191. | 106 | Eadaoin Kelly | Fem | 26. | FOpen | 53:45 |
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Photo Credits: Whitehead Road Race 2022 Facebook page
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Mon 18th Apr 2022: Boston Marathon
This year’s marathon returned to its usual timeslot – the third Monday in April – Patriot’s Day.
Arran Rutledge made the journey and represented North Belfast Harriers and was rewarded with a sub 3 hour time of 2:58:20
Great work Arran.
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.Photo Credit: MarathonFOTO
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Sat 23rd Apr 2022: NBH Afternoon of 5000m Races.
Building on the success of the 2021 meet, North Belfast Harriers set themselves the goal of improving the athlete and spectator experience and create a superb day of athletics in Belfast. They did not disappoint.
The event, held at the Mary Peters Track, attracted athletes from across Ireland and GB indicating that this is becoming a popular venue in the racing calendar.
Comprising eight races – six men’s and two ladies, all were live-streamed on YouTube by East Down AC. The races were expertly commentated on by Fintan Reilly and Ronan Duggan, big names in the world of Irish sport. Stephen Kelly did the post-race interviews.
The race conditions were generally good; it was a clear sunny day, windy at times, but that did not prevent athletes from putting in some fine performances.
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| Mens F | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 8 | 441 | James | Trainor | 16:58.67 | |
| 10 | 437 | David | Clarke | 17:03.34 | |
| Mens E | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 6 | 422 | Colin | McDowell | 16:14.19 | |
| Mens D | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 4 | 399 | Gavin | McCaffrey | 15:34.51 | |
| 8 | 404 | Lawrence | O’Hara | 15:45.83 | |
| 12 | 408 | Brendan | McCambridge | 16:32.90 | |
| Mens C | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 7 | 375 | John | Black | 15:23.95 | |
| 9 | 386 | Fionntan | Campbell | 15:31.08 | |
| 13 | 384 | Connor | McCann | 16:14.13 | |
| 14 | 374 | Cathaoir | Purvis | 16:32.12 | |
| Mens B | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 9 | 369 | Matthew | Lavery | 15:21.41 | |
| Mens A | |||||
| Place | ID | First name | Last name | Time | |
| 5 | 349 | Andrew | Milligan | 14:39.42 | |
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.Photo Credits: Keith McClure Photography
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Sat 23rd Apr 2022: PARKRUNS
A total of 71 North Belfast Harriers took part in 21 parkruns this week. A great turnout!
Well done to Roisin HUGHES, Janice PLUMB, Ita McCAMBRIDGE and Rebecca WALLACE for being the First Lady Finishers at Falls, Larne, Letterkenny and Sixmilewater parkruns respectively.
Also to David HAMILTON, Brandon McMINN, Hugo REILLY and Mark McKINSTRY for being the First Finishers at Citypark parkrun – Craigavon, Carrickfergus, Valley and Sixmilewater respectively.
Congratulations to Roisin HUGHES and Hugo REILLY on achieving PBs this week.
Two official milestones this week – Jean-Claude BOURGEOIS and Fergus JAMISON achieved 100 parkruns. Also Jack CARBERRY who reached an incredible 300 parkruns. Well done all.
Well done to everybody who took park in this week’s parkruns and a big thank you to the army of volunteers.
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| Waterworks parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 7 | 6 | Neil MERCER | 00:20:31 | |||
| 10 | 8 | John Gerard MURPHY | 00:20:39 | |||
| 20 | 14 | Chris CALLAGHAN | 00:21:59 | |||
| 21 | 15 | Joe DRAIN | 00:22:03 | |||
| 22 | 2 | Una McCONNELL | 00:22:05 | |||
| 23 | 16 | Christopher LENNON | 00:22:10 | |||
| 26 | 17 | Dermot COY | 00:22:19 | |||
| 29 | 20 | Thomas COY | 00:22:44 | |||
| 30 | 21 | Sean McSHANE JR | 00:22:46 | |||
| 39 | 4 | Fionnuala O’HARE | 00:23:52 | |||
| 40 | 27 | Matthew CARLETON | 00:23:54 | |||
| 53 | 39 | Tony REID | 00:25:15 | |||
| 61 | 7 | Sabrina NULTY | 00:25:44 | |||
| 69 | 49 | David HURST | 00:26:20 | |||
| 74 | 53 | Greg McCLURE | 00:26:38 | |||
| 76 | 54 | Gordon GLENN | 00:26:41 | |||
| 79 | 56 | Kevin McCANN | 00:26:47 | |||
| 84 | 60 | Lyle CARLETON | 00:26:56 | |||
| 88 | 16 | Catherine SEAWRIGHT | 00:27:00 | |||
| 91 | 64 | Senan STEELE | 00:27:01 | |||
| 93 | 66 | Jim CLINTON | 00:27:03 | |||
| 96 | 19 | Sandy CARR | 00:27:13 | |||
| 97 | 68 | Thomas McKINSTRY | 00:27:15 | |||
| 113 | 27 | Stella HARRISON | 00:29:12 | |||
| 119 | 29 | Lynn MURRAY | 00:29:42 | |||
| 129 | 34 | Margaret STEPHENS | 00:30:57 | |||
| 131 | 35 | Eadaoin DONALDSON | 00:31:05 | |||
