Hill and Dale Results 2008
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
Race 7
Race 8
Race 9
Race 10
Race 11


Tollymore Mountain Centre

Hill and Dale Race 2

Thursday 17th April 2008

Duncan & Shannon in Control

The 2008 Hill & Dale Race Series continued in great form with the race based in Tollymore Mountain Centre and another record turnout of 175 runners toeing the start line – but this week only 171 were destined to make the finish line.

The spring has been cold and it was no different as the runners milled around waiting for the start of Race 2, a start that had been moved 200metres because the track had been proving too narrow for the number of starters. The usual cavalry charge proceeded but soon last week’s winner Omagh’s Stevie Duncan was pulling away at the front. Duncan recently became Northern Ireland Half-Marathon Champion and he is clearly in the form of his life. It looks like he holds out the possibility of taking the Hill & Dale title west of the Bann for the first time ever.

While the leaders were charging on, Newcastle’s Noel Douglas was on the first climb mid-pack and passing some runners when he lost his balance and reached out and grabbed a tree to steady himself when suddenly he heard a click and then felt a searing pain. Looking down, he saw that one of his fingers was dislocated at the knuckle joint. Returning to the Mountain Centre, a Good Samaritan whisked him off to Casualty and more pain of relocation to come.

The course had been revised to include a small amount of extra climbing on the 2nd Drinn through some of the deeper forest. This did not deter Duncan as he stormed home to win in 33 minutes and 16 seconds, well over a minute clear of Mourne’s Des Woods – another man entering the form of his life. Deon McNeilly (race organiser this week) was next (and first veteran 45) with first junior, Omagh’s Noel Collins in fourth. Fast improving Mourne’s Stevie Cunningham, hill-running virgin East Down’s Brendan Teer, Newcastle’s Dave McKibbin made up the minor places.

In the ladies section, Newcastle AC’s Alwynne Shannon made it two victories out of two with a comfortable, near two minutes, victory over Omagh’s Frances Orr. Newcastle’s Anne Sandford was next home in third.

One of the other elements of the Hill & Dale series is the very competitive team event. It has been dominated over the years by Newcastle AC, but this year they are under real pressure in the shape of both Omagh Harriers, who won again this week to make it two out of two and Mourne Runners who came home in 2nd this week. Only 4 points separated the first three teams and all in all an amazing 13 different teams register a score. For the record Lagan Valley made it (lucky for some) 13th with 275 points, some 260 points off the lead.

A more disturbing feature of this week’s forest race was the propensity for some runners to leave the track and cut corners (especially on the zigzags). In other races on the open mountain, it is normally fine to get between checkpoints by any line, however, the etiquette on a forest race would be for competitors to stay on the track – you know who you are J

After last week’s special outing of numbers 50 & 100, a new fashion is emerging with runners seeking out special numbers – Joe McCann was on the hunt for 196, his weight in pounds, whilst Damian Brannigan was looking for 830, the time of his next feed – no joy for either as they already had numbers from the previous week.

As for the Mourne Runners’ Godfather, Bart, he was obviously taking part in a Bono ‘look a like’ competition; shades (ok), hat (ok), waistline, U2 fat. Meanwhile ACKC’s continuity member Davy Hughes looked for all the world like a runner on the Olympic Torch Marathon – in this case, not surrounded by Chinese Security Men, but a group of females who obviously heard about his champagne buying the previous week at the prize giving.

Race three moves the whole contingent to the southern end of the Mournes and Kilbroney Forest and the first sign of ‘real’ mountain in the series to date. It is only a glimpse though as much of the course is in the forest. Please note that entries will close sharp at 7.20pm for the start at 7.30pm – so get there much earlier to register.

