The third round of the Northern Ireland
Mountain Racing Championships took place at Knockdhu,
north west of Larne. The race includes four climbs of
the Sallagh Braes, covers nearly 1,200 feet of climbing
and descent in around 5 miles. There was international
participation with runners from Scotland, Wales and
the south of Ireland, as well as men, ladies and veteran
teams from Northern Ireland. Local Newcastle AC runners
were well represented.
In the ladies race, Sula Young from
Scotland won followed by veterans Sue Ridley from Scotland
and Angela Brand-Barker from Wales. Cathy McCourt led
the local women home in 60th overall with three Newcastle
ladies following her, Anne Sandford in 63rd, Martina
Hawkins (making her well-earned Northern Ireland debut)
in 68th and Kerry Harty in 72nd. Alwynne Shannon made
up the local contingent finishing in 76th.
In the men's race, Deon McNeilly finished
2nd Northern Ireland runner in 9th overall and 3rd veteran
overall, closely followed by this year's most improved
runner, Ed Hanna, making his Northern Ireland debut.
Richard Rodgers was next in 11th and 4th veteran overall.
Next local up was Stevie Cunningham
sporting the Northern Ireland colours in 21st overall
with Paul Mawhirt following up his 4th place at Binnian
with a 23rd place here. ACKC's Gary Bailey was 24th
also gaining his 2nd Northern Ireland vest. Jim Patterson,
drafted in at the last minute for the NI veteran team
came home a credible 39th. Other locals included Dave
Bell, fresh from the London Marathon in 62nd place overall
and Marty McVeigh in 75th overall.
Adam Mitten is making a return to form
after taking much of the winter out of the sport and
finished 7th in the junior race and second Northern
Ireland athlete home.
RESULTS
| 1 |
00:15:20 |
M17 |
259 |
ELLIOTT SIMPSON |
FIFE |
|
| 2 |
00:16:12 |
M17 |
262 |
MICHAEL MCLOONE |
GREENOCK |
|
| 3 |
00:16:23 |
M17 |
263 |
GRANT CAMERON |
FURRES |
|
| 4 |
00:18:24 |
F17 |
257 |
SARAH INGLIS |
LOTHIAN |
|
| 5 |
00:18:43 |
F17 |
258 |
JENNIFER KIBBLE |
FIFE |
|
| 6 |
00:18:46 |
F17 |
256 |
MHAIRI INGLIS |
LOTHIAN |
|
| 7 |
00:18:48 |
M17 |
261 |
RYAN MCFADYEN |
LOTHIAN |
|
| 8 |
00:19:03 |
F17 |
266 |
MICHELLE STURM |
OMAGH |
|
| 9 |
00:19:44 |
M17 |
260 |
DARREN THOMPSON |
LOTHIAN |
|
| 10 |
00:20:04 |
F17 |
264 |
CHANTEL CLARK |
HUNTLEY |
|
| 11 |
00:20:09 |
M17 |
265 |
SCOTT SHEFFIELD |
EAST ANTRIM HARRIERS |
|
| 12 |
00:23:07 |
M17 |
1 |
K MULDOON |
|
|
| 1 |
00:23:20 |
MJ |
237 |
CARWYN THOMAS |
WALES |
A |
| 2 |
00:23:23 |
MJ |
253 |
DAVID PHEE |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 3 |
00:23:48 |
MJ |
251 |
KYLE COWIE |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 4 |
00:24:09 |
MJ |
252 |
ANDREW MCCALL |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 5 |
00:24:12 |
MJ |
238 |
NICKI CORNOCK |
WALES |
