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12th Sept – Wilderbeast

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Wilderbeast 10mile Sara Happy Birthday8 Seapark athletes took part in the inaugural  Wilderbeast 10 mile Trail Race on Saturday 12th September 2015 in the grounds of the picturesque Glenarm Castle and Forest.

Ian Cleland was first home for Seapark in an impressive time of 1:06:41 (5th place) with Jonathan Beattie 10th male in a time of 1:10:44. Seapark ladies put in strong performances with Gillian Cordner coming in 4th lady in a time of 1:17:58 and there was no relaxing on her birthday for Sara Johnston who finished in a great time of 1:43:38.
Results:
Ian Cleland     1:06:41
Jonathan Beattie 1:10:44
Gillian Cordner 1:17:58
Gary Connolly 1:19:14
Lynda Shannon 1:24:44
Karen Poag 1:36:09
Phil Poag 1:36:10
Sara Johnston 1:43:38

6th Sept – Laganside 10k

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Laganside Group

 

 

Ian Cleland 00:37:34
Charlie McCormick 00:40:37
Robert Murray 00:43:09
Colin McCrum 00:44:19
Gareth Hamill 00:46:11
Neill Harper 00:49:53
Ruth Hawkins 00:50:26
Lynette Magill 00:54:41
Trevor Lamb 00:55:53
Sara Johnston 00:56:09
Phil Magill 00:57:23
Ann McCracken 00:57:34
Glenda Murray 01:00:01
Megan Kane 01:02:11
Geraldine Kane 01:02:38
Carol Downey 01:09:13
Tony Barclay 01:09:13

parkrun roundup August

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Glenda August parkrun double PBCarrickfergus parkrun (picture Glenda Murray double PB’er)

Once again Ian Cleland had a strong performance at the Carrickfergus parkrun coming in 2nd on 15th August in a time of 18:36. Charlie continues his return to form at parkrun with a time of 19:59 bringing him home 2nd male on 29th Aug.

Jonny Bell put in 3 strong runs during August posting good times and getting a new PB on 8th Aug with a time of 22:33.

The PB’s just kept on coming in August with Gareth Hamill in 21:58 , Trevor Lamb 25:40 (PB and 50th parkrun!) and Alison Welsh 27:16 on 15th August. Carol Downey is currently in top form and posted a new parkrun PB of 32:53 on 22nd August as did Colin Pearson in a time of 27:45 and on 29th August new Seaparker Robert Steele got a new PB of 22:16.

But only one Seaparker double PB’d at Carrickfergus in August and that was Glenda Murray with 28:14 on 1st August and 28:03 on 15th.

Ann McCracken made her Carrickfergus parkrun debut on Saturday 15th August finishing in a time of 28:36.

Others completing the Carrickfergus parkrun during August were Jonathan Beattie, Brendan Rice, Karen and Phil Poag, Allan Grant, Andy Smyth, Angela McCormick, Michael Kane, Neill Harper and Julie Ann Mitchell.

 

Parkrun tourism

On 1st August Ian Cleland visited Antrim parkrun for the first time and finished 5th male out of 210 runners, in a time of 18:41. Also at Antrim Sara Johnston posted a PPB (parkrun personal best!) in a time of 28:06.

The new Stormont parkrun was a popular event for Colin, Trevor, Glenda, Robert, Ann, Karen McMaster and Bobbie on 29th August.

Further afield Karen and Phil Poag visited the beautiful Portobello parkrun outside Edinburgh.

Bobbie Irvine continued his run on alternative parkruns, visiting Victoria, Waterworks and the new Stormont parkrun during August. This means that Bobbie has visited a total of 27 different parkruns – that’s a Seaparker parkrun record!

Finally the son of Bobbie, Gavin, completed 3 parkruns at his local event in Hull landing himself a nice shiny new PB on 1st August in a time of 23:40.

 

30th Aug – Storming The Castle 10k

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45 runners from Seapark took part in the new ‘Storming The Castle 10k’ race which was run for the first time. The race was developed in partnership with Mid & East Antrim Council and included a Kids Fun Run and family entertainment inside Carrickfergus Castle. The course was selected to best showcase everything that is iconic and beautiful in Carrickfergus. Of the 384 registered, 365 runners took part on the day and as well as the flat, scenic course they were treated to hospitality and entertainment at the FINISH and inside the Castle.

Seaparkers performed well with Ian Cleland coming home as first Seapark male in a time of 38:48. Gillian Cordner was third female overall in a time of 44:53 and Jennie Haggan put in another winning run coming in first Junior female in a time of 52:47.

