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Weekend Report – May 18th

I have the honour of writing this week’s race report. Fear not, this is just a temporary arrangement and normal service will resume next week. Brian Todd is merely in…

Weekend Report – May 9th

After the razzmatazz and excitement of last week, this was, for many of us, thank goodness, a quieter weekend. Hill and Dale continued on Thursday evening and, of course, Victoria…

Bank Holiday Weekend Report

Martin O’Brien at the Bishopscourt Duathlon

Before the business of the weekend, an omission to report from last weekend. In recent weeks a number of Orangegrove members have become interested in duathlon, combining their interest in…

Weekend Report – April 26th

The week began early for some of Orangegrove’s speedier athletes; on Tuesday to be precise. Four members made their way to the track at Bangor Sportsplex for the  . In…

Connemarathon

MOD at the Connemarathon Ultra - Picture credit: Dónal Glackin

Michael O’Donoghue has been training for the 39.3 Connemara Ultra Marathon for months now. His dedication to the cause and his rigorous training regime of high mileage runs, sometimes several…

Weekend Report

Sharon Dickenson, Jill Holland & Darren Moffett ready for the Vienna Half Marathon

The main event this weekend in which Orangegrove members were involved was probably the Titanic Quarter 10k on Sunday 12th April, 2015. This is certainly not the most interesting or…

Easter Weekend Report

A significant contingent of Orangegrove members made their way into the hills above Larne on Saturday morning for the NiRunning 5 mile trail race in the vicinity of Killylane Reservoir…

Weekend round up – 28th March

Liz with her first place prize at 5k Rabbit Run - Photo by NiRunning

Compared to the past two weekends this particular weekend was a quiet one for OAC members, although not entirely so. The Omagh Half Marathon, coming perhaps a little too quickly…

St. Patrick’s Day weekend

L-R: Brian Todd, Verity Cornford, Garry Morrow and Kerris Hamilton took part in the DUNE half marathon

This is traditionally a very busy period. The spikes have been decommissioned for another year and the improving early spring weather usually heralds the beginning of the road racing season.…

Weekend round up – 28th February

Members of Orangegrove AC were scattered far and wide this weekend, both at home in Northern Ireland and further afield. Pride of place must go to two of our ‘catch…