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12th February 2011 -
organiser Olly Stephenson
41st 'Tiso' Carnethy 5
Hill Race
This year's race had 482 runners (of whom 474 completed)
and wonderful, spring like weather, though with very
heavy conditions under foot.
Two of the pre-race favourites, Tom Owens (Shettleston)
and Robbie Simpson (Deeside) had a great battle. They
were together the whole race until Tom got away on
the last descent, for a victory which left him "chuffed".
Robbie is only 19, so his time will no doubt come.
3rd place was Peter Devenport (Bellahouston), leading
the rest of the pack, 2 mins down. Angela Mudge (Carnethy)
easily won the women's race for her 12th victory !
There was a battle for 2nd between Clare Whitehead
(Deeside) and another 19 year old, Catriona Buchanan
(Ochil), which once again the older runner won. There
were however plenty of youngsters in the top 10 as
Alasdair McLeod and Douglas Tullie both from Edinburgh
Uni H&H were 4th and 8th resp., so Alasdair took
the student prize. There were not as many overseas
runners as normal, though a large contingent from Wales
(something to do with a certain rugby match?); the
Abernethy Quaich for first overseas was won by Ryan
Stewart (Larne AC). First over 40 was Kenny Richmond
(Bellahouston) in a great 5th place.
As if the hills weren't hard enough, Joe Symonds (HBT)
finished 6th while wearing a kilt (although he is not
the fastest kilted runner ever as his clubmate Don
Naylor ran 53:05 in 2003 while wearing a kilt). Special
congratulations to the two new members of the 21
race club, Geoff Davis (Northumberland) and Dave
Francis (Fife), who were presented with a quaich by
Jimmy Jardine. Jimmy, of course, completed his 41st
Carenthy race - will this man ever stop!
Despite Shettleston training hard all year for the
race and talking about what they would do with th e
Claymore once they won the men's team, it's performing
on the day that counts, :-), and hosts Carnethy pulled
out a great win to retain the Claymore for the 4th
year in a row. Carnethy also won the women's race,
in a very close contest from Ochil Hill Runners. Results Full
team results Scald
Law Junior Results
Organisers
Report and all available photos and videos
can be accessed on the Photo Report Page thanks
To Scott Cameron, Allan Hogg, Denis Bell,
Bob Marshall, Charlie Ramsay and Steven
Fallon
Histogram
pf the finishing times for this years race
courtesy of Michael
Newton. |
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26
March 2011 - organiser Adrian Davis
Birnam
Hill Race (Scottish
Championship race)
Great tough short race with a much longer return than
expected. Steep ascent and long descent where I overtook
Bruce Smith (that deserves a mention if not a prize!)
and finished ahead of Andy Spenceley in the V50 race
(also a first). Good club performance - quantity rather
than quality! Team prize went to a stong Shettleston
team. We will get them in the next one.
Gordon
Results here.
From these
results, an amazing 40 Carnethies were running,
led home by ex-captain Jon Ascroft ! |
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22nd May 2011 - organiser
Ross Bannerman
Jasmin Paris - Queen of
Slioch! (Scottish
Championship race)
Congratulations to Jasmin
for taking first place lady in a very wet & windy
Slioch horseshoe race, and congratulations to
Steph for finally beating the cutoff and completing
the race!
28 Carnethies made the long journey; those arriving
the day before greeted by howling winds, driving rain,
and the occasional hail storm. The hills looked particularly
impressive (and daunting) wreathed in cloud and covered
in fresh snow. Fortunately most of this had melted
by race day and the weather almost looked ok until
the brutal climb began. Then the rain started. My feet
were completely numb with cold making running difficult
on the equally brutal descent, and the crossing of
the roaring burn at the tourist path was as bad as
Jane Jackson feared. The force of the torrent was intimidating.
The race was wet, cold, steep &
unremittingly uneven underfoot. The bottle
of beer at the finish was so welcome, as were
the hot showers and lashings of tea, sandwiches & cakes!
Digby
Results
A race entry of 155 with 150
finishers with very challenging wet and blustery conditions.
There was a weather window of sorts as the race started –however
cloud cover and heavy rain returned during the race.
