Kilbarchan AAC thanks Reid Kerr College for their support

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child protection

policy

West District Cross Country Championships at  Irvine Royal Academy on Saturday 6 December 2008

Bus details

Bulls Garage, Bridge of Weir leaving 9.30am

Kilbarchan Library/Butchers 9.40am

Beith Rd garage 9.45am

Thorndene 9.50am

Canal St bus stop 10am

Fare including entry £5 Seniors £7

Return leaving approx 3.30pm

Click here for more details about the races

Photos of the race added to Photos Page

News of a new Saturday morning 5k time trial every week at Pollok Park

It is a weekly 5k time trial every Saturday from next week 6 December 2008.

Its part of a national network. Sweatshop/sherunsheruns Glasgow are the main sponsors and organisers.
 
It begins at 9.30am in Pollock Park all the details are in the link below.
 
http://www.parkrun.com/glasgow_home.aspx

This is one of the oldest annually run races in the UK, having been run every year since 1943. It was organised by Kenneth Barge, a former member of the Maryhill Harriers committee, in memory of his son, Nigel, who died at Dunkirk. Nigel was an outstanding officer who had trained as a Royal Engineer, before helping to prepare and map defenses at Dunkirk. He was also a trained pilot and a keen athlete. This race is run in association with Scottish Athletics.

The race will take place at 2pm on the 3rd January 2009 with registration, parking, changing and refreshments at Garscube Sports Complex, Maryhill Road, Glasgow.

Please note the NEW VENUE - in the past the race has started from the Garscube estate, but changing has been elsewhere - this year it will all be in the one place!

click here for a flyer (in pdf) about the race which includes an entry form

Advance notice of Christmas and New Year Club Events

Saturday 13 December 2008 - Club Winter Disco at Kilbarchan Bowling Club

(Tickets available from Sandra Hawkins)

Monday 22 December 2008 - 7pm Christmas Handicap outside Johnstone High School

(we will be using Cochrane Castle Community Hall for entry and prizes)

Friday 26 December 2008 - 1pm Christmas Handicap Race at Kilbarchan Park

Sunday 28 December 2008 - 1pm Marshall Moor Race at Kilbarchan Park

Wednesday 31 December 2008 - 1pm Donald Crawford Cup 11mile Handicap Race

and Team Relay at Kilbarchan Park

Why not plan to run in them all?

They are all great races with lots of Kilbarchan history behind them.

Some additions to the web site

I have added a link to show our child protection policy and also reintroduced the regular press releases that Arthur Smith writes each week.  I have put on this weeks and will be backdating the last couple of months in due course.

To accommodate this I have added a column to the links at the top.  Not all pages will have the new list but I'll try and change those in due course.  In the meantime you will need to access the new pages from the home page.

Results in one excel file  from Renfrewshire Cross Country Championships at Rouken Glen

on Saturday 22 November 2008 added to Results Page

Photos from the Scottish Athletics Awards Dinner on Saturday 22 November 2008 added to Photos Page

Photos of the Renfrewshire Cross Country Championship at Rouken Glen on Saturday 22 November 2008

added to Photos page

Results from the event added to the Results Page

John Kynaston, Paula Radcliffe & Jim Ogilvie

at the Scottish Athletics Awards Dinner at the Marriott Hotel, Glasgow last night

More photos to come soon!

Congratulations to all those who ran in the Renfrewshire Cross Country Championship

on Saturday 22 November 2008 at Rouken Glen.

Results and Photos to come

Stressed coach

Congratulations to Jessica Martin (Kilbarchan AAC) who has been awarded the Eddie Campbell Memorial Medal for 2008. Details taken from the Scottish Athletics Web Site ...

The single medal is awarded annually to an under-20 athlete who has shown excellence combined with sportsmanship in hill races and is subsequently selected from a short list by the Scottish Athletics Hill Running Commission, in accordance with set guidelines.

In addition to demonstrating commitment to hill running over a number of years, Martin has had a brilliant 2008 which has included Scottish national honours in the World Mountain Running Trophy and Great Britain and Northern Ireland representative honours in the European Mountain Running Championships.
 

