Kilbarchan AAC

Congratulations to Claire Gibson who won tonight's ExxonMobil Bislett Games 800m (Friday 3rd July) in an impressive 2:01.42 - a brilliant lifetime best and her first Commonwealth Games qualifying mark (2:01.80).

Gibson took the race on, front-running to victory to eclipse the Scottish standard

for next year's Games in Delhi by 0.38sec.

With the early evening temperature hovering at around 30 degrees, the Scottish champion motored through the first lap in 60.27s to win ahead of Ingvill Bovim of Norway (2:02.54)and Kenya's Nelly Jepkosgei (2:07.37).

Had her rivals pushed her harder, Gibson may have possibly achieved the qualifier for next month's World Championships in Berlin (2:00.00) - she'll now be aiming to do that at next weekend's Aviva World Trials and UK Championships in Birmingham where a star-studded field is expected to produce a very fast race.

Information taken from the Scottish Athletics web site

Caroline Gibson's West Highland Way Supporter's Report added to Reports Page

Four Scots Swim the Channel

Leisure manager and Kilbarchan AAC committee member, John McMillan, is about to embark on the challenge of a life time…to swim the channel!

The team have chosen Alzheimer’s Scotland as their charity and are hoping to raise as much as possible through a variety of fundraising events.

If anyone would like to make a donation they

can follow the link below…

http://www.justgiving.com/4scotsswimthechannel

More information about the swim

Congratulations to those who ran in the Calderglen Trail 10K on Friday 26 June 2009

Kilbarchan Results ....

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
10	Donald Petrie	MV50	39:18
11	Michael Finlay	SM	39:42
30	Stevie Hards	MV45	43:11
41	Jim Ogilvie	MV40	44:21
54	Andrew Clugston	SM	45:24
59	Donald Kennedy	SM	45:54
61	Robert Allison	MV50	46:09
74	Chris McGlennon	MV40	47:36

Full Results from Calderglen Harriers

Young Athletes League 3 - Sunday 5th July 2009

Bus booked (M&C) ..

9.30 leaving Bulls Garage Bridge of Weir ..

9.40 Kilbarchan Library, Butchers ..

9.45 Beith Rd garage ..

9.50 Thorndene ..

10am from Canal St ..

Return leaving approx 5pm ..

Cost £5 ..

Please try to be available for this match as we are in serious danger of relegation and need to get out s strong a team as possible ..

Outstanding results at the weekend covering events from the shortest track to Ultra racing, including .. ..

At the Scottish National T&F Championships at Pitreavie ..

Claire Gibson retained her 800m title in 2.02.23 ..2/100s outside her club record ..

Holly Belch won her first major Senior title .. 100mH in 14.86s (14.81 in ht)

u15 girls won their 4x100m relay Champs in 51.68s, smashing the club record that has stood since 1988 ..

Congratulations to Corinne Brooks, Frances Campbell, Cara Butler, Sarah Glenny .. and Pamela Dunbar who was in the quartet for the heat.

Also medalling at Pitreavie ..

Martin Lipton 2^nd in the 400mH in a club record 52.56s

Holly Belch, 2^nd in the 400mH in a PB of 61.22s (just 0.1s outside the club 26 yr old record)

David Watson 2^nd in the Triple Jump with 14.85m.

Cameron Clark 3^rd in the Triple Jump , 14.31m.

Craig Fleming 2^nd in the 200m 22.10s ..

.. and other fine performances.

Summary of Kilbarchan Results

At the East Kilbride ½ marathon .. the West Dist Champs ..

W2 Leanne Hamilton in 81.21, a PB. ..

.. and a number of other PBs ..

At the West Highland Way race .. 95ml Milngavie to Fort William .. race start 1am ..

Neal Gibson 7^th in a club record 18hrs 42mins 00secs ..

John Kynaston 13^th in a PB of 19hrs 51mins 59secs ..

At the Pollok Park 5K .. Tom Hearle 3^rd in 16.25+ ..

