Well done to all the Harriers and Hillbillies who won awards at this years awards evening.
Our re-scheduled 2010 Awards Evening was held last night at the King Malcolm Hotel, Dunfermline. There was a good turnout of around 40 members. The awards were presented to all our winners in the Road and Hill Running Grand Prix Events. Our Special Awards were also presented. Junior athlete Scott Dowell receives our Most Improved Male Award and Morna Fleming the Most Improved Female Award. The Most Improved Hill Runner award was presented to Neil Campbell and the Best Newcomer Award was presented to Jo Wilson. Richie Cunningham receives the Marathon Award. Very well done to all our award winners.
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Saturday 15th January – East District Cross Country Championships, Livingston
Carnegie Harriers were represented by 27 members at Saturday’s East District Cross Country Championships in Deans, Livingston. The event also incorporated the final meeting in the East District CC League. In the ladies race, Isobel Burnett produced an outstanding run to win the Gold medal in the F50 age group in 30.31, placing 61st overall. Gail Murdoch finished 72nd in 31.40 with Morna Fleming 73rd in 31.47. Grace MacKenzie covered the muddy course in 31.55 placing 75th. The Carnegie ladies team finished 10th overall. Graeme Campbell was the leading Harriers in the mens race placing an impressive 36th in 37.33. Allan Fotheringham ran a strong race finishing 38th and 4th M40 in 37.35. Peter Humphreys was the 3rd Carnegie counter clocking 39.59 in 68th place and Peter Simpson was 84th in 40.42. Barry Davie was 92nd in 41.29 while Steven King placed 96th in 41.42. Carnegie’s men placed 10th team overall.
After four events in our Cross Country Grand Prix, Grace MacKenzie leads the ladies on 189 points. Linda James is 2nd on 185 points and Gillian McCracken is 3rd on 174. Stephen Greer and Malcolm Smith share the lead in the men with 169 points with Mick Cowie, 3rd on 146 points.
A selection of photo’s from the ladies race courtesy of Allan Fotheringham can be found at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/allanfotheringham/sets/72157625834645514/
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Entries are now open for The Dunblane Hydro 7.5 Mile Road Race 2011
www.dunblaneroadrace.com
The date for this years event is Sunday 29th May at 1pm
We would be delighted to see you at our event in Dunblane. We have created a unique race event with a great finish at the doors of the famous Doubletree Dunblane Hydro Hotel.
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Our Loch Fitty Cross Course Race which was scheduled to take place this Sunday has now been cancelled. Ian Johnston has carried out an inspection of the course this afternoon and it is not runnable due to sheet ice.
This race will not be re-scheduled and our Cross Country Grand Prix has been amended accordingly and is now 7 events which your best 4 to count.
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The complete Road Running Grand Prix for 2011 is as follows;
1. 20/03/2011 Alloa Half Marathon
2. 09/04/2011 Edinburgh parkrun 5K
3. 17/04/2011 Bridge of Allan Toughest 10K
4. 14/05/2011 Loch Leven Half Marathon
5. 22/05/2011 Edinburgh Marathon
6. 04/06/2011 Strathallan 5 Mile Road Race (Date TBC)
7. 19/06/2011 Orchill 10K Road Race, Gleneagles
8. 06/07/2011 Brig Bash 5 Mile Road Race, Bridge of Earn
9. 12/07/2011 Ravenscraig Park 1 Mile Race, Kirkcaldy
10. 15/07/2011 Beveridge Park 5K, Kircaldy
11. 14/08/2011 Pitreavie Forth Bridge 10K Road Race
12. 16/08/2011 Ceres 8 Mile Road Race
13. 18/09/2011 Kilmacolm Half Marathon
14. 25/09/2011 East Neuk 10K, Anstruther
15. 02/10/2011 Loch Ness Marathon
In both the Road and Hill Running Grand Prix, 50 points will be awarded to the first male and female to finish each race, followed by 49 points for 2nd, 48 points for 3rd etc. Overall points are calculated based on your best nine events.
Awards in all age groups will be presented in December at our annual awards evening. All runners outwith the award winners who complete the minimum nine events will also be presented with an award.
Your age category is based on your age at the opening event in each Grand Prix.
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