Author: Dave Hooper

Cillian Kirwan set a new club 1500 metre record of three minutes 41.96 seconds at the North Belfast Harriers meet at Mary’s Peters track today. Kirwan’s time shattered Kieran Kelly’s three-year-old record of 3:42.46 set in Oordegem. WATCH the final 100m from Men’s 1500m A Race @nbharriers @Runnerbeanscast @CMcCann_ North Belfast Harrier’s Afternoon of Middle Distance pic.twitter.com/TWJW2pf7Iq — East Down AC Youtube (@EDAC_Youtube) July 10, 2021 Elsewhere Niamh Kearny posted…

Sophie Becker has been selected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in the 4x400m mixed relay. Becker is set to become the fifth Raheny Shamrock athlete to compete at the Olympic Games following Pat Hooper (Moscow 1980), Dick Hooper (Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988), Paddy McGrath (Atlanta 1996) and Mick Clohisey (Rio 2016). Becker played a massive part in Ireland qualifying for the Olympic Games and ran the…

Patricia Duggan landed the 2021 Donagh Lynch memorial handicap on Tuesday night which was ran in conjunction with round 11 of the 2020 Lord Mayor series. Duggan came closest to time set by the handicapper in this sealed handicap race which is part of the winter league and took place in the Lord Mayor series as a one off. The top five in the 2021 Donagh Lynch Cup were Patricia…