Willowfield Temperance Harriers, Belfast

12/09/2026

Last Saturday, our members young and old came together to celebrate the club at our annual Dinner and Awards evening.

We celebrated the success of our members over the last year and enjoyed reminising on what a brilliant 25/26 season the club has had.

We held a raffle with all the proceeds going towards our club charity, Alzheimer's Society. Thank you to everyone that donated some fantastic prizes and those that took part! Jealous of the Parkrun Monopoly winner!
We raised a fantastic £400 which will be added to our total.

Our Coaches and Committee give out numerous awards on the night to some very deserving club members.
Every year, it gets harder and harder to choose a recipient, which is a good thing as every one of our members gives 110% (but it is a nightmare for our coaches! 😂)

Congratulations to all of the Award recipients!

It was a fantastic night celebrating together, bring on the 26/27 season!

Primary School Girl - Maddie Murphy
Primary School Boy - Seth Milliken
Minor Girl - Lois McClelland
Minor Boy - Rory Stevenson
Junior Womens - Cara McDermott
Junior Mens - Nicky Boyd
Senior Womens - Jasmine Heron
Senior Mens - Chris Dean

Junior Female Merit - Holly Webber
Junior Male Merit - Connor Campbell
Senior Female Merit - Hannah Orchard
Senior Male Merit - Matthew Allen

Senior Coaches Training Award - Chloe McCully
Newcomer of the Year - Mark Shields
Volunteer of the Year - Lee Kelly
Fundraiser of the Year - Fiona Patterson
Record Breaker of the Year - Emma Horner

Ran All XC League Races - Kathryn & Craig Posnett, Lee Kelly, Andy Patterson

Club Championship Awards
Top Male - Darren McCracken
Top Female - Kathryn Walls
Team Winners - Team J (Hanah Millar, Fiona Patterson, Emma Horner, Lewis Smyth, Russell Hughes, Alex Stevenson, Eoin Francis, David Stevenson, Joe Moore, Una Warnock, Darren McCracken, Morven Bremner, Sharon McCracken, Magda Bernatek, Mark Cobb, Gillian Sadlier, David Kelly and Stephen Wright)

Top Seeley Male 25 - Jacob McKittrick
Top Seeley Female 25 - Maire Ferguson

Presidents Award - Carol McAdam

07/09/2026

Seeley entries sold out at 1pm today!
3 hours! 😲

Thank you so much.

You can add yourself to the waiting list via the entry link

https://www.sientries.co.uk/event/podium4sport-seeley-cup-10k-2026

If you wish to change the name on your entry, you can do this yourself via SiEntries.

Last day for name changes will be Friday 6th November

The Seeley Cup is one of the longest running 10ks in Northern Ireland having been going since 1982. The annual 10k race attracts a top-class field every year and follows a relatively flat route along the Ormeau Embankment and winds through Ormeau Park.

07/09/2026

Podium 4 Sport Ltd Seeley Cup entries open at 10am today!

Be quick it will sell out fast!

The Seeley Cup is one of the longest running 10ks in Northern Ireland having been going since 1982. The annual 10k race attracts a top-class field every year and follows a relatively flat route along the Ormeau Embankment and winds through Ormeau Park.

06/09/2026

🔥 THE CLUB RELAY RETURNS! 🔥

Yesterday saw the return of our annual Willowfield Harriers Club Relay — and what a race! 😍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

14 teams. 4 runners per team. 1 set of club honours. 🏆

The pre-race nerves were REAL 😬 Everyone wanted to run well — not just for themselves, but for their teammates counting on them!

This year brought a new venue and a tough challenge, with runners taking on two-mile loops around Stormont 🌳💨

And it was CLOSE… 👀

The lead changed hands multiple times throughout the race, with every runner giving absolutely everything for their team. 💪🔥

In fact, our eventual winning team were sitting in 14th position after the first runners completed their leg — proving that it really is never over until it’s over, and teaching us all an important lesson: never give up! 💪

Then came the nail-biting finale… 🫣

🏆 A TEAM COMPRISED OF FOUR JUNIORS TOOK THE WIN! 🏆🎉

And in a battle that went right to the very end, one of our youngest runners found themselves battling it out with one of our oldest — a brilliant reflection of what makes Willowfield Harriers so special: a club for all ages and all abilities. 💙

Huge congratulations to our winning team — and a massive well done to every single athlete who raced. The effort, teamwork and club spirit were brilliant from start to finish. 💙👏

25/08/2026

Recent Results

Some brilliant results from the weekend - 7 Pbs, and a Age group 1st and 2nd!

