Author: Pearse Brogan

SCRABO HILL RACE REPORT 2023 This year’s Scrabo Hill Race represented the 10th round of the NIMRA championship and 103 athletes toed the line on Thursday night to do battle over the 4 mile...

Cancelled ferries, absent coach transfers & unforgiving rain. The NIMRA teams’ journey to the international Snowdon race in 2023. The team selected for the event was Adam Cunningham, Andrew Tees, Joshua McAtee, James Millar,...

FLAGSTAFF TO CARLINGFORD 2023 RACE REPORT (FROM ARMAGH AC) The annual Flagstaff to Carlingford Mountain race this year wasn’t just a race with two halves but more a race that presented new challenges from...

Newry AC hosted this NIMRA medium championship race at a new location based from Leitrim Lodge on Saturday morning. 69 athletes took on 8.1 miles and 1,800 feet of climb in very warm conditions....

NIMRA athletes will travel to Europe to compete in two International Mountain Running competitions this summer, representing NI & Ulster or Irish teams. U18 International Mountain Running Cup, France Link to website: https://www.u18wcup.maxi-race.org/ Congratulations...

The plan for the NIMRA team’s trip to Sedbergh for the British Inter-Counties Fellrunning Championship race was well laid… Six of us (Aine Gosling, Bernadette O’Kane, Ciara Coffey, John Marrs, Joshua McAtee and Andrew...

On Saturday 18th March, 22 talented junior athletes travelled to Slieve Croob for the U18 Trial, to select the team for the International in Annecy, France on the 27th May.  This race has for the last...

NORTHERN IRELAND MOUNTAIN RUNNING REPORT 2022 The overall winners of the nine race NIMRA Championship were Timothy Johnston (Mourne Runners) and Alice Flint(BARF).  Second places in the Championship were filled by Adam Cunningham and...

As we approach the new year the NIMRA committee are busy planning for the 2023 mountain running season, with the first big event the Annual General Meeting.   The NIMRA 2023 Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Monday...

The Mourne Marauder This year Northern Ireland Mountain Running Association British Championship race will start in Donard Park, Newcastle Co. Down on the 25th March 2023. It will visit Slieve Donard Summit, Chimney Rock...