Posted Date: 08-Mar-2010 Mon

The City of Belfast Playing fields at Mallusk on the outskirts of Belfast was the venue for the Ulster Schools’ cross-country championships on Wednesday last. As always, the competitiveness of the races was very evident, with all runners qualifying from one of five Districts across Ulster. Four students from Carndonagh Community School competed, with Declan Donaghy the highest finisher in 27th place in the junior (under 15) boys 3.2km race. This represented a significant improvement for the second year student, as he finished 50th last year. Connie-Ann Hession raced to a very creditable finish of 35th in the under 15 girls’ 1.8km race. Her brother Conor also finished 35th in the under 17 boys 5km, with Patrick Mathews just seconds behind in 41st.

Up-Coming Events

Aine Bradley, Jason Doherty, Niall Fogarty and Fergus Cox will be competing for Donegal in the Ulster Sportshall finals in Magherafelt this Thursday 11th March. If their teams win, they will compete in the UK Sportshall finals in Birmingham in April. Preparations are now at an advanced stage for the Ballyliffin Coastal 10 mile challenge on Saturday 3rd April. Competitors can get all the information by visiting www.visitballyliffin.com . The race gets underway at 2 pm.