Results Week Ending 1st April..no fooling !

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Results Week Ending 1st April..no fooling !

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Sorry to be a bit late with these this week...was away down in Geordieland earlier in the week.

Great photo coverage in Fife Herald (Fri 5th April).

The Scottish Road Relay Championships at Livingston saw Fife AC excel in the over 50’s category winning the women’s title and finishing second in the men’s race.
Running over alternate stages of 5km and 10km Innes Bracegirdle, Gauldry, clocked 23 minutes 26 seconds before Kirkcaldy athlete Sandra Aitken completed the long 10km stage in 46 minutes 53 seconds. Kettlebridge’s Margaret McLaren clocked 24.53 for the anchor leg to secure team gold for the Fife trio.
The men’s over 50 team contested the four stage relay with John Thomson’s 18 minutes 16 seconds placing the quartet second to Ronhill Cambuslang over the opening 5km leg. Bryce Aitken clocked 36 minutes 22 seconds for the 10km stage before Kenneth Anthony’s 19.17 for the 5km held seconds place well clear of chasing clubs Calderglen and Ayr Seaforth. It was left to John Kay to complete the team effort timed at 35 minutes 07 seconds, the second fastest over 50 long stage time, coming home second behind Cambuslang.
The senior women’s quartet were led off by under 20 athlete Halina Rees (18.41) handing over to Amie McKimmie in third place. Amie clocked 37 minutes 15 seconds to place fourth before Jennifer Kibble’s 5km stage (20.16) in fifth place. The ever dependable Helen Sharpe, having travelled up from Bristol, tore around the final 10km stage in 34 minutes 14 seconds to bring the team home in fourth a minute down on the bronze medal place.
The senior men’s 6-stage championship was a painful experience for the club finishing in 32nd place. Dan Newman (20.34) and Andrew Murphy (34.05) ran well over the opening stage but with two late withdrawals from the team by younger athletes it was left to an over 60 and two over 65’s to secure even a finish. A far cry from last year when two of the three teams finished in the top twenty. A even further cry from the year 2000 with two teams in the top ten. While athletes like Halina Rees, Jennifer Kibble and Fiona Bracegirdle have come through the age groups and made a successful transition to senior level, the club males continue to have difficulty making this progression.
Just a week after representing Scotland at the Home Schools Cross-Country International Cross-Country in Wales East Neuk athlete Logan Rees, Crail, scored a significant victory over the older opposition winning the Norman’s Law Hill Race from Luthrie last Saturday.
The junior internationalist was first to the 700ft summit holding a ten seconds lead over Westerlands veteran Brian Bonnyman. Logan increased his advantage over the return to Luthrie taking the victory at Lower Luthrie Farm in 34 minutes 18 seconds twenty-nine seconds ahead of chasing duo Adam Harris (Shettleston) and Brian Bonnyman (Westerlands).
Harris won out in the sprint finish for second place timed at 34 minutes 47 seconds shading Bonnyman by a mere one second.
Carnegie Harrier Melanie Sinclair placed 62nd overall to claim the female award in 44 minutes 25 seconds followed by Hilary Ritchie, Dairsie, in 66th twenty-one seconds further back.
Leading Results: 1 L Rees (Fife AC) 1st junior. 34.18, 2 A Harris (Shettleston) 34.47, 3 B Bonnyman (Westerlands) 1st veteran. 34.48, 4 M Harris (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 35.16, 5 A Smith (Deeside R.) 1st over 50. 35.47, 6 C Russell (Fife AC) 3rd veteran. 36.04, 7 G Nash (Carnethy HR) 4th veteran. 36.04, 8 D Clarke (Fife AC) 36.31, 9 J Bowden (Hunters Bog Trotters) 36.32, 10 J Askham (Haddington ELP) 36.32, 11 J Knox (Anster Haddies) 36.32, 13 D Millar (Carnegie) 36.41, 14 A Cox (Tinto HR) 36.46, 15 J Traynor (Unatt.) 37.10…55 J Holden (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 43.18, 100 S Cromar (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 70. 52.29.