Fortunately the wind did not seem to reach the 70mph
forecast!
A revised route this year to avoid an exposed section
of ridge after the Slioch summit, however the race
distance still turned out to be similar and still over
12 miles.
The overall winner was Kenny Richmond from Bellahouston
RR in 2 hrs 05 mins, with Will Manners (Strathearn)
a minute behind and Mark Harris (Fife AC) a further
minute back. First lady was Jasmin Paris from
Carnethy in 2 hrs 32 min with Andrea Priestley (Ochil
HR) also a minute behind and Eilidh Raistrick (HHR)
in 3rd, a further 5 minutes back.
The first mens team were Shettleston and First womens
team were Ochil.
Many thanks to all the marshalls that made it possible
for the race to go ahead in the conditions and provided
excellent support to the runners on the hill with encouragement,
directions, punching numbers, wading in to burns to
help runners across and giving a general reassurance.
Also many thanks to Maddy Killit and her catering team
for excellent food and organisation and for use of
the village hall which was most appreciated. Also
once again a big thanks to Norman and Barbara from
the Letterewe Estate for continued support and permission
each year.
I would also like to thank Ian from ‘Run 4 it’for
all his help and equipment provided plus vouchers and
spot prizes that were generously donated.
Finally despite losing my count before the start when
confronted by Simon Peachey’s race attire! – Many Congratulations
to him on his big day from us all at Highland Hill
Runners.
Ross Bannerman |
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5th
June 2011 - organiser Yetholm
Running Club
Yetholm hill race (Scottish
Championship race)
Another big Carnethy turnout for the 4th race in the
Carnethy Championship series, and the 3rd in the Scottish
Hill Runners championship. The race started in diminishing
light rain, grey cloud and cool conditions but nonetheless
a nice run with good conditions underfoot. Andy Fallas
was 3rd overall and the ladies scooped 1st team prize. £500
was raised by the run for the Borders Search & Rescue.
Gallery with more photos & lots of finishers
on Picasa here
Results
...oops!
Hello Guys
We are going to put the Yetholm results up shortly
and I'm sure the major error we made in the results
will soon be picked up, we wrongly put the Carnethy
girls as 1st team when in fact it should have been
NFR.
I apologise for this confusion but at least Carnethy
ladies were still 1st Scottish team.......maybe the
wine they walked off with will help to ease the pain!!!
A' the best
Les Turnbull |
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11th
June 2011 - organiser Trevor Collins
Traprain Law Hill Race
Traprain
Law’s dramatic east ridge in the foreground
on the left edge of the quarry
Lured by the mistaken belief that it never rains on
the Traprain Law Race, an impressive 71 faithful enthusiasts
arrived at the dripping registration tent in a steady
downpour and bitter north-easterly that had forced
cancellation of many of the village Gala Day’s
other events. Some had heard of the access battles
raging over Traprain and thought this might have forced
a course change. Not so! We were well clear
from the sad and bizarre dispute over a field margin
on the south side of the hill. The bad conditions
were quite a novelty for this event, a novelty more
entertaining for the competitors than our hardy marshals
putting up with what felt like the early onset of winter. Competitors
will have noticed and even perhaps welcomed the sturdy
new council fence protecting the edge of the quarry
on the east ridge, a big improvement on the orange
plastic monstrosity it will soon fully replace once
the peregrine falcons have moved out of the quarry.
River
level from SEPA gauge at East Linton
Don Naylor’s defence of his 2010 victory only
lasted as far as the Co-op, where he pulled out with
injury, leaving the way for others to demonstrate some
extremely fast pace in very cold and greasy conditions. Edinburgh
University’s Hector Haines secured a minute and
a half’s lead over Gareth Green of Portobello
to take victory with an impressive time 39-10 (2 seconds
inside Don Naylor’s 2010 performance in very
good conditions). Huw Jones of HBT followed,
with Darren Dougal of Moorfoots in fourth place and
fastest MV40. Rhona Anderson of Dunbar Running
Club was 31st and fastest woman as well as fastest
FV40, from Shery Johnston of Portobello in 36th overall. Gordon
Cameron was our only Carnethy prize-winner (MV50),
in 13th place, but with James Hardie taking maximum
club championship points in 11th. Winning team
was Portobello, followed by HBT. It was diplomatically
pointed out that we did not have a women’s team
prize; something to put right next year.