A |
| 6 |
00:25:00 |
MJ |
212 |
JONATHAN MCCLOY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 7 |
00:26:36 |
MJ |
215 |
ADAM MITTEN |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 8 |
00:27:13 |
MJ |
239 |
JOE THOMAS |
WALES |
A |
| 9 |
00:27:54 |
MJ |
214 |
NOEL COLLINS |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 10 |
00:30:48 |
MJ |
213 |
EOGHAN GILL |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 13 |
00:33:37 |
M17 |
2 |
JUSTIN MULDOON |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
00:35:53 |
MI |
240 |
EUAN JARDINE |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 3 |
00:36:26 |
MI |
243 |
CAMERON WATSON |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 4 |
00:37:12 |
MVI |
247 |
COLIN DONNELLY |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 5 |
00:37:20 |
MI |
241 |
ANDREW WRIGHT |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 6 |
00:37:24 |
MI |
200 |
NEIL CARTY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 7 |
00:37:33 |
MI |
219 |
KEVIN KEANE |
IRELAND |
A |
| 8 |
00:37:37 |
MVI |
249 |
RONNIE GALLAGHER |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 9 |
00:37:49 |
MVI |
210 |
DEON MCNEILLY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 10 |
00:37:54 |
MI |
203 |
EDWARD HANNA |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 11 |
00:39:02 |
MVI |
211 |
RICHARD RODGERS |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 12 |
00:39:04 |
MVI |
250 |
ALAN SMITH |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 13 |
00:39:07 |
MI |
225 |
ANDREW JONES |
WALES |
A |
| 14 |
00:39:12 |
MVI |
248 |
DES CROWE |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 15 |
00:39:13 |
MI |
218 |
GERARD HEERY |
IRELAND |
A |
| 16 |
00:39:14 |
MI |
217 |
PAUL NOLAN |
IRELAND |
A |
| 17 |
00:39:15 |
MI |
242 |
KYLE GREIG |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 18 |
00:39:33 |
MI |
227 |
DAVID REES |
WALES |
A |
| 19 |
00:40:08 |
MI |
226 |
TIM HIGGINBOTTOM |
WALES |
A |
| 20 |
00:40:11 |
MVI |
235 |
STEVE GILLILAND |
WALES |
A |
| 21 |
00:40:12 |
MI |
201 |
STEVE CUNNINGHAM |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 22 |
00:40:16 |
MVI |
234 |
RUSSELL OWEN |
WALES |
A |
| 23 |
00:40:17 |
MO |
335 |
PAUL MAWHIRT |
NEWCASTLE AC |
|
| 24 |
00:40:21 |
MI |
202 |
GARY BAILEY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 25 |
00:40:23 |
MO |
321 |
DES WOODS |
ACKC |
|
| 26 |
00:40:33 |
MVI |
209 |
WILLIAM MCKAY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 27 |
00:41:15 |
MO |
300 |
PETER O'FARRELL |
CRUSADERS |
|
| 28 |
00:41:24 |
MO |
326 |
MARK MCMANUS |
LARNE AC |
|
| 29 |
00:42:09 |
M40 |
306 |
STEPHEN MCLOONE |
GREENOCK |
|
| 30 |
00:42:13 |
MO |
310 |
ANDY GREGG |
LARNE AC |
|
| 31 |
00:42:20 |
MI |
228 |
IAN HOUSTON |
WALES |
A |
| 32 |
00:42:27 |
MO |
357 |