| 132 | 87 | Martin McLARNON | 00:31:05 | |||
| 142 | 93 | Jack CARBERRY | 00:31:59 | 300 Parkruns | ||
| 155 | 47 | Gillian RODEN | 00:33:14 | |||
| 158 | 50 | Caroline MONTGOMERY | 00:33:40 | |||
| 176 | 105 | Roy RAINEY | 00:39:06 | |||
| 180 | 63 | Denise RAINEY | 00:41:31 | |||
| 182 | 107 | Denis LOUGHRAN | 00:42:48 | |||
| 186 | 67 | Elisabeth FRENCH | 00:46:55 | |||
| 187 | 68 | Catherine CARLETON | 00:48:42 | |||
| 188 | 69 | Paula O’REILLY | 00:48:43 | |||
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| Derry City parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 89 | 52 | Mannix McALISTER | 00:36:26 | |||
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| Belfast Victoria parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 30 | 21 | Paul WILLIAMS | 00:20:56 | |||
| 55 | 37 | Peter McCLELLAND | 00:23:00 | |||
| 95 | 66 | Paul JENKINS | 00:25:39 | |||
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| Queen’s parkrun, Belfast | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 25 | 21 | Niall ARMSTRONG | 00:21:47 | |||
| 126 | 74 | Paul LAVERY | 00:34:17 | |||
| 136 | 76 | Vincent BRADLEY | 00:38:06 | |||
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| Falls parkrun, Belfast | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 3 | 1 | Roisin HUGHES | 00:19:59 | First Lady Finisher / New PB | ||
| 35 | 9 | Katrina McAULEY | 00:29:20 | |||
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| Citypark parkrun, Craigavon | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1 | David HAMILTON | 00:16:56 | First Finisher | ||
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| Ormeau parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 216 | 68 | Lucinda McAVOY | 00:29:29 | |||
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| Antrim parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 75 | 59 | Brian STEWART | 00:25:18 | |||
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| Larne parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 5 | 1 | Janice PLUMB | 00:21:54 | First Lady Finisher | ||
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| Carrickfergus parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1 | Brandon McMINN | 00:17:37 | First Finisher | ||
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| Letterkenny parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 4 | 1 | Ita McCAMBRIDGE | 00:23:38 | First Lady Finisher | ||
| 7 | 6 | Paddy McCAMBRIDGE | 00:24:17 | |||
| 27 | 15 | Liam SMYTH | 00:27:04 | |||
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| Valley parkrun, Newtownabbey | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1 | Hugo REILLY | 00:18:19 | First Finisher / New PB | ||
| 71 | 52 | David JOHNSTON | 00:30:54 | |||
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| Stormont parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 132 | 83 | Philip McILWRATH | 00:29:25 | |||
| 213 | 88 | Rosy RYAN | 00:57:10 | |||
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| Falcarragh parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 31 | 21 | John LAVERY | 00:28:30 | |||
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| Buncrana parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 18 | 13 | Jean-Claude BOURGEOIS | 00:26:36 | 100 Parkruns | ||
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| Orangefield parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 6 | 6 | Terence McATAMNEY | 00:21:31 | |||
| 29 | 23 | Neil CARTY | 00:26:52 | |||
| 54 | 34 | Fergus JAMISON | 00:41:17 | 100 Parkruns | ||
| 55 | 18 | Ita WEIR | 00:41:24 | |||
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| Sixmilewater parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | Notes | |||
| 1 | 1 | Mark McKINSTRY | 00:15:49 | First Finisher | ||
| 12 | 1 | Rebecca WALLACE | 00:22:06 | First Lady Finisher | ||
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| Knockbracken Reservoir parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 30 | 24 | Maurice PALMER | 00:24:11 | |||
| 48 | 8 | Evelyn PALMER | 00:28:29 | |||
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| Hillsborough Forest parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 31 | 25 | Tony FORDE | 00:25:50 | |||
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| Edwin Carolan Community parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Kieran CALLAGHAN | 00:26:12 | |||
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| Derrynoid Forest parkrun | ||||||
| Position | parkrunner | Run Time | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Matt SHIELDS | 00:20:33 | |||