Results Other
reports: Hill
Running Scotland
Keith Burns/ Trevor
Collins
Just to let you know I've put some photos I
took of the start of the Traprain Law Hill
Race & I think all the finishers on the
East Linton Community website.If anyone wants
larger photos they can email via the website
with the photo number.
http://www.eastlinton.uk.com
Alastair Seagroatt |
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26th June 2011 - organised
by Gala
Harriers
Eildon 2 Hills (Scottish
Championship race)
A large contingent turned out for the 4th qualifier
in this years SHR Championship at Melrose which was
also the single race SAL Championship. 220 starters
on a muggy day so there was a little congestion on
the first ascent. Team Captain Sam in second place
got lost !! - looking for the 3rd Hill and pulled out
but nevertheless Carnethy men finished 2nd team - Andy/James/Ronnie/Adrian
just beating HBT. JBF was 1st V60 so got a prize in
both events - James was 1st under 23 and Ronnie 3rd
V50. Results
Gordon
"Which
way Marshals?". "Round the cairn
and then straight on" came the reply.
Oxygen depleted brain hears only "straight
on". Much arm waving and shouting
from those on top, directed at me. Oh dear
... lost again.
Sam Hesling |
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10th July 2011 - organiser
Nick MacDonald
Brian Marshall makes it 9 in a row at the Glamaig Race
- Sat 9th July
Brian Marshall
has completely dominated this race in
recent years and has now won it every
year since 2003. This time it was
Andy Fallas's turn to be runner up (getting
an unusual occurence for him at the moment!)
Report Results and Photos |
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30th July 2011 - organiser
Graeme Bartlett
Ben Rinnes 5 tops race (Scottish
Championship race)
The view from the back.
A lovely summers day; with flies. This is one hard
long race and part of the Dufftown highland games.
Great fun with stirring pipe bands, tossing the caber
and lots of other events. I knew I wasn't particularly
race fit and tried to pace myself, though progressive
fatigue just meant going slower and slower. I didn't
think there were that many runners in the race for
so many to overtake. There are 5 climbs over 2 outliers & the
main Corbett with 1500m of ascent in all, and 14 miles
of running. Although not bad going underfoot there
was at least one fall & nasty grazing. At the finish,
on tottering legs, it's quite something to do a circuit
of the games field with everyone clapping - in sympathy
no doubt. Many Carnethies present, and a good scattering
of prizes - including myself, 2nd MV60, though I have
the feeling there may only have been 2 of us in the
running. I don't care, I'm still chuffed!. Map
Report & Results.
Digby
On a day much too
hot to race. Stewart Whitlie led a fantastic
turnout of 22 Carnethy runners to the team
prize at the Scottish Championship race at
Ben Rinnes with a great 3rd place (and 1st
Over 40), behind Robbie Simpson (Deeside),
who broke the record (and won by nearly 10
mins!) and Jethro Lennox (Shettleston). |
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10th August 2011 - organiser
Stewart Whitlie
Four in a row for Al at "CaerWetton" Hill
Race
Great turnout for
the Caerketton Race this evening, last counting
event in the Bog and Burn series. 77 turned
up for the senior race and 4 for the junior
race. Bit of a damp evening but glad to see
so many folk out. Al Anthony of Ochils had
a pretty comfortable win ahead of the Carnethy
duo Konrad Rawlik and Paul Falkner. Al’s
sixth win in this event and fourth in a row.
Ladies race was won by Sarah O’Neill
(HBT) ahead of Charlotte Morgan (U/A) and
Eilidh Wardlaw (HBT). Cameron Law of Dunbar
Running Club won the Junior race. His 5th
win in a row which is equally impressive
given he is still only 12!
A number of other Carnethy members made the prizes:
Steven Fallon (1st V40), Bruce Smith (2nd V40) and
Digby Maass (1st V60).
