Weekend Roundup from Newcastle AC:
Well done to Francis Tumelty and Tanya Cumming who competed in the trials for the Northern Ireland Masters XC team earlier today.
Tanya was 7th overall and 2nd in her age category making the F40 team for the British and Irish Masters XC in Glasgow next month.
Francis was 38th overall and is now reserve for the M50 team. Continue reading
Report by Eoghan Totten
Synopsis
The Newcastle & District AC senior men’s team has tasted success on the roads during the past two weekends. On September 23rd, we won the Northern Ireland and Ulster team road relay title in Victoria Park in east Belfast by a margin of one minute and thirty-five seconds. Averaging this margin out over the four runners (Eoghan Totten/me, Niall Goodman, Robbie Hagan and Patrick McNiff) for each of the four short legs (3,380m) equates to roughly eleven seconds per mile, per runner. This is a huge pace differential for any distance race but especially for what can still be considered a middle distance event. The statistic demonstrates the strength and depth of talent within the club at present. Most importantly, it shows that, under the coaching methodologies and guidance of Richard Rodgers, we are getting something right, and getting it right consistently. Continue reading
The cross country league is back with the first round at the TJ McElmeel race in Armagh. The Newcastle AC Ladies team won the league in 2021 and the plan this year was to start the season strong. Continue reading
Report by Bogboy
Congratulations to Newcastle & District AC’s senior men’s team who took victory at the Road Relay Championships in Victoria Park, Belfast on Saturday. Each leg was two laps of the park covering a total of 3,380m (2.1miles). Conditions were dry with a blustery southerly win in the face of runners for about 350 metres on each 1,654m (1.05miles) lap. Continue reading
Report by Rory Morrow
The Belfast half marathon took place last Sunday with almost five thousand (4,816) runners braving the drizzle and distance of the city, with Newcastle AC’s athletes all recording fantastic times. Continue reading
After all the hard slogging done through spring and summer, the Mourne Mountain Marathon is the culmination of the season for all grades of orienteers, fell runners and hikers to one event over the weekend in the middle of September. Generally the weather conditions would be favourable for such an event, however in typical fashion after last weeks heatwave, the dish was served best cold, foggy, wet, muck and gutters for the near 200 teams that toed the line starting at the Tollymore Mountain Centre on Saturday morning. Continue reading