Also athletes at the Glasgow Mens 10k

John Kynaston's West Highland Way Race Report added to Reports Page & Photos to Photo Page

Richard Beall's East Kilbride Half Marathon Race Report added to Reports Page

Congratulations to Scottish Champions

Claire Gibson (800m), Holly Belch (100mH)

and our u15girls 4x100m relay team (pictured left) who broke the 21 year old club record at the weekend...

Some Photos added to Photos Page

What a hectic few days, fine performances all around GB ..

Congratulations to Alison Rodger, winning her first Senior GB vest, selected for GB and NI team for the Shot at the European Team Champs in Portugal this coming weekend.

Super performances at the Scottish Schools T&F Champs at Grangemouth at the weekend,

winning 18 medals.

Hazel Ross won the Westbourne Trophy for outstanding female Sprint Hurdles performance.

Connor Henderson won the George Duncan Trophy for the best male 400m Hurdles performance.

Club Hammer records by Sally Webster and Andrew McLaughlan. Several other PBs and good performances.

At the Watford BMC ..

Claire Gibson 800m in 2.02.21, another club record and ever closer to the Commonwealth Games qualifying time.

.. and the same meeting a superb run by Derek Hawkins, one of the fastest ever 5000m by a club athlete, 14.27.87+

Last Wednesday at the Sustrans Race ..

Congratulation to Marie Phillips, just winning from Annette Fitzpatrick.

James Snodgrass fastest scratch 27.29, ahead of Chris Devenney. good turnout of 26 runners ..

Isle of Hoy 1/2 marathon .. won by Paul Arcari in 74.33.

European Mountain Running GB Trials at Snowdon .. Women 7th Jessica Martin 27.42

We also had athletes at ..

Rouken Glen 10K ..

Vale of Leven 10K Donald Petrie 2nd M50 36.06 ..

Lochwinnoch 6ml race .. Michael Finlay 2nd .. and the Junior 4.1ml Race won by Callum Matthews ..

Isle of Skye 1/2 Marathon .. John McInnes 1st M55

Pollok Park 5K ..

Robert Allison's race report of the Frank Sinclair 10k Road Race on Saturday 6 June 2009 added to Reports Page

Congratulations to those who ran in the Vale of Leven 10k on Sunday 14 June 2009

Kilbarchan results ...

FORENAME	SURNAME	RANK	CHIP TIME	GENDER	CAT POS	CATEGORY
DONALD	PETRIE	23	00:36:06	M	2	MV50
LEANNE	HAMILTON	50	00:38:10	F	5	SF
STEPHEN	SPEIRS	51	00:38:10	M	14	MV40
JOHN	MCLAUGHLIN	78	00:39:41	M	23	MV40
GORDON	GALLACHER	103	00:41:04	M	44	SM
DAVID	MACKINTOSH	170	00:44:08	M	73	SM
MICHAEL	FINLAY	202	00:43:45	M	86	SM
ROBERT	CONNELL	375	00:50:30	M	94	MV40
LESLEY	MCKERRAL	492	00:54:36	F	61	FV35
BRIAN	GRAHAM	575	00:57:03	M	145	MV40

Full Results

Congratulations to those who took part in the Schools Track & Field Championships 12-13 June 2009.

	Gold medallists ..
Girls	Group A	100m H	Judith McNicol	18.61s
		400mH	Debbie Henderson	67.13s
		Shot	Sally Webster	8.94m
		Discus	Sally Webster	28.13+
	Group B	80mH	Hazel Ross	11.99s
Boys	Group A	400mH	Connor Henderson	56.52s
	Group B	Shot	Andrew McLaughlan	14.81m