Stewart Whitlie
Results Photos |
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10th September 2011 -
organiser Willy Gibson
The British Championship
Devil's Beeftub Hill Race
A very wet and misty
day that didn't show the normal suntrap of
the bowl of the Beeftub at its best ! But as
you'd expect with the race being a British
Championship counter, it was the largest field
ever (normal field is about 20) and the on
form Morgan Donnelly just broke Brian Marshall's
2007 record by 5 secs, with Lloyd Taggard,
just behind in 2nd place, going one better
as he set a new Over
40s record by 4 seconds, no less ! Pippa
Maddams had an easy win in the Women's race.
Willy
Bad manners & slippery slopes
The Carnethy sexagenarian massive were soundly trounced
by a very young looking bunch of English oldies. As
we started up the heathery slope I was being held,
pushed & tripped. Protesting I was told - "if
you hang about I'll climb over you". It was the
usual queue and I was no slower than anyone else. Not
a Carnethy, but a bad mannered visitor. Well shame
on you! Rant over. I thought I'd finally beat Neil
in a race as I overtook him near the top but a reluctance
to hurl myself down the scary correct line in the mist
led to the loss of several places. Progress prone,
once out of the murk, proved much faster and I shot
past in a fair imitation of a one man bobsleigh, but
couldn't sustain the gain once back on two feet. So
Carnethy MV60 1, 2, 3 of JBF, Bob & me. Sadly no
prizes but a great day out, and a privileged view of
the beeftub from a new angle, and a large and sore
friction burn from wet grass.
Digby
The start was like a comedy sketch
- three runners face planted within the first
ten paces. Despite being boxed in by a row of runners
on the start line a boost of speed on the climb was
sufficient to reach the leaders on a gravity defying
uphill crawl. Upward glances at the Carnethy banner
fluttering in the breeze by the monument, an awesome
sight. On round the head of the coire, wading through
the water logged ground. A couple of falls and skids,
then a wee kick up to Annanhead Hill. Going strong
and welcomed encouragement from Andy F. Round the head
of a burn and onto Strait Step path, which carves a
narrow and somewhat treacherous (at-speed-in-the-wet)
trail under Great Hill. Massive drop to the right slows
the pace a little to reduce death potential, it's narrow
and exhilarating. Heart sinks, this is the wrong way,
losing height and time, reach the decent route...
Morgan and Lloyd fly down the hill towards our select
group of lost souls, only problem is we have to hike
back up before we can follow them down. Al Anthony
is the next to fly towards us, clearly too canny and
experienced to have followed our erroneous ways. Final
climb dispatched and damage limitation became the aim
of the game on the steep boggy descent, 9 month old
polished x-talons were not meant for this.
Comrie tomorrow, praying I don't go wrong.
Sam
Photos
on Cameron Scott's flickr also Carnethy
Picasa Page & Sarah
Ridgway's Blog (5th Lady)
Results Report |
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14th September 2011
- organiser Mark Johnston
Wind Assisted Caerketton
Downhill
The year on year growth
at the Caerketton Doonhiller continues to outstrip
even the rate of inflation with 56 seniors
and 4 juniors toeing the line last night, or
more accurately, topping the cairn. Although
a sunny evening, a bitterly cold westerly wind
blew at the summit, but helped push competitors
even faster along the first ridge.
The highlight of the night was the first female sub
six minute clocking with honours going to unattached
athlete Charlotte Morgan, running a well judged 5.59!
Jasmin Paris (Carnethy) also bettered the previous
record and got second ahead of the previous course
record holder Eilidh Wardlaw (HBT).
Although Al Anthony (Ochils) didn’t better his
own course record, he managed another win, his third
Doonhiller title to date. Edinburgh Uni Hare & Hounds
were out in force, taking a break from Freshers Week
activities, and their lead runner Iain Whiteside finished
only 3 seconds shy of Al’s time for an impressive
2nd ahead of the ever improving Konrad Rawlik (Carnethy).
New age group records were set by Gordon Pryde (Lomonds)
V50, Bob Waterhouse (Carnethy) V60 & Pat McLaughlin
(Westies) V60.
