Overall 2017 Hill & Dale Series Winners Mourne s Willie McKee and Newry City s Esther Dickson ran out popular winners of the 2017 series. The Runners Runner Award this year went to the very popular Kookie O Hagan. A participant for decades now in the Series, he was one a band of brothers making up Team Purple back in the 90s. O Hagan is a successful coach these days, indeed he coaches the 2017 Women s Series Champion, Esther Dickson from Newry City Harriers. Despite his busy coaching schedule Kookie still managed to start and finish all 11 races in this year s Hill & Dale Series. Series Numbers The incredible 2017 Series saw many participation records broken. 259 runners completed 6 races (205 men and 54 women). This compares to 217 in 2016. Another record of 559 different runners took part in at least one race. There was a record average turnout of 227.8 for each race breaking the all-time record. In addition, there was a record turnout at any individual race when 297 took part in the Castlewellan race back in the 1 st race of the Series. There was also a record turnout for the 72 nd running of the Classic Slieve Donard Race with 297 participants. 17 runners completed all 11 races and a draw was made from these for 3 free entries for the whole of the 2018 series with the winners being Colm Devlin, Gareth Macauley and Andy Bridge congratulations, you can compete in 11 more next year at no pecuniary cost.
Full House All 11 Races Name Category Club Murray, Janine FOpen East Down AC* Farnan, Shirley FV45 Physio & Co Robinson, Judith FV50 Murlough AC* Macauley, Gareth MOpen Newcastle AC* Hynds, Gavin MV35 East Down AC* Casey, Mark MV35 Unattached Murney, Kevin MV40 Burren AC* Weir, Mark MV45 North Down AC* Nugent, Francis MV50 Blaney Rockets* Brennan, Colin MV50 Springwell* Peters, Brian MV50 Unattached Wilson, Brian MV50 East Down AC* Devlin, Colm MV50 Murlough AC* Bridge, Andy MV50 BARF* Graham, Peter MV55 Newry Tri Club Nugent, Connell MV55 Newcastle AC* O'Hagan, Kookie MV60 Newry AC* Strickland, Fred MV70 Ballydrain Harriers* FEMALE OVERALL Overall Female Finish Name Category Club 1 Dickson, Esther FOpen Newry AC* 2 Haugh, Charlene FOpen Mourne Runners* 3 O'Kane, Shileen FV45 Lagan Valley AC* 4 Wasson, Gillian FV40 Ballymena Runners* 5 McKibbin, Trisha FV35 Newcastle AC* 6 Haugh, Bethany FOpen Mourne Runners* 7 Kellett, Niamh FV35 East Down AC* 8 Troeng, Mari FOpen Newcastle AC* 9 Quinn, Sarah FOpen Unattached 10 McNeill, Aine FV50 Dromore AC* 11 Farnan, Shirley FV45 Physio & Co 12 O'Kane, Bernadette FOpen DUB Runners* 13 Mackin, Mary FV60 Dromore AC* 14 McNeilly, Sam FOpen Newcastle AC* 15 Stevenson, Jenna FOpen Mourne Runners* 16 Brennan, Molly FJunior Springwell* 17 Foster, Joanne FV35 East Down AC* 18 Pruzina, Stephanie FV50 BARF* 19 Neville, Grace Elizabeth FOpen Newcastle AC* 20 Porter, Karalee FV35 Mourne Runners*
