Johnston & Dickson Victorious in the Slieve Donard Classic
Photos courtesy of Paul Fegan
Race Report by BOGBOY
Races have been hard to find since lockdown in March and despite how ‘lonely’ the mountains are and ideally placed for ‘social distancing’ mountain races locally have been few and far between....
Bronze is the Colour of the Day at NI & Ulster Track Championships
Totten & O’Flaherty take bronze at NI & Ulster Track Champs
It’s certainly been an unusual year, exemplified this weekend with the NI & Ulster Track & Field Championships which would normally take place in June, rescheduled for mid-September due...
Newcastle & District AC at the Races
Race Report by BOGBOY
The racecourse looked immaculate on Saturday morning as the runners arrived at Down Royal the morning after ‘the races’ (for horses), the evening before, for more ‘races’ (for humans) as part of the ChampionChip Ireland well-organised...
Bronagh Completes the Killarney Hardman
Last weekend Bronagh McInerney travelled to Co Kerry to take part in the Killarney Hardman.
The event consisted of a 3.8km swim, followed by 180km cycle round the Ring of Kerry and finished off with a 42.2km run. For most...
Bailey breaks the World Everesting Running Record
On Sunday 23rd August, Ian Bailey set out to run an 'Everest' on Slieve Donard, 37 times from saddle to summit and back for a total ascent of around 9,250m (8,848m the height of Everest from sea level plus...
Newcastle & District AC Weekend Racing Notes
Zak Hanna excels again – this weekend at the Italian Mountain Racing Championships
Three weeks after his brilliant racing weekend in Malonno, Lombardy in Northern Italy, with a 3rd in Piz Tri Vertical Kilometre (Saturday) and a 5th in the...
Fast road racing at the new ‘Balmoral’ with plenty of PBs
Race Report by Bogboy
(Photos courtesy of John Glover)
After many months of lock down it’s brilliant to see racing back again. After a first series of road races around Down Royal racecourse a couple of weeks ago, this Saturday saw...
Newcastle & District AC’s & Salomon athlete Zak Hanna flies in Italy
Race Report by Bogboy
Racing opportunities have been scarce since lockdown in March and only in recent weeks have opportunities emerged. Indeed a couple of weeks ago Newcastle & District AC’s Zak Hanna journeyed to County Wicklow to race in...
Series Results for the McGrady Financial Services Junior XC Series 2019/2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unfortunately we have been unable to hold the usual Prize Giving Evening. We have ordered Prizes for everyone who completed the series, and your club will be in contact with you soon regarding the...
Hill & Dale Challenge 2020
As published on our website last week, whilst lockdown has eased and we can travel to the hills again, the continuing restrictions on races have resulted in this year’s Hill & Dale Series being cancelled.
As promised, to help fill...
PHYSIO
Meet The Physio – Sinead Boyle
By Karla Borland, from her blog www.whatkarladid.com
Sinead is a physiotherapist based in Ireland. We started rowing together at Bann Rowing Club around 16 years...