BOGBOY


  Time Name Category Club % of Winner
1 33.16 Stephen Duncan O Omagh Harriers 100.00%
2 34.35 Des Woods v40 Mourne Runners 103.59%
3 35.08 Deon McNeilly V45 Newcastle AC 102.13%
4 35.29 Noel Collins MJ Omagh Harriers 100.60%
5 35.42 Stephen Cunningham O Mourne Runners 100.37%
6 35.57 Brendan Teer Open East Down 100.42%
7 36.09 David McKibbin V40 Newcastle AC 101.46%
8 36.29 Garry Bailey Open Mourne Runners 100.55%
9 36.35 Paul Mawhirt V40 Newcastle AC 100.17%
10 36.41 Edward Hanna O Mourne Runners 100.17%
11 36.43 Johnny Steede O Ballymena Runners 100.05%
12 36.45 David O'Flaherty O Newcastle AC 100.05%
13 36.49 Ciaran Collins MJ Omagh Harriers 100.11%
14 37.33 James Speight Junior Omagh Harriers 102.30%
15 37.49 Raymond Ferguson V35 North Belfast Harriers 100.43%
16 38.05 Mark Alexander V35 Ballymena Runners 101.49%
17 38.15 Eamon McCrickard V40 Newcastle AC 100.26%
18 38.27 Conor Moore MJ Omagh Harriers 100.31%
19 38.3 David Tweed O North Belfast Harriers 100.08%
20 38.32 Damian Brannigan V40 Newcastle AC 100.05%
21 38.35 Eoghan Totten Open Newcastle AC 100.08%
22 38.49 Dominic McGreevy V50 Ballydrain Harriers 100.37%
23 38.57 Jonny Gregg V35 Team Purple 100.21%
0 39.09 Clive Bailey V35 Mourne Runners 101.35%
25 39.28 David Allen V45 Albertville 100.49%
26 39.43 Mark Kendall Open Newcastle AC 100.38%
27 39.47 Stephen Kennedy V35 Larne AC 100.10%
28 39.5 James McKee Open Mourne Runners 100.08%
29 39.55 Jim Brown V45 BARF 100.13%
30 40.11 Mark McManus O Larne AC 101.42%
31 40.21 Cathal McGreevy V40 Team Purple 100.25%
32 40.24 Mark Laird O Newcastle AC 100.07%
33 40.36 David Ewart V35 BARF 100.30%
34 40.44 William Marks O Mourne Runners 100.20%
35 40.51 Joe McCann V35 Newcastle AC 100.17%
36 40.53 Vaughan Purnell V35 Mourne Runners 100.05%
37 41.07 Christopher McCorry O BARF 101.33%
38 41.1 Eddie Bell V45 Abbey AC 100.07%
39 41.25 Patrick Bradley V35 Newcastle AC 100.36%
40 41.28 Brendan O'Boyle MJ Larne AC 100.07%
41 41.31 Paul Watters Open Armagh AC 100.07%
42 41.33 Paul Holywood V35 Armagh AC 100.05%
43 41.37 Alwynne Shannon LV45 Newcastle AC 100.10%
44 41.51 Declan McElroy V40 Newcastle AC 100.34%
45 41.56 Kevin Murdock V40 Team Purple 100.12%
46 42.03 Gerry Morgan O Up & Running 101.13%
47 42.06 Rodney Hanna V40 Team Purple 100.07%
48 42.21 Cecil McCullough V45 Mourne Runners 100.36%
49 42.35 Mark Gordon Hanna V35 Mourne Runners 100.33%
50 42.41 Neville Watson V35 BARF 100.14%
51 42.49 Pete Grant V40 Up & Running 100.19%
52 42.55 Gareth Boreland Open BARF 100.14%
53 43.02 Sam Herron Open Mourne Runners 101.10%
54 43.07 Billy McKay V55 Albertville 100.12%
55 43.15 Frances Orr FO Omagh Harriers 100.19%
56 43.17 Dean Carolan Junior Unattached 100.05%
57 43.3 Pascal Toner V45 Newcastle AC 100.30%
58 43.42 Sean Bradley Open Lunchtime Legends 100.28%
59 43.56 Mark O'Hare O Newcastle AC 100.32%
60 44 Jeremy Anderson O Unattached 101.01%