Emma Stevenson - 5k Pb at NI Chamber 5k.
Paul Bailey, Oscar Paisley, Chris Burns, Rishab Reddy, Andrew Breakwell at Antrim Coast Half Marathon.
Calvin Ng at Storming the Castle 10k.
A 1st in the M60 category for Lonnie Law at Antrim and a 2nd in the M65 category for Karl Dines at Storming the Castle.

Brilliant everyone!

*As always, if your result is missing let us know - often the club is not against your name so we can't find you.

NI Chamber 5k, Stormont - Friday 21st Aug 2026
Emma Stevenson - 21:03 - Pb

Antrim Coast Half Marathon - Sunday 23rd Aug 2026
Duncan Corrie - 1:23:00
Paul Bailey - 1:27:27 - Pb
Andrew Breakwell - 1:27:47 - Pb
Rishab Reddy - 1:33:31 - Pb
Oscar Paisley - 1:35:50 - Pb
Hannah Orchard - 1:36:42
Lonnie Law - 1:37:23 - 1st M60
Chris Burns - 1:39:49 - Pb
Lee Kelly - 1:44:11
James Whiteford - 1:47:49

Storming the Castle - Sunday 23rd Aug 2026
Karl Dines - 46:00 - 2nd M65
Michelle Knight - 57:02
Calvin Ng - 58:24 - Pb
Gillian Sadlier - 1:03:43

23/08/2026

Coleraine Campus 5k & NI & Ulster 5k Championships - Friday 21st Aug 2026

Brilliant evening at the Coleraine Campus 5k & NI & Ulster 5k Championships on Friday.
13 of our members headed up to take on the event and what an evening it was - 8 of them came home with new Pbs!

Congrats to Gareth Campbell, Benjamin Challis, Ben Hewitt, Tara Morrison, Ainé Dowd, Holly Webber, Morven Bremner and Sara Mounstephen.

A great evening for them all, finished off with a Morelli's

Thank you to Springwell Running Club for a fantastic event!

Championship 5k race
Gareth Campbell - 15:27 - Pb
Jacob McKittrick - 16:09
Mark Shields - 17:01
Emily Morris - 17:46 - 3rd FU20
Matthew Fleming - 18:19

Race 2 - 18 to 22 mins
Benjamin Challis - 18:17 - 3rd MU20 - Pb
Ben Hewitt - 18:26 - Pb
Tara Morrison - 20:24 - Pb
Cara McDermott - 20:31
Aine Dowd - 20:33 - Pb

Race 3 - 22+ mins
Holly Webber - 21:33 - Pb
Morven Bremner - 21:50 - Pb
Sara Mounstephen - 22:32 - Pb

17/08/2026

Mallusk 5 Miler - Friday 14th August 2026

Thank you Mallusk 5 Mile Road Race for another great race! We survived the killer hills!

Fantastic 5th place for Jacob McKittrick. Mark Shieldz picked up the 1st M60 prize, Davy Proctor was 3rd M45 and Athanasia Sevastaki was 2nd F50.

Niko also had a brilliant run in the Junior 1 mile race coming over the line in 6th.

Great running from all our members.

*As always if your name is missing, please let us know.

Results

5 Mile Race
Male
5th - Jacob McKittrick - 27:58
11th - Lewis Smyth - 29:50
14th - Mark Shields - 30:00 - 1st M60
22nd - Davy Proctor - 30:56 - 3rd M45
23rd - Patrick McGrath - 30:57
29th - Duncan Corrie - 31:41
31st - Chris Sloan - 31:45
45th - Benjamin Hewitt - 32:51
47th - Stephen Morris - 33:11
71st - Andy Bell - 35:10
115th - Ryan Nugent - 39:21

Female
7th - Hannah Eastaff - 35:07
12th - Tara Morrison - 37:43
18th - Athanasia Sevastaki - 38:14 - 2nd F50
26th - Emma Stevenson - 39:35

1 Mile Race
6th - Niko Shields - 7:07

05/08/2026

Five adventurous Willowfielders took on the Bluestacks Way Ultra 25km in Donegal last weekend. With steep mountain climbs, knee deep bogs, long grass and chest high ferns on an unmarked course, their navigation skills were well and truly tested!
Despite a wrong turn, Kathryn finished as 3rd female, a great achievement after last weekends 24 Hr relay efforts!

Brilliant running from everyone! (Even though it doesn’t contribute to club championship points!!!)

Kathryn Walls 3:11.42
Lee Kelly 3:45:52
Kelly Hargie 3:46.45
Kip Alizadeh 3:46.45
Laura McGrellis 4:08:35