21 February 2019
Rio Olympian Marathon runner Breege Connolly and UK Masters champion Mark McKinstry are firm favourites for this weekend's well supported NI & Ulster Senior Cross Country Championships at Lurgan Park on Saturday 23rd February 2019.
19 February 2019
Four NI athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the European Indoor Championships next month in Glasgow as part of a 16-strong team.
18 February 2019
After breaking the Irish 1500m record last week, Ciara Mageean (UCD/ Team New Balance), took on the 3000m at Irish Life Health Indoor Senior Championships in Athlone this weekend.
15 February 2019
Ciara Mageean (UCD/ Team New Balance) continued her recent record successes, this week when she broke the Irish 1,500m record once again, at the AIT Games in Athlone.
15 February 2019
A record 113 runners break the 15 minute mark in the Men’s 5k as 49 women go sub 10 minutes over 3k at the 29th edition of the Armagh International Road Races, on Thursday 14th February. Steph Twell (Aldershot & Farnham AC) clinched the victory in the Intersports Women’s 3k in 8.59, while Finland’s Topi Raitanen ran 13.43 to break the Brooks Men’s 5k course record.
14 February 2019
The NI & Ulster team of 8 athletes will compete in the 29th edition of the Armagh International Road Races this evening, Thursday 14th February 2019.
14 February 2019
Athletics NI are delighted to congratulate two of our extremely hard working officials, Kurtis Scott and John Glover, on their recent awards.
12 February 2019
Jarlath Falls (Ballymena & Antrim AC) and Sarah Grant (North Down AC) took the top spots at the Stormont Cross Country on Saturday 9th February 2019. The NI Civil Service AC hosted event took place in the Stormont Estate and saw over 700 runners competing in the day’s events, undeterred by the ominous weather warnings for Storm Eric.
11 February 2019
Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) broke the Northern Ireland Half Marathon record on Sunday 10th February at the Barcelona Half Marathon.
08 February 2019
Over 300 local athletes, aged 9-11 years old, competed in the Flahavan’s Primary School final held at Billy Neil Centre of Excellence on 30th January 2019.
08 February 2019
This weekend will see the return of the penultimate race of the Athletics NI Cross Country League 2018/19, with the Stormont Cross Country taking place on Saturday 9th February 2019. The Cross Country event takes place across the grounds of the Stormont Estate and is hosted by the NI Civil Service Athletics Club.
06 February 2019
Athletics Northern Ireland invites Adult Participation, Competitive and Recreational Running Clubs to come along to our latest Running Club Forum on Wednesday 27th February in the Les Jones Room at the Mary Peters Track from 6pm until 9pm.
06 February 2019
The Athletics NI coaching team are currently delivering a week of Sports Hall Athletics events, which are a SportNI Lottery Funded Everybody Active 2020 Initiative.
05 February 2019
The Selection Policy for the GB and NI team is now available for the World University Games in Napoli, Italy from 3rd- 14th July 2019.
04 February 2019
City of Lisburn AC’s Lauren Roy qualified for the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow next month after running a spectacular PB in the 60m sprint at the AAI Games on Saturday 2nd February.
01 February 2019
Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Northern Ireland & Ulster at the UK Inter Counties XC to be hosted in grounds of Prestwold Hall, Loughborough on 9th March 2019.
29 January 2019
A plethora of Northern Ireland’s athletes showed their talent this weekend at events across Ireland and the UK, as they took on the Irish Life Health Junior & U23 Indoor Meet; the Combined Events International; the Welsh Athletics Senior Championships and the Scottish National Senior & U17 Indoor Championships.
28 January 2019
Fresh from the Athletics NI Warm Weather Endurance Training Camp in Murcia, Team New Balance athlete Ciara Mageean had an impressive start to her year at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, USA by breaking her own Irish Record.
28 January 2019
Ciara Toner (Springwell Running Club), Mark McKinstry (North Belfast Harriers), Gemma McDonald (Ballycastle Runners AC) and Zak Hanna (Newcastle AC) all struck gold at Saturday’s NI & Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships.
25 January 2019
The Barnett’s Demesne Trail & Jumps Park will host this weekend’s NI & Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships on Saturday 26th January 2019.
21 January 2019
Birhanu Balew and Meskerem Mamo of Ethiopian took the top spots at the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country on Saturday 19th January 2019 at the Billy Neill Centre of Excellence.
16 January 2019
Former double European Cross Country champion Fionnuala McCormack is the latest top name to be announced for this weekend's 42nd IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country at the Billy Neill Centre of Excellence in Dundonald.
15 January 2019
The indoor season started with a bang with a good turnout of all ages and excellent performances in both sprints and hurdles on Saturday 12th January 2019 at the Indoor Sprints & Hurdles Meet at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.
11 January 2019
The Athletics NI Cross Country League continues on Sunday 13th January 2019 with The Mathieson Cup & Shield held at the City of Belfast Playing Fields in Mallusk.
11 January 2019
Double European Cross Country silver Medallist Kate Avery has been added to the star line up for the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country on 19th January 2019 at the Billy Neill Centre of Excellence, Dundonald.
10 January 2019
Congratulations to NI athletes, Andrew Greer (Torque Racing Club) and Eve Walsh-Dann (North Down AC), who have both been selected for the upcoming British Athletics Academies.
09 January 2019
The Northern Ireland & Ulster team for the Armagh International Road Races has been announced.
07 January 2019
Kate O’Connor (Dundalk AC / Kerr, McMullen, O’Connor, Reynolds) came back from injury with a bang at the weekend when she dominated the Senior Women’s Pentathlon and broke her own Irish Record for the third time in the space of a year at the England Athletics Indoor Combined Events Championships in Sheffield.
02 January 2019
GB International Cross Country stars Emelia Gorecka and former European Champion Gemma Steel are the latest major names to be announced for the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country on 19th January 2019 at the Billy Neill Centre of Excellence, Dundonald. The event will play host to the Home Countries and the Celtic Games Cross Country Championships.
28 December 2018
Now onto its 13th consecutive year, the flat, fast and hugely popular Titanic Quarter 10k (TQ10k) is back with a new date of 31st March for 2019.
21 December 2018
The Northern Ireland and Ulster Senior & Celtic Teams for the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country have been announced.
19 December 2018
For the first time in many years a Northern Ireland & Ulster team will take part in the Anglo-Celtic 100K Home international on Sunday 24th March 2019 in Perth, Scotland.
18 December 2018
Athletics NI is pleased to announce that Kenya's Pauline Kamulu, who is this year’s fastest 10,000m female runner in the World, will compete at the IAAF Northern Ireland International Cross Country on the 19th January 2019.
17 December 2018
Local athletes competed against the elements this weekend at the North West XC and the Irish Life Health All Ireland Uneven Age Groups & Novice XC on Saturday 15th December 2018.
14 December 2018
NI & Ulster Junior athletes will be travelling to Navan Racecourse on Saturday 15th December to compete at the Irish Life Health AAI National Uneven Age Group Cross Country Championships. While Senior athletes will be looking towards the North West XC in the next part of the XC League.
12 December 2018
Time: 1.30-3.30pm Venue: Indoor Track, Jordanstown
10 December 2018
Northern Irish athletes competed as part of the Irish Team at the European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, on Sunday 9th December 2018.
10 December 2018
An opportunity has arisen for athletes to be selected for the 2019 Anglo Celtic Plate 100km Home International on 24th March 2019.
10 December 2018
Aaron McGrady (East Down AC) and Katie Moore (North Down AC) secured the top positions at the latest round of the Athletics NI Cross Country League 2018/2019 at the Mighty Oaks XC (Saturday 8th December 2018).
07 December 2018
A record 9 athletes from Northern Ireland will be racing in the 39 strong Irish team this weekend in the 25th Spar European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, Netherlands on Sunday 9th December. This highly popular event will see over 600 competitors from 38 countries.
07 December 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland is seeking to recruit a Performance Therapist to support their Youth Academy training camp in Portugal (12th-25th April 2019.)
05 December 2018
Are you an athlete with a Visual or Physical Impairment? If you are competing and want to be classified by British Athletics please see dates of upcoming classification clinics. When you are classified your competition results will appear on the UK Disability Rankings (Power of 10) and you can compete in UK Athletics competitions including Parallel Success Events/ Competitions.
04 December 2018
Rio Olympics 10,000 metres silver medallist Paul Tanui will race in the Northern Ireland's 42nd International Cross Country at Comber on 19th January 2019. The event is an IAAF permitted race and is one of the longest running in the world.
04 December 2018
The Expression of Interest for the UK Intercounties Cross Country is now open for the 2019 Team Selection.