61 44.04 Richard Hanna O Mourne Runners 100.09%
62 44.09 Clive Coffey V40 Physio & Co 100.11%
63 44.11 Chris McCann V45 Mourne Runners 100.05%
64 44.24 Graham Smyth O Unattached 100.29%
65 44.25 Mervyn McCollam O Larne AC 100.02%
66 44.26 Tony Forde V45 North Belfast Harriers 100.02%
67 44.29 Anne Sandford LV40 Newcastle AC 100.07%
68 44.53 Tim Wilson O Unattached 100.54%
69 45.03 Micheal Breen Open Unattached 101.12%
70 45.05 Stephanie Hambling LV40 North Down AC 100.04%
71 45.12 Helen Stockdale LV40 Omagh Harriers 100.16%
72 45.14 Brian Wilson V35 Lagan Valley 100.04%
73 45.17 Francis Boal V60 Ballydrain Harriers 100.07%
74 45.23 Peter McGuckin V55 Mourne Runners 100.13%
75 45.26 Simon Cummings V35 NDAC 100.07%
76 45.31 Mike Thompson V45 Unattached 100.11%
77 45.48 David Bell V45 Mourne Runners 100.38%
78 45.53 Jonathan McGrath V35 North Down AC 100.11%
79 45.56 Colm Kelly O BARF 100.07%
80 45.59 Harry Teggarty V55 Mourne Runners 100.07%
81 46 Stewart Cunningham V55 Mourne Runners 100.90%
82 46.25 Ian McCollum O Unattached 100.54%
83 46.33 Gregory Lenon V35 Physio & Co 100.17%
84 46.43 Lemoine Patrick v40 BARF 100.22%
85 46.44 Jimmy Murray V45 Team Purple 100.02%
86 46.45 Niall McConville O Unattached 100.02%
87 47.15 Jim Walker V45 Unattached 101.51%
88 47.29 Stephen Cassidy V35 Physio & Co 100.30%
89 47.36 Fred Strickland V60 Ballydrain Harriers 100.15%
90 47.37 Andy Bridge V45 BARF 100.02%
91 47.39 Edd Smith V55 Lunchtime Legends 100.04%
92 47.42 Brian Spence V45 Larne AC 100.06%
93 47.44 William Howard V50 Lagan Valley 100.04%
94 47.51 Shileen O'Kane LV35 BARF 100.15%
95 47.52 Frank McKenna V45 PDAC 100.02%
96 47.55 DessI O'Hagan V50 Physio & Co 100.06%
97 48.06 Francis Nugent V40 Newcastle AC 101.07%
98 48.12 Michael Barton V55 Mourne Runners 100.12%
99 48.16 Pat Dunbar V55 Team Purple 100.08%
100 48.3 Barry Rankin V50 Mourne Runners 100.29%
101 48.32 Mark Gray O Omagh Harriers 100.04%
102 48.34 Paul Duffy V35 Newcastle AC 100.04%
103 48.4 Paul Patton O Unattached 100.12%
104 48.43 Adrian Hearst V45 Albertville Harriers 100.06%
105 48.53 Wes Kettyle V55 Mourne Runners 100.21%
106 48.56 Joe Miles V55 Lunchtime Legends 100.06%
107 48.58 John McBride V50 BARF 100.04%
108 49.01 Stefanie Pruzina LV40 BARF 100.89%
109 49.06 David Aubrey Ross Open Unattached 100.10%
110 49.07 Diane Wilson LV35 Lagan Valley 100.02%
111 49.1 Cormac Fitzpatrick V35 Unattached 100.06%
112 49.15 Martina Elliot V40 Unattached 100.10%
113 49.19 Richard Dugan V45 Lunchtime Legends 100.08%
114 49.21 Mike Smith V55 Unattached 100.04%
115 49.22 Paul Brown V45 Lunchtime Legends 100.02%
116 49.25 Helen Cassidy FO Physio & Co 100.06%
117 49.26 Anna Stamp FO Unattached 100.02%
118 49.31 Seamus White V45 Newcastle AC 100.10%
119 49.36 Taryn McCoy FO Unattached 100.10%
120 49.51 Paul Fegan O Newcastle AC 100.30%
121 49.52 WJ Brown V55 Mourne Runners 100.02%