	Silver Medals
Girls	Group A	1500m	Natalie Sharp	4.39.50
	Group B	300mH	Hazel Ross	46.66s+
	Group C	200m	Sarah Glenny	27.07s
		800m	Kate Gillies	2.22.52+
		High Jump	Corinne Brooks	1.50m=
Boys	Group B	1500m S/C	Graham Evans	4.39.64+
		Hammer	Andrew McLaughlan	51.58m*
	Group C	800m	Adrian Mendez-McVeigh	2.09.43+
		400m	Adrian Mendez-McVeigh	54.08+

	Bronze Medals
Girls	Group A	Hammer	Sally Webster	33.30*
	Group A	Triple Jump	Judith McNicol	10.09m

Summary of Kilbarchan Results

Some Photos

Congratulations to Marie Philips

(pictured left with past winner Jim Ogilvie)

for winning the Sustrans 5mile handicap

race last night.

Results in excel added to Results Page

Photos taken by Ann Dale, John Kynaston &

Jim Ogilvie added to Photos Page

Renfrewshire Schools Track & Field at Linwood on Friday 5 June 2009

Thanks for all club support including ..

Margaret-Ann McLachlan, Pam Ross, Magnus Ross, Jason Pender, Stewart MacLay, Amanda Herron, Kirsty Reid, Martin Lipton, Ross Toole, John Rodger, Arthur Smith,

and to David Cunningham for producing results

Results from the event

Congratulations to those who ran in the Dumbarton 10k last night.

Kilbarchan Results .....

POS	FORENAME	SURNAME	CHIP TIME	GENDER	CAT POS	CATEGORY
31	DONALD	PETRIE	00:35:34	M	2	MV50
75	LEANNE	HAMILTON	00:38:00	F	3	SF
84	GORDON	GALLACHER	00:38:12	M	46	SM
100	JOHN	MCLAUGHLIN	00:38:52	M	28	MV40
155	CHRIS	McGLENNON	00:40:56	M	75	SM
182	ANDREW	CLUGSTON	00:41:55	M	88	SM
199	DONALD	KENNEDY	00:42:28	M	95	SM
231	DAVID	MACKINTOSH	00:43:32	M	107	SM
475	LESLEY	MCKERRAL	00:50:36	F	52	FV35
511	BRIAN	GRAHAM	00:52:24	M	118	MV40

Full Results

Congratulations to all competitors and those who have contributed, especially ..

We had a group of athletes at the BMC Manchester on Saturday ..

Another terrific run by Claire Gibson, winning the 800m in 2.02.24 , club record again and just 0.4sec outside the Commonwealth Games standard.

Also a club record yet again from Conor McNulty in the BMC 3K steeplechase, 9.03.94.

On Sunday ..

at Grangemouth, Kilbarchan won the Div 2 competition .. winners included ..

David Watson LJ 6.70m and TJ 14,70m .. Andy Dawkins Shot 14.86m

Craig Fleming 100m 11,31 .. 400m Craig Stewart 49.11 .. 400mH Martin Lipton 55.22 ..

Thanks to our officials, Margaret Ann McLachlan, Jason Pender, Ian MacAulay ..

at Meadowbank Team West 4th in the Scottish Womens League ..

.. winners incl Sarah Glenny u15g 200m 27.1 .. Hazel Ross u17w 80mH 12.3 ..

Thanks to our officials, Pam Ross, Magnus Ross

And special note from last weeks OGM at Linwood ..

Robert Quinn broke the Scottish Masters 5000m record with a time of 8.37.27.

Our officials there included Margaret Ann, Cath Pender, Jason, Jim Green ..

Forgot to thank our officials from the previous weekend at Linwood ..

Cath Pender, Jason Pender, Morag Cunningham, David Cunningham, Jim Green, John Rodger ..

We have also had competitors in various other events included Clydebank Polaroid 10K

and the Edinburgh Marathon and other events ..

Robert Allison's race report of the Trossachs 10k Trail race on Saturday 30 May 2009 added to Reports Page

Congratulations to those who competed over the weekend.

Some highlights ...

Claire Gibson ran the 800m in 2.02.24 at the BMC Manchester on Saturday,

a club record again and just 0.4sec outside the Commonwealth Games standard.

