Congratulations to David O’Flaherty on winning the Comber Cup today and to the winning team who took home another Cup:
David O’Flaherty (1st), Seamus Lynch(2nd), David McNeilly(6th), Ian Bailey(7th), David Steele(8th), Deon McNeilly(9th), Colm Murtagh(14th) and PJ McCrickard(23rd).
Newcastle AC travelled to Comber on Saturday 15th February to take part in the Comber Cup with almost the same winning team as the Junior Championships, only London based Eoghan Totten being absent. Continue reading
Congratulations to the winning team of Eoghan Totten (3rd), David O’Flaherty (9th), Seamus Lynch (10th), David Steele (22nd),Ian Bailey (24th), David McNeilly (25th), Paul Carlin (28th), Eamon McCrickard (49th), Mark Kendall (53rd), John Kelly (56th), Brendan Donnelly (67th) and PJ McCrickard (75th).
Full Results
Photos by Deon McNeilly
Reflections on Regaining the Title by Eoghan Totten
Could running be a team sport?
A report on the NI Junior Cross Country Championships by Bogboy
Anyone who thinks running cannot be a team sport should have been in Lurgan Park on Saturday when the Ulster & Northern Ireland Junior/Intermediate Cross-Country Championships took place. Clubs can bring up to 12 to the start-line with the first six home counting towards the team score but with runners in 7th and further back being important too as they can affect the position of scorers in other rival clubs. There is no hiding place when confronted with 5 laps and 10km of mud, mud and more mud – real cross-country with just a couple of short hills to break up the rhythm even more. Continue reading
Details of Senior XC training and racing from our XC Club Captain, David McNeilly have been sent via email. You can contact David at david.mcneilly2@googlemail.com. All races Cialis are listed on fixtures page.
Race 2 of the McGrady Financial Services Junior XC Series takes place on Sat 28th September in Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor at 1:30pm.
These Championships take place on Saturday 26th January in Lurgan Park. Please see note below from our XC Team Captain, Brendy Donnelly:
Please note the closing date for entries of the Championships is Monday 21st January.
I have received some good feedback and have already got 6 confirmations, however we could use more as we stand a very good chance of a team medal. Please discuss this with club members during training and direct them towards myself (brendandonnelly@googlemail.com) for more information.
For more info please use the below link.
http://www.athleticsni.org/Events/Junior-Intermediate-and-Masters-Cross-Country-Championships
Please Sir…may I have DroMore…laps?
By Captain XC
Another Saturday, another cross country race. This time it was the turn of Dromore AC to host their annual race. This race isn’t for the faint hearted as the terrain is more akin to a fell race, nevertheless the Newcastle team were up to the challenge. Continue reading
Congratulations to Eoghan who ran a fantastic race to finish in 61st place. He has written a few words below about his experiences at the Championships:
Results
The European Cross Country Championships in Budapest put the international standard of running in perspective. The trip revealed to me that every minimalistic preparation prior to the race contributes to a wider but fine balance that will in turn affect your performance and position. Continue reading
