The 53rd running of the Allan Scally Memorial Relay was again blessed with great weather and a record entry of 258 teams. This must be the biggest club road relay in the UK and easily beats the records in the George Cummings, McAndrew , Kingsway and Fernside Relays which were run in the past. The record entry for the Scally relay was last year when 186 teams entered. The club would like to thank all the teams who made the effort to make this event such a successful. From Aberdeen in the North , Gala in the South ,Ayr in the West and Edinburgh in the East – 47 different clubs toed the line in the event with 220 complete teams finishing the event, that was an increase of 55 from the previous year.
It was a great day for the University clubs with the winners of both the men’s and ladies event coming from Stirling University (Men) and Glasgow University (Ladies). The team from Stirling made a bit of history being the first male University team to win the event with the Glasgow ladies team winning for the 5th time .The course records were still intact at the end of the race and we still wait for a sub 60min -Maybe next year!
Full results can be found on the website Link
The club was delighted to welcome David Rudisha, World Record Holder of the 800m 1:40.91, Double Olympic Gold medallist and Double World Champion who made a visit to the race from the World indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena. David posed with many of the athletes and signed lots of autographs helping to present the prizes with Allan Scally’s granddaughters, Susan Walker ,MBE , and Elaine Mackay ,Club President Shettleston Harriers.
The event cannot take place without many individuals helping both from our club and our friends from other clubs. Scottish athletics is blessed with individuals who give to our great sport. A massive thank you to everyone .
The race was supported by a number of sponsors and the club is very grateful to these in theses –
ABC Property Consultants & Estate Agents, Firhill Community Trust, Car &Tyre Services & Repairs
The Decorator, Raymond Loughran, Arnold Clark, Tesco, Tunnocks, Timing Company – Protay
Men’s
1st Stirling University -60.30, 2nd Corstorphine AAC- 60.43, 3rd Fife AC A -60.51
4th Fife AC B -61.10, 6th Shettleston A team 61.44
The Fife AC B team was totally made of Para athletes and contained a World Champion (Ben Sandilands who also ran the fastest lap of the day 14.36 ), an Olympic Champion (Owen Millar), a British Champion (Steven Bryce) and Sam Fernando (highly ranked Para athlete) – Maybe the first time such a team has compete anywhere in the UK?
Women’s
1st Glasgow University -71.31, 2nd Aberdeen AAC -72.54, 3rd Cambuslang Harriers-73.40
4th Corstorphine AAC -73.55, 5th Shettleston A team 75.37
University Championships
Men
1st Stirling University – 60.30, 2nd Edinburgh University- 61.14, 3rd Glasgow University -62.26
Women
1st Glasgow University -71.31, 2nd Edinburgh University -75.47, 3rd Strathclyde University -79.15
Check out the following story : https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/news/news/local-road-race-runners-talk-training-tips-with-double-olympic-champion-david-rudisha
Two club members made the trip the Manchester for the Trafford 10k. Great running from Daniel Bradford (29.47) and Hannah Terrance (36.17) who both smashed their PB performances over 10km.
Hannah has had a busy time recently two races last weekend -Falkirk and Portugal -These races are all-in her preparations for a crack at the London Marathon in April. Daniel is just returning for injury and he nearly took 30 seconds off his PB.