Also a club record yet again from Conor McNulty in the BMC 3K steeplechase in Manchester, 9.03.94.

Also at the Manchester BMC ..

1500m Elspeth Curran 4.39.66+

1500m Derek Hawkins 3.58.41+.

800m Natalie Sharp 2.13.12

1500m Cara Sloss 4.40.58.

Sunday ..

at Grangemouth, Kilbarchan won the Div 2 competition ..

at Meadowbank Team West 4th in the Scottish Women's League

.. details to follow ..

Also well done to those who ran in the Edinburgh Marathon in very hot conditions

Neal Gibson - 3.19.51

Lorraine - 3.20.28

Congratulations to those who competed in the OGM at Linwood on Wednesday 26 May 2009

Summary Kilbarchan Results in excel

Full Results in excel

The highlight was Robert Quinn's time in the British Masters Championship 3000m, 8.37.27,

a Scottish Masters Record ..

Congratulations to those who ran in the Clydebank 10k on Thursday 27 May 2009

Kilbarchan Results ...

21 Donald Petrie 35.24 2nd MV50
38 Michael Finlay 36.26
69 Leanne Hamilton 37.50 3rd F
81 Gordon Gallacher 38.17
96 John McLaughlin 39.04
166 Andrew Clugston 41.34
211 Donald Kennedy 42.44
522 Brian Graham 52.00

Full results (in excel)

Congratulations for some fine performances at the weekend ..

National Junior League meeting at Grangemouth

Sally Webster, for Team Glasgow, beat her own Kilbarchan u20s Hammer record with 29.31m.

Holly Belch, for Sale Manchester, won the 400m Hurdles in a PB of 62.63s.

Central and South of Scotland League at Linwood.

The club finished 2^nd behind Ayr Seaforth AC ..some top performances in cool, windy conditions.

Results of CSSAL Match 2 Division 1

Judith McNicol a double winner for the Senior Women, Long Jump 4.59m and 100m Hurdles 18.6s.

Hazel Ross won the u17 womens 80m Hurdles in 12.7s.

Sarah Glenny, in her first race for the club, won the u15g 200m in 27.0 seconds

and Frances Campbell won the B race in 27.1 seconds

Conor McNulty won the Sen 1500m in 3.56.3, Paul Leck the B race and John McMillan the Vets event.

Also for the Senior men, Cameron Clark 3^rd in the High Jump (1.60m) and 3^rd in the Long Jump (6.24m)

while Craig Stewart as 3^rdin the 200m (22.6s).

For the under 17 men, Andrew Cunningham won the Shot (11.62m). Jack Lochans won the Triple Jump (11.09m) and Connor Henderson was first in the 100m Hurdles (16.0s).

Also produced some impressive 4x100m relay performances ..

u15 girls team, Corinne Brooks, Frances Campbell, Chelsea McDougall and Sarah Glenny in 53.7s.

17 men.. Jack Lochans, Andrew Cunningham, James Quinn and Connor Henderson in 47.2s

Senior Mens team of Mark Chisholm, Craig Stewart, Gary Stevenson and Cameron Clark time 44.3s.

On the roads, Paul Arcari won the Mull of Kintyre ½ marathon at Campbeltown in 70 minutes 58 seconds.

Sad news...

Our Honorary President Dr Lawrence Stewart died peacefully at home, last Tuesday after a short illness.

Lawrence and Helen Stewart were initially involved with the Club through their son Donnie, a star young sprinter in the late Seventies but who sadly, was killed in a motor accident. The Donnie Stewart Memorial Trophy was given to the Club by Dr and Mrs Stewart, for annual competition, to be presented to the winner of the Clubs 100m Championship, first won in 1983 by Derek Ferguson and most recently, in 2008, by David Watson.

Lawrence and Helen continued their close interest in the activities of the club and a few years later, Lawrence was elected Honorary Vice President. Just last year, Lawrence was elected Honorary President, an honour of which he was very proud.

