Congratulations for some outstanding performances in Ireland at the weekend,

 

representing Scotland in International competition at Drogheda ..

 

Elspeth Curran won the Women's 5K race, her first Senior International success.

 

Derek Hawkins had another fine run in the Men's 6K race, finishing 3rd behind American and Polish opponents and Callum Hawkins was also in top form, to finish 5th

Congratulations to all those who ran and supported our historical Club Championship ..

 

The Challenge Cup is 80 years old ..

 

Results

 

Slightly changed course and very tough over the snow covered trail ..

 

Well done all the winners including James Snodgrass (left) retaining the Challenge Cup.

3rd in a row and 6th win altogether ..

 

Thanks to all who helped out on the day with marshalling etc ..

 

 

Photos (taken by Alf Gillham)

 The part of the course around the S&F area has been checked .. conditions are improving  and

 

at the moment the Club Cross Country Championships are ON ..

 

Course details still to be sorted ..

 

Probably LIMITED parking in the field  ..

 

National Road Races, Rouken Glen, Sunday 21st March 2010

 

Events for u13s, u15s, u17s and u20s.

 

Entries close next week .. Arthur Smith needs to POST by Wednesday 3rd March 2010 so

names please by Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Down Memory lane ...

 

A summary of the SCCU (Scottish Cross Country Union) Champs from 1985, 25 years ago ..

 

In this year we had winners in the u13 boys and the u20 men.

 

At that time, Male and female Championships were separate events.

 

SWCCU (Scottish Women Cross Country Union)

 

Results from 25years ago

 

No details from Sunday's Kelvin Hall SAIL meeting yet but results indicate .. 

that we qualify for the Finals in March in ..

 

u11 boys ..

 

u17 men .. winners included  David Kerr 60m .. James Quinn 200m .. Andrew Cunningham 60mH and Shot ..

 

u20 women .. winners included Judith McNicol 60mH, Natalie Sharp 800m ..

 

Other individual winners included Hazel Ross u17w 60m and 60mH  ..

 

 .. details to follow ..

 

u20 men - 2nd team

u20 women - 2nd team

u15 girls-  3rd team

 

Confirming details .. venue Callendar Park, Falkirk,

 

For information, race times are ..

 

u13 boys 3.2K .. 11.30

u13 girls  3.2K .. 11.45 ..

u15 boys 4K    ..  12noon ..

u15 girls  4K    ..  12.15 ..

u17&u20w 4.8K ..12.35 ..

u17 men  6.4K  .. 12.55 ..

Senior Women  8K   ..  1.25 ..

u20 men   8K   ..   2.00 ..

Senior Men  12K  ..   2.30pm 

 

Bus times ..

Leaving Bridge of Weir Bulls Garage at 8.45 ..

Kilbarchan Library 8.55,

Beith Road garage 9am,

Thorndene 9.05,

Canal St bus stop 9.15.

 

Bus, includes entry, £5 .. Seniors £6 ..

 

Please advise if going separately and try to be at the venue at least 1 hour before race time .. 

 

NB .. non running supporters welcome ..

 

Super results at the weekend ..

Congratulations to ..

 

Alison Rodger, retaining her UK title at the World Trials and UK Indoor Champs at Sheffield,

winning the Shot with 16.02m, just outside her Scottish record ..

 

Hazel Ross, smashing the club u17 60mHurdles Record with 8.84s to win the Scottish Indoor title,

ranked 1st in Scotland, 4th in the UK .. .. also 3rd in the High Jump with 1.60m ..

 

Jack Lochans, smashed his PB in the u17s High Jump with 1.91m to win the Scottish Indoor title,

also ranked 1st in Scotland, 4th in the UK

 

Ross Toole smashed the course record at the Edinburgh 5K Park run, 14.31

Ross now has the records for the Edinburgh and Glasgow events.

 

Also notable ..

David Watson  a fine 15.05 TJ at Sheffield ..

Andrew McLaughlan Silver in the u20 Shot Putt at the Kelvin Hall, 13.28m ..

Andrew Cunningham club Indoor record for the u17 PV, 2.80m ..

Scott Hawkins won the Pollok Park 5K in 16.19.