04 December 2018
Kurtis Scott was named Young Technical Official of the Year. He started his officiating career back in 2011 after completing the UK Assistant Officials qualification. Through building his experience at competition, Kurtis subsequently gained the Level 2 Field official qualification in 2013, and in 2017 he became the youngest person in Northern Ireland to achieve the Level 4 qualification.
03 December 2018
Nakita Burke (Letterkenny AC) and Ben Branagh (St Malachys AC) took the top positions at what was a highly competitive Podium 4 Sport Seeley Cup 10k, on Saturday 1st December 2018. The pair led a capacity field of 1,000 runners in the Willowfield Temperance Harriers annual race, which, in damp conditions, proved to be a fast-paced race with a number of runners collecting personal best times over the 10k distance.
30 November 2018
In-form duo Mark McKinstry (North Belfast Harriers) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) will lead a capacity field of over 1,000 competitors at the annual Podium 4 Sport Seeley 10k road race (Saturday 1st December 2018).
29 November 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland is looking to recruit an Every Body Active Athletics Coach to deliver athletics sessions in the Newry, Mourne & Down Council areas.
27 November 2018
Nine local athletes have been named in a 39 strong Ireland team for the upcoming European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg, Netherlands on Sunday 9th December 2018.
26 November 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland is pleased to have developed a partnership with Kingsbridge Private Hospital and through this relationship, seek to deliver an unrivaled level of private healthcare to all Athletics NI Registered members throughout Northern Ireland.
26 November 2018
Portaferry starlet Ciara Mageean (UCD AC / Steve Vernon) picked up her first AAI National Senior XC gold medal as Northern Ireland ladies dominated the Abbotstown podium (Sunday 25th November 2018).
23 November 2018
An abundance of local talent will be in action at this weekend’s Irish Life Health AAI National Senior, Junior and Juvenile Even Age Group Cross Country Championships in Abbottstown, County Dublin (Sunday 25th November 2018).
19 November 2018
North Belfast Harriers’ Mark McKinstry (Northern Ireland) and Finn Valley AC’s Teresa Doherty (Ireland) were the star performers as local athletes impressed at the 31st annual British & Irish Masters International XC in Swansea (Saturday 17th November 2018).
13 November 2018
The Treasurer will play a key role in ensuring the financial health and management of the organisation. The post holder will be required to have an aptitude for finance and relevant supporting qualifications and experience, particularly within Athletics.
12 November 2018
Letterkenny AC celebrated a double success as Eoin Hughes and Niamh Kelly were crowned Northern Ireland & Ulster Novice XC Champions in Scotstown this weekend (Sunday 11th November 2018).
09 November 2018
Over 1,000 athletes will descend on Scotstown in County Monaghan for this weekend’s Northern Ireland and Ulster Novice and Uneven Age Group Cross Country Championships (Sunday 11th November 2018).
05 November 2018
Six local athletes picked up team medals whilst representing Ireland at the Schools International Combined Events Championships in Scotland this weekend (Saturday 3rd November 2018).
31 October 2018
Date: Sunday 9th December 2018 Time: 1.30-5pm Venue: Indoor Track, Jordanstown
29 October 2018
Donegal lady Catriona Jennings (Letterkenny AC / Teresa McDaid) secured a silver medal as hundreds of local athletes took on the SSE Airtricity Dublin City Marathon (Sunday 28th October 2018).
29 October 2018
Conor Bradley (City of Derry AC) and Sinead Sweeney (QUB AC) secured the top prizes as hundreds of athletes descended on CAFRE Greenmount Campus in Antrim for the Bobby Rea XC Races this weekend (Saturday 27th October 2018).
26 October 2018
Thomas Frazer (St Malachy's AC) and Catriona Jennings (Letterkenny AC) will head the local charge for honours at this weekend's SSE Airtricity Dublin City Marathon (Sunday 28th October 2018).
25 October 2018
This year's coaching conference, 'Aspiring to Coaching Excellence', took place on the 29th September at Ulster University, Jordanstown.
25 October 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland will host the Northern Ireland & Ulster Even Age Group Cross Country Championships and the Bobby Rea Cross Country at CAFRE Greenmount Campus, Antrim, this weekend (Saturday 27th October 2018).
23 October 2018
Entries are now open for the Northern Ireland International Cross Country at Billy Neill Centre of Excellence (Comber, Belfast) on the 19th January 2019.
22 October 2018
Athletics NI will host a Para Coaching day on Sunday 18th November at Mary Peters Track, Belfast. One of British Athletics top Paralympic coaches, Joe McDonnell, will lead a Para Athletics ‘Try-It’ session for ambulant children (Cerebral Palsy, Prosthetics / Amputees) followed by the Parallel Success sprints session in the afternoon.
22 October 2018
Northern Ireland's Fionnuala Ross (Armagh AC / Dermot Kerr) should be awarded a place on Ireland's team for the upcoming European XC Championships after an excellent performance and podium place at the at the Autumn Open International Cross Country at the Sport Ireland National Sports Campus (Sunday 21st October 2018).
19 October 2018
The Comber Cup XC will kick off the Athletics NI Cross Country League for 2018/19 this weekend (Saturday 20th October 2018).
16 October 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland are delighted to support the 'Psychology of Endurance Performance' network event which is being delivered as part of the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference on Sunday 2nd of December 2018 from 7.30pm at Ulster University Belfast.
16 October 2018
The Selection policies are now available for the IAAF International Cross Country and the Celtic Cross country, which will be held on 19th January 2019.
15 October 2018
Finn O’Neill (Limavady GS) and Troy McConville (Craigavon Senior HS) claimed All Ireland Schools Combined Events titles as five local athletes picked up medals at the Athlone IT (Ireland) event (Saturday 13th October 2018).
09 October 2018
On the 28th September 2018, Athletics Northern Ireland hosted their Commonwealth Games Celebrations in conjunction with their Annual Awards.
08 October 2018
Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC / Colin Roberts) recorded a significant personal best as a team of five represented Northern Ireland at the inaugural Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, Wales (Sunday 7th October 2018).
08 October 2018
QUB AC trio Emma Mitchell, Sinead Sweeney and Rebecca Henderson smashed the Senior Ladies course record on their way to gold at today's NI & Ulster Road Relay Championships (Saturday 6th October 2018).
05 October 2018
Final preparations are underway for the Orangegrove Athletics Club’s 8th annual hosting of the NI & Ulster Road Relay Championships (Saturday 6th October 2018). The event will take place at the impressive Victoria Park, Belfast. In association with O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors, the east Belfast club is preparing to welcome a record number of runners willing to test themselves on the two-lap 3380m relay course.
05 October 2018
Former Olympian, and 2018 European Championships athlete, Kerry O’Flaherty took to the beach to launch this year’s Flahavan’s Porridge Athletics NI Primary School Cross Country League.
04 October 2018
More than 500 runners will take the challenge of the parklands of Cultra this weekend to raise funds for children with congenital heart disease. Athletes of all abilities will tackle 5km and 10km tracks around the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum on Sunday 7th October in aid of the Children’s Heartbeat Trust.
01 October 2018
Northern Ireland internationals Kevin Seaward (St Malachy’s AC) and Jessica Craig (North Down AC) were crowned NI & Ulster Champions at today’s Bangor 10k road race (Saturday 29th September 2018).
28 September 2018
North Down AC will host the Northern Ireland & Ulster 10k (Road) Championships this coming weekend (Saturday 29th September 2018). The event, which is supported by the George Best City Airport, will attract over 1,000 competitors to County Down, with an abundance of athletic talent set to compete.
25 September 2018
Endurance coaches will get a rare insight into the use of applied physiology with an elite athlete when Dr Richard McCann presents his breakout option at this Saturday’s Athletics NI Coaching Conference with European Medalist Ciara Mageean.
24 September 2018
On Sunday 23rd September at 9am the largest Half Marathon in Northern Ireland took place from Ormeau Embankment. Entering its 6th year the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon celebrated its biggest year yet, with over 4,000 participants taking part in 2018.
21 September 2018
Letterkenny AC's Danny Mooney and Dub Runners' Claire Tonry will lead the charge for honours as a 4,000 strong field take on the 6th annual Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon this weekend (Sunday 23rd September 2018).
20 September 2018
The evening will honour our 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games teams, celebrating the tremendous performance of the athletes and coaches. Alongside the Commonwealth Celebration the Annual Awards will also recognise 2017 & 2018 Northern Ireland record breakers (U20/Senior) and Major Championship athletes and their coaches.
19 September 2018
Northern Ireland's Kelly Neely (City of Lisburn AC) picked up three medals as local athletes joined thousands of fellow veteran competitors at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain.
19 September 2018
Having successfully transitioned from Athlete to Coach, Jared Deacon will share his world-class coaching, planning and knowledge for 400m running at the Athletics Northern Ireland’s Annual Coaching Conference (Saturday 29th September at Ulster University, Jordanstown - open for bookings.)
