November 12th, 2012

Congrats to our senior men team of Stuart 10th, Wegene 11th, Ben 18th and Davey 19th who took the silver medal behind Central with Corstorphine taking the bronze.  Spare a thought for Iain who missed a medal by 1 place/2seconds and Jack (6th under 20) who was a further 6 seconds adrift.  The club was well supported in this race with our next finishers in order being Alastair, George, Scott, Alick and Robert R.

History was made when for the first time we fielded and finished a team in the ladies race.  Our 3 counters were all under 20 and were led home by Alex 17th/ 6th under 20, Katie 26/10th under 20 and Sarah in 46th position. The girls were rewarded with a very creditable 6th place.  Although Kirsty A put herself on the line she was forced to drop out due to laryngitis, a problem she has had since returning from her triathlon expereiences in New Zealand.

In the accompanying development races Eve finished first in the under 17 event with Niamh second in the under 15 age groupt.  David R finished in 4th spot just outside the medals in the under 17 race with Ryan M 10th. Under 13 Eamon who had done the parkrun the day before was 8th.  Well done to all of them.

Most of the younger athletes were saving themselves for next week’s Lanarkshire XC championships which count towards the club championships and then Liverpool the week after.  More information will follow later regarding the Lanarkshire event although a timetable was posted last week.

David