 

Also note from the SSchools the previous week ..

Connor Henderson 2nd in the o16s 60mH in 8.53s, an u18 record.

 

Outstanding results from the Scottish u17 Indoor Championships

 

Congratulations to ...

 

Hazel Ross winning the 60m Hurdles in 8.84s, club record .. top ranked in Scotland, 4th in the UK

 

Jack Lochans winning the High Jump, a PB of 1.91m .. top ranked in Scotland and 4th in the UK

 

For all age groups .. all start together at 2pm .. lets have a good entry for this .. 

map of the trails will be on the website later ..

 

Please note that because of some problems last year with cars being bogged down, we will allow only very limited parking in the field and we recommend that cars are left in Kilbarchan and jog/walk down to the start area ..

NB NO parking on the road at the entrance to the estate ..

Congratulations to Alison Rodger who retained her UK Indoor Shot title, 16.02m at the UK Indoor Champs and World Trials at Sheffield today.

 

Major results at the weekend were at the Scottish Indoor Championships, including 4 club records ..

 

Alison Rodger (left) won the Shot, 16,00m, a Championship Best Performance and just 5cm outside her Scottish Native Record ..

 

David Watson won the Triple Jump, club record of 15.20m // Cameron Clark 2nd with 13.68m

 

Also club records by our ..

u17 men's 4x200m, 3rd, Adrian Mandez-McVeigh, Andrew Cunningham, James Quinn, Ross McGill (below), 1.36.06 in ht ..

u17 women 3x200m, 4th in 1.49.43, Hazel Ross, Kate Gillies, Frances Campbell, Sarah Glenny

 

 

Also an outstanding run by Derek Hawkins at the British Unis XC Champs at Stirling, a very close 6th, top Scott ..

 .. and another fine run from Elspeth Curran, 11th and top Scott ..

 

 

 

Last weekend, a fantastic result for  ..

 

Elspeth Curran, winning the Scottish 4k Cross Country championship, her first major Senior title ..

 .. and with Kerry Lang 9th and Cara Sloss 12th, Kilbarchan 2nd team.

 

 .. and yesterday, at the Scottish Schools Indoor Champs ..

Kate Gillies won the u16s 800m, her first Scottish title .. (other results not available yet)

 

NB .. Apologies to Tony McManus who WON the Scottish Indoor M75 200m title at the Kelvin Hall last weekend ..

 .. there was someone ahead of Tony but he was a M70 youngster!!

 

Thanks to all those who have paid their yearly subs..

 

For those who have NOT paid, annual subs are now OVERDUE ..

should have been paid by 31st December 2009.

 

Those who have not paid, could they please do so as soon as possible ..

 

u20 race ..Callum Hawkins 1st in Celtic International and 1st overall .. 17.36

 

Senior Race .. Derek Hawkins 9th, 2nd/1st Scot in Celtics u23 race .. 29.52

 

Senior Women's race .. Elspeth Curran 15th, 1st in Celtics u23 race .. 20.29

 

 .. and in the young athletes McCains Challenge races ..

 

u13 boys 1st Euan Gillham  6.29 .. 2 G .. Gavin McArdle 6.34 ..

u13g 5 Gwen Gillham 7.23 ..

u15b 9 Callum Matthews 13.23 ..

The continuing severe winter conditions means that, regrettably, we have to cancel the club relay planned for tomorrow  Sunday 10th January 2010

 ..

However, Sunday cross country run will still be on.

Last week there were ten out for a shorter run so that could be a good option.

 

Watch out for further news about the Donald Crawford 11miler which is planned for next Sunday 17th January 2010.

 

Sorry, but yet again we have to cancel the Christmas relays scheduled for tomorrow

(Monday 4th January 2010)

 

The course is still too dangerous ..

 

We are saying provisionally to re schedule for next Sunday, ie 10th January 2010, 1pm ..

 

Also re the Donald Crawford Cup & ballot team race possible date Sunday 17th January 2010 ..

 

Re training .. Elderslie Baths back to normal tomorrow Monday ..

 

It looks very unlikely the the track will be open Monday or Tuesday, due to the ice ..