18 September 2018
On the 29th of September at 7.30pm, North Belfast Harriers will host a question and answer session at St Malachy's College Belfast with local marathon running expert Kevin Seaward, compered by North Belfast sports historian Colin Beattie.
17 September 2018
Belfast based sports retailer Podium 4 Sport is delighted to announce they will continue as lead sponsor of the Seeley Cup 10K organised by Willowfield Harriers, which is celebrating its 37th year. The race takes place on Saturday 1st December starting in Ormeau Park, Belfast at 2.30 pm.
13 September 2018
The event organisers of the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon are delighted to OPEN entries for the 2019 event, celebrating its 38th year on Sunday 5th May. The event was launched this morning (Wednesday 12th September) by David Seaton MBE, Chairman of the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon at The Glasshouse, Stormont Cottages.
11 September 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland Event Group Development sessions for Endurance Athletes are scheduled to take place every Thursday evening beginning on 20th September and concluding on Thursday 20th December at Mary Peters Track from 6.00pm-8.15pm
10 September 2018
Young Mid Ulster AC athlete Grace Carson produced the performance of the weekend as Junior Mountain runners from Northern Ireland picked up medals at the British & Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships in County Wicklow (Ireland) this weekend (Saturday 8th September 2018).
10 September 2018
Northern Ireland 10,000m and 5,000m record holder Emma Mitchell (QUB AC / Eamonn Christie) was the star performer as hundreds of local athletes took on the famous Great North Run in England this weekend (Sunday 9th September 2018).
07 September 2018
The Northern Ireland Team for the Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships has been announced.
06 September 2018
Finn O’Neill (City of Derry Spartans AC / Matthew Spain) went to the top of the UK U13 All-Time Pentathlon rankings when posting a score of 2534 at last month’s NI & Ulster Multi Event Championships at the Mary Peters Track.
05 September 2018
Following the successful delivery of three squad training days in 2017/2018, Athletics NI are pleased to announce the first date for the 2018/2019 Ulster & NI Endurance Development Squad.
03 September 2018
Four junior stars picked up five medals between them as Northern Ireland's up and coming athletes impressed at the UK School Games at Loughborough University in England (Friday 31st August - Saturday 1st September 2018).
03 September 2018
Andrew Annett (North Belfast Harriers) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) were crowned Northern Ireland & Ulster Champions at the Waterside Half Marathon in Derry / Londonderry this weekend (Sunday 2nd September 2018).
31 August 2018
This weekend’s Waterside Half Marathon in Derry / Londonderry will incorporate the Northern Ireland & Ulster Half Marathon Championships (Sunday 2nd September 2018).
27 August 2018
Gold medals for Dylan McBride (Willowfield Harriers / Lawson Cochrane), Victoria Lightbody (City of Lisburn AC / Andrea Anderson) and Andrew Greer (Torque Racing / Heather Ardis & Helen Doherty) at the England Athletics Age-Group Championships (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August 2018).
25 August 2018
Eleven NI and Ulster Athletes will take on the best of the UK’s U17 & U15 athletes as the English Championships begin at Bedford International Athletics Stadium this morning.
24 August 2018
Northern Ireland’s top athletes will go head-to-head against an abundance of international talent as Athletics Northern Ireland host its annual IAAF permitted International Cross-Country Race on 19th January 2019.
24 August 2018
Sprinting legend Jason Smyth raced further into the record books with another gold medal last night in the World Para European Championships in Berlin.
23 August 2018
Northern Ireland's Sally Brown made her comeback to Para athletics in style last night in the World Paralympics European Champs in Berlin where she finished second in a close fought 400 metres race with favourite Angelina Lanza of France.
22 August 2018
Multi sprint champion Jason Smyth last night added another title to his huge Paralympic collection when he took gold with ease over 200 metres at the World Paralympic European Championships in Berlin.
21 August 2018
The fastest Paralympian in the World, Jason Smyth, will be hoping to add another major title to his already substantial haul of medals in today's (Tues) 200 metres final of the World Paralympic European Champs in the Olympic Stadium, Berlin.
20 August 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland’s Annual Coaching Conference, which will take place on Saturday 29th September at Ulster University, Jordanstown is now open for bookings.
17 August 2018
Former World and European Masters 800m Champion Kelly Neely (City of Lisburn AC) will lead the Northern Ireland & Ulster charge for honours at this weekend’s Irish Life AAI National Masters Track & Field Championships in Tullamore, Ireland (Saturday 18th August 2018).
17 August 2018
City of Lisburn AC and Lagan Valley AC topped the respective male and female standings as athletes descended on the Mary Peters Track in Belfast for Round 3 of the Team Trophy last weekend (Saturday 11th August 2018).
15 August 2018
Twenty-two NI and Ulster Athletes will take on teams from BAL/UKWAL league, England, GB Juniors, Iceland, Scotland and Wales at the Manchester International tonight, Wednesday 15th August 2018.
13 August 2018
Portaferry's Ciara Mageean had the agonising experience last night of finishing 4th in the European 1,500 metres final in Berlin were she just missed out on a medal by less than a second.
11 August 2018
NI's top middle distance athlete Ciara Mageean made light work of her 1,500 metres heat yesterday (Friday) in the European Championships in Berlin.
10 August 2018
Having successfully delivered an Erasmus+ programme for Youth Academy athletes in Portugal in 2017 Athletics NI are now delighted to announce further funding for 2019.
10 August 2018
Despite running in the unfavourable 8th lane, Reid finishes as 7th best 200m sprinter in Europe.
09 August 2018
08 August 2018
South Belfast's Stephen Scullion battles Europe's best in the 10,000 metres final at last night’s European Championships in Berlin.
07 August 2018
07 August 2018
03 August 2018
Five NI and Ulster Athletes have departed to take on the best of the UK’s combined events athletes in Sport City, Manchester this weekend.
03 August 2018
The Northern Ireland & Ulster team for the Manchester International has been announced.
03 August 2018
Current NI & Ulster 10k (Road) Champion Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley AC) and reigning NI & Ulster 10,000m Champion Marina Murphy (Derry Track Club) will headline as athletes battle it out for 10,000m gold this weekend (Sunday 5th August 2018).
02 August 2018
Hundreds of local runners will have the chance to run alongside one of the sports’ all-time greats during one of the Novosco Grand Prix races in Belfast next month.
02 August 2018
With just over 7 weeks to go, the 6th Deep RiverRock Belfast City Half Marathon is gearing up for a record year with over 4,000 participants expected to take part on Sunday 23rd September 2018 at 9am from Ormeau Embankment.
01 August 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland have launched their 2018 Awards which will run alongside a Commonwealth Games Celebration and the Annual Coaching Conference on 28th-29th September.
31 July 2018
Athletics NI are delighted to announce that seventeen Northern Ireland & Ulster athletes have been named in Ireland’s European Athletics Championships squad.
30 July 2018
Northern Ireland’s Ciara Mageean (UCD AC / Steve Vernon) and Leon Reid (Menapians AC / James Hillier) deservedly stole the headlines as Northern Ireland based athletes picked up an impressive haul of silverware at the Irish Life AAI National Senior Championships (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th July 2018).
26 July 2018
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Leon Reid (Menapians AC / James Hillier) will be amongst a plethora of local talent who travel to this weekend’s Irish Life Health Senior Track & Field Championships at the Morton Stadium in Santry (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th July 2018).
26 July 2018
Lauren Roy (100m) & Craig McMeechan (1500m) secured top points with winning performances last night as eight NI and Ulster Athletes took on teams from England (North, Midlands and South), Scotland and Wales (Wales U20 and Welsh Schools) at the Welsh U20 International in Swansea last night, Wednesday 25th July 2018.
25 July 2018
Eight NI and Ulster Athletes will take on teams from England (North, Midlands and South), Scotland and Wales (Wales U20 and Welsh Schools) at the Welsh U20 International in Swansea tonight, Wednesday 25th July 2018.
24 July 2018
Northern Ireland will be sending a team to the Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships event, in Wales, in the autumn.
23 July 2018
Athletics NI will host an information evening for club, school and community athletics coaches and/or coordinators on Friday 17th August at 6pm.
23 July 2018
Northern Ireland’s Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn AC / Jerzy Maciukiewicz) has again impressed against high calibre opposition – this time at the British Athletics Anniversary Games in London. Closer to home, local stars from Northern Ireland and Ulster picked up medals at the Irish Life AAI National Age Group Championships in Tullamore, Ireland. There was also impressive performances by local athletes in Bangor, Llanberis and Dublin.
20 July 2018
British Indoor 60m Hurdles Champion Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn AC / Jerzy Maciukiewicz) will follow on from last week’s Athletics World Cup with another high profile competition.