MALE OVERALL Overall Male Finish Name Category Club 1 McKee, William MOpen Mourne Runners* 2 Hanna, Zak MOpen Newcastle AC* 3 Mckee, David MOpen Mourne Runners* 4 Hicks, David MV35 Newcastle AC* 5 McConville, Barry MOpen Newcastle AC* 6 Johnston, Timothy MOpen Mourne Runners* 7 Murtagh, Colm MV35 Newcastle AC* 8 Quinn, Lorcan - Was 651 MOpen Unattached 9 Brennan, Alex MV40 Unattached 10 Gartland, John-Paul MV35 Unattached 11 Scott, Jonathan MOpen Mourne Runners* 12 McKee, John MJunior Mourne Runners* 13 Kelly, John MV50 Newcastle AC* 14 Bailey, Clive MV40 Mourne Runners* 15 Bell, Richard MV40 Mourne Runners* 16 Grant, Pete MV45 Newcastle AC* 17 Macauley, Gareth MOpen Newcastle AC* 18 Graham, Jonathan MOpen Mourne Runners* 19 Brennan, Oisin MJunior Springwell* 20 Andrews, Neil MOpen East Down AC* CATEGORY POSITIONS Name Category Club 1 Brennan, Molly FJunior Springwell* 2 Pruzina, Sophie FJunior LVO 1 Dickson, Esther FOpen Newry AC* 2 Haugh, Charlene FOpen Mourne Runners* 3 Haugh, Bethany FOpen Mourne Runners* 4 Troeng, Mari FOpen Newcastle AC* 5 Quinn, Sarah FOpen Unattached 6 O'Kane, Bernadette FOpen DUB Runners* 7 McNeilly, Sam FOpen Newcastle AC* 8 Neville, Grace Elizabeth FOpen Newcastle AC* 9 Stevenson, Jenna FOpen Mourne Runners* 10 Magowan, Lyndsey Jane FOpen Unattached 11 Graham, Joanne FOpen Mourne Runners* 12 Lynch, Laura FOpen Murlough AC* 13 Murray, Janine FOpen East Down AC* 14 Herron, Beverley FOpen Mourne Runners* 15 Simons, Fionnuala FOpen Murlough AC*
1 McKibbin, Trisha FV35 Newcastle AC* 2 Kellett, Niamh FV35 East Down AC* 3 Foster, Joanne FV35 East Down AC* 4 Porter, Karalee FV35 Mourne Runners* 5 Aiken, Ruth FV35 Dromore AC* 6 Kerr, Angela FV35 Unattached 7 Robinson Getty, Kathryn FV35 Unattached 8 Mathers, Nicola FV35 Murlough AC* 9 Grant, Kathryn FV35 Ballymena Runners* 1 Wasson, Gillian FV40 Ballymena Runners* 2 Keys, Dianne FV40 Unattached 3 Cassidy, Helen FV40 Physio & Co 4 McCauley, Joanne FV40 St Peters* 5 D'Haese, Inge FV40 Unattached 6 Dickenson, Sharon FV40 Orangegrove AC* 7 Coffey, Nina FV40 Dromore AC* 8 O'Hagan, Denise FV40 BARF* 9 McKay, Sarah FV40 Murlough AC* 1 O'Kane, Shileen FV45 Lagan Valley AC* 2 Farnan, Shirley FV45 Physio & Co 3 Murray, Christine FV45 Co. Antrim Harriers* 4 O'Neill, Noleen FV45 Banbridge AC* 5 McCrickard, Monica FV45 Leitrim Ladies 6 Purdon, Wendy FV45 Ballydrain Harriers* 7 Fitzpatrick, Lorna FV45 Murlough AC* 8 McBride, Colette FV45 Murlough AC* 1 McNeill, Aine FV50 Dromore AC* 2 Pruzina, Stephanie FV50 BARF* 3 McElroy, Orla FV50 NIMRA 4 Robinson, Judith FV50 Murlough AC* 5 Graham, Liz FV50 Newry City Runners* 6 Quinn, Mary FV50 Newry City Runners* 7 Murphy, Lorna FV50 Newry City Runners* 8 Morgan, Joy FV50 Newry City Runners* 1 Carson, Suz FV55 Fell Ponies 1 Mackin, Mary FV60 Dromore AC* 2 McKeown, Janet FV60 Unattached
1 McKee, John MJunior Mourne Runners* 2 Brennan, Oisin MJunior Springwell* 1 McKee, William MOpen Mourne Runners* 2 Hanna, Zak MOpen Newcastle AC* 3 Mckee, David MOpen Mourne Runners* 4 McConville, Barry MOpen Newcastle AC* 5 Johnston, Timothy MOpen Mourne Runners* 6 Quinn, Lorcan - Was 651 MOpen Unattached 7 Scott, Jonathan MOpen Mourne Runners* 8 Graham, Jonathan MOpen Mourne Runners* 9 Macauley, Gareth MOpen Newcastle AC* 10 Andrews, Neil MOpen East Down AC* 11 Reid, Connor MOpen Ballymena Runners* 12 McCloy, Jonathan MOpen Ballymena Runners* 13 Hanna, Richard MOpen Mourne Runners* 14 McKibbin, Marty MOpen Dundrum CLG 15 Carson, Ryan MOpen Unattached 16 Crutchley, Jonny MOpen Newcastle AC* 17 Kernan, Rónán MOpen Unattached 18 Graham, Stephen MOpen Newcastle AC* 19 McCann, David MOpen Newcastle AC* 20 Coffey, Liam MOpen Physio & Co 21 Barr, Ronan MOpen Newcastle AC* 22 Patterson, Richard MOpen University