Winner David McNeilly34.46
Jerome McCrickard 9th 38.23
Jerome Farrell 26th 43.43
Declan Rice 32nd 44.44

Results

Results

The Burrendale hotel are having a 7k and 10k run on Sunday 27th July at 12:00.
Entry fee is £10 and ALL money will go to Friends of Cancer.

Great prizes on offer:
1st male and female in 10K and 7K will receive 2 months free membership of Burrendale Country Club and Spa

2nd male and female in 10K and 7K will receive 1 months free membership of Burrendale Country Club and Spa

If you are able to marshal at the event please contact Marty: mcveigh.marty@hotmail.co.uk

After discussions with the club committee, it has been decided that each member of the club registering for the 2014 Dublin marathon in October should do as an individual. The club will subsidise and refund subsidy of the entry cost to those paid-up members taking part after they have entered the race. Please note that the entry fees increase at the beginning of August, making it advisable to register before Thursday 31st July. The club treasurer will refund subsidy to those members who resister for the race. Please see club email for subsidy details. Best wishes to all of those currently in training for this event.

I also intend to build on our great representation at the Victoria Park Relays last year. Notification of the date has already been circulated and I would hope we can field as many teams as last year; open, vets and who knows even a ladies team!!! Watch this space for further details.

Joe McCann
Newcastle AC Road Racing Captain

On Sunday 20th July 2014 Newcastle AC Athlete Brendan Donnelly completed the Bolton Iron Man competition. An Iron Man event is a triathlon, involving a 2.4mile swim in open water followed by 112 mile bike ride and finished off by running a full marathon 26.2 miles.

Brendan who is now based in London, still makes regular appearances at local events, has spent the last 6 months in hard training for the event which included early morning swim’s in London’s Hyde Park, Serpentine lake with water temperatures often close to freezing, cycling trips from London over the Chiltern hills in Oxfordshire and training runs round London’s Parliament Hill Park famous for National Cross Country events. When home is Newcastle would take part in the H&D series and join with the Club on training runs in Donard, Tollymore and Castlewellan Forest Parks. Continue reading →

No DB on the DLR as NAC show well at the VMLM!
A Special Report on London 2014 by Joe McCann

‘Will we have a coffee and wee scone before we pick the boys up?’ were welcome words to my ears. Preparation is everything, and to take the Virgin Money London Marathon weekend seriously one must be properly fuelled. There is no point leaving on an empty stomach when you are coaching a fine body of men.

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