Jimmy’s 10K – Club Championship
After the rigours of the Stormont XC, the fourth round of the club championship drew many of us to Downpatrick for Jimmy’s 10K, named after Jimmy Murray who was a…
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Stormont XC – Club Championship
This was always going to be the biggest event of the weekend for OAC. The final race in the ANI XC league, the penultimate race in the NI Masters Athletics…
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…
Asics Belfast City Half Marathon
The main running event this weekend was undoubtedly the Asics Belfast City Half Marathon on Sunday morning, beginning at Ormeau Park at 9am. Not only was it a main event…
Lurig Challenge Run
The main event of the weekend for most of us will be the Lurig Mountain Challenge at Cushendall which, this year, we designated a round of the Orangegrove Club Championship,…
Greyabbey 10k
Even on a busy Friday evening the journey to Greyabbey is an enjoyable one. Superb views across Strangford Lough on the one side and, on the other, the rustic gray…
North Down AC T&F meeting
A considerable number of Orangegrove runners gathered at Bangor Sportsplex on a dull and humid Tuesday evening to take part in the North Down AC track and field meeting, the…
Bay Road 5k
When we added this race to the calendar of O.A.C. Club Championship events last Autumn we were probably not thinking too clearly. Londonderry is a far away destination for a…
Armagh International Road Races
Twenty Orangegrove athletes gathered after dark in the Cathedral City in the Orchard County for the Armagh International Road Races, the fifth round of our internal club championship. This is…