Women. 1 M Sinclair (Carnegie) 1st veteran. 44.25, 2 H Ritchie (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 44.46, 3 L MacLellan (Highland HR) 2nd veteran. 44.48, 4 S Harley (Fife AC) 3rd veteran. 44.58, 5 K Martin (Unatt.) 46.03, 6 K Maguire (Fife AC) 46.38, 7 J McWhinnie (Fife AC) 48.17, 8 J Wilson (Carnethy HR) 48.52, 9 M Martin (Fife AC) 50.00, 10 A Ward (Kirkintilloch) 51.44….14 C Melville (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 54.49. Full results at http://www.fifeac.org
George Rees, Crail, was a runaway winner of the associated Emily Hill Junior Race timed at 7 minutes 17 seconds over the one mile course with 9-year old Emma Johnson (Unatt.) the leading girl placing 9th overall.
Results: 1 G Rees (Fife AC) 7.17, 2 A Burnett (Aberdeen) 7.50, 3 G McWhinnie (Fife AC) 7.52, 4 H Thomas (Strathearn) 7.54, 5 A Thomson (Fife AC) 7.56, 6 I McWhinnie (Fife AC) 8.05. Girls. 1 E Johnson (Unatt.) 9.47, 2 K Johnson (Unatt) 10.37, 3 R Nash (Carnethy HR) 11.39, 4 I Bell (Unatt.) 12.19, 5 T Pryde (Unatt.) 12.24, 6 L Tabberer (Fife AC) 12.25.
Prolific former Scottish 50km champion Terry Mitchell, St Andrews, claimed the Scottish 50km title at Perth’s North Inch last Sunday. Terry came home in 10th place, first over 50 veteran in 3 hours 55 minutes 06 seconds. Colin Mathieson placed 14th (4:04.57) and Bob Allison 38th (5:24.17).
The club convened and organised the Fife Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships last week at Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy. Lundin links athlete Ailsa Cruickshanks ran one of her best races of the winter to win the S2/3 girls championship while Rachel Grieve, Crail, secured individual bronze in the senior girls race.
Logan Rees placed second in the senior boys event while Jamie Ingledew was an impressive runaway winner in the S2/3 boys race.
Leading Results: S4/5/6 Boy’s 1 A Thompson (Queen Anne High), 2 L Rees (St Leonard’s), 3 B Potrykus (Balwearie). Teams. 1 Balwearie, 2 Queen Anne High, 3 St Leonard’s.
S2/3 Boy’s. 1 J Ingledew (St Leonard’s), 2 D Davidson (St Andrews High), 3 J Bremner (Madras). Teams. 1 St Leonard’s, 2 Queen Anne High, 3 Balwearie, 4 Madras.
S1 Boy’s. 1 R Thompson (Queen Anne High), 2 S Aitken (Balwearie), 3 J Stewart (Bell Baxter H.). Teams. 1 Madras, 3 Bell Baxter High, 4 St Columba’s.
S4/5/6 Girl’s. 1 S Pennycook (Balwearie), 2 K Turner (Queen Anne High), 3 R Grieve (Waid Acad.). Teams. 1 Queen Anne High, 2 St Leonard’s.
S2/3 Girl’s. 1 A Cruickshanks (Waid Acad.), 2 A Brocklebank (St Leonard’s), 3 K Aitken (Balwearie). Teams. 1 Madras, 2 St Columba’s, 3 Buckhaven High, 4 Waid Academy.
S1 Girls. 1 A Steggles (Dunfermline High, 2 S Keracher (Madras), 3 C Bowman (St Columba’s). Teams. 1 Madras, 2 Inverkeithing High, 3 Queen Anne High, 4 Waid Acad.
Results: Grandtully Hill Race. 4 mile/924ft. 1 G Fraser (Ochil HR) 1st veteran. 28.45, 2 A Smith ( Deeside R.) 1st over 50. 28.48; 3 A Davis (Ochil HR) 28.52.
Women: 1 J Connor (Tinto HR) 34.27; 2 Hilary Ritchie (Fife AC) 35.59; 3 J Wilson (Carnethy) 36.22.
Deuchary Hill Canter, Dunkeld. 11 mile/2600ft. 1 Fallas 1:18.37, 2 Gilmore 1:21.14, 3 I Stewart (Westerlands) 1:23.59…12 David Clarke 1:30.04, 24 Dave Cowan 1:42.59, 54 Stewart Davidson 2:16.15. Women. 1 Bonsor 1:32.18, 2 S Blackwood (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 1:44.02, 3 R Evans (Strathearn) 1:44.18.
The Track and Field season opens with the Petrofec League at Perth on Sunday 14th April starting at 12 noon. Events for all age groups. Enquiries to 01334 474561 or 07512 063449.
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