| After a great competitive race at Yetholm, we now have the final championship winners sorted and know who has earned an SHR Mug for completing the series. This year 70 people have completed enough races (in their category) to earn a mug, but just two runners (Alan Smith and Ross Cruickshanks) ran all 6 races, well done to them!
Both the Senior winners, Caroline Marwick (Highland) and Finlay Wild (Lochaber), made the long trip from the Highlands to get their short race in and claim the title, which was great to see, so congratulations to both.
The Women’s O/40 and Women’s O/50 championship finishers lists were comprised of exactly the same people due to no F40s completing the championship (despite their being some very good ones on the scene) and Angela Mudge (Ochil) won both. On the men’s O/40, it helped if you were called Andrew or ran for Carnethy (or ideally both or these) as Andrew’s made up 4 of the top 6 and Carnethy’s 6 of the top 7, so no surprise that Andrew Fallas (Carnethy) won from Andrew Davis (Ochil). Meantime Andrew Macrae (Carnethy) easily won the O/50s. Veronique Oldham (Cosmic) has made a habit of winning a championship so this year was no surprise when she took the new O/55 category, while Stewart Whitlie (Carnethy) won the men’s, before moving up an age group, which allowed him to also win the O/60. Joan Wilson (Lomond) became the women’s O/60 champion. The Over 65s was another new category this year, with Jocelyn Scott (Fife) becoming the first female finisher and Roderick Pugh (Kilmarnock) likewise in the men’s. Ewan Paterson (Highland) took advantage of recently turning 70 to win the Over 70s. Unfortunately, there were no female Under 23 finishers but Lewis Reid (Unattached) won the Men’s Under 23.
Carnethy HRC completely dominated the male team categories as won both the Senior Male Team and Male O/40 Team and in both categories won every one of the 6 races, which is unprecedented. For the women, it was good to see Highland winning the Senior Women’s category – a club getting stronger ever year, while Fife won the Women’s O/40 Team.
The full list of winners is below.
Senior Men : Finlay Wild
Senior Women : Caroline Marwick
Men O/40 : Andrew Fallas
Women O/40 : Angela Mudge
Men O/50 : Andrew Macrae
Women O/50 : Angela Mudge
Men O/55 : Stewart Whitlie
Women O/55 : Veronique Oldham
Men O/60 : Stewart Whitlie
Women O/60 : Joan Wilson
Men O/65 : Roderick Pugh
Women O/65 : Jocelyn Scott
Men O/70 : Ewan Paterson
Men U/23: Lewis Reid
Male Team : Carnethy HRC
Female Team : Highland HR
Male O/40 Team : Carnethy HRC
Female O/40 Team : Fife AC
The latest standings are below.
Here for men and here for women.
Any queries to Andy Spenceley SHR Statistician
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