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North West – Girls Race. 1st place – Bonnie Devlin (St Anne’s PS), 2nd place – Summer Barr (Hollybush PS), 3rd place – Mia Dooher (St Michael’s PS).
Young athletes from across Derry have topped the leaderboard at the latest round of the Athletics NI Primary School Cross Country League, sponsored by Flahavan’s which took place at Templemore Sports Complex, Buncrana Road on Friday 10th February.
Finishing first place in the girls’ race was Bonnie Devlin, a pupil at St Anne’s Primary School, Derry followed by Summer Barr from Hollybush Primary School, Culmore in second place and Mia Dooher from St Michael’s Primary School, Dunamanagh finishing in third place.
Sean Davitt from Hollybush Primary School, Culmore gained the top spot in the boys’ race, whilst Niall Callan from Broadbridge Primary School, Eglinton finished in second place and Leighton Doherty also from Hollybush Primary School, Culmore finished in third position.
The winning athletes are now in full training mode for the final which takes place on Friday 3rd March 2023 at Mallusk Playing Fields. Following the final, the top 20 girls and top 20 boys will be invited to join Flahavan’s Athletics Northern Ireland Junior Endurance Squad.
The accolade includes participating in 9 training sessions over 12 months to support the personal development of talented young athletes.
The League, which is committed to encouraging young people to have an active and healthy lifestyle, was launched in October 2022 by Flahavan’s and Athletics NI ambassador and award-winning athlete, Nick Griggs.
Starting off his career as a young athlete himself, Nick holds many U18 and U20 Irish records for middle distance events, breaking the European U20 indoor mile record in February 2022 and claiming gold at the 2021 U20 European 3000m championships.
North West – Boys Race. 1st place – Sean Davitt (Hollybush PS), 2nd place – Niall Callan (Broadbridge PS), 3rd place – Leighton Doherty (Hollybush PS).
Nick also won Turin's U20 European Cross-Country Silver medal in December 2022.
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