Earlier this year she placed first in the junior women's race in the Knockdhu International in Northern Ireland, followed by an impressive 13th - top placed Scottish athlete and third counter for the bronze medal winning Great Britain and Northern Ireland junior women's team - in the 7th European Mountain Running Championships in Germany.

At the World Mountain Running Trophy in Switzerland in September, Martin once again finished top Scot in 13th place overall - the final time Scotland will compete in the event which from 2009 will include a Great Britain team in a new Championship-status competition.

Most recently, Martin was part of the Scotland team that won the Junior Home International in Edinburgh.

Congratulations to those who ran at the Gateshead Cross Country Races

on Saturday 15 November 2008

Summary ..

 u17 men  1 D Mills Nuneaton 18.13, 2 Callum Hawkins 18.18

Jun men  1  24.29,  10 Derek Hawkins 25.43, 20 Paul Leck 26.32 ..

Jun women  1  16.22, 20 Elspeth Curran 18.20

Sen men 1  . 47 Conor McNulty 32.09, 62 John McMillan 35.06.

Click here for full results

Congratulations to those who ran in the Braid Hills Cross Country Races at Edinburgh on

Saturday 15 November 2008

Senior Women 1 R Smith (HBT) 18.34, 12 Jessica Martin 19.39, 17 Christina Rankin 19.52,

 .. 50 Eilidh Menzies 22.28

Click here for full results

Congratulations to Robert Quinn who was second in the British and Irish Matters Cross Country International at Swansea on Sunday 17 November 2008

Results from the Cross Country Races at Kilmarnock on Sunday 9 November 2008 added to Results Page

Congratulations to those who ran the Buchlyvie Half Marathon today Sunday 16 November 2008‏

Race report from Richard Beall added to the Reports Page

Some photos from the Cross Country Event at Kilmarnock added to Photo Page

Results from Glasgow University 5 Mile Road Race on Saturday 8 November 2008 added to Results Page

Congratulations to all Club members who ran in the Cross Country Races at Kilmarnock

on Sunday 9 November 2008.

Congratulations to those Club members who ran in the Glasgow University 5 Mile Road Race

on Saturday 8 November 2008-

3. Conor McNulty 25.14
5. Ross Toole 25.54
20. John McMillan 28.16
27. Donald Petrie 28.50
38. Leanne Hamilton 29.09 (2nd woman)
84. Stevie Hards 31.56
98. Derek Brines 32.57
126. Andrew Clugston 34.46
145. Donald Kennedy 35.44
213. Brian Graham 43.32
 

THE ROAD TO SAFETY
 
by Derek Parker

(Coaching Adviser - Kilbarchan AAC)
 
Sadly, although the winter training has just begun, we have already had a number of accidents involving some of the club's runners - including ankle sprains and, regrettably, the sustaining of facial injuries, requiring on at least one occasion, hospital treatment.
 
Running is an enjoyable activity but athletes of all levels and at all times must remember that so many of our roads and pavements are full of potholes, raised slabs, loose stones and other obstacles.
 
We must always be vigilant. As well as pavements in poor condition, there are invariably bits of wood, broken fences, strands of barbed wire, low branches - some with thorns which can cause severe eye injuries - protruding from walls, fences and hedgerows.
 
Add to these the propensity of people to step out of closes, shops. parked cars, round corners etc and the potential for accidents is quite high. So keep in the middle of the pavement as far as possible to avoid collisions. Avoid running too close to walls, sides of buildings and kerbs where a trips or stumbles could see you end up in the middle of the road.
 
AT ALL TIMES, LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD AND KEEP YOUR EYES FIRMLY FIXED ON THE PAVEMENT OR ROAD AHEAD OF YOU. DO NOT TURN YOUR HEAD OR FACE SIDEWAYS TO SUSTAIN A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR TRAINING PARTNER(S). THIS INVARIABLY INVITES DISASTER.
 
It is also advisable to carry a mobile phone to summon assistance if necessary. If any member of a running group sees an obstacle, he or she should inform all other members of that group of the impediment. It is amazing how many runners will swerve to avoid a lamppost, fence, bollard etc without warning those behind them of the same obstacle.
 
Please report all dangerous surfaces and situations to myself, John, Arthur or Robert Hawkins so we can warn athletes in advance of the dangers.
 