CTK_Castle_Ian

Results:

Ian CLELAND 38:48:00
Brendan RICE 43:23:00
Charlie MCCORMICK 44:00:00
Robert MURRAY 44:22:00
Colin MCCRUM 45:15:00
Ryan WEATHERHEAD 45:46:00
Clive WEATHERHEAD 46:21:00
Gary CONNOLLY 46:36:00
Jonathon BELL 47:09:00
Phil POAG 49:13:00
Robert STEELE 49:31:00
Bobbie IRVINE 49:40:00
Mark WELSH 49:42:00
Allan GRANT 50:56:00
Neill HARPER 51:44:00
Andrew SMYTH 53:49:00
Trevor LAMB 56:06:00
Gareth HAMILL 59:50:00
Colin PEARSON 01:02:37
Michael KANE 01:04:27
Tony BARCLAY 01:05:17

 

Gillian CORDNER 44:51:00
Alanah Violet MCCOMBE 45:26:00
Lynda SHANNON 48:48:00
Karen POAG 51:02:00
Jennie HAGGAN 52:45:00
Ruth HAWKINS 52:54:00
Aimee WEATHERHEAD 55:10:00
Julie-Anne SMILEY 55:28:00
Roisin MCCONNELL 56:28:00
Beth McCORMICK 56:23:00
Sara JOHNSTON 56:37:00
Lynette MAGILL 56:58:00
Alison WELSH 58:36:00
Julie KELLY 01:02:21
Rebecca TESTER 01:03:47
Emma PEARSON 01:04:51
Geraldine KANE 01:05:14
Jennifer JACKSON 01:08:29
Angela McCORMICK 01:09:49
Julie-Ann MITCHELL 01:10:03
Carol DOWNEY 01:13:11
Susan KANE 01:15:37

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29th Aug – RunBelfast Divis 10K

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The Poag’s, Michael Kane and Alison Welsh competed in the Run Belfast Divis 10k multi-terrain route with breath taking panoramic views of Belfast and beyond. Karen Poag was first home for Seapark in a time of 55:03 and narrowly missing out on the top 3 ladies places.

Divis 10k Aug KP PP Alison

Results:

Karen Poag 55:03

Phil Poag 58:05

Alison Welsh 1:02

Michael Kane 1:14

 

25th Aug – Larne Interclub

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The annual Larne Inter-Club Race is a firm favourite on the local fixtures list. Twenty seven members from Seapark travelled to the scenic Knock Dhu in Cairncastle to compete with Ballymena Runners, East Antrim Harriers, East Coast AC, Co Antrim Harriers and Whitehead Runners. Despite the wet weather conditions Seapark members posted excellent personal performances with Ian Cleland being first home for Seapark in the Men’s 5 mile race in a time of  30mins 32 secs and Alanah McCombe in the ladies 4 mile race in a time of 30mins 23secs.

Larne Interclub Ian and John Barron

Results:

Ian Clelland                      30:32

Bobbie  Irvine                   33:07

Jonathan Beattie              33:16

John Barron                    33:51

Richard Hetherington       34:32

Mark Welsh                      36:24

Jonathon Bell                  37:41

Robert Murray                 38:39

Wesley Wallace                42:11

Allan Grant                     42:42

Neill Harper                    43:17

Charlie  McCormick        43:58

Andy Smyth                     45:00

Thomas  Dunlop             45:39

 

Alana  McCombe                30:23

Lynda  Shannon                  31:51

Jennie Hagan                     32:08

Sarah Rea                           34:15

Alison Welsh                     36:33

Philippa  Bell                     37:27

Ann McCracken                37:39

Rebecca Tester                 38:53

Geraldine Kane                 39:27

Nicola    McKay                39:52

Angela  McCormick          39:53

Marie    Nicolson              42:09

Carol      Downey              43:18

22nd Aug- Dambusters 10k

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Dambusters at the bus

The annual club trip this year was to the ever popular Born2Run Dambusters Half Marathon and 10k in beautiful Silent Valley. The event was so popular amongst club member that a very large bus was required!

Results:

Ian Cleland   48:50

Phil   Poag   49:59

Andrew  Smyth   53:13

Jennie  Haggan 54:55

Beth  Mccormick 55:09

Roisin  McConnell 55:11

David  Strutt    56:16

Ann  McCracken 1:00:20

Becki Tester 1:02:13

Megan  Kane   1:04:28

Tony Barclay  1:05:43