Springwell Running Club - Press Release 2nd March 2025

The past week has been a quiet one for Springwell’s runners  with regards participation in races. There were 5 km and 10 mile race options in Bundoran over the weekend, while Carlingford Half Marathon also took place on Saturday past. However, many will have been saving their legs for the Derry 10 miler that will take place on Saturday 8th March, or one of several races that will take place over St Patrick’s weekend. We still had our usual large numbers out at parkrun, as well as a charity run in Cushendall organised by Glens Runners.

Glens Runners Charity Run/Walk

The annual Glens Runners Charity Run / Walk took place on Sunday morning, when there were 15, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3 or 2 mile options available to participants. There was a 15 mile route and attendees got to choose their starting point along the route depending on the distance that they wanted to cover, with everyone then finishing at St Mary’s Parish Church in Cushendall.

Jonathan Huddleston and Shaun Carton made the trip to complete the 15 mile route, while Gemma Wray opted for the 5 mile route.

The 15 mile route was a challenging course over the mountains to begin with, until at approximately halfway the runners and walkers started a gradual nice descent past Cushendun and into Cushendall, where a great spread awaited the walkers and runners to refuel after their efforts.

Glens Runners Charity Run

Jonathan Huudlestone, Gemma Wray &

Shaun Carton after completing the Glens

Runners Charity Run

Parkrun

It was another busy Saturday for the Springwell parkrunners with 67 of the club out at 14 different parkruns, which was super to see. The high tide and soft sand on the east strand at Portrush didn't deter runners, with 22 club members turning up to slog along the beach on a lovely spring morning.

Elsewhere, 8 of the club’s members took part in the elusive Lower Drummans parkrun, and some of the Ballymoney and Limavady crew headed to The Fishermans Walk in Portglenone.
Nicola and Alan White were at Princes Park in Liverpool, but Barry McBride wins the 'farthest travelled' award yet again as he visited Waitangi parkrun in New Zealand this week.

Portrush parkrun
Andy WHITEFORD 00:19:46; Maurice WALKER 00:21:01; Rhys WALKER 00:22:47; Cathy ADAMS 00:23:34; Fiona MARTIN 00:24:13; Paul LAVERTY 00:24:15; Alanna MILLAR 00:25:41; Mervyn ADAMS 00:25:58; David O'NEILL 00:27:04; Michael ALCORN 00:27:35; Michael MCKEOWN 00:27:52; Andrew WILMOT 00:28:18; Reid JACK 00:28:36; Patricia CRAIG 00:28:54; George BRIEN 00:31:32; Gemma WRAY 00:33:04; Aisling HYNES 00:34:29; Anne JACK 00:35:04; Fergal MACKLE 00:35:34; Rhona LAVERTY 00:37:42; Iris WILSON 00:38:47; Caitriona MACKLE 00:47:32

The Fisherman‘s Walk parkrun
Rodney MC PHEE 00:18:05; Reggie COLVILLE 00:19:46; Ashley MC PHEE 00:21:23; Adrian FINLAY 00:22:48; Deborah MC PHEE 00:23:04; Alison C DUNCAN 00:26:07; Sonya COLVILLE 00:28:04; Heather MCLAUGHLIN 00:31:54; Linda MC MICHAEL 00:35:07; John MCMICHAEL 00:35:18

The Fisherman’s Walk parkrun

Linda McMichael, Ashley McPhee, Deborah McPhee, Adrian Finlay, Heather McLaughlin, Alison Duncan & John McMichael the The Fisherman's Walk parkrun

Limavady parkrun
Ciara MCSHERRY 00:20:15; David SHIELS 00:20:18; Catherine PINKERTON 00:22:22; David MCGAFFIN 00:23:28; Kevin MCLEAN 00:24:41; Janet PATRICK 00:26:36; Leanne QUIGLEY 00:27:58; Karen CAMPBELL 00:29:46

Lower Drummans parkrun
Fiona PRUE 00:20:33; Alan PLATT 00:22:42; Mervyn THOMPSON 00:24:06; Julie CORBETT 00:29:10; Emer THOMPSON 00:30:04; Pauline DUKE 00:30:50; Andrew WILSON 00:31:06; Kenneth BACON 00:45:08

Paisley Park parkrun
Amanda SCOTT 00:29:08; Lorraine ABERNETHY 00:30:29; Catherine BYERS 00:31:45; Elaine MONTGOMERY 00:34:15

Garvagh Forest parkrun
Peter TEES 00:19:02; Ciaran BLAKE 00:25:48; Majella MCATEER 00:28:26

Ecos parkrun, Ballymena
Shaun CARTON 00:22:02; Brian HARPER 00:33:30; Heather HARPER 00:34:40

Derry City parkrun
Roisin WALKER 00:29:15

Princes parkrun, Liverpool
Nicola WHITE 00:30:14; Alan WHITE 00:30:15

Queen’s parkrun, Belfast
Jonathan HUDDLESTON 00:26:58

Castlewellan parkrun
Kay HACK 00:32:48; Gary KENDALL 00:32:49

Larne parkrun
Chris DENTON 00:20:45

Stormont parkrun
Ali SHAW 00:33:48

Waitangi parkrun
Barry MCBRIDE 00:25:3