of Ulster AC* 23 McCullough, Mark MOpen Banbridge AC* 24 McNamara, Kieran MOpen Scrabo Striders* 25 Murnin, Eddie MOpen Murlough AC* 26 O'Higgins, John MOpen Newcastle AC* 27 Brannigan, Jay MOpen CrossFit Infected 28 Conlon, Jason MOpen Newcastle AC* 29 Fegan, Thomas MOpen Unattached 30 McEvoy, Peter MOpen Unattached 31 Tomaselli, Jamie MOpen St Peters* 32 Morrow, Conor MOpen Not the Sunday Run 33 Boylan, Paul MOpen Unattached 34 Crawford, Jon MOpen CrossFit Infected 35 Toner, Mark MOpen CrossFit Infected 36 Hughes, David MOpen Mourne Runners*
1 Hicks, David MV35 Newcastle AC* 2 Murtagh, Colm MV35 Newcastle AC* 3 Gartland, John-Paul MV35 Unattached 4 McNally, Stephen MV35 Newcastle AC* 5 Pascoe, Colin MV35 BARF* 6 McGimpsey, Garth MV35 Mourne Runners* 7 Brady, Owen MV35 Newcastle AC* 8 Morgan, Declan MV35 City of Lisburn* 9 Kelly, Nigel MV35 Ballydrain Harriers* 10 Tees, Andrew MV35 Orangegrove AC* 11 Heanen, Adam MV35 NI Civil Service AC* 12 Kelly, Colm MV35 BARF* 13 Flynn, Mickey MV35 Newcastle AC* 14 Casey, Mark MV35 Unattached 15 Hynds, Gavin MV35 East Down AC* 16 McDonald, Ryan MV35 Newcastle AC* 17 Young, Kieran MV35 Murlough AC* 18 Murdock, Gareth MV35 Burren AC* 19 Beattie, Jonathan MV35 Seapark AC* 20 Malone, Anthony MV35 Blaney Rockets* 21 Buchanan, David MV35 BARF* 22 McKinley, Anthony MV35 Albertville Harriers * 23 Woods, Patrick MV35 Unattached 24 McNamara, Tadgh MV35 Newcastle AC* 25 Herron, Darren MV35 Mourne Runners* 26 Steen, Alan MV35 Scrabo Striders* 27 McQuillan, Charlie MV35 Jog Moira 28 Neeson, Michael MV35 Murlough AC* 1 Brennan, Alex MV40 Unattached 2 Bailey, Clive MV40 Mourne Runners* 3 Bell, Richard MV40 Mourne Runners* 4 Lappin, James MV40 Ballydrain Harriers* 5 Dorman, Laurence MV40 Mourne Runners* 6 Marks, William MV40 Mourne Runners* 7 Dobbs, Michael MV40 City of Lisburn* 8 Pannell, Roger MV40 Ballydrain Harriers* 9 Kelly, Gareth MV40 3 Ways AC* 10 Livingstone, Chris MV40 Seapark AC* 11 Martin, Darren MV40 Ballydrain Harriers* 12 Owens, Will MV40 Newcastle AC* 13 Oram, Hugh MV40 Murlough AC* 14 Kelly, Jonny MV40 East Down AC* 15 Lowry, Tim MV40 Ballymena Runners* 16 Gibney, Niall MV40 Unattached 17 Larkin, Jim MV40 DUB Runners* 18 Edgar, Paul MV40 Ballydrain Harriers* 19 Marshall, Darren MV40 Orangegrove AC* 20 Spiers, Barry MV40 NI Civil Service AC* 21 Murney, Kevin MV40 Burren AC* 22 Barnett, Mike MV40 Newry City Runners* 23 Kielty, Cahal MV40 CrossFit Infected 24 O'Donoghue, Michael MV40 Orangegrove AC*
25 McConaghy, Martin MV40 St Peters* 26 McCauley, Craig MV40 Mourne Runners* 27 Butler, Patrick MV40 Unattached 28 Storey, Wayne MV40 Unattached 29 Milligan, Sean MV40 Unattached 30 Rainey, Eoghan MV40 Orangegrove AC* 31 Boylan, Gerald MV40 Newcastle AC* 32 Waterworth, Stephen MV40 BARF* 1 Grant, Pete MV45 Newcastle AC* 2 Leitch, Thomas MV45 VP& Connswater 3 McGreevy, Cathal MV45 Newry AC* 4 Alexander, Mark MV45 Ballymena Runners* 5 Weir, Mark MV45 North Down AC* 6 Cartmill, Warren MV45 Team Purple 7 Elwood, Alan MV45 Dromore AC* 8 Graham, David MV45 Armagh AC * 9 Bennett, Adrian MV45 Mourne Runners* 10 Magee, Bryan MV45 Larne AC* 11 Cassidy, Stephen MV45 Physio & Co 12 McGrellis, Declan MV45 BARF* 13 Vasey, Richard MV45 East Coast AC* 14 Rice, Stevie MV45 Newcastle AC* 15 Wallace, Andrew MV45 Ballydrain Harriers* 