Run in the Dark
The Run in the Dark is an initiative of the Mark Pollock Trust and plays a vital role in funding The Mark Pollock Trust’s mission to find a cure for…
Archive for '5K'
Queen’s 5K – Club Championship
3K The perfect weather and the river setting promised a night of magnificent running and so it turned out. Stephen Orr returned to competitive running after a long spell of…
Patsy Kelly 5K
On Saturday evening, Brian Todd and Gerald Harvey headed south and out of the jurisdiction to Dundalk (Brian’s home town) for the Patsy Kelly 5K road race. This is a…
Victoria Shield 2016
With the inclusion of the annual Victoria Shield in the Club Championship, this was always going to be a special event. We had 37 runners which is a record .…
Rollercoaster 5K – Club Championship
There will undoubtedly be a huge turnout from OAC at the Rollercoaster Races, due to take place on Saturday at Downpatrick Racecourse. Beginning at noon with a series of Junior…
Victoria parkrun #249 – Club Championship
This was always going to be busy! The first event in the OAC club championship and an inter club competition with our friends from Acorns AC. Nearly 300 runners took…
Weekend Report – September 27th
A fair bit of activity was compressed into last weekend. With the sun shining across Northern Ireland Saturday was a fantastic day to be out an about whatever the reason.…
Weekend Report – August 30th
That woman Elaine Mcallister has been at it again! On Tuesday of this week she was the lone female Orangegrover who made her way to the Maiden City for the…
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…
Victoria Shield 2015
Sunday brought a little local diversion, the running of the Victoria Shield handicap race at headquarters, Victoria Park itself; where else! Basically this is a handicap 5k race on the…