By Paul O’Neill The Irish team was in a rich vein of form at British & Irish Masters Cross Country hosted by Northern Ireland at the Billy Neill Country Park in Comber, last Saturday week. Overall, this five-nation event has historically been dominated by England since its inception in 1988, only losing to the hosts Ireland […]
Toner and McGirr make Irish Masters’ cross-country team
With five weeks until the National Championships, which this year are being hosted by the Enniskillen Club at the Castle Irvine Estate in Irvinestown, many of the country’s top cross-country athletes toed the line for the annual Autumn Open Cross-Country event at the National Sports Campus, Abbottstown, on Sunday. As well as being a season’s […]
First national senior medal for Toner
By Paul O’Neill On Saturday a number of athletes from the Clones club travelled to Fairyhouse Racecourse where local club Ratoath hosted the National Half Marathon Championships. Up on 1100 athletes took to the start line in glorious conditions just inside the gates of the racecourse, heading out onto the country roads before returning to […]
Fermanagh Cross Country returns to Necarne
The second running of the Fermanagh Cross Country event, organised by the Enniskillen Running Club in association with the Fermanagh District Council and Athletics NI, is booked in the calendar for 24th January.