Andrew Mellon and Alex Catherwood were members of a Northern Ireland sqad attending the AAA’s of England U17 Championships at the weekend. On Saturday,Andrew ran a well judged 400m to place 2nd in his U17 semi final with 49.98 sec, qualifying for the Final on Sunday. Unffortunately he had a hamstring pull in the final near the start but managed to finish with a time of 53.15 to place 7th. Alex placed 6th in the U17 high jump with a first time clearance of 1.60m.
A number of leading senior athletes travelled to the Flanders Cup – Meeting voor Mon Meeting in Belgium at the weekend. Mark Patterson was 7th in his 800m ‘A’ race with 1.52.48.