North Belfast Harriers rolled to victories in both the men’s and women’s division of the ever-popular Seeley Cup 10k in Ormeau Park in Belfast on Saturday, with good all-around efforts from everyone who took part. A sell-out crowd of 1,000 athletes turned out to test themselves in one of the year’s most hotly-contested races, where […]
Rea performs on world stage in Doha A field of 200 runners took to the course of the 100K IAU World Championships on Friday 21 November in Doha, among them the club’s own Marty Rea, representing Ireland. Coming through the 50k marker in a time of 5.43.39, he ran in humid conditions to complete the […]
On Saturday the 26extreme event returned to the Tullymore Forest park just outside of Newcastle. This year a large contingent of the Harriers were in action on the trail paths of the forest park in harsh conditions of the morning. In the marathon event Mark McKinstry a pre-race favourite in the event didn’t disappoint. Mark led […]
The juniors travelled to Cavan early on Sunday morning to take part in the NI&Ulster Cross Country Championships on a challenging course. First was U11 girls with Alicia Whyte McGivern 59th and the U11boys with Conor Sheridan 65th and Niall Kerr 67th. Next up was U13 girls with Rebecca Wallace in 12 claiming a […]
Just Don’t End Up Walking in the Cold November Rain. Weekly Round Up McConnell Shield XC On Saturday 8th November the 80th annual running of the McConnell Shield Cross Country took place at Sixmilewater Park in Ballyclare. This was also the fourth event of the current cross country league and conditions were typical of the […]
North Belfast Harriers’ local Parkrun at the Waterworks celebrated its fourth birthday on Saturday 1 November. Lord Mayor Nichola Mallon was on hand to present the awards for the prize category winners over the last year, before completing the course herself in a new personal best (27.29). In the spirit of the Halloween season, a […]
Saturday saw the Even Age Group XC take place in Jordanstown before the Senior Bobby Rea XC. There was a great junior turnout with 39 juniors taking to the start line. First up over a distance of 1000m was the U10 girls. Emmy Thornton was 5th and Leah Finnegan 32nd. In the boys U10, […]
White triumphs in Newry At the Oktoberfest 5k race in Newry on Thursday 23 October, North Belfast had a clear winner with Eamon White, who came in in 1st place with a clear win, nearly 50 seconds in front of the runner-up. Connor wins again in Spooktacular On Friday 24 October over 500 athletes gathered […]
This weekend (Sunday) saw the ever popular Gerry Farnham Cross Country event take place in Dublin. The event doubled up as the Athletics Ireland Masters Cross Country trials and took place over an 8km course in Phoenix Park. Paul Elliot continued his domination of the Vet 60 category in Ireland with a convincing first place finish […]
With still, sunny and relatively warm conditions over the weekend, NBH excelled with the men winning the Comber Cup – the first race of the Northern Ireland and Ulster Cross Country League – as well as one of the autumn’s classic road races – the Armagh Ten Miler. Comber Cup XC NBH struck early in […]