122 49.55 Declan Carolan V35 Unattached 100.06%
123 50 Marie Therese Speight LV50 Omagh Harriers 100.91%
124 50.12 Mark Breen O Unattached 100.24%
125 50.17 Hazel Hunter FO Lagan Valley 100.10%
126 50.18 Paul McCormac V40 Physio & Co 100.02%
127 50.2 Brian Hamilton V60 Up & Running 100.04%
128 50.36 Andy McMurray O Unattached 100.32%
129 50.49 Jackie Toal LV35 BARF 100.26%
130 51.11 Charlie henderson V35 Unattached 101.23%
131 51.12 Fred Hammond V55 BARF 100.02%
132 51.15 Shaun Peter O'Loughlin V40 North Down AC 100.06%
133 51.2 Paul Watson V40 Newcastle AC 100.10%
134 51.21 Paddy McCrickard V40 Unattached 100.02%
135 51.3 Martin McMullan O Newcastle AC 100.18%
136 51.31 Barbara Brown LV50 Mourne Runners 100.02%
137 51.33 Brendan Ward O Unattached 100.04%
138 51.45 Denis Rankin V60 BARF 100.23%
139 51.52 Liz McLaughlin LV40 Team Purple 100.14%
140 52.03 Susan Edwards LV35 Lagan Valley 100.99%
141 52.1 Michael Quinn V40 Unattached 100.13%
142 52.15 Jonathan Sloan V35 Unattached 100.10%
143 52.33 John Findlay V40 Newcastle AC 100.35%
144 52.44 Wendy Findlay LV40 Newcastle AC 100.21%
145 52.46 Fiona Murdock LV35 Team Purple 100.04%
146 52.5 Mark Hopkins O North Down AC 100.08%
147 52.59 Peter Ludlow V40 Mourne Runners 100.17%
148 54.01 Brian Peters V40 Unattached 102.70%
149 54.04 Christine Hill FO BARF 100.06%
150 54.18 Kathleen Monteverde LV45 Unattached 100.26%
151 53.4 Finian O'Hagan V45 Physio & Co 98.56%
152 53.53 Andrew McGibbon V40 BARF 100.24%
153 54.03 Raymond McIntyre V40 Unattached 100.93%
154 54.14 Ian Taylor V60 BARF 100.20%
155 54.48 Katriona Stefkova Junior LVO 100.63%
156 55.53 Paul Jackson Open Unattached 101.93%
157 55.58 Daisy Murray Junior Team Purple 100.09%
158 56.02 Caroline Peters LV40 Unattached 100.79%
159 56.07 Bob Cooke V60 Mourne Runners 100.09%
160 56.19 Garry McLoughlin V40 Newcastle AC 100.21%
161 56.33 Donal O'Kane V45 BARF 100.25%
162 57.17 Moya Burns LV40 Unattached 101.49%
163 57.31 Connell Nugent V45 Newcastle AC 100.24%
164 58.03 David Hughes V45 ACKC 101.26%
165 58.34 Chris Donaldson V45 Legends 100.53%
166 58.56 Douglas Hawke Open Unattached 100.38%
167 59.04 Clare Lann FJunior Omagh Harriers 100.82%
168 59.36 Ann McGeeney LV45 Team Purple 100.54%
169 62.12 James Lyons Open Unattached 104.65%
170 65.01 Pauline O'Hara LV45 BARF 104.65%
171 73.07 Caroline Petot Open Unattached 112.40%
172 DNF Stewart Magill V35 Unattached  
173 DNF Martin McLaughlin V45 Omagh Harriers  
174 DNF Noel Douglas V50 Newcastle AC  
175 DNF James Burns Open Unattached  

 

Teams

TEAMS 3 to count  
1 Mourne Runners 15
2 Omagh Harriers 18
3 Newcastle AC 19
4 Larne AC 97
5 BARF 99
6 Team Purple 99
7 North Belfast 100
8 Albertville 183
9 Ballydrain 184
10 Physio & Co 233
11 North Down 250
12

Lunchtime Legends

 255
13 Lagan Valley 275




 

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