Hannah Cup

Please note that this event has been postponed, to be rescheduled at a later date.

News Report w/e 5th December

With appalling weather conditions recently there was very little to report on in the way of races. The West District Cross Country Championships at Irvine were postponed due to snow (it shows how bad things are when they cancel cross country due to the weather!).

The previous weekend (27^th November), just before the snow got really bad, had Clydesdale Harriers taking part in the Dunbartonshire Cross Country Championships at Maryhill Park. A successful and enjoyable day was had by all who took part. Under 11 boys had Stephen Kane finishing 3^rd in a time of 4.34 (bronze medalist) over the shortened, snow covered course (supposed to be about 1 mile) closely followed by Connor Higgins (4.39). Under 11 Girls had Caitlin Stuart running 5.23, followed by Eve Kerr (5.31). Under 13 Boys had Lewis Hay running a shortened 2 mile course in 10.27. Under 13 Girls had Rachel Busby showing some of her old form coming 3^rd in 9.33 (bronze medalist), followed by Jenny Kerr (12.23). Under 15 Boys Connor Ewing ran well to finish in 13.23 over a shortened 3 mile course and Under 17 Lewis Wood finished in 20.02. Senior Women ran a shortened 4 mile course with Pamela McCrossan just pipping Kath Scott in an exciting race to finish in 24.18 and 24.20 respectively. This was followed by Marina McCallum (25.24) and Jolene Ennis (25.57). Pamela, Kath and Marina also were 2^nd team (silver medalists). The Senior men had Peter Bowman (1^st Under 20) finishing 3^rd overall in a time of 29.42 over a shortened 6 mile course, followed by Gary Dick (31.27), Paul Carroll (32.28), Gerry Montgomery (33.02), Iain Robertson (33.52), John McArthur (34.09), Bobby Rossborough (35.17), Hugh Laverty (35.43), and Peter Halpin (39.54). Peter, Gary, Paul and Gerry finished as 3^rd team overall (bronze medalists).

The same day was the Hugh Wilson Memorial 10k in East Kilbride where Robert Rossborough (Junior) ran well to finish in 42.54.

Marina McCallum
Press Officer

London Marathon 2011

Clydesdale Harriers have been given 1 Club place in the 2011 London Marathon.

If you intend to run in the marathon and would like to be considered for this allocated runner space, please e-mail me as soon as possible.
To qualify for this space you should have already applied direct and have a rejection letter plus you should have helped out at Club events e.g. stewarding at the 5k or 10k.

If no one meets the above criteria but some Harriers want the space then all the names will be put in a hat and the 1st name drawn will win the allocation.

Yvonne 

West District CC Championships - Irvine

This Event, due to take place on Saturday 4th December, has been cancelled due to ground conditions.

If / when a new date has been arranged all interested parties will be advised.

Yvonne

Club Records

Some time ago I put up a post about club records and since then there has been another season gone by. Could we bring them up to date? First, I don't have veterans records for track and field: let's start to get them together. I know Bobby, Brian and Pete have set assorted records but could we have club best times for as many T&F events as possible? In the late 80's/early 90's several women who may well have been W35 or W40 competed - I can maybe look back but do we have women's times set in recent years on the track or in the field (any field) that we can use to start compiling these too?
The young athletes and their parents (who tend to be the ones with the scrap books!) may well have set records or may have run in an event on the track that is not on the list, could get in touch as well. The existing records as far as I know them are on the blog: got to the list on the right of the page and click on Records (there were 4 such postings so go down as far as things with (4) beside them to find them!)
Use my usual email address.