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Carnethy Club Handicap Series & Reports 2016

There is one Handicap race every month from April to September. Points are awarded to the finishers depending on the time percentage you are behind the leader.
Handicapper Phil Young has inherited Willie Mykura’s secret formula for working out handicaps (which takes into account recent form) and he has changed it to make it even more fool proof (ie proof from excuses and tactics from runners who think they can beat the system!).
First timers who need a handicap (or for any other handicapping questions) please contact the handicapper.
As well as a good race, there is the social conviviality of a shared meal afterwards.

PS – don’t underestimate your ability to get lost! Print out the map and bring a compass. If in any doubt buddy up or bring a phone and leave your number. There will generally be an organised recce on the Sunday before. An email will be sent out.

There is full history of handicaps at the foot of the page
Previous Years’ Handicaps


boghall h/cap Swanston Handicap Route - 11 May 2016 Kilrubie Map july-hcap cademuir-hcap-route
(route in detail here)
arthur seat
April 13 May 11 June 15 July 13  Aug 17 September 14
Boghall  Swanston  Cloich Hills  Harlaw Cademuir Arthur’s Seat
 
• numbers will be provided •

If you aren’t running please help by coming along and recording finishers


Date
First
Start
Location
Start List
Afters
Results
Director/contact
13 Apr
7pm
Boghall
 
The Steading
Results
Willie Gibson
11 May
7pm
Swanston park here or jog round from Steading   The Steading
Menu (doc)
Results
Mark Hartree
15 Jun
7pm
Cloich Hills/Mapa Scotland    Bar meal at Barony Castle Hotel, Eddleston
Results
Keith Burns
13 Jul
7pm
Harlaw   Capital Tandoori (http://www.capitaltandooribalerno.co.uk/menu)
Results
Euan Boyd
17 Aug
7pm
Cademuir forest
(route in detail here)
  Wetherspoons
Results
Helen Wise
14 Sep
6:30pm
Arthur’s Seat
 start times
Kilderkin
on the High Street
Results
Nick
MacDonald

Next handicap – Apr 2017

 


Handicap Reports 2016

Scroll down for individual race results and reports


Individual winners:
1 Boghall – Lucas Lefevre
2 Swanston – Euan Burns
3 Cloich Hills – Fraser Gibson
4 Harlaw – Andrew Howett
5 Cademuir – Bob Waterhouse
6 Arthurs Seat – Anthony Hemmings
  Overall Championship:
Gold –  Lucas Lefevre
Silver – Anthony Hemmings
Bronze – Andrew Howett
4th – Gordon Cameron

 

Final standings after 6 rounds:

Runner 1 - Boghall2 - Swanston3 - Kilrubie4 - Harlaw5 - Cademuir6 - Arthurs SeatBest 3
LucasLefevre50.00.00.042.241.30.0133.5
AnthonyHemmings43.00.00.039.10.050.0132.1
AndrewHowett32.01.050.050.017.423.2132.0
GordonCameron0.037.58.645.30.042.9125.7
DavidHarrington45.03.10.040.637.03.6122.6
HelenWise2.044.842.918.834.833.9122.4
KenFordyce7.045.840.01.632.60.0118.4
JeffRoberts0.043.810.025.00.048.2117.0
FraserGibson44.027.144.314.115.214.3115.4
AlanHogg46.028.120.020.38.737.5111.6
BobWaterhouse0.036.51.40.050.025.0111.5
JessRichardson0.042.715.721.90.046.4111.0
WillieGibson49.06.345.70.04.37.1101.9
WinRampen12.041.712.946.90.00.0101.4
GordonVoller38.024.00.015.639.10.0101.1
EuanBurns48.050.00.00.00.00.098.0
DigbyMaass15.034.40.03.147.85.497.2
MichaelAndrew34.00.017.10.00.044.695.8
OllyStephenson20.00.032.90.00.039.392.1
MatthewJones40.017.722.90.00.028.691.4
JonathanHogg0.026.038.60.00.026.891.4
AlexisDole39.00.00.06.343.50.088.7
ChrisTinning21.031.328.628.10.00.087.9
PhilYoung17.00.035.734.40.016.187.1
AlanSwanson0.00.00.04.745.735.786.1
NigelShekleton0.00.00.023.419.641.184.1
MaryLye29.020.821.40.00.030.480.8
MarkHartree27.030.20.00.00.021.478.6
AlexMcVey37.00.031.49.40.00.077.8
AllenFlockhart42.032.30.00.00.00.074.3
AndrewSpenceley30.015.614.30.023.98.969.5
JoelSylvester22.035.411.40.00.00.068.8
GeorginaMcAllister9.049.00.00.010.90.068.8
ChrisBoustred0.00.00.035.90.032.168.1
JamesHardie0.022.927.117.20.00.067.2
RupertFinn13.00.047.10.00.00.060.1
PaulBurns28.029.20.00.00.00.057.2
DougMcQueen0.00.024.332.80.00.057.1
GraemeRoss35.021.90.00.00.00.056.9
JamieJohnstone8.00.048.60.00.00.056.6
KrysiaSmyth16.039.60.00.00.00.055.6
MicahStanbridge47.08.30.00.00.00.055.3
HollyBurns33.00.00.00.00.019.652.6
PhilippaIvison3.00.00.048.40.00.051.4
StevenSimkin18.033.30.00.00.00.051.3
JonnyMuir25.025.00.00.00.00.050.0
SandraChandler0.013.54.30.030.40.048.3
SallyBest0.047.90.00.00.00.047.9
SteveBest10.00.00.037.50.00.047.5
LiamBraby36.011.50.00.00.00.047.5
PalomaHeras0.046.90.00.00.00.046.9
HilarySpenceley4.040.60.00.00.00.044.6
PaulRitchie0.00.00.043.80.00.043.8
CraigMattocks0.00.037.10.06.50.043.7
AlbertoLopez5.038.50.00.00.00.043.5
AnnaHayes26.016.70.00.00.00.042.7
AlastairHeggie0.00.041.40.00.00.041.4
LeeMurphy41.00.00.00.00.00.041.0
RichardChandler0.012.50.00.028.30.040.8
KateFraser6.00.00.031.30.00.037.3
MarkJames0.00.034.30.00.00.034.3
CaliIngham0.02.10.00.013.017.933.0
EuanBoyd31.00.00.00.00.00.031.0
KeithBurns0.00.030.00.00.00.030.0
ChrisHenty19.00.00.00.00.010.729.7
FionnaMackinnon0.00.00.029.70.00.029.7
ManuelZeller0.00.027.10.00.00.027.1
MairiBrown0.00.00.026.60.00.026.6
JeremieLagarde0.00.00.00.026.10.026.1
LindsayDonald14.00.00.010.90.00.024.9
SteveFallon24.00.00.00.00.00.024.0
GrahamNash23.00.00.00.00.00.023.0
ScottHenderson0.014.60.07.80.00.022.4
MaggieCreber0.00.00.00.021.70.021.7
TraceyBallinter0.00.018.60.00.01.820.4
NicolaInnes0.019.80.00.00.00.019.8
IreneCamerlink0.018.80.00.00.00.018.8
BillGauld0.00.00.00.02.212.514.7
GavinFrizzell0.00.00.012.50.00.012.5
ZofiaLisowski11.00.00.00.00.00.011.0
LindsayDoig0.010.40.00.00.00.010.4
NeilBurnett0.09.40.00.00.00.09.4
RickJeffreys0.07.30.00.00.00.07.3
NoelTomnay0.00.07.10.00.00.07.1
CatherineForrest0.00.05.70.00.00.05.7
SveinClouston0.05.20.00.00.00.05.2
SeanWalker0.04.20.00.00.00.04.2
MargaretForrest0.00.02.90.00.00.02.9
JeremyMilne1.00.00.00.00.00.01.0

April

BOG(right enough)HALL Handicap

Phil’s superior race HQ
Bill mans the gates
Boghall is boggy
The col
What’s this ‘ere

Fraser shows a clean pair of heels
Allen likes it

The rain let up long enough for a pleasant if muddy race. Fuzzy photos as the light was poor. Results
Digby
Willie’s report…
With a forecast or torrential rain, I was a bit trepidaceous about the Boghall handicap.
I looked out my Gazebo and headed for the carpark.
Even at 6:35 there were a few people about and the Handicapper had parked the Timkeeper Camper outside the car park to avoid the height restriction Bar.
1 less gate to run through I thought.
I discovered I had forgotten the clock to rushed home to return 10 minutes later.
The Gazebo was erected and the numbers were given out.
The world safety pin shortage hit hard so there were lots of carried numbers.
Having had a slow C5 this year, I was given a very good handicap and was looking forward to my bottle of wine. So at 12:46 on the clock I headed off.
I soon caught up on Kate and Philipa and had a look back to see a Digby in hot pursuit.
The herd of cattle had been chased into a field by Bill and he shut the gate while the runners went past , thanks Bill.
Soon I heard footsteps and was relieved to be passed by the eventual winner (not Digby that would have been too much).
Allermuir came fairly quickly and I hit the descent. My knees had 3 days of the new turmeric remedy –

“Clerihew Warning”
Mary Lye
Said Vitamin I
Can make you feel sick
So try Turmeric.

