Despite the dire weather predictions, Saturday 21st November was a
perfect day for the relaunched XC relays around Castle Park in
Bangor. The club welcomed over 200 entrants ranging from P6/P7
right through to Masters teams. There was great local support from
Ballydrain Harriers, Peninsula Triathlon Club and Orangegrove AC
whilst others travelled from further afield. The Ladies Open event
was won by Dromore AC with Ballydrain winning the Ladies Masters.
Derry Track Club had a strong win in the Open Men’s event with
Ballydrain again winning the Masters race. North Down AC won the
top 3 spots in the U15 boys race with Alisha Turner, representing St
Columbanus Secondary School, winning the U15 girls. Rory Hall-
Thompson from Orangegrove won the U13 boys, and Anna Conlon
from St Peters Lurgan clearly winning the girls race. Finally, Nathan
Semple from Towerview PS and Elle Gordon (Rockport/North Down
AC) had convincing wins in the primary schools’ race.
Feedback from the event was extremely positive and we hope this
will be an annual fixture in the athletics calendar from now on.