After near tropical weather for a couple of days a cold easterly airstream brought good conditions for the runners, but not so good for the village Gala revellers. Despite competition from the Durisdeer Race we still had a healthy 72 starters on a rather chilly start line more like late October than mid-June. Some over-exuberant concern about the Exmoor ponies eating our flags led to the rather frantic addition of Cusson’s Imperial Leather talcum powder-sprayed arrows, making this the most fragrant Traprain Race ever. The ascent route diversion to avoid the rock slabs was not received with enthusiasm as competitors battled with the gorse bushes on the ascent line. So back to the drawing board here.
Dunbar’s James Addie took advantage of the missing competition over at Durisdeer and had a storming run well away from the nearest pursuer, returning an impressive 40-26 despite the gorse bushes. Keith Hood (Corstorphine) and Colin Doig (HBT) were 2nd and 3rd. Jill Stephen of HBT took the women’s trophy in 48-26, with Rhona Anderson (Dunbar) 2nd woman. Men’s team prize went to Dunbar and women’s to Carnethy. See results for other placings.
This is the last race under present management, which has organised the event for just short of 30 years. It’s time for a generation transfer and an injection of new ideas to preserve this unique East Lothian event. Volunteers to make it happen next year please!
Keith Burns
Results
Posn. | Name | Club | Time | Cat | Local |
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1 | James Addie | Dunbar | 0:40:26 | M | L |
2 | Keith Hood | Corstorphine | 0:41:25 | M40 | |
3 | Colin Doig | HBT | 0:41:52 | M | |
4 | Dougie Carstairs | Portobello | 0:42:06 | M | |
5 | Steve Best | Carnethy | 0:42:42 | M | |
6 | Brendan Forrester | U/A | 0:43:08 | M | |
7 | Kent Ross | U/A | 0:43:24 | M | |
8 | Nick Williamson | Dunbar | 0:43:40 | M | |
9 | Craig Freshwater | Westies | 0:43:56 | M | |
10 | Andrew King | Lothian | 0:44:00 | M | |
11 | David Burgess | Anster Haddies | 0:44:02 | M40 | |
12 | Stuart Hay | Dunbar | 0:44:04 | M50 | |
13 | Stuart Sanderson | Penicuik Harriers | 0:44:10 | M50 | |
14 | David Woods | Haddington RC | 0:44:26 | M | |
15 | Andy Howett | Fife AC | 0:45:02 | M | |
16 | Mike Lynch | Carnethy | 0:45:03 | M40 | |
17 | George McMullan | U/A | 0:45:29 | M40 | |
18 | Neal Wyatt | Dunbar | 0:45:34 | M | |
19 | Neil Burnett | Carnethy | 0:45:56 | M40 | |
20 | Tim Boland | Holcombe Harriers | 0:46:18 | M40 | |
21 | Jamie Robson | U/A | 0:46:57 | M | |
22 | Oliver Reed | Carnethy | 0:48:20 | M40 | |
23 | Richard Hadfield | Portobello | 0:48:33 | M40 | |
24 | Neil Pendrich | Carnethy | 0:48:36 | M40 | |
25 | Jill Stephen | HBT | 0:48:46 | F | |
26 | Brian Davidson | Dunbar | 0:49:03 | M40 | |
27 | Euan Ross | U/A | 0:49:05 | M40 | L |
28 | Kevin Hall | U/A | 0:50:16 | M40 | |
29 | Ian McDougall | Carnethy | 0:50:18 | M40 | |
30 | David Gaffney | U/A | 0:50:22 | M | |
31 | Rhona Anderson | Dunbar | 0:50:27 | F50 | |
32 | Aidan Rooney | U/A | 0:51:09 | M | |
33 | Graham McInnes | U/A | 0:51:28 | M40 | L |
34 | Daryl Wood | U/A | 0:51:31 | M | |
35 | Neil Wallace | Pudsey Pagers | 0:51:40 | M40 | |
36 | Jaci Tout | U/A | 0:51:54 | F40 | |
37 | Lee Curtis | Dunbar | 0:51:58 | M40 | L |
38 | Roger Telford | Haddington RC | 0:52:04 | M40 | |
39 | Norrie McKinlay | Haddington RC | 0:52:05 | M40 | L |
40 | Adrian Astley-Jones | U/A | 0:52:31 | M40 | L |
41 | Damon Hewlett | U/A | 0:52:39 | M | L |
42 | Andrew Anderson | Dunbar | 0:53:27 | M50 | |
43 | Colin Reynolds | Lomond Hill Runners | 0:54:11 | M40 | |
44 | Mary Western | Carnegie Harriers | 0:54:42 | F50 | |
45 | Gary McIntosh | U/A | 0:54:49 | M | |
46 | Duncan Baker | HBT | 0:54:52 | M50 | |
47 | Fiona McKinnon | Carnethy | 0:55:15 | F40 | |
48 | Gina McAllister | Carnethy | 0:55:27 | F | |
49 | Lindsay Snedden | U/A | 0:55:33 | M50 | |
50 | Gordon Eadie | Carnethy | 0:55:37 | M50 | |
51 | Alan Coltman | Teviotdale Harriers | 0:55:41 | M40 | |
52 | Jamie Tait | U/A | 0:55:46 | M | L |
53 | Sadie Kemp | Penicuik Harriers | 0:55:51 | F | |
54 | Brian Howie | Carnethy | 0:56:05 | M60 | |
55 | Martin Holmes | U/A | 0:56:16 | M50 | |
56 | Alex McEwan | Edinburgh AC | 0:56:35 | M60 | |
57 | Brian Samwell | U/A | 0:56:45 | M60 | |
58 | Mark Western | Carnegie Harriers | 0:57:02 | M50 | |
59 | Paul Lockie | Teviotdale Harriers | 0:57:48 | M40 | |
60 | Anne Hay | Dunbar | 0:58:00 | F50 | |
61 | Kevin Docherty | Glenrothes Tri Club | 0:58:30 | M | |
62 | Craig Guy | U/A | 0:59:02 | M | L |
63 | Billy Elliott | Carnethy | 0:59:51 | M40 | |
64 | Robin Sloan | Carnethy | 0:59:53 | M60 | |
65 | Brian Whitson | U/A | 0:59:54 | M40 | L |
66 | Patrick Mallett | Lomond Hill Runners | 1:00:41 | M50 | |
67 | Dorothy Elliott | Carnethy | 1:00:56 | F40 | |
68 | Chris Cook | U/A | 1:01:10 | M | |
69 | Lesley Halstead | Lomond Hill Runners | 1:01:27 | F40 | |
70 | Kenny Mearns | Lothian | 1:01:34 | M50 | |
71 | Ian Reid | U/A | 1:10:30 | M60 | |
72 | Robert Russell | U/A | 1:14:27 | M70 | L |
Honours | |||||
1st Team (M) | Dunbar | ||||
1st Team (F) | Carnethy | ||||
1st Senior Man | James Addie (Dunbar RC) | ||||
2nd Senior Man | Colin Doig (HBT) | ||||
3rd Senior Man | Dougie Carstairs (Portobello) | ||||
1st Woman | Jill Stephen (HBT) | ||||
1st Veteran Man | Keith Hood (Corstorphine) | Overall 2nd | |||
2nd Veteran Man | David Burgess (Anster Haddies) | ||||
1st Veteran Woman | Jaci Tout (U/A) | ||||
1st Supervet Man | Stuart Hay (Dunbar RC) | ||||
1st Supervet Woman | Rhona Anderson (Dunbar RC) | ||||
1st >60 Man | Brian Howie (Carnethy) |