– and I was feeling good.

My 2nd fastest time on the Allermuir South descent segment in 3 years (Strava can be informative – Mr Whiteside).
The mushy bog to the Army Metal Plate was fun and the Climb hard as ever.
2nd Fastest in 3 years!
I saw Georgina just ahead of me at the top, but then she disappeared. I reckon she was doing the skyline.
The run down was slippy and I found Euan Burns as I got to the fence crossing. He seemed happy for me to pass him, but was on the lookout for big sister Holly.
I finished in second, four minutes behind the winner, I will need to find out what he bribed Phil with.
The runners came in thick and fast with the Mini Masrhalls (lots of McGowan children) shouting out numbers. Big Al was doing a sterling job until the rush with numbers being shouted names being shouted and times written down got too much. But we got there in the end.
51 Finisher, all happily muddy, 1 injury which needed first aid, but since he was a doctor it was easy.
The handy hose was well used to wash off the worst of the mud before heading to The Steading for food and beer.
A big thanks to Al McGowan for giving up the time to do the timing.
The strava flyby was interesting to watch with 15 runners uploaded.
Micah, Shug and Steven cut the corner at the end (naughty), Joel, Rupert, Micah and Anna tried the direct route from the tracks to the sink. Zof seems to like following walls.

But since none of them passed me I am not there!

Willie Gibson


May

Swanston handicap

Swanston Report – race director

The 'Lucky 7' prize

The ‘Lucky 7’ prize

After meticulous planning, careful selection of paths and trods to give a varied route, route maps and descriptions developed, new Strava legs established, a faff over food, printing of stuff for the race, reccee runs completed, route ‘marked’ with special disappearing flour, I realised organising a race is a tough job. Hats off to race organisers!

All we needed was blue skies and sunshine. Alas, that happened in the morning and by race time the mist descended, the cows closed in, and a chill replaced the warmth of the day. Between 47 and 50 folk headed out at their allotted time, most of whom ran the intended route. Talk at the end of screes, ski centres, Boghall, and Allermuir all suggested that the flour marking, route description and reccee opportunities hadn’t quite worked out as hoped. Despite printing numbers from 1-60 so everyone could easily be counted, personal numbers and folk heading off for a run or walk at the same time ‘but not racing’ helped with confusion at the end. If you are still missing, let someone know!

I think everyone liked the route – or their version of it, and the descent made for some great finishes. My guess that the winning time for the route would be about 32 mins with Liam Braby getting a few seconds under this. But, as it was a handicap, his ‘real’ position was 7 places behind me in 27th. I take that as a result on my part. On this basis, Euan Burns, Gina McAllister and Sally Best took the medals with Jeff Roberts taking the special race prize. Kenny Rodgers didn’t race, but his look-alike did apparently. Thanks to those who turned up to help or watch. Hopefully the timings are all correct now.
Mark Hartree
Results here.


Some murky hilltop photos from Mike Andrew


It was all going so well…

Bill on his way somewhere
Crushing the opposition
On course so far

A mountain top somewhere in Scotland
Mike points out I’m in the wrong place


…until mist and racing dementia took over and I went the wrong way.

Ridiculous. I know that route like the back of my hand. I don’t think I gained any advantage as I tried to regain the route but failed miserably, visiting bits of hillside never before trodden by man. I wasn’t the only one to go wrong I don’t think, though probably the most erratic, and with the least of excuses.

A good turnout and a nice wee route by Mark Hartree. And the winner of the latest and most eccentric Carnethy race prize – a bottle of wine to the 7th person over the line – went to Jeff.

Hang on… is that MY hand?
Digby


June

Kilrubie Handicap Report – Wed 15th

kilrubieThe arrival of rain on a dreich NE wind was perfectly timed for first away on the circuit of the Courhope forest and Kilrubie Hill.  Low cloud added to the navigational challenge despite what I thought would be helpful and very clear clues at all the critical junctions.  Not so! – with one or two going astray to tackle unnecessary barriers and additional distance.  One launched his bold bid for this year’s wooden spoon with an imaginative off-map northern detour to avoid the Kilrubie cloudbase.  Much thanks to the rapidly scrambled search squad who, along with the delayed bold explorer, eventually dried out in the restaurant over a meal that somehow seemed to get mixed up with one arranged for the local weightwatchers group but priced for an EU commissioners’ convention.  I had about 20 micro-chips forcing me to scavenge off handy adjacent diners.

