Provisional Results , Report

Hill and Dale Race 5 – Rocky takes place on Thursday 12th May. The race will start at Leitrim Lodge. Full body cover must be brought to race. There will be kit checks at start and finish of race.

** IMPORTANT NOTICE : Any runner who knowingly competes using another athletes race number, without a number or without registering at the start of each race will be banned from the Hill and Dale Series and all future NAC organised events.

Anyone not following this rule is putting others lives at risk.

The race organisers must know who starts and finishes each race, to ensure all runners are accounted for and no one is lost on the hills.**

Registration

Registration will open at 6:30pm and close at 7:20pm SHARP.

Online Registration is NOW CLOSED and will reopen on Friday after Race 5.

Entries will NOT be accepted on the night if you did not register online.

Please remember if you collected your Race Number at Race 1, 2 or 3, bring it to Race 4.

New Barcoding System

• All numbers must be worn on front of vest and not on shorts.
• Please try to pin your number on as flat as possible.
• Please do not fold numbers.
• At your 1st race you will be issued with a barcoded race number
• Always make sure your number is scanned before the start of each race, if you don’t you will not appear in the results and be disqualified from the series.
• Please ensure your barcode is visible and scannable at the finish line. Make sure your arms or hands are not in the way e.g stopping a watch.
• Look after your number, there is a £5 charge for replacement.

The use of barcoding and looking after your numbers is to help reduce the workload of the volunteers involved with the series. Thank-you for your support.

Over 700 people took part in one of the most picturesque 10ks in the racing calendar. It starts right at sea level and takes in around 500 feet of climbing with superb views from the high point of the course. The initial 3k takes the runner up the coast road and back along King Street before entering Donard Wood, crossing the Glen River and the First Bridge and rising steadily to the Water House. A muddy crossing then follows to the boundary wall of Tollymore Forest before dropping fast to the Tullybrannigan Road and Tipperary Path and then a flat 2km to finish through the Islands, Castle Park and back along the Promenade. Continue reading →

The mean old hare gives a mean old stare (and then runs away!)
NAC Tollymore 5 mile time trial – Tuesday 23 June 2015

14 club athletes participated in the most recent time trial after 5 weeks of training in Castlewellan and Tollymore. ‘Mad Dog’ has postulated the erudite suggestion that regular and consistent training will lead to improved racing outcomes.  On the basis of the times below it is clear that there is irrefutable wisdom emanating from this ‘old codgers’ mouth.  Continue reading →

The Ballot entry system for the 2016 Virgin London Marathon opens on Monday 4 May. Newcastle AC operates a system whereby members applying for a club entry are given priority if they have been unsuccessful in applying through the ballot system. Members who qualify for a Championship or a Good for Age place are not eligible for a club entry.

Tuesday’s session is a 5 mile time trial in Tollymore. Warm up at 6:30 with a 6:50 start.

A number of members are taking part in the Les Jones 10k on Friday 15 May. Registration is open online through the ANI website. We are arranging some car pooling and a social event after in Belfast. The race starts and finishes at the Mary Peter’s Track at 7pm.

Did I ever tell you about the Armagh 10?
A nostalgic trip down memory lane by Bogus boy

Six hardy Newcastle athletes (Mark Kendall, Jerome Farrell, Aidan Brown, John Kelly, The Prophet and The Spartan) made the now annual trip to the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland for the Armagh 10 mile race around the rolling orchard county roads with five of them using this as the final preparation race for the Dublin Marathon on 27th October. Continue reading →

Well done to everyone who took part last night.  Results below.