20 July 2018
The 2018 Athletics Northern Ireland Coaching Conference will take place on Saturday 29th September at Ulster University, Jordanstown and will feature a range of experts.
20 July 2018
Northern Ireland athletes Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers / Stephen Haas) and Ciara Mageean (UCD AC / Steve Vernon) starred as local competitors came up against world class talent at last night’s Morton Games in Dublin (Thursday 19th July 2018).
19 July 2018
World Record holder Jason Smyth (Derry Track Club) is one of four Northern Irish athletes selected to Represent Ireland or Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the European Para Athletics Championships in Berlin at the end of August.
17 July 2018
Athletics NI, in partnership with Ulster University are delighted to launch the "Ulster University Speed-Power Academy" with the aim to bridge the gap between our Rising Stars and Youth Academy initiatives by creating an environment for our athletes (aged 15-21) to supplement their current club training with appropriate speed development and physical preparation sessions.
16 July 2018
Commonwealth Youth High Jump Champion Sommer Lecky (Finn Valley AC / Niall Wilkinson) had the performance of her career yesterday when she soared over an Irish and Northern Irish U20 record of 1.90m at the first attempt to win the silver medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Tampere.
10 July 2018
British Athletics has announced 29 athletes set to compete at the Athletics World Cup on home soil at the London Stadium on 14-15 July.
03 July 2018
Athletics NI’s next scheduled Athletics 365 Workshop for coaches, teachers and students will take place on Wednesday 8th August 2018. The 4 hour workshop will take place at Templemore Complex, Derry (BT48 8SA) on Wednesday 8th August from 6-10pm. This workshop will introduce the Athletics 365 Coach Pack and discuss the British Athletics Development Model. The workshop is suitable for coaches, teachers and sports students.
03 July 2018
03 July 2018
Sport Northern Ireland is giving the sporting community an opportunity to say “thank you” to local coaches, officials and volunteers as it opens nominations for the 2018 SportMaker Awards. The Awards acknowledge the work of Northern Ireland’s sporting workforce and highlight the outstanding people and projects that have made a big impact over the last year.
03 July 2018
Fourteen athletes from Northern Ireland & Ulster secured gold medals as hundreds of competitors from all over Ireland descended on Tullamore Stadium in Offaly, Ireland, for the Irish Life AAI National Junior (Under 20) and Under 23 Championships (Saturday 30th June 2018).
02 July 2018
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Leon Reid (Birchfield Harriers / James Hillier) twice bettered his own Northern Ireland 200m record on his way to a podium finish at the British Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England (Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July 2018).
29 June 2018
A number of Northern Ireland junior and youth record holders will travel to Offaly (Ireland) this weekend for the Irish Life AAI National Junior and Under 23 Track & Field Championships in Tullamore (Saturday 30th June 2018).
28 June 2018
A meeting was held on Wednesday 27th June 2018 in the City Hall with the City Growth and Regeneration Committee regarding the change of the current route and change of day (Bank Holiday Monday to a Sunday) for the Belfast City Marathon in 2019.
27 June 2018
Ireland’s Aidan Hogan and current British 100k Champion Samantha Amend (England) claimed top honours as standards continued to rise with the mercury at the Energia 24-hour International in Victoria Park, Belfast at the weekend (Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2018).
27 June 2018
British indoor Champion Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn AC / Jerzy Maciukiewicz), teen sensation Sarah Healy (Blackrock AC) and the ever-impressive Sommer Lecky (Finn Valley AC / Niall Wilkinson) starred as athletes from across the globe descended on the sun-soaked Mary Peters Track in Belfast for the Belfast International Meet (Tuesday 26th June 2018)
26 June 2018
Northern Ireland’s top athletes will go head-to-head against an abundance of international talent as Athletics Northern Ireland host the annual Belfast International Track & Field Meeting at Mary Peters Track (Tuesday 26th June 2018).
25 June 2018
Beechmount Harriers starlet Davicia Patterson again deservedly stole the headlines with a record breaking performance in her favourite 400m event.
24 June 2018
The Men’s 200m at the Belfast International is set up to be a battle between Northern Ireland’s best and two European athletes expecting to challenge for honours at Berlin 2018.
22 June 2018
Long distance running returns to Victoria Park, Belfast this weekend (Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2018) with the AAI National 24-hour Championships incorporated within the popular Energia 24-hour Race. It has already been an interesting and busy year for current National Champion and Irish record holder Eoin Keith, 49, who defends his title at Energia24.
21 June 2018
DW Fitness First is bringing a brand new family fitness initiative, The School Run, to Belfast next week, as the Mary Peters Track gets primary school pupils to get active together, in collaboration with Athletics Northern Ireland.
20 June 2018
19 June 2018
Athletics NI is delighted to release the start list of another highly competitive event for the Belfast International on 26th June, the Men’s 100m featuring a number of Northern Irelands top sprinting talent as well as number of in form internationals from three continents.
18 June 2018
An abundance of junior talent provided an excellent day of competition at the Athletics NI & Ulster Age Group (Under 14 to Under 17) Track & Field Championships, which were hosted by Athletics NI at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast this weekend (Saturday 16th June 2018).
16 June 2018
15 June 2018
Junior athletes will take centre stage as Athletics Northern Ireland host the NI & Ulster Age Group (Under 14 to Under 17) Track & Field Championships at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast this weekend (Saturday 16th June 2018).
14 June 2018
Athletics NI is delighted to release the start list of one of the showcase events at the Belfast International on 26th June, the women's 800m featuring Gold Coast Athletics Captain Ciara Mageean.
13 June 2018
11 June 2018
IAAF World Junior Championships bound Aaron Sexton (North Down AC / Roger Sexton) emerged victorious from the battle of the sprinters as hundreds of athletes descended on the Mary Peters Track in Belfast for the Northern Ireland & Ulster Senior Track & Field Championships (Saturday 9th June 2018); the event also included the Under 20 and Under 18 Age Group Championships.
08 June 2018
An abundance of athletic talent will descend on the Mary Peters Track for this weekend’s Northern Ireland & Ulster Senior Track & Field Championships – the event also incorporates the Under 18 and Under 20 Championships (Saturday 9th June 2018)
06 June 2018
Former Love Island reality TV star Theo Campbell (Birchfield Harriers) will make a guest appearance as a wealth of local talent chase the generous £2,000 prize-fund at this weekend’s Northern Ireland & Ulster Senior Track & Field Championships (Saturday 9th June 2018).
04 June 2018
Aaron Sexton smashed Jason Smyth’s 12 year old Northern Ireland Under 20 100m record as local athletes secured titles, Championship records and personal bests at the Irish Life Irish Schools Athletics Championships this weekend (Saturday 2nd June 2018).
30 May 2018
29 May 2018
Top Northern Ireland stars led by example with notable performances as local athletes impressed at events across Europe over the Bank Holiday weekend (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th May 2018).
25 May 2018
25 May 2018
Athletics NI are excited to announce a prize purse of £2000 for this year’s senior championships. Don’t miss your chance to share in this purse – ENTER SOON - the closing date is next Tuesday 29th May at 12 noon.
25 May 2018
Northern Ireland 5,000m and 10,000m record holder Emma Mitchell (QUB AC) and decorated Paralympian Jason Smyth (Derry Track Club) will headline the annual Irish Milers Club Belfast Grand Prix this weekend (Saturday 26th May 2018).
23 May 2018
Rio Paralympic footballer David Leavy (City of Lisburn / Ian Neely) has confirmed his successful transition to Para Athletics by winning the 1500m classification race in Rieti last weekend.
22 May 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland are pleased to confirm that the Waterside Half Marathon will be this year’s NI & Ulster Championship Half Marathon. The race will be held on Sunday 2nd September 2018, which is organised by City of Derry Spartans AC and the Derry City and Strabane District Council.
21 May 2018
Northern Ireland record holder Emma Mitchell (QUB AC / Eamonn Christie) hit another European Athletics Championship standard as local athletes impressed at the prestigious Highgate Harriers Night of 10,000m PB’s in London (Saturday 19th May 2018). The prestigious event also incorporated the European Athletics 10,000m Cup and the British Athletics 10,000m Championships.
18 May 2018
Pre-race favourites Vincent McKenna (QUB AC) and Jessica Craig (North Down AC) lived up to expectation as they led a capacity field home at the 27th annual Les Jones Memorial 10k (Friday 18th May 2018). The Athletics NI hosted event is a popular annual fixture, organised in memory of late athlete, team manager and Athletics NI Chairman Les Jones, who sadly passed away in 1992.
17 May 2018
A capacity field of 400 athletes will descend on the Mary Peters Track this weekend for the 27th annual Les Jones Memorial 10k, an event hosted by Athletics Northern Ireland (Friday 18th May 2018). The popular event is organised in memory of late athlete, team manager and Athletics NI Chairman Les Jones who passed away in 1992.