Photos unlikely (offers?) due to low light levels and Digby’s excursion to another country.
Keith Burns

Runner HandicapRun TimeFinish TimePoints
FraserGibson20.2945.3273.5344.3
HelenWise19.3754.4374.4842.9
AlastairHeggie23.1550.2175.1241.4
KenFordyce16.4958.0075.5540.0
JonathanHogg19.0153.1276.0938.6
CraigMattocks34.4840.2077.3237.1
PhilYoung26.0951.4177.3835.7
MarkJames30.1745.3377.5634.3
OllyStephenson29.3547.1377.5732.9
AlexMcVey33.1140.0878.0631.4
KeithBurns11.1866.0578.1030.0
ChrisTinning26.4146.2478.1128.6
JamesHardie30.4442.5878.2027.1
ManuelZeller33.4043.1878.2027.1
DougMcQueen28.1248.2778.3624.3
MatthewJones27.1646.3079.0822.9
MaryLye24.5649.1979.1421.4
AlanHogg25.3145.0079.1820.0
TraceyBallinter21.3156.1979.1918.6
MichaelAndrew32.0243.2479.4017.1
JessRichardson19.1751.0979.4115.7
AndrewSpenceley29.0048.3080.3214.3
WinRampen14.3060.5180.5312.9
JoelSylvester22.0253.4681.4811.4
JeffRoberts22.3648.3381.5710.0
GordonCameron21.2354.2782.088.6
NoelTomnay33.4047.2482.267.1
CatherineForrest0.0082.4182.415.7
SandraChandler0.0083.0583.054.3
MargaretForrest0.0083.0883.082.9
BobWaterhouse19.4364.5190.401.4

July

Harlaw handicap



Lovely evening in between big dramatic showers. Alan Hoggs photos here.
Results: 

Runner Finish TimeRun TimePoints
AndrewHowett71.3549.2450.0
PhilippaIvison71.3671.0048.4
WinRampen72.0259.1346.9
GordonCameron72.2853.4545.3
PaulRitchie73.1752.1743.8
LucasLefevre73.2051.1642.2
DavidHarrington73.2152.2840.6
AnthonyHemmings73.3648.0239.1
SteveBest73.5047.2237.5
ChrisBoustred74.1848.5535.9
KateFraser74.4570.2731.3
PhilYoung74.3252.2034.4
DougMcQueen74.3849.2732.8
FionnaMackinnon74.4859.0829.7
ChrisTinning74.5347.4228.1
JeffRoberts75.0050.2425.0
NigelShekleton75.0544.0923.4
MairiBrown74.8571.3826.6
JessRichardson75.3453.1021.9
AlanHogg76.0447.4220.3
HelenWise76.0756.2418.8
JamesHardie76.2045.4917.2
GordonVoller76.3061.0815.6
FraserGibson77.0248.1414.1
GavinFrizzell77.5154.0412.5
LindsayDonald78.3177.1910.9
AlexMcVey78.4745.309.4
ScottHenderson79.0454.007.8
AlexisDole79.2547.566.3
AlanSwanson79.3658.274.7
DigbyMaass80.0066.223.1
KenFordyce80.1560.191.6

August

Cademuir handicap



Every handicap should be run in lovely warm sunny weather with clear blue skies. Oh well, we can dream. A great route, if I say it myself. Wonder who set it <cough>. And the large parking would make a good BBQ venue, if Wetherspoons weren’t so enticing. The handicaps may have been a bit erratic being the first running of this one. I had a running battle with Bob W who, being a bit ill, ran really fast and finished first. In a strange move Keith, at the gate marked on the map as ‘gate exit’, didn’t. It must have been quite hard descending on the trackless left hand side of the wall. Good to see Bill running. 
Digby
Runner HandicapRun TimeFinish TimePoints
BobWaterhouse19.4347.3653.5050.0
DigbyMaass13.2047.1953.5247.8
AlanSwanson22.4345.5059.0945.7
AlexisDole31.1337.1459.2443.5
LucasLefevre13.5539.4659.4441.3
GordonVoller11.2548.2859.5039.1
DavidHarrington24.0341.2360.2037.0
HelenWise19.3745.1160.3134.8
KenFordyce16.4949.2461.0332.6
SandraChandler0.0061.3561.3530.4
RichardChandler0.0061.3761.3728.3
JeremieLagarde25.1341.4061.4026.1
AndrewSpenceley29.0040.3961.4723.9
MaggieCreber18.1647.2661.5521.7
NigelShekleton29.3534.5762.0519.6
AndrewHowett30.2735.2862.1017.4
FraserGibson20.2940.4262.4815.2
CaliIngham0.0062.5262.5213.0
GeorginaMcAllister8.4248.4462.5410.9
AlanHogg25.3140.1662.558.7
CraigMattocks34.4841.2969.486.5
WillieGibson12.4657.2971.504.3
BillGauld0.0075.4175.412.2

