Well done to the 14 Carnegie Hill Billies who turned out for the Bishop Hill race on Sunday.
| 5 | Sandy Bennet | V | 00:21:45 |
| 6 | Peter Simpson | V | 00:21:52 |
| 10 | Ritchie Cunningham | V | 00:23:30 |
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The opening event in our Hill Running Grand Prix is the short but sharp Bishop Hill Race from Scotlandwell on Sunday 7th March.
The race starts at 2pm with all entries on the day at Portmoak Village Hall in Scotlandwell. Parking is limited at this race so please car share if possible. The race is 3.5km with a 300m climb and further details can be found at http://www.scottishhillracing.co.uk/RaceDetails.aspx?RaceID=RA-0018
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Entries Are Now Closed
Well done to the 30 Hillbillies who made the cut. All places taken in less that five hours.
Online race entries (£12) for the ‘Tiso’ Carnethy 5 Hill Race which takes place on Saturday 13th February open at 12 Noon today (Tuesday 5th January). A link to the online entry site can be found HERE.
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Congratulations to Steven King and Alison West who are our 2009 Hill Running Grand Prix champions. Our popular series of hill races saw a huge turnout of 60 club members take part in this year’s Grand Prix which featured 15 events with the best 9 to count. The opening event was back in February at the Carnethy 5 and it reached its conclusion at the Tinto Hill Race on Saturday afternoon.
Steven King has been in great shape on the hills this year and wins the men’s Grand Prix title with 420 points. Allan Macaulay has also enjoyed a superb season and he places 2nd male overall with 406 points with our hill running captain Andy Sim finishing 3rd male with 400 points. The M40 award has been won by Alan Manson who placed 4th overall on 395 points and Phil Smithard was the leading M50 (13th overall) on 210 points.
Very well done to Alison West who is our ladies Grand Prix winner with 442 points. This is Alison’s 10th Hill Running Grand Prix ladies title having first won the Grand Prix back in 1995! Morna Fleming places 2nd lady on 425 points and Fabienne Thompson is 3rd lady with 349 points. The F40 award has been won by Helena Sim (7th overall) on 142 points and the F50 award by Isobel Burnett on 144 points (6th overall).
The hill running awards will be presented at the King Malcolm Hotel, Dunfermline on Sunday 6th December at our annual awards evening.
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Tribute Run for George
In memory of our former hill running captain George Murdoch who very sadly past away in 2007 we are encouraging our club members to come along to our annual Tribute Run for George at the Tinto Hill Race which takes place at 2pm on Saturday 7th November in Symington near Biggar. This event has been very well supported by our club members in 2007 and 2008 and we would like to see another good turnout this year.This popular hill race is 4.4 miles (1500 ft) and is the final event in our 2009 Hill Running Grand Prix. It is an ideal event for club members to try as an induction to hill running. So for those of you who still have yet to do a “proper” hill race this is an ideal opportunity to give one a bash and whether you wish to race it, jog it or walk it we ask you to come along and take part.
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The 2009 Championship reached its conclusion last Saturday at the 6th and final counting event at Meall a’Bhuachaille. Very well done to the hill running section of our club who have enjoyed a highly successful season.Congratulations to Andy Symonds who finished runner-up in the SHR Hill Running Championship with 159 points and to Andrew Wright who was 4th overall on 147 points. The 2009 overall winner was Shettleston’s Tom Owens with 159 points.
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Andy Symonds wins the Meall a`Bhuachaille Hill Race
Carnegie’s Andy Symonds produced a tremendous run to win Saturday’s Meall a`Bhuachaille Hill Race from Glenmore. Andy covered the 6.1 mile (2100ft) new route in a fast 50.53 finishing 14 seconds clear of 2nd placed Robbie Simpson (Deeside Runners). Andrew Wright placed an impressive 6th overall in the high quality field in 54.05 while Peter Simpson made his hill racing comeback finishing 30th (2nd M50) in 1.00.31.
Carnegie Harriers were represented by sixteen members at Meall a`Bhuachaille which was the second largest club turnout behind Cosmics who had twenty three runners out on the hills.
Richie Cunningham was the fourth Harrier to finish placing 42nd overall (1.03.09) and Kenny MacDonald made a welcome return to the hills finishing 72nd in 1.07.37. Niall Wilson made his hill running debut for Carnegie placing 79th in 1.08.46 and Alan Manson who has enjoyed an excellent season was 89th in 1.09.53. Ryan McKenzie in 111th position clocked a time of 1.12.35, Tom Bowie placed 3rd M60 in 1.13.00 (113th overall) and David Greig reached the finish in 1.17.51 (147th).
Allan Macaulay maintained his lead in our Hill Running Grand Prix by placing 151st in 1.18.27 with the Grand Prix’s second placed Andy Sim finishing 153rd in 1.18.39. Neil Campbell completed his first race of the weekend at Meall a`Bhuachaille in 1.19.44 (159th) before completing the Lasswade cross country event the following day.
Alison West was the leading Carnegie lady timing at 1.23.25 while Yvette Wilson on her hill running debut enjoyed a strong run finishing in 1.24.26. Morna Fleming put in a strong effort finishing in 1.41.04.
A selction of race photo’s cortesy of Steve Fallon (Carnethy) can be found HERE.
The final race in our Hill Running Grand Prix takes place on Saturday 7th November at the Tinto Hill Race. Full details can be found on the Carnethy website by clicking HERE. Please meet at Dunfermline Academy of Sport at 11am for car sharing.
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Alison West added to her recent Bog and Burn title winning an award in the F50 Category at the Lomonds of Fife Hill Race. Along with Lynne Bennet and Morna Fleming the ladies also scooped the women’s team prize.Ten Harriers in all completed the challenging route, made more interesting by gusting headwinds for the run back towards West Lomond. Derek Cassells made a great hill running debut in a Carnegie vest, finishing 17th in 1.56.44. Tommy Lawrence placed 25th in 2.03.23 and Tom Bowie finished 2nd M60 in 2.11.04 up the field.
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