Bethany and Ben on NI XC Development Squad
Selected athletes on the Development Squad all receive good quality coaching and are invited to different endurance schemes throughout the year.
All athletes involved get the opportunity to meet and train with other endurance athletes from across Northern Ireland.
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Hide AdThe first of these training events took place at the recently refurbished Mary Peter’s Track on Saturday, August 31.
Both Bethany and Ben had a thoroughly good workout which has provided useful training insights for them and will help set them up well for the XC season ahead.
Indeed Bethany has already put her training to good effect for her club Dromore AC, by winning the Junior Girl 10 category of the Mill Hill Mile road race (known to most of us as the rather steep hill from Annsborough up to Castlewellan) run by Newcastle AC. Indeed in a very good time of 8mins 6sec Bethany was only one second behind the winner of the Junior Girl 12 category.