16 Browne, Clarke MV45 Mourne Runners* 17 Cassidy, Stephen MV45 Murlough AC* 18 O'Callaghan, Shane MV45 Newry City Runners* 19 Bell, Craig MV45 Unattached 20 Farnan, Conor MV45 Physio & Co 21 Elliott, Mark MV45 Ballydrain Harriers* 22 Mynes, Ronan MV45 Team Purple 23 McKinley, Johnny MV45 Dromore AC* 24 Maguire, Sean MV45 Blaney Rockets* 25 Campbell, Clarke MV45 BARF* 26 Stonehouse, David MV45 Saintfield Striders* 27 Dunn, Stephen MV45 St Peters* 28 Ritchie, Paddy MV45 Ballydrain Harriers* 29 Brogan, Martin MV45 Newcastle AC* 30 McCann, Damian MV45 Newry City Runners* 31 McGibbon, Andrew MV45 BARF* 32 Weir, Clive MV45 Newry City Runners* 1 Kelly, John MV50 Newcastle AC* 2 Nugent, Francis MV50 Blaney Rockets* 3 Gorman, Frankie MV50 Blaney Rockets* 4 Gregg, Andy MV50 Larne AC* 5 Coffey, Clive MV50 Physio & Co 6 Brennan, Colin MV50 Springwell* 7 Mallon, Paddy MV50 BARF* 8 Murdock, Kevin MV50 Team Purple 9 Kingston, Gerry MV50 BARF* 10 Nicholson, Roger MV50 BARF* 11 McKeown, Gareth MV50 BARF* 12 Peters, Brian MV50 Unattached
13 Mallon, Eamonn MV50 Newcastle AC* 14 O'Neill, Stephen MV50 Newry City Runners* 15 Armstrong, Sean MV50 Murlough AC* 16 Macklin, Enda MV50 Unattached 17 Devlin, Colm MV50 Murlough AC* 18 McCrory, Declan MV50 Armagh AC * 19 Martin, Nigel MV50 Scrabo Striders* 20 Wilson, Brian MV50 East Down AC* 21 McElroy, Declan MV50 Newcastle AC* 22 McAleenan, Conor MV50 Unattached 23 Magee, Declan MV50 Newcastle AC* 24 Pruzina, Mark MV50 BARF* 25 McCormac, Paul MV50 Physio & Co 26 Bridge, Andy MV50 BARF* 27 Stringer, Ian MV50 Physio & Co 28 Rowe, Gerard MV50 Murlough AC* 29 Proctor, Nigel MV50 Banbridge AC* 30 Glass, David MV50 Unattached 31 Rice, Sean MV50 Newcastle AC* 32 Purdon, Mark MV50 Ballydrain Harriers* 33 Johnston, Ian MV50 Unattached 34 Knight, Stephen MV50 Newcastle AC* 35 Todd, Samuel MV50 Co. Antrim Harriers* 36 O'Brien, Colm MV50 Newry City Runners* 1 McCullagh, Paul MV55 City of Lisburn* 2 McCann, Eugene MV55 Newcastle AC* 3 Bell, David MV55 Mourne Runners* 4 Mulholland, Leslie MV55 Not the Sunday Run 5 Allen, David MV55 Albertville Harriers * 6 McNiff, Cathal MV55 Banbridge AC* 7 McCullough, Cecil MV55 Mourne Runners* 8 Suffern, Hugh MV55 Not the Sunday Run 9 McCormick, Declan MV55 Murlough AC* 10 White, Seamus MV55 Newcastle AC* 11 McAleenan, Ciaran MV55 Mourne Runners* 12 O'Kane, Donal MV55 BARF* 13 Wilson, Trevor MV55 BARF* 14 Baron, Adrian MV55 ACKC 15 McAlister, Wilson MV55 Jog Moira 16 Graham, Peter MV55 Newry Tri Club 17 Fulcher, Dave MV55 Murlough AC* 18 Graham, John MV55 Mourne Runners* 19 McCracken, Ian MV55 Unattached 20 McKenna, Frank MV55 Newry City Runners* 21 Nugent, Connell MV55 Newcastle AC* 22 Robson, Mark MV55 BARF* 23 O'Hare, Matthew MV55 Unattached 24 Bates, Ian MV55 Dromore AC* 25 Craig, Stephen MV55 Orangegrove AC*
1 McGreevy, Dominic MV60 Newcastle AC* 2 O'Hagan, Bendan MV60 Team Purple 3 Donaldson, Merwyn MV60 Unattached 4 Morrow, Michael MV60 Not the Sunday Run 5 O'Hagan, Kookie MV60 Newry AC* 6 Brown, William John MV60 Mourne Runners* 7 Turkington, Peter MV60 Unattached 1 McGuckin, Peter MV65 Unattached 2 Hall, Ernest MV65 Dromore AC* 3 Teggarty, Harry MV65 Mourne Runners* 4 Cowan, Ricky MV65 Mourne Runners* 5 Taylor, Ian MV65 BARF* 1 Strickland, Fred MV70 Ballydrain Harriers* 2 McCullough, Ian MV70 BARF*