The funeral arrangements are Wednesday 27th May, 1pm at Woodside Crematorium and it is expressly wished no flowers and NO Black Ties, which is typical of Lawrence's philosophy of life.

There will be a collection taken for St Vincent's Hospice and the National Alzheimer's Society.

Linwood Open Graded Meeting Wed 27th May‏ 2009

Programme and entry form

Make your own entry, usually in the Sports Centre reception area.

If you want any more info, check with your coach.

We would like to see a good club entry, especially from perhaps younger members

who rarely get the opportunity to compete.

Sultran Trophy - Club 5miles handicap chase.

Confirming the date is Wednesday 10th June 2009..

Same format as last year, start and finish on the viaduct at Torr Road, Bridge of Weir,

out towards Kilmacolm on the cycle track and back.

First runner off at 7.30pm.

Race run in conjunction with Bridge of Weir Festival Week.

This is a popular club race, flat and suitable to all abilities.

Last 3 winners .. Ann Hannigan, Jim Ogilvie, Stuart Williams ..

Notice for Wednesday Road Runners .....

At the recent committee meeting, it was agreed that as from Wednesday 3rd June, for the summer, the Wednesday base should be at Kilbarchan park pavilion instead of Elderslie Baths .. meeting as usual at 7pm.

Please note that there might not always be a key holder available but despite this, it was agreed that the greater variety of run from Kilbarchan, would be preferred by most club road runners.

Mondays to continue at Elderslie Baths .

Some outstanding results at the weekend ..

At the Loughborough International ..

Claire Gibson 1st in the 800m, 2.02.95, a new club record and just a second outside the

Commonwealth Games qualifying time.

Conor McNulty, 1st in the 3000m s/chase, 9.05.75, 12 sec off his best and a club record.

At the British Triathlon Champs at Strathclyde Park ..

Kerry Lang finished 2nd

At the British Masters Pentathlon Champs at Oxford ..

Lindsay Scott won Gold in the M70 category, scoring 2989 points.

At the Young Athletes League meeting at Wishaw ..team 5th/6th .. winners included ..

Hazel Ross u17w 80mH 11.85 .. Andrew McLaughlan u17m Shot 14.96m ..

Andrew Cunningham Discus 33.19m ..

Graham Evans 1500m s/chase 4.43.58 .. Adrian Mendez-McVeigh u15b 400m 54.24 ..

Thanks to our officials at Wishaw incl ..

Pam and Magnus Ross, Jason Pender, Cath Pender, Morag Cunningham,

David Cunningham (results), John Rodger ..

Bus times for YAL at Wishaw on Sunday 17 May 2009...

Leaving ..

Bridge of Weir Bulls Garage 9.30,

Kilbarchan Library, Butchers shop 9.40,

Beith Rd Garage 9.45,

Thorndene 9.50,

Canal St bus stop Paisley at 10am.

Return leaving approx 4.45-5pm.

Cost £5

Kilbarchan Results from the Scottish Inter regional Championships on Sunday 10 May 2009 added to results page

Weekend action .. highlights included ..

Women's 10K ..

5th and 1^st Brit Hayley Haining 33.31. .. also 15^th Leanne Hamilton 37.56

Video clips to come

Inter regional Match at Wishaw ..

Kilbarchan provided 17 athletes to the victorious West Coast team, including Team Captain Alison Rodger.

Top performances by ..

Alison Rodger 1^st in Discus 45.48m and Shot 15.79m;

Claire Gibson winner of 1500m in club record time of 4.17.53*;

Conor McNulty winner of the 3000m s/chase in club record 9.17.27*;

Martin Lipton, winner if the 400mH in 54.46s;

David Watson, winner of theTriple Jump 14.38m;

Craig Fleming 2^nd in 100m in 10.86 and in the 200m (1^st in match) 21.70s

Derek Hawkins 2^nd in the 5000m 14.39.74+

Robert Quinn 1^st B in the 5000m in 14.48.01*, a club vets record;

Elspeth Curran 2^nd in the 5000m in 17.49.47+

Holly Belch 3^rd 400mHurdles in 65.07s;

Also notable, Callum Hawkins guest in the 5000m, 14.37.78.

