Mark Patterson has been named among the 21 strong Ireland team selected to compete in the European Junior Championships in Serbia on July 23rd-26th. Mark is the only Northern Ireland athlete to compete in an individual event and will compete at 800m and also join the 4 x 400m relay squad. Jason Harvey of Lagan Valley will also be in the 4 x 400m relay squad. Like Ben Reynolds, his clubmate and counterpart in the UK team, Mark has been to the forefront of his event this summer, having run the 800m qualifying time on several occasions and he is Irish Schools and National Junior Champion. Additionally Amy Foster will compete in the European U23 Championships, Lithuania on July 16th-19th at 100m, 200m and in the 4 x 100m relay.
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03 July 2009

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UKA have named 35 athletes in the first wave of selections for the European U20 Championships which will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia on 23-26 July 2009. Amongst those selected on the team is Ben Reynolds in the 110m hurdles. Ben’s selection follows a series of consistent performances over the junior hurdles this year. He started with an excellent run over 60m hurdles indoors where he placed third in the British Championships with a sub clocking of 7.95 and he has followed this up with a third place at the British outdoor, AAA U20 championships, in Bedford on the 28th June.
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30 June 2009

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The womens Senior Track & Field Team has been in top form this season and on Sunday they retained the Northern Ireland Team Trophy. Well led and augmented by a group of talented youngsters moving up, they took the bragging rights away from their male counterparts who found themselves sandbagged by a well-organised Olympian team. Their ten year tenure of the trophy came to an  end despite a late flurry of results which took them to within two points of retaining it. A positive was that the men also took the opportunity to bring in some younger blood, who all had encouraging results as well as providing enthusiasm.
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29 June 2009

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The 2009 Belfast Telegraph RunHer event was on Sunday and the streets around Belmont were again thronged for this women only event. Roberta Dornan has an impressive pedigree in these events and was again a winner, running the 5K event in 19:01 min. Lynne Kerr, Ange Perrott and Tracy McWhinny were all top ten finishers as was Debbie Matchett in the 10K event which was won by Julie Balmer in 39:24 min.
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29 June 2009