After the intensity of last weekend’s adventures in Tollymore and elsewhere, perhaps it was inevitable that this week should see a less hectic schedule for East Down’s athletes, with the most effort being devoted to a bout of wound licking and watching others suffer. Certainly there was no East Down representation in Bangor on Saturday for the North Down Festival of Cross Country Relays and just three made the trip to Gosford for the latest in the Run Forest Run series of 10Ks. Niamh Kellett 41.34 was an excellent 3rd placed Lady while Michael McKeown and Clare Carson finished in 45.34 and 53.22 respectively. Continue reading
Category Archives: Juniors
EDAC Circuit Training Classes
Every Friday from 6:30 pm to 7:30pm we deliver a Circuit Training classes in the club rooms. Ashley Wade from Wade Training will be taking the class, entrance fee £5. Part of the charge will be allocated to buying new circuit training equipment for the club.
As a newbie to circuit training I can thoroughly recommend the classes, so can my glutes and abs. I would also like to say that Ashley delivers the classes for all fitness abilities.
Next McGrady Financial Services Junior XC @ KIlbroney
| Race | Date | Time | Location |
| 3 | Sun 29th November | 1:00 pm | Kilbroney Forest Park, Rostrevor |
| 4 | Sun 17th January | 1:00 pm | Delamont |
| 5 | Sun 28th February | 1:00 pm | Tollymore |
Race Details Continue reading
IMPROVED TIMES BUT NO NEW RECORDS
In the absence of both last year’s winners in Saturday’s 6th running of the Dundrum Gr8 Race, there were two certainties, that there would be new names on the champions lists and that neither of them would be mine. The question was, would the near perfect running conditions lead to a new race record time?
The absence of the headwind on the beach contributed significantly to the performances of most runners and it was notable that the winning times were almost 2 minutes better than last year. And yet Brendan Teer’s 2013 record of 44.46 remained unthreatened, with North Belfast Harriers Andrew Annett posting 45.29 ahead of Mourne Runners William McKee 45.34 and North Belfast’s Lindsay Gordon 46.02. Probably the unluckiest runner on the day was another North Belfast runner Brendan Grew who was 3rd last year in 49.31. He ran 47.07 this year, just 1 second short of last year’s winning time and yet finished only 5th!!
McGrady Junior XC – Race 2 Dromore
Race 2 of the McGrady Financial Services Junior XC Series 2015/16 will take place in Dromore on Sunday 18th October at 1pm. Please arrive in good time for registration and warmup. There is a free bus (24 seats) leaving from EDAC club rooms at 11am sharp and will return to the club rooms for approximately 3:30pm. Further information contact Frank Cunningham 07921070066 – frankcu@btinternet.com.
Map to start location is below, Dromore Community Centre, Holm Park, Lurgan Rd, Dromore, County Down BT25 1HL.
Cross Country Season Underway
On Saturday 10th October 2015, the first round of this season’s Athletics NI Cross Country League got underway at the Billy Neill Centre, Dundonald, hosted by Ballydrain Harriers. A total of nine events throughout the winter season will make up the league fixtures, with club teams scoring points at each of the nine races for team and individual placings.
Conditions on the day were perfect for running and the Ballydrain team had laid out a proper old-fashioned cross country course with a tough climb to be negotiated on each lap. In horse racing parlance the underfoot conditions would be described as no worse than ‘good to soft’ and runners are sure to encounter more testing conditions as the League progresses. Continue reading
NI Road Relay Championships 2015
NI Road Relay Championships 2015
On Saturday 3rd October 2015, a huge crowd of athletes and spectators descended on Victoria Park, Belfast for the Northern Ireland Road Relay Championships, hosted by East Belfast club Orangegrove AC. The event really seems to have captured the imagination of the local running fraternity and this year’s entry, made up of almost 500 athletes representing 136 Teams, must surely have been a record. The increase in popularity in recent years is no doubt due to the hard work and dedication of the host Club who organised the event with military-like precision and on the day looked after the needs of runners and spectators in tremendous fashion. Continue reading