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31st Jan 2010Declan Reed wins bronze in the "Junior" City of Derry's Declan Reed continued his fantastic season yesterday winning an individual bronze medal in the NI/Ulster Junior/Intermediate Cross Country Championship in Ballybofey. While there was a smaller than usual entry in the race in terms of numbers, there was no lack in quality. The race was won by St Malachy's Michael McKillop who is really benefiting from being a full time athlete, with another Malachys athlete Aiden McGowan in 2nd. This led the way for an easy team win for St Malachys who obviously expected it as they didn't bring the cup with them!! North Down took silver with the Spartans having to settle for bronze. In a very strong Masters men’s race Colin Roberts was the leading CoD runner in 5th. No category winners available at the moment. The ladies race also contained a strong field and the Derry club picked up Silver and Bronze team medals in the Intermediate and Masters respectively. Well done to all. Full results here and photos here. 10th Jan 2010Training details for Tue 12th Jan 2010 Training for U15, U17 and Senior Track and Field Group will be in Gransha next Tue 12th Jan. No training for U13 group till the weather improves. Danea. 10th Jan 2010NI & Ulster Age Group Championships, Odyssey Note to all athletes competing in the NI & Ulster Age Group Championships, Odyssey. Attached are Entry forms and timetable with Information about New False Start Rules. here and here. Form must be printed out and returned to the club with entry fee before 14th Jan. Danea. 11th Dec 09 NW Cross Country Championships Annadale Striders' Eddie McGinley won the main event at yesterdays North West Cross Country Championships in Gransha. Top female Spartan Aileen Morrison was an impressive winner of the womens race which was run along with the men. Results of Senior Open 6km Race here. Photos thanks to Dara here, and from Malcolm here. Junior races results here. 11th Dec 09 NW Cross Country Championships Details Poster for NW XC Races on the 19th Dec here. Note registration from 10.30. Main race starts at 12.15 6th Dec 09 City of Derry runners win team and county double at All Ireland Novice XC The Spartan men's team made history today when they won the All Ireland novice cross country championships for the first time in a very mucky Coleraine. The team won not only the club championships but also the county with Derry prevailing over a strong Cork squad. The club championships was won with an excellent 34 points to Clonliffe's 51. That man again, Greg Roberts led the club in a fantastic 3rd place(to win his 4th medal in 2 days!), some recovery from 30.37 for 10k the day before. He was backed up Diarmuid Grant, getting back to himself in 5th place. In 12th place was Aaron 'Arnie' Doherty, recently returned from Spain with Declan Reed having another fantastic run in 14th. These 4 did the job for the club championships and with the addition of Emmett McGinty 26th and Kevin Carlin 52nd (both getting back to good form) the county championships was won. Backing the top 6 up were gutsy runs from Eoghan Furey 62nd, Pajo Hamilton 65th, Brendan Murphy 90th and masters athlete Declan McCarthy in 91st. The most unlucky man of the day must be Gary Slevin who lost his spike in the crowd after only 300m, no doubt he will be back! Marina Campbell was the sole Spartan female on duty having a solid run to finish 26th. Photos here and here, thanks to Dermott Conolly and Malcolm McCausland for these. Club 6th Dec 09 Greg runs new PB in the Seeley Greg Roberts continued his great running with a fantastic 3rd place in the Joe Seeley 10k in Belfast yesterday running 30 mins 37 sec. A small number of City of Derry runners competed as the main club target of the weekend was the all ireland novice xc in Coleraine the following day. Good runs were also had by James Crampsie and Philip Donaghy who both ran pbs. Foyle valley also had a good showing at the race. Full results on NI Athletics website. 6th Dec 09 City of Derry surrender Malcolm Cup Despite a decent effort by a hastily assembled Spartan squad, North Down lifted the Malcolm Cup in Ballyclare. Emmett McGinty led the spartans home in 7th. Results here. Photos on the Annadale site here. 22nd Nov 09 Spartans dominate Pegasus XC City of Derry men’s squad won the team race easily at yesterdays Pegasus XC race held in the grounds of Coleraine Academical Institution. The Spartans filled 7 of the top 10 places. Greg Roberts had a comfortable win and Aaron Doherty won the battle for 2nd with Owen Carlton spoiling the Derry clean sweep by edging out Declan Reed for 3rd. This race may as well have been a Derry County Championships, as the majority of the field was made up of Derry clubs with Foyle Valley and Springwell also turning out in large numbers. Karen Alexander won the women race where Anne Paul got bronze. Results here. Photos here. 19th Nov 09 City of Derry AC are the top club in NI It's official! City of Derry Spartans is the top athletics club in Northern Ireland for 2009. The award was presented in Belfast on Wed 18th November at the annual athletics awards ceremony. The overall club of the year award was given in recognition of the fantastic year that the club had in 2009. The junior club of the year award also went to the Spartans. Individually Danea Herron won the development coach of the year award and Mr Sparta himself, Gerry Lynch was recognised with an award for his volunteering work. Some of the reasons we won the award are listed below. Well done to everyone, apologies if I left anything out. Eoghan. Come on the Spartans!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 members selected on NI/Irish Teams for British/Irish Masters XC International Birmingham 14/11/09. 2 club members on Irish senior squad for the European Cup. Successfully Organised NI 5k Road Champs, NI Half Marathon