16 May 2018
Four local athletes have been named in a strong Athletics Ireland team for this weekend’s European 10,000m Cup, which will be held as part of the famous Night of 10,000m Personal Bests in Highgate, London (Saturday 19th May 2018).
15 May 2018
Finn Valley AC star James Kelly threw an IAAF World Junior Athletics Championships qualifying standard on his way to victory at the 49th annual Donegal Track & Field Championships in Stranorlar at the weekend (Sunday 13th May 2018). On his last throw of the day, James launched his 6kg Shot Putt 18.30m, a new personal best.
10 May 2018
UKA Rules for Competition 2018-2020 came into force on 1st April 2018. Rule books are available to download here or at a cost of £5 from the Athletics NI office.
09 May 2018
Athletics NI can now announce the third of our Sprints and Throws event group squads for coaches and athletes. These squads are designed to deliver appropriate physical & technical preparation sessions for athletes and provide development opportunities, networking and planning support for coaches.
08 May 2018
Rising stars Ellen McCartney (City of Lisburn AC / Jim Alexander), Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn AC / Jerzy Maciukiewicz), Jack Magee (University of Ulster / Laura Kerr) and Mollie Courtney (Cheltenham AC / David Warner), excelled as local athletes impressed at track and field meetings in Ireland, England and Portugal this weekend (Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May 2018).
07 May 2018
Kenyan athletes Eric Koech and Caroline Jepchirchir claimed victory as 17,000 participants took part in the 37th annual Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon and associated events (Monday 7th May 2018).
04 May 2018
Around 17,000 people are taking part in the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon this coming May Day Bank Holiday Monday (May 7th ). The event starts at the City Hall at 9 am and finishes in Ormeau Park, with the route taking in all parts of the city, from Sydenham to the Falls Road, Whitehouse to the Ravenhill Road.
04 May 2018
Kenyan stars Joel Kipsang Kositany and Caroline Jepchirchir will lead a 17,000 strong field at the 37th annual Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon this Bank Holiday Monday (7th May 2018).
01 May 2018
On May Day Monday 7th May 2018, close to 17,000 participants are expected to set off from the iconic Belfast City Hall in a bid to complete the 37th Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon. Including the Marathon Run and Wheelchair Race, Marathon Team Relay, 8 Mile Walk and Fun Run.
26 April 2018
Six local athletes have been named in Ireland’s marathon team for this Summer’s European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.
23 April 2018
The 2018 Running Awards were held last Thursday in London’s O2 Arena and homegrown event organisers BORN2RUN Events returned with not one, but two major awards. The Running Awards were established to recognise and reward excellence in all things running related with awards for clothing, footwear, wearable tech and events.
23 April 2018
The Athletics 365 Workshop will take place at Mary Peters Track (Old Coach Road, Belfast - Outdoor Track) on Sunday 20th May from 1-5pm.
23 April 2018
Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) was the star performer as hundreds of local athletes braved high temperatures at the 38th annual Virgin Money London Marathon (Sunday 22nd April 2018).
20 April 2018
Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) and Gladys Ganiel O’Neill (North Belfast Harriers) will lead hundreds, if not thousands, of local runners into battle at this weekend’s Virgin Money London Marathon (Sunday 22nd April 2018).
19 April 2018
The 2018 Grant Thornton Runway Run has been launched in ceremonial style with a water cannon salute signalling that entries are open for the ever-popular event. The Airport Fire appliances will return to the runway at George Best Belfast City Airport to repeat the eye-catching tradition for the start of the run on Thursday 21 June.
16 April 2018
After a hugely successful Commonwealth Games where Northern Ireland won our first track and field medal for 28 years and had a further four athletes in the top eight, the team have today departed the Gold Coast and are heading for Dublin, due to arrive tomorrow afternoon.
16 April 2018
Rio Olympian Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) claimed 2nd place in the Garmin Great Ireland Run in Dublin, Ireland, this weekend (Sunday 15th April 2018). The event also incorporated the AAI National 10k Championships.
15 April 2018
Kevin Seaward brought a fine Commonwealth Games to a close for Northern Ireland’s athletics team with fourth place in the men’s marathon in Gold Coast on Sunday.
14 April 2018
14 April 2018
13 April 2018
Kate O’Connor admitted her first taste of the athletics big time has left her hungry for more after coming an impressive eighth place in the Commonwealth Games heptathlon after two days of action at the Carrara Stadium.
13 April 2018
IUAA Track & Field Championships 2018: Queen’s University of Belfast will host the Irish Universities Athletics Association (IUAA) Track & Field Championships at the Mary Peters Track in Belfast this weekend (Friday 13th and Saturday 14th April 2018).
13 April 2018
12 April 2018
Leon Reid claimed Northern Ireland’s first athletics medal at the Commonwealth Games in 28 years by brilliantly taking a bronze in the 200 metres final in Gold Coast on Thursday.
11 April 2018
Northern Irish sprinter, Leon Reid, aged 23, eased into second place behind Trinidad’s Jereem Richards in his semi-final for a time of 20.61 seconds, qualifying him sixth-fastest with England’s Zharnel Hughes also progressing.
10 April 2018
Ciara Mageean’s brave bid for a medal in Tuesday’s 1500 metres final at the Commonwealth Games came up short in a home straight scramble as the Northern Ireland international came home in 13th place.
09 April 2018
Anna McCauley (City of Lisburn AC) and James Kelly (Finn Valley AC) claimed individual gold medals at the Irish Life Juvenile Indoor Championships at the AIT Arena in Athlone (Ireland) this weekend (Saturday 7th April 2018). At the re-scheduled event, there was also National Relay titles for Finn Valley AC and Tir Chonaill AC.
09 April 2018
Emma Mitchell smashed her own Northern Ireland record in the 10,000 metres final at the Commonwealth Games on Monday to finish 15th on her international championship debut.
09 April 2018
08 April 2018
08 April 2018
06 April 2018
Dempsey McGuigan believes his student stint in Mississippi can help him burn off his hammer rivals when he becomes the first of Northern Ireland’s 13 athletes to chase a medal as the track and field competition begins at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
05 April 2018
NI & Ulster Intermediate XC Champion Craig McMeechan (North Down AC) and AAI National Marathon Champion Laura Graham (Mourne Runners) will head a 1,400 strong field at this weekend’s TQ10K, in Belfast (Sunday 8th April 2018).
04 April 2018
Ciara Mageean has issued a rallying cry for the Commonwealth Games after being named as captain of Northern Ireland’s athletics team for Gold Coast 2018.
04 April 2018
Dame Mary Peters has urged her successors in the Northern Ireland athletics team to seize their moment to impress at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
28 March 2018
28 March 2018
Four members of the Northern Ireland Athletic team competed at the Queensland Track Classic, only one week after flying out to their base camp at Somerset College on the Gold Coast.
27 March 2018
Leon Reid reckons it is time he bolted into sprinting’s A-List by joining the 200 metres’ Sub-20 club. The 23-year-old is among seven of Northern Ireland’s Commonwealth Games athletics team set to open their Australian campaigns in Wednesday’s Queensland Classic meeting in Brisbane.
26 March 2018
Commonwealth Youth Games competitor Anna McCauley (City of Lisburn AC) was one of six local athletes who picked up gold medals at this weekend’s Irish Life AAI National Juvenile Indoor Championships at the AIT Arena in Athlone, Ireland (Sunday 25th March 2018).
26 March 2018
Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders / Andrew Hobdell) took 77th place at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Valencia on Saturday (24th March 2018) in his final tune-up before running the marathon at the Commonwealth Games next month.
23 March 2018
Following the success of the Flahavan’s Porridge Athletics Northern Ireland Junior Cross-Country League, the highest performing primary school was rewarded with a bespoke training session, led by Commonwealth Long Jumper, Adam McMullen.
23 March 2018
23 March 2018
Five runners from Northern Ireland will represent Ireland at this weekend’s IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain (Saturday 24th March 2018).
22 March 2018
Northern Ireland internationals Neil Johnston (Springwell RC) and Kerry O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) reigned supreme as nearly 1,000 athletes took on the Queen’s Sport ‘Race around the River’ 5k road race last night (Wednesday 21st March 2018). The popular event again incorporated the Northern Ireland & Ulster 5k (Road) Championships.
21 March 2018
Northern Ireland’s athletes are set to get a helping hand in their quest to get ready for next month’s Commonwealth Games in Australia – from Kiwis. Or, precisely, two kiwi fruits per day, after nutritionists at the Sport NI Sports Institute learnt that it may help the 13-strong track and field team hit the ground running Down Under by busting jet lag and speeding up their adjustment to the 10-hour time difference.