STAN SPENCER |
LARNE AC |
A |
| 33 |
00:42:29 |
MVI |
233 |
DIMITRI VORRES |
WALES |
A |
| 34 |
00:42:36 |
MO |
337 |
TURLOUGH CONWAY |
CRUSADERS |
|
| 35 |
00:42:38 |
M45 |
328 |
JIM BROWN |
BARF |
|
| 36 |
00:42:50 |
MVI |
236 |
PHIL ADAMS |
WALES |
A |
| 37 |
00:42:52 |
FI |
246 |
SULA YOUNG |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 38 |
00:43:03 |
MO |
352 |
SAMUEL DRUMMOND |
LARNE AC |
|
| 39 |
00:43:06 |
MVI |
208 |
JIM PATTERSON |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 40 |
00:43:21 |
MO |
302 |
ALISTAIR MURRAY |
HORWICH RMI |
|
| 41 |
00:44:36 |
M50 |
307 |
NAT TAYLOR |
GIRVAN |
|
| 42 |
00:44:49 |
FI |
245 |
SUE RIDLEY |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 43 |
00:44:57 |
MO |
339 |
SAM HERRON |
ACKC |
|
| 44 |
00:45:11 |
MO |
314 |
RICHARD COWAN |
WILLOWFIELD T HARRIERS |
|
| 45 |
00:45:16 |
MO |
350 |
KRISTOFER MULDOON |
ARMAGH AC |
|
| 46 |
00:45:17 |
MO |
356 |
COLIN LOUGHERY |
SPRINGWELL RUNNING CLUB |
|
| 47 |
00:45:21 |
FI |
231 |
ANGELA BRAND-BARKER |
WALES |
A |
| 48 |
00:45:22 |
MO |
319 |
DAVE EWART |
BARF |
|
| 49 |
00:45:31 |
MO |
322 |
COREY URWIN |
LARNE AC |
|
| 50 |
00:45:42 |
MI |
220 |
BARRY MINNOCK |
IRELAND |
A |
| 51 |
00:45:59 |
MO |
331 |
MERVYN MCCOLLAM |
LARNE AC |
|
| 52 |
00:45:59 |
MO |
308 |
COLIN BRASH |
GIRVAN |
|
| 53 |
00:46:05 |
MO |
351 |
STEPHEN KENNEDY |
LARNE AC |
|
| 54 |
00:46:25 |
FI |
229 |
JACKIE LEE |
WALES |
A |
| 55 |
00:46:55 |
MO |
340 |
NAT GLENN |
LARNE AC |
|
| 56 |
00:47:04 |
M40 |
330 |
PADDY MALLON |
BARF |
|
| 57 |
00:47:04 |
M40 |
341 |
JOHN FARRELLY |
RATHFARNHAM AC |
|
| 58 |
00:47:16 |
FI |
244 |
EILIDH WARDLAW |
SCOTLAND |
A |
| 59 |
00:47:20 |
M50 |
336 |
KEVIN GROGAN |
|
|
| 60 |
00:47:50 |
FI |
207 |
CATHY MCCOURT |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 61 |
00:47:53 |
FO |
318 |
RUTH METCALFE |
ERYRI |
|
| 62 |
00:48:14 |
M45 |
332 |
DAVID BELL |
NEWCASTLE AC |
|
| 63 |
00:48:17 |
FI |
204 |
ANNE SANDFORD |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 64 |
00:48:40 |
FI |
232 |
ANGELA JONES |
WALES |
A |
| 65 |
00:49:35 |
FI |
223 |
JANE CAHILL |
IRELAND |
A |
| 66 |
00:49:40 |
MO |
338 |
DARREN HERRON |
ACKC |
|
| 67 |
00:49:46 |
FI |
230 |
KAREN SMOUT |
WALES |
A |
| 68 |
00:50:01 |
FI |
205 |
MARTINA HAWKINS |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 69 |
00:50:08 |
M40 |
354 |
ALISTAIR BRATTEN |
SPRINGWELL RUNNING CLUB |
|
| 70 |
00:50:21 |
FI |
222 |
MAUREEN FOLEY |
IRELAND |
A |
| 71 |
00:50:49 |
MO |
325 |
BRENDAN O'BOYLE |
LARNE AC |
|
| 72 |
00:52:00 |
FI |
206 |
KERRY HARTY |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
A |
| 73 |
00:52:01 |
FO |
315 |
JENNEFIR EMSLEY |
ARRAN |
|
| 74 |
00:52:14 |
M45 |
353 |
MICHAEL HENRY |
PEGASUS AC |
|
| 75 |
00:52:16 |
M50 |
333 |
MARTIN MCVEIGH |
NEWCASTLE AC |
|
| 76 |
00:52:17 |
