The 410 mile round trip to Tramore in Co. Waterford was worth it for Enniskillen runner Harry McKenzie as he collected the gold medal in the under 17 boys’ 4500m race at the 123.ie National Novice and Juvenile Uneven Age Cross Country Championships, on Sunday. After missing out on a podium finish at last year’s […]
Morrison books place at European Championships
By Paul O’Neill Three local athletes stole the show at the National Cross Country Championships at Castle Irvine on Sunday with Enniskillen Running Club athletes Annabel Morrison, Harry McKenzie and Kate Kelly all impressing, at the Irvinestown venue. The brilliantly run event doubled as a trial for the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey […]
8,000 expected at Castle Irvine for National Champs
By Paul O’Neill Not since the National Senior Cross-Country Championships of 2008 at the Barnetts Demesne in Belfast has the event been held north of the border but later this month Castle Irvine Estate will play host to the prestigious competition. Enniskillen Running Club applied to Athletics Ireland to host the event, which doubles as a […]
Mount Lourdes’ cross country team pick up award
On Saturday, March 9, a team of eight Mount Lourdes students made history by winning a first-ever national cross-country title for the school at the Irish Schools’ Cross Country Finals in Tymon Park, in South Dublin. The team, made up of Erin McPhillips, Eimear Mulligan, Kacey Gallagher, Ciara McCrystal, Moya Magee, Megan Kelly, Kate Kelly […]
Award leaves Mahon jumping for joy
For Irvinestown man Conal Mahon playing the long game has paid dividends. The Irish triple jump champion is the recipient of the Fermanagh Herald’s Sports Personality Award for June, but as he freely admits, success did not come overnight. “I was a late bloomer [in athletics]. Everyone starts off wanting to be Usain Bolt, but if […]