September

Haarrthur’s Seat Handicap

On Tuesday night around half past six it was 22 degrees and bright and sunny in Edinburgh as Alison and I toddled around Mortonhall, boding well for the following evening’s final handicap race of the season.  Typically race day arrived dank, dreich and dreary and by evening the haar over Arthur’s Seat reduced visibility to a few metres on the tops.

Some 32 diehards turned up though and set off into the murk on myriad route choices with 3 getting sufficiently lost they couldn’t even find some of the hills.  Some over ran the course and took in Nether Hill (to catch the views perhaps) and on leaving Crow Hill people were running to the left and right of each other uncertain of the right descent line.  On Whinny Hill several opted to do both tops to ensure that they actually did the summit.  Again descent lines here were every which way as were ascent lines to the highest point on the crags.

However, all got safely back and there was much excited chatter at the finish line as route choice(?) was discussed.  Sadly, due to an overbooking at Kilderkin the chat wasn’t continued there as there was no room in the inn despite assurances given to me the day before when I popped in to ensure everything was in order.

The prize giving will now be next Wednesday at KB and I’ll arrange for food to be served … Honest!
Results
Nick Macdonald


Note to webbers: The shortcode for adding each handicap is [ic_add_posts ids='xxxx'] where xxxx is the post’s ID.
You can find the post ID by editing it and looking at the address or clicking ‘Get shortlink’ and noting the number. Import the standings table to Tablepress as a .csv file and import/replace each time Phil updates. Do the same for the start times – import and replace each time the one file in tablepress which is called ‘handicap start times’ (id=36) and move it down each time to the next handicap.


Handicaps history

2016 Boghall Swanston Cloich Hills Harlaw – Bells, Black Cademuir Arthurs
2015 Boghall Meldons Eddleston Gladhouse Dreghorn Arthurs
2014 Boghall Dreghorn 9 Mile Burn Portmore Loch Red Moss Arthurs
2013 Boghall Dreghorn Lammerlaw Broughton Meldons Arthurs
2012 Boghall Eddleston Red Moss Broughton Carlops Arthurs
2011 Boghall Meldons Flotterstone Broughton Hungry Snout Arthurs
2010 Boghall Eddleston Flotterstone Hungry Snout Swanston Arthurs
2009 Boghall Portmore Loch Meldons Hungry Snout Swanston Arthurs
2008 Boghall Portmore Loch Meldons Lammerlaw Carlops Arthurs
2007 Boghall Meldons Ravensheugh Romanno Bridge Carlops Arthurs
2006 Boghall East Cairn Hill Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Portmore Loch Arthurs
2005 Bonaly Romanno Bridge Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Portmore Loch Arthurs
2004 Carnethy 21st ?? Romanno Bridge Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Tinto Arthurs
2003 Silverburn Peebles Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Carlops Arthurs
2002 Corstorphine Hill Peebles Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Romanno Bridge Arthurs
2001 Corstorphine Hill Ravensheugh KB Red Moss Meldons Boghall
Results pages only before 2001. Search old site with name and year to find them. 
2000 Boghall Ravensheugh Romanno Bridge Carlops Red Moss Arthurs
1999 Boghall Peebles Ravensheugh Carlops Baddinsgill Arthurs
1998 Boghall Peebles Ravensheugh Carlops Baddinsgill Bonaly
1997 Gladhouse Scotlandwell Ravensheugh Peebles Carlops Hillend
1996 Arthurs Peebles Ravensheugh Carlops Red Moss Hillend
1995 Bonaly Ravensheugh Carlops Peebles Lamancha Hillend
1994 Bonaly Ravensheugh Carlops Peebles Hillend Red Moss
1993 Red Moss Carlops Bonaly Ravensheugh Carnethy  
1992 Hillend Ravensheugh 9 Mile Burn Red Moss Dreghorn  
1991 Hillend Ravensheugh Lammerlaw 9 Mile Burn Flotterstone  
1990 Hillend Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Balerno Portmore Loch  
1989 Hillend Ravensheugh Lammerlaw Hillend    

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