21 March 2018
Queen’s Sport will welcome close to 1,000 athletes to their annual Deep RiverRock Queen’s Sport ‘Race around the River’ 5k road race tonight (Wednesday 21st March 2018). The increasingly popular event also incorporates the NI & Ulster 5k (Road) Championships.
20 March 2018
20 March 2018
Pre-race favourites Philip Goss and Gladys Ganiel O’Neill, both of North Belfast Harriers, emerged victorious as nearly 1,300 competitors took to the streets of Belfast for the St Patrick’s Day SPAR Craic 10k road race (Saturday 17th March 2018).
14 March 2018
Over the past 27 years, Athletics Northern Ireland has run the Les Jones Memorial 10K in May, as a remembrance for the late Athlete, Team Manager and Chairman Les Jones who passed away in 1992. This year’s Les Jones 10K promises to be an exciting race with a challenging route on Friday 18th May 2018 at the Mary Peters Track.
13 March 2018
Northern Ireland and Ulster athletes enjoyed a successful trip to the AIT Arena in Athlone this weekend (Saturday 10th March 2018), returning with no less than 25 gold medals – there were also numerous other medal winning and personal best performances on what was an excellent day of competition.
13 March 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland has agreed a new partnership with New Balance which will see Northern Ireland’s leading athletes wear their specially-designed competition kit at next month’s Commonwealth Games in Australia.
12 March 2018
Current Northern Ireland & Ulster Intermediate XC Champion Craig McMeechan (North Down AC / Francis Marsh) starred as a team of eight Northern Ireland & Ulster athletes battled through the mud at the UK Inter-Counties XC Championships at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough (Saturday 10th March 2018).
09 March 2018
A team of eight Northern Ireland & Ulster athletes will travel to Loughborough this weekend for the UK Inter-Counties XC Championships at Prestwold Hall (Saturday 10th March 2018).
08 March 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland is very pleased to learn that Amy Foster has been added to the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Athletics Team following the withdrawal of an athlete from another sport.
05 March 2018
Northern Ireland quartet Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC / Ireland / David Reid), Megan Marrs (City of Lisburn AC / Great Britain & NI / Jerzy Maciukiewicz), Ciara Mageean (UCD AC / Ireland / Steve Vernon) and Ben Reynolds (North Down AC / Ireland / Tom Reynolds) were in action at IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham (England) this weekend (Thursday 1st – Sunday 4th March 2018)
03 March 2018
02 March 2018
01 March 2018
01 March 2018
Day 1 of the Irish Life Health National Juvenile Indoor Championships (Relays and older age field events) will be held on SATURDAY 7TH APRIL. The program on the 18th and 25th March is unaffected.
01 March 2018
27 February 2018
Last Saturday (24th February) saw the final fixture in the 2017-18 Athletics Northern Ireland Cross Country League: the NI and Ulster Senior Cross Country Championships at Lurgan Park with a record number of competitors taking part. Double points were on offer and this proved to be a major incentive with 15 teams finishing in the Women’s section and 16 in the Men’s.
26 February 2018
Multi-Event star Kate O’Connor (St Gerard’s AC Dundalk / Gough, Kerr, McMullen, O’Connor, Reynolds) continued her recent record breaking form with a new Northern Ireland and Irish Under 20 Javelin record this weekend (Sunday 25th February 2018).
24 February 2018
Declan Reed (City of Derry AC) and Rebekah Nixon (Dromore AC) were crowned Northern Ireland & Ulster Senior Cross Country Champions after an exciting afternoon of racing in Northern Ireland’s largest urban park, Lurgan Park in County Armagh.
23 February 2018
Rising Northern Irish athlete Megan Marrs will make her major championship debut in Birmingham next week after being called into the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad for the IAAF world indoor championships.
23 February 2018
Reigning Champions Aaron Doherty (City of Derry AC) and Jessica Craig (North Down AC) will return to defend their titles as nearly 500 athletes descend on Lurgan for the NI & Ulster Senior XC Championships this weekend (Saturday 24th February 2018).
22 February 2018
Queen's University of Belfast AC athlete Emma Mitchell (Eamonn Christie) was again the star performer as local athletes lined up against top opposition from around the world at last night's AIT International Indoor Grand Prix in Athlone, Ireland (Wednesday 21st February 2018)
21 February 2018
Celebrating the 12th year of the TQ10K, Athletics NI has launched the race for its 2018 event on Sunday 8th April, starting at an earlier time of 9.15am (1Mile Fun Run) and 10am (10k). The race will incorporate the Novosco 2018 Grand Prix. There will be a specially commissioned ‘Titanic’ medal presented to each participant who completes the 10k route and the 1 Mile Fun Run along with a t-shirt and goodie bag.
19 February 2018
Two Northern Ireland athletes have been named in the Athletics Ireland team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, which will take place in Birmingham from the 1st – 4th March 2018.
19 February 2018
City of Lisburn AC star Megan Marrs (Jerzy Maciukiewicz) continued her outstanding recent form with a significant performance at the British Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England (Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2018).
19 February 2018
Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC / David Reid), Adam McMullen (Crusaders AC / Alan Kennedy) and Leon Reid (Menapians AC / James Hillier) starred as Northern Ireland and Ulster athletes produced outstanding performances en-route to an impressive medal haul at the Irish Life AAI National Senior Indoor Championships this weekend (Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February 2018).
16 February 2018
In-form athletes Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC / David Reid), Emma Mitchell (QUB AC / Eamonn Christie), Sommer Lecky (Finn Valley AC / Niall Wilkinson), Kate O’Connor (St Gerard’s AC Dundalk / Gough, Kerr, McMullen, O’Connor, Reynolds), Leon Reid (Menapians AC / James Hillier) and Adam McMullen (Crusaders AC / Alan Kennedy) are just some of the local athletes who will be chasing gold this weekend in Abbotstown.
16 February 2018
Sam Stabler (Wreake & Soar Valley AC) and Laura Weightman (Morpeth Harriers AC) ran out victorious as the Armagh International Road Race again cemented its place amongst the fastest road races in the world.
14 February 2018
Commonwealth Games bound Emma Mitchell (QUB AC / Eamonn Christie), and James Edgar (City of Lisburn AC / Heather Ardis) will lead a strong Northern Ireland & Ulster team into tomorrow night’s Armagh International Road Races (Thursday 15th February 2018).
13 February 2018
The Athletics 365 Workshop will take place at Ulster University's Jordanstown Campus (Indoor Track) on Sunday 11th March from 1.30-5.30pm. This workshop will introduce the Athletics 365 Coach Pack and discuss the British Athletics Athlete Development Model.
13 February 2018
13 February 2018
13 February 2018
12 February 2018
12 February 2018
09 February 2018
A host of local talent will travel to Galway this weekend, all in search of gold medals at the Irish Life AAI National Intermediate and Masters XC Championships. The event will take place at the Kilcornan Estate, Clarinbridge in County Galway (Sunday 11th February 2018).
08 February 2018
07 February 2018
05 February 2018
A high level of performance was evident as Athletics Northern Ireland took their NI & Ulster Age Group Indoor Track & Field Championships on the road this weekend (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2018).
05 February 2018
Multi-Event star Kate O’Connor (St Gerard’s AC Dundalk / Gough, Kerr, McMullen, O’Connor, Reynolds) improved her own Irish Pentathlon records as Northern Ireland & Ulster athletes enjoyed a busy weekend of indoor athletics action (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2018).
05 February 2018
Northern Ireland senior international athletes Mark McKinstry (North Belfast Harriers) and Jessica Craig (North Down AC) ran out victorious as a record breaking crowd took on the penultimate race of the Athletics NI XC League 2017/18, the Stormont XC in Belfast (Saturday 3rd February 2018).
02 February 2018
Athletics Northern Ireland will host the NI & Ulster Age Group Indoor Track & Field Championships at the state-of-the-art AIT Arena in Athlone, Ireland this weekend (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February 2018).
31 January 2018
29 January 2018
Amy Foster (City of Lisburn AC / David Reid) and Adam McMullen (Crusaders AC / Alan Kennedy) produced record breaking performances as Northern Ireland and Ulster athletes enjoyed a successful weekend of competition (Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th January 2018).
29 January 2018
Craig McMeechan (North Down AC), Rebecca Wallace (Lagan Valley AC), Ian Bailey (Newcastle AC) and Catherine Diver (Beechmount Harriers) struck gold as athletes battled it out in tough conditions at the NI & Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships (Saturday 27th January 2018).
26 January 2018
This Saturday, 27th January Goldie Sayers will travel to Northern Ireland to deliver a Performance Lifestyle Seminar to Youth Academy Athletes. A three-time Olympian, British javelin record holder and 11 time UK Champion, Goldie has dominated her event and is one of athletics’ most popular ambassadors.
