Ballymena Runners receive international Selections!
Ballymena Runners are delighted to announce that 8 of our runners have been selected to represent Northern Ireland Masters at the upcoming North South Challenge International on Saturday 13th November.
Naomi Hutchinson and Sinead Scullion will be representing Northern Ireland Masters for the first time, it’s a wonderful achievement for both ladies. Both have had an outstanding season, this selection takes everything to a whole new level for them.
Seasoned internationals and multiple championship medal winners Paula Worthington, Geraldine Quigley, Brigid Quinn, Ben Morrow, Noel Connor and Ray Curran will add to their already impressive number of International selections.
Congratulations to all!
The selections come after a tough Cross Country race at the NI Masters Trials & Championship XC at Queen’s Playing Fields. The event saw age category Silver medals for Noel Connor, Geraldine Quigley, and Ray Curran, and a Gold medal for Brigid Quinn!
Women’s XC Masters results:
Naomi Hutchinson (35) 25mins 39sec
Paula Worthington (40) 23mins 59sec
Michelle Adair (40) 26mins 36sec
Geraldine Quigley (45) 25mins 27sec (2in Age Category)
Sinead Scullion (45) 26mins 36sec
Brigit Quinn (75) 34mins 57sec (1st in Age Category)
The Men’s XC Masters results were:
Pawel Lapinski (35) 31mins 06sec
Ben Morrow (40) 27mins 55sec
Kieran Scullion (40) 30mins 50sec
Noel Connor (55) 29mins 28sec (2nd in Age Category)
Ray Curran (65) 26mins 38sec (2nd in Age Category)
Ballymena Runners ‘Return to Running’ Programme
Saturday saw the Ballymena Runners Return to Running group complete their first Parkrun at Ecos. The group had successfully completed a 6 week couch to 5k course.
Club Chairman Stephen Brown saw the runners off and said “Our new Return to Running programme helped our members get back into running after a break. With special trainer led sessions it helped build people’s fitness and confidence to get back into running with our club and doing a Parkrun”.
Naturally a small celebration was in order to mark the occasion and everyone enjoyed a specially baked Parkrun Cupcake.
The run leaders were delighted with the commitment of the runners and the tremendous achievement of completing their Parkrun. We know the runners put in a lot of hard work in the training sessions and it was rewarded with everyone running the entire 5k distance.
Club Captain's Chris Young and Emma Donnelly joined other club members to welcome them 'across the finish line' as they completed the Ecos Parkrun.
The club want to thank Harry Armstrong, Bernie Carmichael and Stephen Brown for planning and delivering this initiative. If you would like to find out more about this initiative or joining the club please get in touch by email at ballymenarunners@hotmail.com
NI Women’s Masters Road Relay Championships
At the weekend Ballymena Runners Women' Road Relay team of Paula Worthington, Geraldine Quigley, Naomi Hutchinson and Sinead Scullion received their 'upgrade' medals form Bronze to Silver after a disqualification.
Manchester Marathon
Club member John Nicholson pulled on the blue vest and completed the distance with an impressive 2 hours 54 minutes finish at the recent Manchester Marathon.
