Results can be found here
A record 225 runners competed in this year’s Lurig Run, which took place on Saturday 14th August, as part of the Heart of the Glens Festival 2010.
Joe McAlister won in a very impressive time of 28:50, while Emmet McAlister was the first local home for the third year in a row, finishing in 8th place in a time of 33:10 and collecting the prestigious Larry McAfee Memorial Shield. The first female home was Shileen O’Kane in 35:21, who finished 20th overall. Congratulations to our very own Richard McNeilly who won the male Vet over 60 category in a great time of 40:45. Ballymena Runners won the very competitive team race, as 4 of their runners made it home first.
Many thanks go to the runners, spectators, volunteers and organisers who made the event such a success and who year on year make the Lurig Run such an important part of the Festival week.
Stephen Cunningham of Mourne Runners set a superb new course record for the Mourne Seven Sevens at Newcastle on Saturday. The gruelling 19 mile event climbs the seven highest peaks in the Mournes and involves a total climb of 8,500 feet. The race was the fifth round of six in the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Championship
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Newcastle Athletic Club has built a reputation second to none for development of outstanding athletic talent, exemplified by the number of internationals and championship winning runners produced.
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Eoghan Totten has been selected to represent Ulster in the Boys U18 3000m at the Celtic Games. The games take place this Saturday in Athlone. The Celtic Games is held annually with juvenile teams competing from Scotland, Wales, Ulster and Athletics Ireland. For many athletes this is an important stepping stone in International athletics. Athletes such as Derval O’Rourke (Leevale AC) and Christian Malcolm (Wales) still hold Celtic Games record.
Hill and Dale Rucksacs are now ready for collection:
Belfast from 22 July and Newry from 25th July.
The following results are now available for the 2010 Hill and Dale Series:
Overall Standings
Male Standings
Female Standings
Category Winners
Final Hill and Dales Series Report
Prize for completing 6 or more races in this year’s H&D Series will be an Inov8 20Ltr Race Elite Rucksac.
Available for collection from our main sponsor Up & Running during July, there will be a further update to advise when they are ready for collection. Unless you have advised otherwise they can be collected from the Belfast shop. If you would like to collect from the Newry shop please email, deon@mournes.plus.com before 2 July.
Results are here.
Pictures are here.
