Weekly Report – 15th January-21st January 2024

Run Forest Run – Minnowburn 10k

Emily Paisley was taking part in the Run Forest Run – Minnowburn 10k this weekend which was originally postponed due to weather back in November. This race starts and finishes at the Mary Peters Track, covering track, forest trail and country road as it takes runners through the National Trust property at Minnowburn and back along the banks of the Lagan. Good work Emily – ticking off another of the Run Forest Run 10k race series, 4 down 3 to go!

Emily Paisley – 1.00.50

Kearney and McBride Cross Country

Glenmore AC hosted the annual Kearney & McBride Cups Cross Country event on Sunday. Brian Todd was representing Orangegrove in the event which was held close to his hometown of Dundalk in the beautiful grounds of Bellurgan Park. Though conditions were damp and heavy under foot as the ground had only just thawed out after the recent cold weather, this wasn’t enough to keep Brian Todd from continuing his streak of cross-country races. Well done Brian.

Parkrun Report

20/01/2024

This weekend’s parkrun highlight was at Stormont where Gemma Blake was first female finisher for the 2nd time in a row with a time of 20.39. Great running Gemma.

Elsewhere, Verity Cornford and Cameron Faulkner were trying out new locations at Dungannon Park and Crawfordsburn respectively. That’s Verity now up to 45 different parkrun locations.

Well done everyone!

Results

Belfast Victoria

Sean Tanuvasa – 18.33
Andrew McIntyre – 19.29
Andrew Tees – 19.48
Tom Smith – 23.54
David Fletcher – 25.36
Gillian McGucken – 28.11
George Gribben – 30.48
Catherine McIntyre – 51.39

Enniskillen

Rodney Corrigan – 27.28

Ormeau

David Montgomery – 19.34

Stormont

Gemma Blake – 20.39
Keith Weir – 21.11
Kimberley Reynolds – 28.04
Melinda Wilkinson – 30.13
Adrienne Savage – 30.27
Jackie Grant – 30.45
Judith McCann – 30.46
Lisa Fleming – 31.55
Jill Holland – 32.48

Orangefield

Robin Montgomery – 22.34
Colin Simpson – 23.57
Kerris Hamilton – 27.00
Selina Myles – 29.07

Dungannon Park

Verity Cornford – 26.40

Crawfordsburn

Reg Sanlon – 28.33
Michael O’Donoghue – 29.22
Cameron Faulkner – 31.40

Knockbracken Reservoir

Gerald Harvey – 30.20