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…
Hill and Dale Race 6: Rocky
There are two Rocky Mountains in the Mournes, but it was the one in the vicinity of Leitrim Lodge which provided the usual small group of Orangegrove masochists with their…
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…
Hill and Dale Race 5: Slieve Donard
Two intrepid OG’s headed to Newcastle for Saturday’s Hill & Dale number 5 – Michael O’Donoghue and Robin Montgomery. Donard is the toughest of the H&D series with a route…
Les Jones Memorial 10k
215 runners participated in this year’s Les Jones Memorial 10k on Friday evening. The course which starts and finishes on the Mary Peters Track, encompasses the towpath and includes an…
EAH Forest Series Race 1: Woodburn
If you went down to Woodburn Forest last Tuesday you would have seen a strong showing of OAC vests amongst the 195 runners in the first of East Antrim Harriers’…
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…