Commonwealth Games 2014

Congratulations to Kerry O’Flaherty for a gutsy performance at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She was ‘in the mix’ for much of the race in front of 44,000 spectators and came home 11th in 9:55.9 just three seconds outside her personal best and Northern Ireland Record. It’s been a great season for her, running three times inside her best before the start of the year.

Kerry at CWG 2014

Irish Track & Field Championships 2014

10 days before the Commonwealth Games Steeplechase, Kerry O’Flaherty dropped down in distance to 1500m and onto the flat to come home 3rd in the Irish Championships at the Morton Stadium in Santry in 4:18.7. Winding up the pace from at the front after the initial slower couple of laps, O’Flaherty ran 2:12 for the last 800m but was out kicked by the fast finishing Ciara Mageean who ran a 63 seconds last lap to secure the national title. In 2nd was twice European Cross-Country Champion Fionnuala Britton who came home 0.4 seconds ahead of O’Flaherty. Full race coverage provided by East Down AC is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RJoN7Fup98&sns=fb

Newcastle Athletes Compete against Olympic Hopefuls

by Neil McCalister
The Brian Downing Memorial International Meet in Antrim lived up to the hype with Olympic athletes taking the limelight. Athletes from Oman, Djibouti, Egypt and Qatar who are here for an Olympic Games Pre Training Camp impressed the crowd and gave 3 Newcastle athletes the unique opportunity to witness their pre race preparations and to compete against some of the best athletes in the world. Continue reading