North Belfast Harriers

Den Haag Half Marathon Just like back home, there was no respite the bad weather in the Netherlands. That didn’t stop 2 local runners from impressing in the field. Gladys Ganiel ran well at the competitive international race and was 5th in the half marathon 1.15:51; which was just outside her personal best. At the [...]

There were a number of outstanding performances this weekend, highlighted by veteran Tommy Hughes’ all-out win in a 10-miler at Lough Fea near Cookstown. Tommy, who competes in the V50 category, clocked 55.53 in the event, the last in the Sperrin Harriers Winter League six race series. NI/Ulster Age Group Championships At the Northern Ireland [...]

Breege wins bronze at inter counties At the inter counties XC in Tullamore Offaly Breege Connolly had a great race to finish third behind established internationals Mary Cullen and Lynda Byrne. Breege finished in 29:21 – 7 seconds ahead of 4th place. Alan victorious and Claire 2nd at stormont At stormont on saturday the last [...]

We are pleased to announce the Chain Reaction Cycles Belfast Hills 10k 2013 is now open for entry. Entries can be made online at http://www.laganside10k.com/ps/event/ChainReactionCyclesBelfastHills10k The event will be sponsored by Chain Reaction Cycles (http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/) and will be the third event in the 2013 NIMRA grand prix series. Competitors will receive a free buff with [...]

Don’t forget that CouchTo5K starts tonight (Monday 18th). Active Belfast Junior Cross-Country Future Olympians were in Bangor Sportsplex for the junior cross country. Various Harriers of different ages took part in the runs. In the P5 race Kelvin Kearney had a great run in the first run. The P6&7 Race saw Fionn Nagle win a [...]

This week Harriers competed well on the indoor track, trails, and the regular Parkruns. Among the top performers was Connor McQuillan, who had an outstanding run to finish second in the under 16 category at the Northern Ireland and Ulster indoor juvenile championships on Saturday, posting a time of 4.45.01. Marty Rea just missed a [...]

Despite it only being early February it was a busy weekend with parkrun celebrations, 5k and 10ks and the last of the championship cross country races taking place. All Ireland Masters XC It was two bronze medals in a row for Alan O’Hara at the All Ireland Masters XC in Gransha Derry on Sunday. Alan  [...]

Starting 18/02/13 we are running a ten week program on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6.30 pm using the outdoor track at Girls Model School School entrance is from Dunowen Gardens off Oldpark Road. Traveling up the Oldpark turn off first right after co-op The initiative is targeting people who are currently inactive. The objective will [...]

NI and Ulster Junior, Intermediate and Masters XC Titles were up for grabs in Lurgan park on a cool Saturday. With several good runs it was the Master team prize that was the standout result for the Harriers. North Belfast Harriers were crowned NI & Ulster Masters XC Champions after taking four of the top [...]

With most of the weekend fixtures cancelled due to the wintry weather conditions, a few hearty souls took on the challenge of the Moira cross country and the various Parkruns. Paul Blaney led the way for the Harriers at the Moira XC, earning a podium finish as he placed third in 20.10 behind winner Andrew [...]