Championships, Furey Insurances 5k Series (6 races) and other
events. Link to NI athletics website with details and photos from the awards night here 19th Nov 09 Bogle hits new heights Spartan Allan Bogle had a fantastic performance in the World Mountain Marathon Series final in Argentina. Allan qualified for the final by winning the Grand Canaria race of the series a number of months ago. The Limavady man finished in 18th position in a time of 3 hours 40 mins with the race being won in 3 hours 7 mins. Well done to our man in the Canaries. Hopefully he'll make it back for the NI Senior XC in Feb. 19th Nov 09 Happy hunting for the Spartans in England A busy weekend of cross country action for the club. Greg Roberts was the leading NI finisher in the international XC race in Gateshead. Christy McMonagle got an individual silver medal (V65) in the home countries masters XC in Birmingham. Collie Roberts and Oran McBride picked up team silver (Rep of Ireland) and bronze (Northern Ireland) medals respectively in the M40 category. Well done to all our club members on international duty. 19th Nov 09 Marina wins Ulster Novice Marina Campbell had a great run winning the Ulster Novice XC in Killybegs. This was last won by a Spartan in 2007 when Aileen Morrison won the title. While both mens and womens squads picked up silver medals and all competing gave their best, the club will see this as two team titles lost. If all entered had competed the story would have been different!! Next year! There was similar disappointment in Ballyclare when a vastly under strength men’s squad surrendered the McConnell Shield. Apart from Marina's success, a weekend to forget for the club. 1st Nov 09 Donegal Senior XC Championships The Donegal senior XC championships took place today in horrendous conditions in Ballybofey on a new course which can best be described as a real cross country course. Puddles up to 1 foot deep ensured that none of the competitors had time to relax. The individual titles were won by Pauric McKinney and Theresa McGloin, while hosts Finn Valley won both team contests. As this is an open championships, a City of Derry Squad entered and won bronze medals in the mens race. A day to remember for all! Results here. 1st Nov 09 PATAGONIA BECKONS FOR EGLINTON RUNNER Eglinton man Allan Bogle is rapidly carving out a name for himself in international running circles. Now based in the Canaries where he teaches, Bogle recently won the Gran Canaria K42 multi-terrain race across the island. It was the first time a fixture of the International K42 Circuit had been held in Europe and qualified the City of Derry athlete for the grand final in Argentina on November 1. In the meantime races are scheduled in Brazil and Africa where the course was in the Sahara Desert. “I led from the gun, which was my plan, as I like to control the pace, and wanted test myself in preparation for Argentina,” said Bogle. “I was two minutes slower than last year but it was much hotter and the tide was quite far in meaning I had to run on soft sand.” The winning man and woman from each qualifying race will dispute the final Salomon K42 in Argentina’s Villa la Angostura. Awaiting them there will 1500 runners, each with his own personal target. “I was pleased with how I ran, but I have a lot of work to do this month because I will be facing World class opposition in Argentina,” revealed the former Limavady Grammar School pupil. “I plan to step-up my training this month.” It will be the toughest race that the City of Derry Spartan will ever run with the course following paths through the foothills of the Andes to a height in excess of 1400 metres. He will face, among others, Gustavo Reyes who won last year’s race and one of his idols, Spanish marathon legend and former World Champion Martin Fiz. In the meantime, it’s twice a day training for Bogle who tries to average between 10 and 14 hours of running each week. “I don't enjoy getting up so early to train before work, but it is a necessary part of my preparation,” he confessed. Prior to his departure for sunnier climes, Bogle had been a key member of the City of Derry Spartans helping the club to its first ever Northern Ireland Senior Cross Country team title in 2007. Photo here. 1st Nov 09 Juvenile Athletes of the the year Ciara Armstong and Ryan McParland have been selected as County Derry juvenile athletes of the year by the Ulster Sports Council. Ciara and Ryan have been invited to a banquet in Killybegs to receive their awards. Ciara and Ryan both train at City of Derry athletics club. This is a fantastic achievement for the two youngsters and just goes to show to other runners that commitment and loyalty in the club really does work. 1st Nov 09 CoD win the Comber Cup A large group of 'senior' aka masters spartans competed in the recent Comber Cup. The mens team won the Comber cup for the first time. The race also doubled as a trial for the masters international and a the club was very succesful. Possibly 11 members of the club have gained selection for the international event on either the Northern or Republic of Ireland teams. Well done to all. Some photos here from Bridgeen and Martin.
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