Mourne Way Marathon races
While the orange vest was circulating the Mary Peters Track, it was also running the trails and mountain paths of the Mournes in the vicinity of Kilbroney Park and well…
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Hill and Dale Race 8: Millstone
There has been a lot of bluster about Hill and Dale recently but the real thing happened in Newcastle on Thursday evening, June 4th. This week was the eighth round…
Weekend Report – May 31st
Like most previous weekends this one started early for some; on Tuesday to be exact, up in Tardree Forest not too far from Parkgate in Co. Antrim. Orangegrove A.C. was…
Belfast One World Run
Undoubtedly the main event of the weekend for many Orangegrove members will be the Belfast One World 10k run at Ormeau Park, a kind of Seeley Cup in reverse. For…
Hill and Dale Race 7: Loughshannagh
For various reasons there was a slightly smaller than usual turnout on Thursday evening for the seventh race in the Hill and Dale series. This week the race was termed…
EAH Forest Series Race 2: Tardree Forest
Like most previous weekends this one started early for some; on Tuesday to be exact, up in Tardree Forest not too far from Parkgate in Co. Antrim. Orangegrove A.C. was…
Weekend Report – May 24th
First of all my grateful thanks to Rodney Corrigan for carrying out so well last week’s scribing duties during my absence in the sun. For a time I considered that…
Newry City Marathon
Probably the main event on Sunday 24th May was the Newry City Marathon sponsored by Newry City Credit Union, Ltd. However, there were half marathon and 10k events and various…
IMC/Beechmount Harriers Track Meet
A considerable number of Orangegrove’s sprinters turned up on Saturday evening at the Mary Peters Track, Belfast, for the Irish Milers Club and Beechmount Harriers inaugural track meeting, and a…
Runher Coastal Challenge
Friday evening bought the Belfast Telegraph sponsored Runher Coastal Challenge 5k and 10k events, centred on the North Down coastal path between Hollywood and Crawfordsburn. Basically Runher aims to celebrate…