25 January 2018
The Billy Neill Playing Fields in Belfast will play host to this weekend’s Northern Ireland & Ulster Intermediate and Masters Cross Country Championships (Saturday 27th January 2018).
23 January 2018
Commonwealth Games bound Kate O’Connor (St Gerard’s AC Dundalk / Gough, Kerr, McMullen, O’Connor, Reynolds) smashed the Irish Senior, Under 23 and Junior Pentathlon records on her way to victory at this weekend’s AAI National Indoor Combined Events Championships in Athlone, Ireland (Saturday 20th January 2018).
19 January 2018
Athletics NI have taken five endurance athletes from the Podium Potential and Commonwealth Potential squads for a supported training camp in Murcia, Spain.
19 January 2018
A host of local talent will be chasing National titles at this weekend’s Irish Life Health National Indoor Combined Events in Athlone, Ireland (Saturday 20th January 2018).
17 January 2018
Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Northern Ireland & Ulster at the UK Inter Counties XC to be held in grounds of Prestwold Hall, Loughborough on 10th March 2018.
15 January 2018
Five Northern Ireland athletes have resumed training in Tenerife having now been selected to represent Team NI in the Gold Coast. Having already attended Athletics NI’s December camp Leon Reid, Adam Kirk-Smith, Kate O’Connor, Ben Reynolds and Adam McMullen are spending a further 10 days training in the Antonio Domíngez Alfonso stadium in Playa De Las Americas.
15 January 2018
Northern Ireland internationals Mark McKinstry (North Belfast Harriers) and Catherine Diver (Beechmount Harriers) showed their class to secure top honours in the latest round of the Athletics NI Cross Country League 2017/18, the Mighty Oaks XC (Saturday 13th January 2018).
12 January 2018
Congratulations to the 8 athletes selected to represent Northern Ireland & Ulster in the 2018 Armagh International Road Races, which are being held on the Mall in Armagh on the evening of 15th February.
12 January 2018
The now famous ‘Acorn Hill’ awaits athletes as they look forward to the sixth round of the Athletics NI XC League 2017/18, the Mighty Oaks Cross Country. The re-scheduled event, hosted by Acorns AC, will take place on Saturday 13th January 2018 at the Mid Ulster Sports Arena in Cookstown.
11 January 2018
Athletics NI can now announce the second date for Sprints Event Group Squad. These squads are designed to deliver appropriate physical preparation sessions and provide development opportunities, networking and planning support for coaches.
10 January 2018
The latest Athletics NI Endurance Coaches Network (ECN) took place on 5th January 2018 at the Holiday Inn, the night before the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country competition, with 30 of Northern Ireland’s leading endurance coaches attending.
10 January 2018
James Vallely, the new Director of the Armagh International Road Race now in its 28th year, speaking at the race launch last month spoke of the development of the race over the past years to its current status as the top road race event in the world.
09 January 2018
Three Northern Ireland and Ulster athletes kicked off their 2018 indoor track and field season this weekend with personal best performances (Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th January 2018).
09 January 2018
The first of the Athletics NI Event Group Jumps squads took place last month on December 2nd and saw over 20 athletes and coaches take part in beginner/ intermediate pole vault and horizontal jumps sessions.
06 January 2018
Kenyan stars Timothy Cheruiyot and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi secured top honours as a host of world class talent descended on CAFRE Greenmount for the 41st annual running of the Antrim International Cross Country.
04 January 2018
A host of World Class talent, including last year’s Diamond League Trophy winner Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) and double European XC gold medallist Fionnuala McCormack (Ireland), will be in action at this weekend’s Antrim International Cross Country at CAFRE Greenmount, Antrim (Saturday 6th January 2018).
03 January 2018
The Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council (NICGC) has announced its team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Athletics Northern Ireland is delighted that 12 Track & Field athletes have been selected. With a mix of youth and experience, this is one of the most competitive teams in our history.
21 December 2017
The Northern Ireland and Ulster Teams for the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country has been announced. Many congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Northern Ireland and Ulster in the 2018 IAAF Antrim International, which are being held at the Greenmount Campus, Antrim on 6th January.
20 December 2017
Athletics Northern Ireland are delighted to announce Geoff and Jake Wightman as guest speakers for our Endurance Coaches Network to be held at the Holiday Inn the night before the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country competition on 5th January 2018..
20 December 2017
Athletics Northern Ireland is pleased to announce AfterShokz as an official headphone partner.
19 December 2017
On 12th December ten Commonwealth Games nominated athletes departed for Athletics NI’s preparation camp in Playa Las Americas, Tenerife. Amongst those attending are Ciara Mageean (2016 European 1500m bronze medallist), England-based athletes – Leon Reid, Mollie Courtney and Adam Kirk- Smith and Junior International athletes Jack Agnew and Kate O’Connor.
18 December 2017
This weekend saw some great cross country action all over the island of Ireland, with the North West XC, part of the Athletics NI XC League, taking place in Derry-Londonderry. As if this wasn't enough, we also saw the Irish Life AAI National Uneven Age Group & Novice XC Championships in Waterford.
15 December 2017
The Mighty Oaks Cross Country races which were postponed owing to the poor weather will now take place on Saturday 13th January 2018. All other details including timetable and race categories will remain as previously published. All entries previously received will be carried forward to the new date and online entries have reopened for others wishing to enter.
15 December 2017
The Athletics NI XC League continues this coming weekend with City of Derry AC’s annual North West XC (Saturday 16th December 2017). The Gransha Grounds venue in the Maiden City played host to the British & Irish Masters International XC last month and proved to be a popular course, as it has done in the past also.
14 December 2017
It is with great sadness that we have learnt that Joe Sheridan, a life member and former Chairman of Athletics Northern Ireland, has passed away in hospital this morning (Thursday 14th December). Joe had been ill for some time.
13 December 2017
The NI & Ulster Endurance Squad came together for their second squad of the season on Sunday 10th December in Jordanstown.
12 December 2017
There are two key deadlines approaching for athletes to register their interest for selection to Northern Ireland and Ulster Teams in forthcoming endurance events.
11 December 2017
A battling fifth place finish for the Senior Men’s team was Ireland’s highlight of the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia this weekend (Sunday 10th December 2017). This was backed up by strong performances by the Senior Ladies team and also the Junior athletes involved in the squad.
08 December 2017
Five athletes from Northern Ireland will represent Ireland at this weekend’s European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia (Sunday 10th December 2017).
04 December 2017
Neil Johnston (Springwell Running Club) and Paul Carroll (Annadale Striders) retained their titles, while in-form Laura Bickerstaff (Dromore AC) took top honours in the ladies race as athletes turned out in force for the Malcolm Cup XC 2017 (Saturday 2nd December 2017).
30 November 2017
Olympian Paul Pollock ran out victorious in senior men’s race as local athletes impressed at this weekend’s AAI National Senior & Juvenile Cross Country Championships in Abbotstown (Sunday 26th November 2017).
29 November 2017
The first of the 2017-18 Athletics NI Event Group Throws Squads took place on Sunday 19th November at Ulster University’s Jordanstown Campus. The Squad Day was attended by 24 athletes, many accompanied by their coaches.
28 November 2017
Irish Life AAI National Senior XC Champion Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders / Andy Hodbell) is one of five Northern Ireland based athletes who have been named in the Ireland team for the upcoming European XC Championships in Slovakia in two weeks (Sunday 10th December 2017).
27 November 2017
Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley AC) and Emma Mitchell (QUB AC) were crowned Northern Ireland & Ulster 10k (Road) Champions as a capacity field of 1,000 runners took on Willowfield Temperance Harriers’ Seeley Cup 10k road race in Belfast (Saturday 25th November 2017).
24 November 2017
A capacity crowd of 1,000 competitors will descend on Ormeau Park in Belfast for this weekend’s Seeley Cup 10k road race, which incorporates the Northern Ireland & Ulster 10k (Road) Championships (Saturday 25th November 2017).
21 November 2017
World M70 Masters Mountain Running Champion Jim Patterson (Newcastle AC) struck gold as Northern Ireland secured a plethora of individual and team medals at the British & Irish Masters XC International XC in Derry / Londonderry on Saturday 18th November 2017. Locally based athletes who represented Ireland also impressed, with Paddy Hamilton (Slieve Gullion Runners) and Declan Reed (City of Derry AC) claiming podium places.
20 November 2017
Northern Ireland and Ireland international, Breege Connolly (City of Derry AC), has bettered the Athletics Ireland European Championships marathon standard with a 2:37:26 finish at Valencia Marathon yesterday (Sunday 19th November 2017).
19 November 2017
Following an extremely successful Event Group Sprints & Hurdles and Throws Squads on 19th November, Athletics NI are excited to announce the Event Group Jumps Squad on 2nd December.
