Irish Schools again came 2nd to Englsh Schools on Saturday at the Schools International at Ashford, Kent. Andrew Mellon ran for Ireland at 400m and in the 4 x 400m relay. He was 4th in the 400m in 50.69 sec. The team flew back to Dublin on Saturday evening where Andrew stayed so as to link up with North Down for the National League Round 2 match the following day. Also on Saturday, Mark Patterson ran in the BMC Solihull meeting where he was 3rd in the E 800m race in 1:51.66 min.