Photos on Flickr

Scottish Closed u15 and u17 Champs at Wishaw ..

Top performances by ..

u17s ..

Andrew McLaughlan1^st Shot club record 15.14m* and 3^rd Hammer club record 50.32m*;

Hazel Ross 1^st 80mHurdles 11.82s and 2^nd High Jump 1.60m

Andrew Cunningham 1^st Discus 34.40m;

Callum Henderson 1^st 400mH in 56.36+;

Jack Lochans 3^rd HJump 1.75m

u15s ..

Adrian Mendez-McVeigh 1^st 400m 54.79s+;

Sarah Glenny 2^nd 200m 26.75s+

Russell Mountford 2^nd 1500m in 4.26.74;

Congratulations to those who ran in the Troon 10k last night in wet and windy conditions.

Kilbarchan runners ....

38th Stephen Speirs 37.42

70th Gordon Gallacher 39.21

108th Robert Allison 41.00

137th Andrew Clugston 41.54

267th Richard Beall 46.24

Provisional Results

Photos on the Troon Tortoises web site

Weekend action included some fine performances ..

At the Young Athletes League at Grangemouth ..

Hazel Ross smashed the 13 year old club u17w 80mHurdles record, winning time 11.79s

which ranks Hazel 2^nd in the UK.

Other winners at Grangemouth included Connor Henderson u17 400m 53.30s ,

Andrew McLaughlan Shot 14.74m, Adrian Mendez-McVeigh u15 boys 400m 56.30s.

Andrew McLaughlan also broke his own u17 men's Hammer record with a fine effort measured at 49.12m

Disappointingly, the club finished 7^th on the day.

Photos from Grangemouth on Flickr

Video clips to come

On the roads, Paul Arcari won the Kinross 10K Road race last week and at the weekend,

Derek Brines and Stevie Hards were 1-2 at the Mallaig ½ marathon.

At the Neilston Pad race, Stephen Fleming won for the second year running, time 29.38,

with Dave Mewse 3^rd in 33.20.

Bus times for Sunday 3 May 2009 to YAL Grangemouth ..

Leaving Bulls garage Bridge of Weir at 9.30,

Kilbarchan library/Butchers at 9.40,

Beith Rd Garage 9.45,

Thorndene 9.50,

Paisley Canal st Bus stop at 10am.

KFC Renfrew Rd 10.10 if required.

Return leaving approx 4.30-45. Cost £5 ..

What a busy weekend with athletes all over the UK competing in a wide range of events ..

National Junior League at Liverpool .. a number of our club members including ..

Holly Belch (Sale Manchester) 400H 2A 66.9 .. 400m 2B 60.9 .. ..

.. and competing for team Glasgow including ..

Connor Henderson 400mH 1B 58.10 .. .. Stephen Fleming 3000m 1B 9.22 ..

Central and SS League at Grangemouth .. no details yet but best performances include ..

Andy Dawkins 1^st Shot and Discus .. Craig Stewart 1A, Martin Lipton 1B 400m ..

for u17s, Andrew McLaughlan 1^st Shot ..Andrew Cunningham 1^st Long Jump ..

Sen women .. Sally Webster 1^st Shot, Hazel Ross 1^st High Jump, 1B 100m .. Emma Pettigrew a close 2^nd 100m .. and Sally, Hazel, Emma and Debbie Henderson 1^st 4x100m ..

u15 girls 800m 1^st Vanessa Hogan

NB .. thanks to our officials .. Jason Pender, Cath Pender, Stuart Sharp (all at Linwood) and John Rodger and Wayne Butler .. Stuart McLardie not used

Scottish Primary Schools XC Champs .. great performances ..