17 November 2017
The eyes of the British & Irish masters running associations and their many followers will be on Northern Ireland’s maiden city, Derry/Londonderry this coming weekend.
15 November 2017
Athletics NI Staff and Coaches are hosting a ‘Physical Preparation for Endurance’ at the Sports Centre at Ulster University, Coleraine on 6th December 2017.
13 November 2017
Eskander Turki (Monaghan Town Runners) and Edel Monaghan (Enniskillen RC) secured the top prizes in the NI & Ulster Novice XC Championships as hundreds of athletes, of all ages, battled their way through the mud at the impressive Finn Valley Complex in Stranorlar (Sunday 12th November 2017).
10 November 2017
Athletics NI is excited to announce the launch of our new Athlete Development Pathway. The Pathway maps out how we will support and develop athlete-coach pairs from the fundamentals to the podium.
10 November 2017
The impressive Finn Valley Complex in Stranorlar (County Donegal) will play host to this weekend’s Northern Ireland & Ulster Uneven Age Group and Novice Cross Country Championships (Sunday 12th November 2017).
08 November 2017
Entries are now open for the Antrim International Cross Country at Greenmount on 6th January 2018. This is the 41st Edition of the competition which has been held at various venues across Northern Ireland since it began at Mallusk in 1977. The event is in its 9th year at Greenmount. The meeting is one of the highlights of the World Cross Country calendar, forming part of the IAAF’s World Cross Country series.
07 November 2017
Following the successful first instalment of the 2017/2018 NI & Ulster Endurance Squad in September, Athletics NI are pleased announce the second date for this year’s NI & Ulster Endurance Development Squad. The single day squad will take place on Sunday 10th December 2017 at Ulster University Jordanstown from 9.30am-5.00pm.
06 November 2017
Emma Mitchell (QUB AC / Eamonn Christie) set another Northern Ireland record and Paul Pollock (Annadale Striders / Andrew Hobdell) returned to competitive action, as both claimed podium places at the prestigious Leeds Abbey Dash 10k in England this weekend (Sunday 5th November 2017).
03 November 2017
These workshops aim to address the needs of local councils, clubs, coaches and other program facilitators regarding the successful organisation of a Couch to 5K programme.
02 November 2017
Athletics NI are excited to announce dates for Event Group Sprints & Hurdles and Throws Squads. The squads deliver appropriate physical preparation sessions and provide development opportunities, networking and planning support for coaches.
02 November 2017
In recognition of achievements in 2017, a number of junior track & field athletes have been awarded support from the Mary Peters Trust at an awards ceremony at the Girdwood Community Hub, Belfast.
01 November 2017
A number of NI & Ulster Athletes excelled at the recent Irish Schools Multi Event Championships held in Athlone.
31 October 2017
Mourne Runners athlete and winner of this year’s Belfast City Marathon, Laura Graham, again deservedly stole the headlines as she retained her Athletics Ireland National Marathon title at the Dublin Marathon (Sunday 29th October 2017).
30 October 2017
Kilbroney Park in Rostrevor provided the perfect setting for an excellent day of cross country action, which saw Scott Rankin (Foyle Valley AC) and Rebekah Nixon (Dromore AC) claim top honours in the Bobby Rea XC and junior athletes deliver some impressive performances in the NI & Ulster Even Age Group XC Championships.
27 October 2017
This weekend sees the second round of the Athletics NI XC League, with the Bobby Rea Memorial XC Races taking place in Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor, as part of a programme of events which include the Northern Ireland & Ulster Even Age Group XC Championships (Saturday 28th October 2017).
25 October 2017
Coach Development and Physical Preparation Lead, Laura Kerr, has released details of Athletics NI’s Open Academy to take place at Ulster University, Coleraine on 5th November.
23 October 2017
Athletics Northern Ireland’s nominees for the 2018 Commonwealth Games team have been shortlisted.
22 October 2017
Northern Ireland international Adam Kirk-Smith (Derry Track Club) secured a podium place in the feature senior men’s event as local athletes performed well at the Autumn Open International Cross Country Festival (Sunday 22nd October 2017).
20 October 2017
A host of local talent will travel to Abbotstown for this weekend’s Autumn Open International Cross Country Festival taking place on Sunday 22nd October 2017.
20 October 2017
The McConnell Shield is no longer part of the 2017/2018 Athletics NI XC League. Competitors should note, teams are still required to compete in a total of 4 League Events in the pre-Christmas period to be eligible for the overall league prize.
19 October 2017
Toni Minichello, coach of Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, headlined Athletics NI’s Annual Coaching Conference which took place on 7th October at Ulster University, with over 100 coaches attending from Northern Ireland and other home countries.
18 October 2017
Roy (Stevie) Stevenson, having been nominated by the Officials Committee of ANI for a UK Sports Officials Life Time Achievement Award, was selected by UKA to represent athletics.
16 October 2017
The Athletics NI XC League 2017/18 kicked off in style this weekend, with over 300 competitors taking on the Comber Cup XC (Saturday 14th October 2017). The event was hosted by Ballydrain Harriers in perfect cross country conditions; there was muck… and lots of it!
13 October 2017
The latest Athletics NI Endurance Coaches Network (ECN) took place at Crowne Plaza, Shawsbridge on Friday 6th October with 40 of Northern Ireland’s leading endurance coaches attending.
12 October 2017
The first round of the Athletics Northern Ireland Cross Country League will take place on Saturday 14th October.
09 October 2017
Newcastle AC and Queen’s University AC were crowned NI & Ulster Senior Champions, and Acorns AC and City of Lisburn AC retained their Northern Ireland Masters Athletic Association (NIMAA) titles as record numbers took on the NI & Ulster Road Relay Championships at Victoria Park in Belfast (Saturday 7th October 2017).
06 October 2017
A record number of 179 teams will contest this weekend’s NI & Ulster (Road) Relay Championships at Victoria Park in Belfast (Saturday 7th October 2017).
03 October 2017
The Northern Ireland Masters Athletic Association (NIMAA) has announced a series of Winter Fixtures taking in Cross Country and Road Races.
02 October 2017
Scotland based Northern Ireland international Fionnuala Ross (Shettleston Harriers / Armagh AC) continued her recent good form with a Scottish National Half Marathon gold medal after securing 3rd place at the Great Scottish Run, which included the Scottish Athletics Half Marathon Championships (Sunday 1st October 2017).
27 September 2017
Nominations are invited for three roles on the UK Member’s Council (UKMC), the custodians of the long-term interests of athletics in the UK.
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- Commonwealth Champ Aaron Sexton launches Junior Cross Country League
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Want to be in with the chance to compete in an International Competition? Well now you can. However, you will need to be quick with only three weeks out the sprints, jumps and throws fields are starting to fill up. The Mary Peters Track will again host the Belfast International Meet on Wednesday 5th July 2017.
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Hundreds of athletes descended on the home of athletics in Northern Ireland, the Mary Peters Track in Belfast, for the NI & Ulster Senior Track & Field Championships, which also incorporated the Under 18 and Under 20 age group Championships (Saturday 10th June 2017).
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Mary Peters Track to again host the 2017 Belfast International Athletics Meet
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Entries open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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Entries open at BelfastCityMarathon.com (23rd April, final closing date)
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The TQ10K has a fantastic line up of athletes ready to race at Titanic Quarter!
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First Deadline Approaches Entries now open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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Designed to celebrate the 11th year of the race, the Dale Farm Protein Milk TQ10K has revealed a new medal design for its 2017 event on Sunday 9th April. The specially commissioned ‘Titanic’ medal will be presented to each participant who completes the 10k route.
26 March 2017
Record entries expected as rugby legend Stephen Ferris launches 5k run at Belfast City Airport
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17th March, 2017 Middle Distance Seminar Trevor Painter –Hilton Hotel, Templepatrick, Antrim (7-9.30pm)
22 February 2017
Entries now open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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Team leaders treated to an extensive tour of venues, hotels and facilities to be used during the Championships Organisers also presented key information at the World Para Athletics Sport Forum in Frankfurt World Para Athletics Championships to run from 14-23 July at the London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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Athletics Northern Ireland is seeking to recruit a Performance Therapist to support their Youth Academy training camp in Portugal (10th-23rd April 2017.) The information below serves as an invitation for practitioners who meet the criteria to submit their CV and a covering letter as an expression of interest to fulfil the role.
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Entries now open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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Lord Mayor of Belfast Alderman Brian Kingston and UK Athletics’ Chair Ed Warner were among the guests of honour at this year’s Athletics NI Annual Awards Evening. Other guests included Chair of the Mary Peters Trust Eilish Rutherford and local pioneering Olympian Maeve Kyle OBE.
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Entries now open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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Entries now open at BelfastCityMarathon.com
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