The Northern Ireland and Ulster Indoor Championships were held at the weekend at the Odyssey filling the morning and Saturday afternoon slots. There were more pbs and more medals with Matthew Martin winning the U17 shot with 12.33m and Beth Wilson 2nd in the U16 shot with 9.53m. Niall McGrattan was unlucky to have what looked a good putt disallowed which would have medalled and he finished 4th in the U15 boys shot with a pb of 9.60m. Matthew Hamilton has been out of the long jump for well over a year with injuries and his 5.37m, though modest, was 2nd in the U16 event and he was also 3rd at 60m with another pb of 7.62 sec. Glen Willis had an indoor pb at U16 800m with 2:09.83 min and was 4th overall but 3rd in the Ulster Championships. Mark Widdowson ran26.33 sec in the U15 200m heats but pulled up injured in the final. Alex Catherwood was 6th in the U15 high jump.
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08 February 2010

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Tom Reynolds was 3rd in the pole vault with 4.40m when the Irish Senior Indoor Championships were held at the Odyssey Arena over the weekend and although Tom was the only medallist there were plenty of good performances. Niall Robinson twice broke his indoor 1500m pb and was the leading qualifier in the heats. Jordan Stokes had one goal - to finish the 800m inside 2 minutes, and a well-paced race saw him do just that with an outright pb of 1:59.47 min. At the same event John Saulters had an indoor pb and at 3000m Francis Marsh broke his own club vets indoor record. There were solid performances at shot from Jeremy Harper with 13.59m and from Kathy Hetherington and Jodie Murphy with 9.23 and 8.99m for 4th and 6th. Kenny Elliott was the only sprinter out with 23.47 sec in the 200m.
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08 February 2010

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There were no real problems for the cross country squads when the County Down District Schools XC took place on Tuesday in Delamont Park. Practically all the expected athletes got through to the Ulster Schools at Mallusk on 24th Feb. Highly placed runners included Roger Dawson 4th and Sam McKibben 10th at Junior Boys, Abbey Taylor 5th at Junior Girls, Glen Willis 5th at Intermediate Boys and Jordan Stokes 2nd and Matthew McMullan 9th at Senior Boys.

The rescheduled cross country meeting in Donegal incorporating the Junior Men, Intermediate/U21/masters Women and Male Masters took place on Saturday in Stranorlar on a chilly day over a traditional no-nonsense course. Not Junior or Intermediate in the age group sense, it was a successful day for North Down with the mens team 2nd to St Malachy’s and the womens team 1st..
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01 February 2010