North Belfast Harriers

On Sunday we saw two cross country races take place. Most Harriers made their way to the event organised the City of Lisburn AC held at Moira Demense. In the female race Paula Wallace led the way with a strong performance to finish in 14th position overall. In the men’s race Alan O’Hara continues his […]

The New Year period was short on quantity but big on quality for racing. Connolly wins the Lough 5 Breege Connolly took part in and was first on the podium for the ladies in this 5 mile race run on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday 31 December.  Breege was 9th home overall in a time of […]

The Harriers took to the trails and roads with plenty of holiday cheer, turning out in force for some of the most popular fixtures on the holiday race calendar. The Harriers’ biggest turnout was at the Castlewellan Christmas Cracker,  but the club was also represented at the Greencastle Boxing Day 5-miler and various Parkruns. Castlewellan Christmas […]

Weekly Roundup Fast and Festive on the last weekend before Christmas. Born 2 RunTollymore 10k Saturday saw the second of the Born 2 Run “Run Forest Run” series take place in Tollymore Forest Park. In a field of over 400 runners, it was North Belfast Harriers John Black who set the pace at the front. […]

It was  a quiet week this week as everyone prepares for Christmas. On Saturday the Eskra 10k place took place in Tyrone. Over 150 runners took to the start line including two members from the Cox family in the form of Martin and Lauren. Martin completed the course in 39:18 in to finish in 10th […]

Saturday saw the juniors claiming some well deserved success at the cross country in Ballyclare. First up in the U11s over a distance of half a mile was LUKE KELLY in 1st with team mate KELVIN KEARNEY coming in to claim 3rd just a second behind 2nd place. In the girls race EMMY THORNTON just […]

A quiet week for racing, with only three races to report on    Malcolm Cup XC There was a great turn out at Ballyclare on Saturday 6 December for the Malcolm Cup.  In the 3 mile Ladies and Vets race, Nat Glenn came in strongly in 4th place with a time of 17.20, followed by […]

Six North Belfast Harrier juniors made the trip to Dundalk having qualified for the Glo Health Inter County Cross Country Championships on 23 November. The event saw athletes from all over Ireland come to compete in the even age group championships. The course looked fast but as with all cross country courses the athletes knew it […]

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 […]