Running is a wonderful and enjoyable sport - but each and everyone of us must play our part to ensure it is a safe activity for all members of the club. Thank You.
 
Derek Parker
 
Coaching Adviser - Kilbarchan AAC
 

Fixture List updated including Club Christmas Events & 2009 Events

Latest Edition of our club newsletter FRONTRUNNER available here (in word document)

Printed copies will be able at Club Training sessions next week

A invitation to 'Running in the Extreme' Seminars

BE FASCINATED, BE INSPIRED, BE THERE TRAIL RUNNING IN THE EXTREME!

YOU ARE INVITED TO SHARE IN THIS EXTREME EXPERIENCE.

Matt Williamson (Manager at Bothwell Street store) will be fascinating and inspiring us with his talk on his Extreme Experience. Matt has recently completed the 8 day GORE-TEX® Trans Alpine Race in Europe.

The Seminar evenings will take place in three Run 4 It stores starting at 6.30pm

Please contact your nearest store to confirm your attendance

Run 4 It - Aberdeen 10th November 2008
aberdeen@run-4-it.com - 01224 594 400

Run 4 It - Edinburgh 11th November 2008
edinburgh@run-4-it.com - 0131 228 3444

Run 4 It - Glasgow 12th November 2008
glasgow@run-4-it.com - 0141 221 4300

Whilst being inspired and fascinated you can also enjoy some light refreshments and enter the competition to win a complete running kit courtesy of GORE-TEX® footwear and Gore Running Wear.

Report from Arthur Smith

The Alan Scally Road Relay race last Saturday 1 November 2008, also counted as the Scottish Universities Relay Championships and Kilbarchan athletes contributed significantly to the overall as well as to the University results.

Shettleston Harriers, with their Eritrean contingent, won the Men’s race, 4x4.7miles,  with Strathclyde University second and winning the University Championship, the team including 3 Kilbarchan runners, Ross Toole, Paul Leck and Conor McNulty. Second University and 3^rd overall was Edinburgh ahead of Glasgow University who had Derek Hawkins on the first leg and who ran the fastest time of the day by a Kilbarchan athlete, 23minutes 27 seconds which was also the fastest time by a University athlete.

The Universities dominated the Women’s 3 lap race filling the first 4 places, with Edinburgh first ahead of Glasgow, who had Elspeth Curran on the first leg. Glasgow B team which included Jessica Martin, finished 3^rd and Edinburgh B team were 4^th, team including Christina Rankin. Also competing was Eilidh Menzies, on the comeback trail after various long term injuries and illness.

First actual club team to finish, was Kilbarchan . Despite so many girls competing for strong University teams, the trio of Louise Manson, Lorraine Gribben and Lynsey Curran did a fine job to finish 5^th. 

Click here to see full results of the race

Congratulations to Lesley McKerral who ran the Eddie's Half Marathon at Fort William

on Sunday 2 November 2008 in a time of 1hr 52mins.

Congratulations to those who ran in the Allan Scally Memorial Road Relays on Saturday 1 November 2008.

Results to come.

Best wishes to Hayley Haining who is running the New York Marathon on Sunday 2 November 2008.

Click here to read The Herald article about Hayley and the race.

Click here to go to the official New York Marathon Web Site

Robert Allison's report of Kilmacolm 10k on Sunday 26 October added to Reports Page

Plus update on two more Kilbarchan runners who ran the Kilmacolm 10k

Chris McGlennon 43mins 40secs

Anne Dale 66mins 24secs

Update on other Kilbarchan runners ...

Kilmacolm 10k

Lorraine Gribben 40mins 51secs

Robert Allison 42min 00secs

Dublin Marathon

John McLaughlin 3hrs 03mins 39 secs (pb)

Gordon Allison 3hrs 18mins 16secs

click here to see full results on official Dublin web site

Congratulations to John McLaughlin who ran the Dublin Marathon today in 3hrs 03mins 41secs.

Congratulations to those who ran the Kilmacolm 10k on Sunday 26 October 2008.

Kilbarchan runners Michael Finlay 4th in 37mins 41secs and Gordon Gallacher 7th in 39mins 44secs.

Any others?

Click here for full results

Photos from National Cross Country Relays from Cumbernauld

on Saturday 25 October 2008 added to Photos Page.