Joanne Anderson (Carnethy) V40, double previous overall
race winner Bruce Smith (Carnethy) V40 & Cali Ingham
(Carnethy) V50 made up the other age group winners.
As ever the winners, and most of the field, took their
chances in the random prize draw. Race winner Al Anthony
won a selection of vegetable seeds so looks forward
to growing beetroot, rocket, cucumber and the likes
in his greenhouse in between training sessions. The
Hairies scooped many prizes and the Fresher’s
parties will now be fuelled by Glengoyne Malt, while
the entertainment may be provided by Jenny Dybeck’s
new selection of 80s Albums.
In the junior race, Rory Greig (Carnegie) set a storming
pace to win in the 4th fastest time ever, ahead of
the Hubert family. A special mention must go to 2 year
old Sam Hubert, surely the youngest finisher ever in
a hill race, completing the 800m course in 12.12 and
earning himself a week’s supply of jelly babies.
Finally, many thanks must go to the race helpers Ian,
Anne, Andy, Jane, Paul, Sandy, Colin, Bob and Fionna
who helped the race go so smoothly. And also to all
the runners for turning up in good time to register,
I had a whole 25 minutes to saunter up to the summit
for the start this year! Much appreciated and I’ll
see you all again next year!
Mark Johnston
More
photos, Results Stats
on race web page here
Hi Guys - I was actually 3 seconds behind Steven -
so not first vet on Wednesday.
With the tail end of hurricane Katia still flickering
around it looked like a night for record breaking times
and indeed it was. Luckily for me Steven Fallon wasn't
on top form and my M40 record stayed intact. Unluckily
for me his form was still 3 seconds faster than me!
Dry and sunny but the wind was strong enough to make
it very chilly waiting around at the top, especially
when I was about last to enter and had to wait 13 minutes
before setting off.
A bit of a misunderstanding meant that two guys in
Edinburgh Uni orienteers T shirts set off at the same
time as me - one of whom was in front of me at the
first cairn (split time 1:27). I got past him on the
steep bit by keeping to the fence (100m/min descent
rate down to the gate according to my altimeter) but
it was quite good having a head to head race to spur
me on. As we hit the wee rise I could hear someone
just behind me but I managed to get a bit of a gap
on the drop down past the new bench. I had to check
my speed slightly as was caught behind a slower runner
through the gorse but quickly got back into freefall
for the last drop to the trees (103m/min) and subsequent
sprint to the line.
Many thanks to Mark for organising as usual - these
days it seems to be my only way of getting a decent
race percentage!
Bruce Smith |
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2nd October 2011 - organised
by Bellahouston Road Runners
Ben Venue Challenge - Sat
1st October (Scottish Championship race)
A wet day to say the least
with very little visibility. A large field on a
slightly longer course as finish was moved to the
large carpark. Route choice was at a premium and
on the ridge many went astray including elite runners.
Gregor and I were passed on the run-in by Tom Owens
- but maybe he was on a second loop! Lots
of Carnethies were out and we won the male team
prize - Andy 4th, James 5th and John 13th.
Gordon
While the rest of the country had record temperatures
for the 1st of October you could guarantee that we
would get the short end of the weather stick. However
the Trossachs are beautiful even in the rain; and we
were liberally anointed. A large turnout as the race
was the last counter for the SHR series and 29 Carnethies
ran. The first part of the race went through some very
attractive woodland on paths & forest
roads then cut off to climb the heathery hillside to
the summit of Ben Venue at 727m. Very slippery rocky
paths, trackless heather and some remarkably
deep bogs then took us around the horseshoe with beautiful
views of craggy tops wreathed in clouds & mist.
The turn off the ridge was more like skydiving as the
hillside plunged down to the clouds filling the
valley below. Race distance was 13.46k & 846m
(8.36m & 2776ft).
