The weekend saw Louise Smart take on another ultra challenge, this time the Liverpool Leeds Canal Race. The race follows the 130 mile towpath of Britain’s longest man-made waterway, including the mile long Burnley Embankment (up to 60 feet above ground level) and the Bingley Five Rise Staircase – both of which are listed among the “Seven Wonders of the Waterways”. Despite the high temperatures, and testing route, which resulted in the early retirement of many participants, Louise powered on with her usual tenacity and determination, to finish on Sunday morning as first female and sixth overall! Amazing achievement.
27/8/29 InterClub Race
Ladies – 4 miles
Natasha Hewitt 26:37 (1st Lady)
Jayne McKeever 29:51
Alexandra Mclaughlin 30:10
Ruth Morrison 32:07
Claire Oliphant 32:15
Jülie Yöung 33:15
Patricia Hamill 34:20
Irene Downey 35:37
Carol Annesley 36:07
Karen Wilson 37:21
Suzanne Dickey 38:16
Rachel Lloyd 38:34
Margaret Beattie 38:58
Margaret Watters 39:03
Sharon Kerr 40:36
Ali Loughhead 42:18
Men – 5 Miles
Stuart Gowans 34:23
Samuel Dunlop 34:28
Simon McDowell 34:30
Nigel Mcgookin 36:23
David Hamill 37:05
Sean Pagel 37:15
Johnny Loughead 44:18
Niall Robinson 47:58
Chris Dickey 50:59
25/8/19 Storming The Castle 10k
Sam Dunlop 43:28
Thomas Waterfield 47:23
Patricia Hamill 48:51
David Hamill 49:32
Gordy Brown 53:45
Margaret Waterfield 54:09
Julie Young 54:00
Jennifer Moore 54:49
John Holmes 57:07
Carol Annesley 58:12
Margaret Beattie 58:22
Hayley Lowry 1.03:23
Emma Hill 1.05:02
Barbara Beattie 1.05:05
Alison Henderson 1.05:06
Marion Morrow 1.07:08
Anne McKeen 1.11:04
Brenda Kerr 1.14:33
Karen Graham 1.16:18
Stephen Allen 1.27:06
Jane Bankhead 1.27:10
Linda McComb 1.28:16
26/8/19 Shoreline Festival Triathlon
Wendy Forsythe (debut)
Helen Baird
24 & 25/8/19 Liverpool Leeds Canal Race (130 miles)
Louise Smart 28:30 (1st Lady)
24/8/19 Rathlin 10 mile Run
Alexandra McLaughlin 1.34:31
23/8/19 Portrush 5 Miler
Caroline Ashe 46:24
Marion Morrow 51:36
Marian Hayes 51:42
Grace Startin 55:26
18/8/19 Hillsborough Castle Festival of Running
5k
Ricky Mason 32:00
10k
Simon McDowell 45:15
Grace Startin 72:36
Half
Lyn Hardie 1.55:19
Irene Downey 2.06:44
18/8/19 Carols ParkRun Milestone
Congratulations to Carol Annsley on completing her 250th ParkRun at Antrim. Club members helped celebrate this auspicious milestone, by both running with Carol and eating cake!
15-18/8/19 Quadrathon Success
Well done to Martin Graham, Claire Oliphant, Eileen Stewart and Tracy Gilpin who conquered four testing back-to-back half marathons (52.4 miles), over 4 days, in all sorts of weather, along the rugged Wild Atlantic Way at the unique Quadrathon Quest in County Donegal.
