North Juniors enjoy good runs in the age group championships

16th Nov | Results | Posted by Joe Beattie

Even Age groups

Conal McCambridge was 54^th in the Under 12 boys

Lauren O`donnel-Anderson 16^th in the Under 14 girls

We had several girls competing in the Under 16 category

Maeve Corry was 23^rdRachael Harvey was 44^thMaeve McCambridge was 53^rdEmma Doherty 55^thAnna O`Brien was 59^th

And Andrew Doherty finished a superb 6^th in a highly competitive Under 18 boy’s race

Uneven Age groups

Sinead Boyle was 52^nd and Clodagh Corry was 55^th in the U13 girls

Lauren O`Donnel-Anderson 16^th, Rachael Harvey 30^th, Maeve Corry 37^th and Sarah Gargan 60^th in the Under 15 girls

Maeve McCambridge and Emma Doherty ran in the Under 17 girls, finishing 29^th and 30^th, split by only 10 seconds

Stephen McComiskey ran in the Under 17 boys, finishing 26^th. He struggled on the day and was disappointed with his performance, but will come back stronger.

Andrew Doherty and Declan Liggett ran in the under 19 boys, finishing 5^th and 21st respectively.

This completes an impressive double in the age group championships for Andrew, finishing 5^th and 6^th.

Junior athletes were well represented at the Spar Laganside Challenge.

Stephen Scullion Running at Mc Neese

Stephen Scullion, senior male athlete of the year 2005 – 2006

Stephen has taken up a running scholarship with Mc Neese University in Louisiana, USA.

Stephen will form a pivotal part in their cross country team and we will post regular updates on his progress over the coming season.

Link: - http://www.mcneesesports.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/spec-rel/090607aaa.htm

North Under 18s at Spar Laganside 10k

3rd Sept | Posted by Joe Beattie

North Belfast Junior athletes were well represented at the Spar Laganside Challenge.

Andrew Docherty finishing 1st Under 18 and 10th overall in 33min29

Declan Liggett finishing 2nd Under 18 and 18th overall in 35min16

Stephen McComiskey 5th under 18 and 58th overall in 38min56

Congratulations to the three boys.

This is good preparation as they move towards senior competition in the coming year or two.

Antrim Forum Multi Event

14 August |Results |Posted by Jimmy

Well done to Emma Doherty, Rachel Harvey, Lauren O'Donnell Anderson and Stephen McCommiskey who all competed at the Multi event held at the Antrim Forum on Saturday.

Emma competed in the 1992 category and finished in 10th place with 1089 points.

Rachel competed in the 1993 category and finished in 5th place with 1584 points.

Lauren competed in the 1994 category and finished in 3rd place with 1232 points.

Stephen competed in the 1990-91 boys category and finished in 3rd place with 2774 points.

Congratulations to all athletes you are all stars!!

Irish Schools Track & Field Championships

Well done to all the young North Athletes who were down in Tullamore this Saturday competing in the Irish Schools Track & Field Champtionships. In the girls competition there was a Bronze for Sarah Neary in the Senior girls 3000 mtr, Catriona McCourt was 6th in the Inter girls 800 mtr, & C McCauley was 6th in the Senior girls 800 mtr.

In the boys there was a Gold for Stephen Scullion in the Senior boys 2000 mtr Steeplechase, Silver for Conor Flanagan in the Senior boys 5000mtr, Andrew Docherty was 6th in the Inter boys 3000mtr & Owen McCabe ran in the Junior boys 1500 mtr. Congratulations to all!

Irish Schools XC Championships

At the Irish Schools Championships held at DCU Dublin, Sarah Nearey and Connor Flannigan did North proud by winning silver and bronze medals respectively. Sarah ran a very brave race to hold on for sliver in the Senior Girls' race. In the Senior Boys' race Connor showed his undoubted potential and shocked many of the favourites when coming in for bronze. Sean Mc Cafferty and Christine Mc Mahon also had excellent races and both finished well up in their races. Owen Carlton, meanwhile, was up the road at Santry representing Queens in the Irish University Championships where he had a very strong run.

Scullion Ulster Schools XC Champ

20 Feb | Results | Photos | Posted by Mark

A bright & sunny day at Mallusk masked the conditions of soft ground and strong winds. Due to the fact that we had a lot of athletes running for their respective schools and a lot of kids struck down with colds and flu’s the number of athletes with the NBH vest was smaller than usual. First to run was Christine McMahon in the Junior Girls. Still a year young and just back from injury she put up a storming performance to finish in 5th place. Antrim District Champion Catriona McCourt put in an equally brilliant performance in the Inter Girls event. Catriona, who only started running 6 months ago, was well up with the pace throughout the race and showing what a star she is going to be.

Next out was our trio of Inter boys Andrew, Sean & Declan. The race was run at a steady pace allowing for the sticky conditions. Andrew and Sean were in the lead group of 10 or so runners, with Declan back in midfield running a steady controlled race. Andrew then had the misfortune of losing his left running spike, but he didn’t let a small thing like that that deter him he took the lead were he stayed till coming into the last lap .He ended the race in 4th just 18 seconds of the leader with the fast improving Sean & Declan 10th and 23rd respectively. The Senior girls, Sarah Neary, Sarah McGowan & Holly all recovering from the flu epidemic which hit Eamon's group, were next to run. All ran well with Sarah Neary finishing in 4th place, Sarah McGowan in 12th & Holly 24th. Not bad for 2 weeks training!!

Our two Seniors boys Stephen Scullion & Conor Flannagan had the worst of the conditions and four laps to contend with. However this did not deter them, as Stephen set of at a blistering pace & by half way round the first lap he was 50 meters clear, with Conor caught by surprise in hot pursuit they poured the pace on and soon were well clear of the field. Stephen moved away to a near 40 second victory in a very fast time of 20.38 with Conor nearly 30 seconds clear of his nearest rival.

Well done to all NBH athletes and good luck in the Irish school's to all qualifiers.

Scullion also produced a great performance at the Irish Senior Indoors 3000m in a surperb time of 8:31 which put him in 6th place. He beat Paul Pollock, Kevin Seaward and Diarmuid Grant. He was only 15 secs behind the winner, Joe Mc Allistair. Well done Stephen!!

Antrim Schools District Qualifiers

A large number of North Belfast Athletes were in action at Ormeau Park on Tues running their Antrim school district qualifiers. We had winners in two categories, firstly Andrew Doherty in the inter boys followed by Conor Flanagan Senior boys both Malone College. Owen McCabe had a magnificent 2nd in the junior boys, Christine McMahon bronze in the junior girls and a large number of other athletes qualified through to the Ulster finals at Mallusk on the 15th Feb. Action switched to Delamont Park on Wednesday for the Down District where Stephen Scullion comfortably won the senior boys.

Stormont International XC

9 Jan | Results | Photos

North Belfast struck team gold at U13s and Junior men at this years Stormont International. Owen Carlton ran a tremendous race to take the Northern Ireland U20 Championship with Conor Flanagan only seconds behind.

Eoghan Gill also had a great race and a storming finish. Andrew Docherty was second Northern Ireland lad in the under 17s. Sean McCafferty and Declan Liggett made up the team. Rachel Harvey was well up in the under 13s and Owen McCabe had a fine run in the U15s.