A feast awaited us at the finish, which I at least
wasn't expecting, so many thanks for that! If you're
going to be denied the best weather the summer never
had, at least this was good place to have warm Scottish
rain. Results &
a few more photos Carnethy
Picasa Album
Digby |
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8th October 2011 - organiser
Graham Pyatt
James superb at Manor Water
19 year old James Waldie won this year's
race in very wet conditions in the second fastest time ever only 20 seconds
slower than Brian Marshall's 2006 course record! A great run that showed
his 5th place at the Scottish championship race at Ben Venue last weekend
was no fluke. Other Carnethies also did well as Konrad Rawlik was 4th while
Jacqui Higginbottom was first
woman and Helen Bonsor 3rd woman.
Results here.
Previous results here
Custard powder mixed with
milk behaves in two different ways - solid when
pushed hard and liquid when pushed slowly. Peat
mud has similar dual properties. As sticky as
glue when you run uphill and slipperier than
grease when running downhill. The usual weather
ensured a plentiful supply, so staying on the
heather was definitely the better option. 14
Carnethies in the race, which is a fairly gentle
ascent of the attractively named 'The Scrape'
at 719m, from Kirkton Manor by Peebles. The straight
out and back route of nearly 10m and 2100ft,
with just one turn en route, is pretty easy to
follow. This devious twist was enough to send
one of Jasmin's three friends, up from the Peak
for a hard weekend's running, on a potential
run home as he headed off in the wrong direction.
The rolling borders countryside was unfortunately
obscured by the mist & cloud,
though the rain largely held off for the race
itself. Sponsored once again by Broughton Ales
(to much cheers) with a bottle of Champion Double
Ale for all finishers (even more cheers) there
were plenty of categories of prizewinners, and
lots of happy voucher or bottle clutchers. With
a backdrop of one man & his dog battling truculent
sheep it's a great event. You might even win
a sheep in the raffle, or at least an unfeasible
amount of dog biscuits. More photos on the Carnethy
Picasa Album
and some more from Cameron Scott on Flickr
Digby |
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9th October 2011 - organiser
Shane Bouchier
Al and Jasmin win windy Pentland Skyline while Konrad
is the MAN!
From a record field
of 186 finishers, Al Anthony won a tough Pentlands
Skyline race in 2:38 closely followed by the
first two Over 40s, Mark Harris (Fife) and Stewart
Whitlie. Mark's second place was enough for him
to finish first in the SHR
Long Classics Series.
First woman, Carnethy's Jasmin Paris, was not
far back. Jasmin took 7th place overall in an
excellent 2:54 on what was a very slow course and
in doing so also won the SHR Long Classic Series.
Second woman was Sharon Bird from Northern Ireland
also in a very fast time of 3:01.
Konrad Rawlik in 5th place took the MANor Mouse
award for the fastest person over the weekend
double of Manor Water and the Pentland Skyline. 21 people completed this
with Jean Bowman (Lomond) finishing with a big smile to win the Mouse !
Pentland Skyline results
are here.
MANor Mouse
results here.
Carnethy Picasa Album here.
Alan Hogg's Picasa Album here
Report |
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12th November 2011 -
organiser Cameron Scott
Prasad wins the "Run & Become" Tinto Hill Race
On a sunny day (the low sun blinding runners on the ascent) with very slippy conditions and a head wind on the climb, Prasad Prasad dominated the 28th Tinto Hill Race, winning by almost 2 mins, from a massive field of nearly 269. Prasad finished in a very fast time for the conditions of 30:55 (which is 11th fastest on the all time list). Second was Al Anthony (Ochils) while fast closing on him was Carnethy's James Waldie, who had set the pace in the early stages before turning in 4th place at the summit. Carnethy also provided 4th and 5th in Paul Faulkner and Konrad Rawlik resp. First woman was Charlotte Morgan.
The threatened deluge of runners induced by
a Scotsman newspaper suggestion of 'things
to do at the weekend' fortunately didn't materialise,
as the pre-entry only list was full. A massive
45 Carnethies ran, a number exceeded only
in the Carnethy 5, and concluded the placings
in the Carnethy Club Championship, the results
of which we await eagerly!
As the last runners came in some hour and
a quarter after the start the clouds built
up and the rain swept over the hill. Time
to head to the hall for gallons of soup.
Results
are here. More photos from the race on Carnethy
Picasa Album. Check out Andrew Scott's photos
of the descent on Flikr
Previous results here |
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