Acorns' Cathaoir Purvis sets PB on way to Irish Indoor finals

Congratulations to Acorns’ Cathaoir Purvis who finished 11th overall in a very high standard 1500 metre All Ireland Indoor final.

To qualify for the final, Cathaoir ran a personal best of 4.31 in his heat finishing third. Cathaoir has put a lot of time and effort into his training and is reaping the benefits. Well done Cathaoir.

Congratulations to Acorns Gillian Kirkpatrick and Nicola McElduff who ran the Bundoran 10 mile race on Saturday.

It was the sixth year of the race. Both girls had great runs, Nicola finishing first in 1.29 with Gillian just behind her also in 1.29.

Nicola used Bundoran as preparation for this Sunday’s London Half Marathon. Everybody in Acorns wishes Nicola all the best for London.

On Saturday a record number of runners turned up in the Antrim coastal village of Waterfoot for the annual Glenariff Mountain Race.

The course is 5.9 mile long with 370 metres of a climb up a hill in the course that is nearly a mile long.

This was the first race in the Northern Ireland Mountain Running Championships (NIMRA)and is known as the ‘Potato race’ because of the goodie bag consisting of a bag of spuds!

In a high calibre field, Acorns’ Shane Donnelly had a great run, finishing in seventh place with a time of 47.12 - over a minute quicker than his last year’s time.

Shane was followed by Acorns’ Conor Lynn in 71.07 with Chris Larkin finishing just behind Conor in 73.06.Well done guys on what is a very tough course.

Well done to Acorn Bronagh Stockman who took part in Muckhogs 5 mile run in Gortin Glen forest outside Omagh.

A challenging route with a mixture of trail and road and a few streams to cross!,well done Bronagh.

Well done to the Acorns who took part in Sunday’s Feeny 10k. It took place on a tough hilly course.

Congratulations to Acorn James Little who had a great run in Sunday’s Liverpool Half Marathon. James came in with a great time of 1.38.

Well done to the Acorns who took part in Sunday’s Addiction 10k in Belfast.

If you wish your results to be reported send the details to gary [email protected].

MUSA PARKRUN

Eoin Hughes 16.58 (PB)

Glenn Donnelly 17.22 (PB)

Sean Boyle 18.52

Alan Shaw 19.16

Roger McClean 19.53

Ciaran McIlroy 20.16

Andrew Shaw 21.08 (PB)

Leanne Sands 21.10 (PB)

Enda Daly 21.14 (PB)

Don Brownlee 22.50 (PB)

Steve Dallas 23.17 (PB)

Damien kelly 23.23 (PB)

Donna Patterson 23.29 (PB)

Viola Henry 24.11

Frances Bell 24.44

Trevor Dallas 24.45

Sandra Smyth 25.57

Judith Black 28.25

Bronagh Stockman 28.29 (PB)

Andra McKeown 30.18

Marina Abbott 38.19

ANTRIM PARKRUN

Kevin Bigmore 19.20

Chalky McGuckin 20.02

Niall Hassan 27.57

Louise Brady 28.31 (PB)

Edel Kidd 28.44

Owen Coogan 31.19

CRAIGAVON PARKRUN

Natalie Hall 20.05

PORTRUSH PARKRUN

Karen Alexander 22.30

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Satuday 19 March

Larne Half Marathon

Washingbay Green Run

Satuday 26 March

Omagh Half Marathon

TRAINING AND VENUES

Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt

Monday - Senior training @6.30

Wednesday - Senior training @7.30

Mid Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown

Tuesday - Senior training @ 6.30pm

Thursday - Senior training @ 6.30pm