P7 race 1 .. Boys 3 Euan Gillam .. Girls 4 Gwen Gillham, 9 Katie Turnbull

.. Race 2 Girls 7 Chloe Hardie

.. and for the ultra runners ..

Highland Fling 53ml race Milngavie to Tyndrum .. for the strong men .. and women ..

..242 finishers .. Kilbarchan 6 runners ..

2^nd team .. 7th Thomas Loehndorf 8.20.40 .. 27th Neal Gibson 9.24.57 .. 46 John Kynaston 9.49.11

Plus Chris McGlennon 117th 11.20.54, Caroline Gibson 231st 14.08.49 and Neil Fowler 233rd 14.26.37

Full results from the Fling

London Marathon .. a number of local runners ..a very hot day ..

Top performance from Robin Scott, 4^th in the o65s category, 3.14.06

Congratulations to those who ran the 53miles Highland Fling on Saturday 25 April 2009

Thomas Loehndorf (running for Kilbarchan) 8hrs 20mins 40secs

Neal Gibson 9hrs 24mins 57mins

John Kynaston 9hrs 49mins 11secs

Chris McGlennon 11hrs 20mins 54secs

Caroline Gibson 14hrs 08mins 49secs

Neil Fowler 14hrs 26mins 37secs

Kilbarchan were 2nd out of 31 clubs for the team prize (first 3 runners counted)

All results

Photos and reports to come!

Whangie Whizz Hill Race

Kilbarchan Results

Full results on Scottish Hill Runners Web site

Last weekend at the SWomens League ..

A fine start to the summer season by Hazel Ross, competing in the u17s age group ..

Hazel won the 80m Hurdles in 11.9s and the 300m H in 482.s, both very impressive performances .. and she was also 3rd in the High Jump, clearing 1.55m.

We are part of Team West who finished a very close 4th .

Kilbarchan Results

So many things on this weekend which involve club athletes including ..

London Marathon on Sunday ..

Highland Fling race, Milngavie to Tyndrum ..Saturday

Scottish Primary Schools Cross Country Champs at Kirkcaldy .. Saturday

Central and South of Scotland League, T&F at Grangemouth .. Kilbarchan are the Champions. .. Sunday

NB .. BUS TIMES .. Bulls Garage 9.30, Kilbarchan library and Burchers 9.40, Beith road garage 9.45, Thorndene 9.50, Canal St 10.00, Renfrew Rd KFC 10.10.

Bus fare £5.

NB Any volunteers to help officiate Please ..

National Junior League .. Sunday

Congratulations to all those club members who ran in the Whangie Whizz Hill race on Wednesday 22 April 2009.

Donald Petrie finished first from the club, so retains his club hill race crown.

Full results to come

Davie was next, then Stevie, Andy, Graham, Dougie and then Max.

Conditions were pretty good and Donald reckoned it was as dry underfoot as he's seen it, although there were still some boggy bits.

Photos taken by Ann Dale added to Photos Page

We at Run 4 It Glasgow Tiso would like to invite the members of Kilbarchan to join us on

Wednesday 29^th April from 6.30pm for our Spring Club Night.

The aim of the night is to meet with local clubs and their runners, introduce our products and our service, and thank you for your continued support by offering some special deals on the night. We will be offering:

# A fantastic 20% off ALL current range shoes

# 15% off ALL current range clothing

# The chance to get a full Video Gait Analysis to identify the correct running shoe

# A FREE PRIZE DRAW on the night to win a RONHILL outfit

# Refreshments and samples of energy drinks

On top of all this, we will be offering special one-off deals on certain items of clothing, we will have some sale clothing with up to 50% off, and we will have samples of our new club kit range for you to look over.

We like to think we have plenty of support to offer clubs and it is one of our goals to give something back to the running community, so any events or support you require in the coming months can also be discussed.

I hope some of your members will be able to join us, either to discuss your running

or to take advantage of the deals on offer.