Congratulations to all Kilbarchan runners who took part in the National Cross Country Relays at Cumbernauld yesterday, Saturday 25 October 2008.

Click here for official results

Kilbarchan highlights ...

Young Males, Christopher McStay, Calum Macleod and Callum Hawkins were 2nd with Callum Hawkins the fastest. An excellent 6th pace from the B team of Euan Gillham, Russell Mountford and Stephen Fleming.

Senior Females, Leanne Hamilton, Elspeth Curran and Kerry Lang were also 2nd.

and7th place from the B team of Hannah Waugh, Jessica Martin, Natalie Sharp 

Senior Males, Robert Quinn, Derek Hawkins, Scott Hawkins and Conor McNulty were 3rd (First team medal in this event for 8 years.

Here is a photo of the under 11 boy's team at last Saturday's Renfrewshire Cross Country Relays. 

It was their first race against other clubs .... well done Kyle, David and Scott ...

Click here for a map for the National Cross Country Relay at Cumbernauld.

If you are planning to go to the Run 4 It evening on Wednesday 29 October 2008 please leave a message on the club forum.

Special evening at Run 4 It from Scott Partyka .....

I am contacting you because I would like to offer a special invite for Kilbarchan to join us at our dedicated Club evening on Wednesday 29 October from 6.30pm.

With so many members of Kilbarchan working with Run 4 It, it would be non-sense to not establish a working relationship between us.

The idea behind this event is to offer Kilbarchan's running club members advice & support. The runners can benefit from not only 15% OFF everything at Run 4 It, but also the features we have arranged for the evening;

• FREE Video Gait Analysis by Saucony

• The chance to speak with a GORE Running Wear specialist

• Injury & nutrition advice from The Body matrix

• High Viz clothing tests for safe winter running

• Junior High Viz clothing

• Free prize draw on the night

What I really want to achieve is for the members to join us on the night, take advantage of the offers and get the most out of their running in the next few months, knowing that if they need any help whatsoever then they can come to us at Run4it and get a great service. This is the main reason I wanted to contact you directly, to ensure that the members are informed of what Run 4 It are trying to give the running community.

If you are able to attend, then could I ask you to push the evening to your members, and also give me an idea of anticipated attendance so I can ensure we are sufficiently prepared for numbers on the night.

I would like to visit you on your next training night, just to introduce Run 4 It, show our commitment to getting out and helping the running community, and get an idea of possible attendance.

As a token of my appreciation for your help in passing this message on, I would like to offer you a 25% discount on the evening or at a time that best suits you. Unfortunately this would not apply to sale product, but can be used on any of the current range.

Until then, feel free to contact me if you have any queries,

Yours in running,

Scott Partyka

Notice regarding Kilmarnock Harriers Open Cross Country Races - Sunday 9 November 2008

Results from the Renfrewshire Cross Country Relays added to Results Page

Click here to see some more photos from Renfrewshire Cross Country Relays at Linwood (from Jim O)

Congratulations to all those who ran in the Renfrewshire

Cross Country Relays at Linwood today.

Results to come asap.

Click here to see some photos of the race  (thanks to Ann D & John K)

Renfrewshire Cross Country Relays - Saturday 18 October 2008 ....

Race start times -     

Boys u11 ie 9-10  on 1/9/08                 3x1mile                        12.00

Girls u11 ie 9-10 on 1/9/08                   3x1mile                        12.02

Boys u13 ie 11-12 on 1/9/08                3 x 1½ miles                12.20

Girls u13 ie 11-12 on 1/9/08                 3 x 1½ miles                 12.45

Boys u15 ie 13-14 on 1/9/08                  3 x 1½ miles                12.45

Girls u15 ie 13-14 on 1/9/08                 3 x 1½ miles                12.47

Men  u17 ie 15-16 on 1/9/08                3 x 1½  miles                 1.15

Women u17 ie 15-16 on 1/9/08           3 x 1½ miles                  1.17

               Senior Men (incl u20s)                          4 x 2½ miles                  1.45                

Senior Women                                       3 x 2½  miles                 1.45

Changing and Declarations will be at Linwood Sports Centre, declarations from 11.00am