Saturday saw the NI and Ulster Age Group Track and Field Championships held at the Antrim Forum.  The blisteringly hot weather was very welcome with sun cream at the ready!  The club had 2 representatives at the event, namely Andrew Richardson and Joel Bradley who competed against the best Ulster had to offer in their age groups.

The Coleraine Academical Institution pupils definitely did not look out of place and put in fighting performances to mix it with the top performers in their respective events.  Andrew took part in the 1994 Shot Putt and Javelin where he was one of the best in the field.  With a best of 10.76m in the shot putt and 34.97 in the javelin, he managed to grab silver and bronze medals but also qualified for the All Ireland finals in 3 weeks time into the bargain.  Great throwing from sporting all-rounder!  Joel on the other hand was taking part in the ultra-competitive 1995 800m event where 27 competitors meant heats had to be run to decide the 8 finalists.  Joel kept in touch with the leaders during his heat and managed to pick them off one by one until the finish, just missing the heat win by 1.5 seconds.  He qualified 7^th fastest to make the final where he knew the going would be tough at the front.  A resilient Joel made sure he ran to his best by ending up 6^th (2.37.43) and only 2 places off an All-Ireland spot.

Pegasus AC would like to pass on our congratulations to both the guys and wish Andrew the best of luck in 3 weeks time at the All-Irelands!

One other result to mention was from the Newry Marathon which took place a couple of weeks ago and saw Chris Denton test himself over the classic distance.  308 competitors made this a successful debut event with good competitive racing throughout the field.  In the end, Chris put in a great run to come home 10^th in 3:00.07 to represent the locals very well!