Many thanks & regards,

Douglas MacGregor

Run 4 It Manager

Glasgow Tiso Outdoor Experience

Congratulations to those who competed at the Scottish Universities Championship

at Grangemouth at the weekend ..

Martin Lipton who won 400m Hurdles .. good early season time of 55.00s.

Also Claire McNicol 2nd in the 100mH and 400mH and Paul Leck 3rd in the 1500m.

Also congratulations again to those who ran in the David Cummings Trophy club

7ml handicap chase at Kilbarchan.

The winner was Joe Clayton, from Leanne Hamilton and Stevie Hards.

The fastest times were James Snodgrass 40.53, Leanne Hamilton 43.05, Stevie Hards 44.39

Results

This coming weekend ..

Woman's League (as part of Team West) .. at Grangemouth

Men's League at Meadowbank

.. and next Wednesday, the Whangie Whizz Hill Race ..

NB our club Hill Race championship .. Queens View, start 7.30.

Also races for young athletes .. a good introductory hill race for youngsters

Sunday 26 April is the first Central and South of Scotland League meetings, at Grangemouth.

events for all age groups ..

NOTICES ....

Dougie Biggart and some others are going to run round the David Cummings route on Wednesday, meeting at Kilbarchan park at 7pm.

For anyone who does not know the route, this could be a worthwhile recce for the race next Sunday.

ALSO ...

As next Monday is a holiday Elderslie Swimming Pool will be closed so if you planning to run please come changed and ready to run at 7pm.

Kilbarchan Championship winning time 1.47.28

what a record over the last 3 years .. 1st, 2nd, 1st.

Claire Gibson 17.33 .. PB by 31sec and 3rd fastest all time for the short leg.

Leanne Hamilton 35.44 .. PB by 48 sec, 5th fastest long leg on the day .

Elspeth Curran 18.15 .. PB by 36sec., 4th fastest short leg on the day

Kerry Lang .. 35.56 .. PB by 5 sec. .5th fastest long leg on the day

More photos

Also, for the B team ..

Cara Sloss 18.57 .. PB by 46 sec

Lynsey Curran 39.38 .. PB by 2 min 31 sec. ..

Annette Fitzpatrick 26.30 .. first run.

The Men's team finished just out of the medals in 4th place .. the 6th time in 10 years they have been unlucky 4th

This years time 2.20.42 .. winning team Shettleston 2.16.04

Robert Quinn 15.41 .. remarkably 4th fastest short leg on the day.

Conor McNulty 29.16 .. 2nd fastest long leg of the day and a PB by 1 min 29sec

Scott Hawkins 16.02 .. first time short leg

Paul Leck 30.56 .. first time long leg.

Andrew Gibson 16.38 ..

Tom Hearle 32.10.

Also ..for the B team ..

Stevie Hards 19.19

John McMillan 17.56

Also John Kynaston ran the Heaven & Hell Half Marathon on Sunday 5 April 2009 finishing in 1hr 33mins 19secs

Go to his blog for more details!

Thanks to all those who helped at the Come and Try night including ..

Margaret-Ann McLachlan, Steven Fleming, Lorraine Sharp, Jacquie Lochans, Amanda Herron,

Sally Webster, Janice Heggie, Jim Green, Stewart MacLay, John Kynaston, Chris McGlennon,

Michael Cleer, John Rodger, Arthur Smith & Jim Ogilvie.

Some experienced and some who had never done it before ..

The novices were excellent and we hope might be available to help at some other meetings during the summer.

We do need to get more people in the club involved in officiating and Margaret-Ann and Jason could provide info to anyone interested ..

David Cummings Trophy

Sunday 12th April 2009

We are hoping to get a big support from the club's road runners for this traditional handicap club race,

7 miles round a scenic country route.

Start & Finish at the (Lower) New St Park gates (Back pillar) .. first runner off at approx 1.30 ..

No charge .. Free drinks ..