A good turn out from the club at the North Down AC event was rewarded with three of our athletes picking up a prize. Davy P and Marco were comfortably in the top 20 with Davy winning the M35 award. Karl won the M55 award. First lady was Claire, home from university, just ahead of Jennifer who took the L40 award.

Everyone ran well and will be pleased with their finishing time over what was a challenging course. Men’s event winner was Mark McKinstry (North Belfast) 16.16 and Judith Lonnen (C o Lisburn AC) 20.03 took the ladies medal.

11 David Proctor M35 Willowfield 00:18:42

14 Marc Jeffrey MO Willowfield 00:19:17

28 Karl Dines M55 Willowfield 00:20:16

63 Claire Frances FO Willowfield 00:22:13

67 Jennifer Hamilton F40 Willowfield 00:22:21

74 Jim Ard M50 Willowfield 00:22:44

101 Fiona Patterson F45 Willowfield 00:24:03

160 Emma Stevenson F35 Willowfield 00:26:31

205 Laura McGrillis FO Willowfield 00:28:47

Field 329

Giants Ring Trail Race 6m – Friday 28th July 2017

1 Mark McKinstry MO North Belfast Harriers 0:33:45

2 Neill Weir M40 Willowfield Harriers 0:35:29

7 David Proctor M35 Willowfield Harriers 0:38:34

34 Ghislain Demeuldre M50 Willowfield Harriers 0:42:53

70 Jennifer Hamilton F40 Willowfield Harriers 0:46:45

208 Joanne McGivern FO Willowfield Harriers 0:59:05

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North Down AC Track Meeting - 25 July 2017

Ladies 1500m

3 5:08.74 Hannah Gilliland Willowfield Temperance Harriers U17

4 5:10.53 Clare Francis Willowfield Temperance Harriers U20

Men 1500m

3 4:43.09 Gareth Campbell Willowfield Temperance Harriers U17

Mixed 1500m

3 4:23.85 Andrew Hagen Willowfield Temperance Harriers U17

3000m

9 10:39.07 Marc Jeffrey Willowfield Temperance Harriers U20

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The Kennedy Kane McArthur Festival of Running, Dervock, Half Marathon and 10K - 22nd July 2017

The challenging Kennedy Kane McArthur Half Marathon, including a iconic run through the Dark Hedges, produced a great win by Neill Weir.

Neill took a clear victory running 1:15:39 (1st place), over two minutes ahead of runner up Joe Malone (Unattached) who finished in 1:17:44 (2nd place). Andrew McIntyre (Orangegrove AC) running 1:19:45 for 3rd place. David Proctor ran 1:24:31 to claim 11th and Stephney McGivern crossed the line in 1:50:09 21st lady home and 115th overall.

Louise Smith (North Belfast Harriers) 1:24:09 won the ladies event with club mate Martsje Hell (North Belfast Harriers) next in 1:28:11 and in 3rd place, was Springwell RC’s Karen McLaughlin in 1:31:30.

At the juvenile track championship at Tullamore Willowfield had four athletes who had qualified from the Ulster Championships between them tackling the 800m and the steeplechase.

U15 Boys 800m - Dylan McBride took the silver medal, running 2.07.45

U17 Boys 800m – Nathan McBride was unfortunately did not make the final finishing 5th in his heat

U17 Boys 2000m Steeplechase - Andrew Hagan finished a close 3rd picking up the bronze medal, running 6.44.64

U19 Men 3000m Steeplechase - Marc Jeffrey was also a bronze medallist, running 11.33.22

Well done to you all.

IAU World 24hr Championships – 1st & 2nd July 2017

Huge congratulations to Tim Brownlie who gave it his all in the World 24hr Championships.

He completed a total of 150.79 miles making him the 1st NI man to finish and 26th place overall!

He also was 2nd home for the Irish team earning himself the silver medal in the AAI National 24hr Championship race.

A fantastic achievement - Well Done Tim!

NI Relay Championships – 1st July 2017

Congratulations to Nathan McBride, Andrew Hagen, Oliver Corrigan and Matthew Caves who are the new U17 NI and Ulster 4x400m Relay Champions.

They claimed Gold at Mary Peters on Saturday.

Well done boys!

Ards Half Marathon – 30th June 2017

Well done to everyone who competed in the Ards Half Marathon on Friday 30th June. Brilliant running by you all. Congratulations must go to Neill Weir who took 3rd place and Amy Bulman who was 2nd Female.

Results

3rd - Neill Weir - 1.14.19

9th - Garry Morrow - 1.17.18

13th - Chris Moren - 1.19.05

21st - David Proctor - 1.22.15

22nd - Thomas Carson - 1.22.18

24th - Amy Bulman - 1.22.24

209th - Stuart Lappin - 1.44.15

255th - Stephney McGivern - 1.47.07

316th - Marc Jeffrey - 1.50.46