SA Short Course XC, Tinto Hill Race, plenty of action on various surfaces

Lynn McKenna showed  she is getting back to the form when she was picked for the UK team for the European Cross Country Championships last December in Brussels .Leading out the large field in the ladies race she become the 2nd Senior lady to win a medal at the Championships along with Fionnuala Ross last year who took bronze. Lynn had a fantastic race with Nancy Scott of Edinburgh at the Scottish Athletics Short Course Cross Country Championships just losing out in the last 300m of the race Another first for the club was a team medal !

Claiming bronze with Aoife Carr finishing 9th ,new member Emily Carroll 13th and Lynn’s sister Charlotte 55th ,an excellent return for the girls .Ladies captain Avril Mason returned to the podium claiming a win the W50 age group previously winning twice in the W40 age group .Avril has also been added to the Scottish team for British Masters International in Belfast in a few weeks time-This makes four athletes now selected -Charlene McCallum ,Avrill Mason ,David Houston and Denis Williams .

It was great turn out for the girls and with still a few missing due to work commitment and the Tinto Hill race a very strong group has been put together.

With many of senior men missing due to injury and other commitments it was a small group  of athletes who took part James Wootton was the top finishers .Both Denis Williams and John Oates finishing near the top of their 60 age group  .Matthew Fox had a solid run in the U/17 age group -Full results below 

Saturday a number  of athletes competed at the Tinto Hill Race –

Anna Wallace first female, Brogan 3rd female, Chris Pantry 1st V40 Male, Iain Pender 3rd V40 Male, Kenny Richmond 1st V50 Male, John Connaghan 3rd V50 Male
Pos     Bib     Name    Club    Cat     Time
7       180     David Lawson    Shettleston Harriers    M       0:34:09
8       124     Chris Grant Pantrey     Shettleston Harriers    MV40    0:35:08
10      30      Iain Pender     Shettleston Harriers    MV40    0:35:37
12      182     Cameron Muir    Shettleston Harriers    M       0:35:57
13      178     Aedan McGonigle Shettleston Harriers    M       0:36:09
14      19      Kenny Richmond  Shettleston Harriers    MV50    0:36:14
15      121     Jethro Lennox   Shettleston Harriers    MV40    0:36:28
17      162     John Connaghan  Shettleston Harriers    MV50    0:36:58
25      18      Anna Wallace    Shettleston Harriers    F       0:37:54
33      137     Brogan Wallace  Shettleston Harriers    F       0:38:57
39      75      Stewart Houston Shettleston Harriers    M       0:39:57
43      164     William Breckenridge    Shettleston Harriers    MV50    0:40:28
58      166     Alastair Pringle        Shettleston Harriers    MV50    0:43:16
75      66      Xun Zhang       Shettleston Harriers    M       0:45:16
119     140     Ross Crawford   Shettleston Harriers    MV40    0:50:48
136     94      Victoria Leiper Shettleston Harriers    F       0:53:01
151     163     Gavin Finbow    Shettleston Harriers    MV40    0:55:36
Junior Tinto Hill Race
Euan Grant-Pantry 2nd boy, Rowan Lennox 1st girl and Joseph Patterson also braved the muddy conditions.
Glen Ogle 33 ultra
Gemma Griffiths – 1st female an 12th overall
Taha Ghafari made the journey south to help Highgate Harriers finish 6^th in the English National Cross Country Relays.

On Sunday it was great to see 25 of our younger athletes competing in Springburn Harriers Cross Country Races -A great turnout -full results will be posted as they become available.

Congratulations to Abraham Lanahan who has been selected for the Scottish Schools for the  International Pentathlon  event

Former members have being doing very well recently in other sports – Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen) gaining his first international cap for  the Scotland and we just heard Neah Evans (Cycling) winning the Scottish Sportswomen of the year – Neah was part of our ladies winning West District team in 2012 when she finished 17th before turning to cycling success – Last year she won two silvers at the European track Championships, Gold at the Nations Cup and a silver at the Paris Olympics ! We are sure her Gold from the West District is still high in her achievements .Congratulations to her from everyone at Shettleston Harriers.

Parkrun – Good turnout for club members from Amsterdam to South Shields and Porterstown !

Mark Mckelvie finished the Strathclyde Parkrun in a time of 19.37. At South Shields Parkrun, Fred Davies finished in a time of 30.06. Linwood parkrun saw Raymond Loughran finished in a time of 29.42.

At Tollcross Parkrun, David Murphy finished in a time of 22.39 for 18th place, with Bob Porteous in a time of 27.56. Iain Burns ran 17.05 at Victoria Park for 4th overall with Callum Oates 5th in a time of 17.39. Holly Morrison was 2nd female in a time of 19.35.

At Porterstown Parkrun, Ruth Stanley ran a time of 25.26. Drumpellier Parkrun saw John Towns finish in 27.28, Jodie Waite in 27.46 and Kevin Armstrong in 27.57. At Queens Parkrun, Gerard Pelegri was 7th in a time of 19.45 and Gerry mason in 30.02.

Finally over to the Netherlands to the Amsterdam’s Bos Parkrun where Steve Winter finished in a time of 20.21.

Well done everyone