FV |
349 |
ALWYNNE SHANNON |
NEWCASTLE AC |
|
| 77 |
00:53:07 |
M60 |
358 |
BILLY MAGEE |
LARNE AC |
A |
| 78 |
00:53:18 |
FO |
346 |
NICKY BELL |
|
|
| 79 |
00:53:21 |
MO |
348 |
DALE SMITH |
LARNE AC |
|
| 80 |
00:54:00 |
M45 |
305 |
PAUL EMSLEY |
ARRAN |
|
| 81 |
00:54:27 |
MO |
344 |
P MULDOON |
AUGHNACLOY |
|
| 82 |
00:54:28 |
M55 |
313 |
RICKY COWAN |
WILLOWFIELD T HARRIERS |
|
| 83 |
00:54:31 |
M50 |
301 |
NIGEL JONES |
MMYNDODU |
|
| 84 |
00:55:09 |
MO |
347 |
WILL MARTIN |
|
|
| 85 |
00:55:12 |
M40 |
327 |
NORMAN ROBERTS |
LARNE AC |
|
| 86 |
00:55:22 |
FV |
342 |
ZOE MELLING |
RATHFARNHAM AC |
|
| 87 |
00:56:14 |
M60 |
320 |
JOHN ADGEY |
ACKC |
|
| 88 |
00:56:36 |
MO |
304 |
FRASER KINGSCOTT |
LOTHIAN |
|
| 89 |
00:57:14 |
M45 |
345 |
CORMAC MULDOON |
ARMAGH AC |
|
| 90 |
00:57:23 |
FI |
224 |
AISLING COPPINGER |
IRELAND |
A |
| 91 |
00:58:56 |
MO |
334 |
ANDREW MCGIBBON |
BARF |
|
| 92 |
00:59:08 |
M55 |
311 |
IAN TAYLOR |
BARF |
|
| 93 |
01:00:16 |
M45 |
355 |
GERRY O'DOHERTY |
SPRINGWELL RUNNING CLUB |
|
| 94 |
01:02:59 |
FV |
343 |
FIDELMA AYRES |
RATHFARNHAM AC |
|
| 95 |
01:03:08 |
FV |
329 |
HELEN BROWN |
BARF |
|
| 96 |
01:03:29 |
MO |
323 |
TONY KIERNAN |
CLONLIDEG AC |
|
| 97 |
01:03:31 |
M60 |
312 |
DREW TURNBULL |
WESTERLANDS |
|
| 98 |
01:06:02 |
MO |
324 |
BERNARD KIERNAN |
|
|
| 99 |
01:07:48 |
M50 |
309 |
ALASTAIR NOBLE |
GIRVAN |
|
| 100 |
01:22:55 |
M40 |
316 |
BRIAN HUGHES |
|
|
| 101 |
01:22:56 |
MO |
317 |
PETER O'BRIEN |
ERYRI |
|
International Male
1, Euan Jardine (Scotland) 35:53
2, Cameron Watson (Scotland) 36:26
3, Andrew Wright (Scotland) 37:20
Team - 1, Scotland (6pts), 2, Ireland (22pts)
International Female
1, Sula Young (Scotland) 42:52
2, Sue Ridley (Scotland) 44:49
3, Angela Brand-Barker (Wales) 45:21
Team - 1, Scotland (8pts), 2, Wales (15pts)
International Veterans
1, Colin Donnelly (Scotland) 37:12
2, Ronnie Gallagher (Scotland) 37:37
3, Deon McNeilly (N.Ireland)
37:49
Team - 1, Scotland (8 pts), 2,
N.Ireland (22pts)
International Junior Male
1, Carwyn Thomas (Wales), 23:20
2, David Phee (Scotland), 23:23
3, Kyle Cowie (Scotland), 23:48
Team - 1, Scotland (9pts), 2, Wales (14pts)
Boys Under 17 Race
1, Elliott Simpson (Fife), 15:20
2, Michael McCloone (Greenock), 16:12
3, Grant Cameron (Furres), 16:23
Girls Under 17 Race
1, Sarah Inglis (Lothian), 18:24
2, Jennifer Kibble (Fife), 18:43
3, Mhairi Inglis (Lothian), 18:46
Open Race
1, Alisdair Anthony (Central), 35:26
2, Paul Mawhirt (Newcastle
AC), 40:17
3, Des Woods (ACKC), 40:23
Male Vet 40+
1. Stephen McCloone (Greenock) 42:09
Male Vet 45+
1. Jim Brown (BARF) 42:38
Male Vet 50+
1. Nat Taylor (Girvan) 44:36
Male Vet 55+
1. Ricky Cowan (Willowfield) 54:28
Male Vet 60+
1. Billy Magee (Larne AC) 42:09
Female Open
1. Ruth Metcalfe (Eryri) 47:53
Female Vet
1. Alwynne Shannon(Newcastle
AC), 52:17