Junior runs
View the archive page of exploits here. More recent ones below.
Carnethy Hill Running Club and Hill Racing Club takes its lead on child welfare from SAL, in accordance with which, the Club has a Welfare Officer and a Child Welfare & Safeguarding Policy. Contact the club welfare officer for more information.
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Please note, children under 18, (whether members or not) are accepted at Carnethy organised events and activities at the organiser’s discretion, and normally only where a parent or legal guardian attends the event or activity and takes responsibility for the child. In case of doubt, please discuss with the event or activity director.
Junior hill racing
There are numerous opportunities for junior runners wanting to race in the Scottish hills.
In the Lothians, Fife and Borders, in 2024, these include:
3 March – Bishop Hill
16 March – Chapelgill
23 March – Birnam
12 June – Turnhouse
14 August – Caerketton
September (TBC) – Caerketton Downhill
2 November – Tinto
These races are organised by local hill running clubs, including Carnethy. Competitive but inclusive, these events are the ideal place for beginner hill runners to race for the first time. Check organisers’ websites to confirm the ages of children permitted to compete.
There is also a Scottish Athletics 2024 Junior League, open to U17 (born 2008-09), U15 (born 2010-11) and U13 (born 2012-13) competitors who are members of Scottish Athletics.
The Junior League comprises the following races:
21 April – Dumyat
28 April – Lomonds Hill Race
11 May – Broughton Heights
15 June – Cornalees Hill Race
22 June – Eildon Junior Race
29 June – Braemar Junior Games
11 August – Cademuir Rollercoaster
21 September – Suidhe Hill Race
For more information, visit Scottish Athletics.
Information about junior hill running and racing can also be found at Scottish Hill Runners.
The Allermuir Junior Trophy will be awarded to the junior runner in the club who has ‘achieved the most in the calendar year, whether that be athletically or through enthusiasm and spirit’.
Previous runs…
Tinto Junior Hill Race 2024 – Race Report and Results
| Position | Time | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.2 | Thomas Arnott | Central |
| 2 | 9.26 | Euan Grant Pantrey | Shettleston |
| 3 | 10.09 | Reuben McCloskey | Nithsdale |
| 4 | 10.3 | Rowan Lennox | Shettleston |
| 5 | 10.59 | Annie Arnott | Central |
| 6 | 11.12 | Annabel Morrison | Central |
| 7 | 11.17 | Brodie Lawson | Carnethy |
| 8 | 11.18 | Joshua Carr | Annan and District |
| 9 | 11.3 | Arielle Muir | Carnethy |
| 10 | 11.35 | Jessica Caskie | East Kilbride |
| 11 | 12.04 | Joseph Paterson | Shettleston |
| 12 | 12.05 | Felix Umpleby | Carnethy |
| 13 | 12.15 | Kirsty Sedman | Falkirk Victoria |
| 14 | 12.19 | Jack Morrison | Central |
| 15 | 12.46 | Leo Coombs | Carnethy |
| 16 | 14.19 | Benjamin Homewood | |
| 17 | 15.19 | Flora Homewood | |
| 18 | 15.33 | Charlie Coombs | Carnethy |
| 19 | 15.34 | Erinna Heron | Carnethy |
| 20 | 16.41 | Catriona Barnes | |
| 21 | 17.24 | Milo Umpleby | Carnethy |
| 22 | 19.3 | Samantha Barnes | |
| 23 | 41.27 | Cliodhna Heron | Carnethy |
The legacy of Martin Hyman, the former organiser of the Tinto Junior Hill Race, was very much in evidence as a bumper field of 23 athletes took part in the 2024 race. Thomas Arnott (Central) edged out Euan Grant Pantrey (Shettleston), while Rowan Lennox (Shettleston) and Annie Arnott (Central) led home the girls. The race was run over a 2km course, starting part-way up the main race route and up the ramparts of Totherin Hill, before a long run downhill to the finish line.
Jonny Muir
Carnethy Kids – the Easter Craiglockhart Hill edition
Easter Craiglockhart Hill was the destination for the October edition of Carnethy Kids. We chalked, then ran, jogged and walked to the summit, sprinted paarlauf laps around the two tops, visited the one-time control centre for the gun emplacements on Wester Craiglockhart, and finally descended for more chalking and chocolate rice krispies cakes.
Jonny Muir
Carnethy Kids – the Torduff haar edition
Carnethy Kids kicked off the autumn-winter season by returning to Torduff Hill and Bonaly Country Park, the group’s spiritual home. Eleven youngsters, aged from 5 to 12, scampered up Torduff Hill, enjoyed a paarlauf, and jogged back to the start via Sanctuary Wood, all while shrouded in the third day of an Edinburgh haar.
Jonny Muir
Carnethy Kids – the Gutted Haddie edition
It turns out that the Gutted Haddie is perfectly appropriate for four-year-olds. For Carnethy Kids, it was the most exciting way to approach Arthur’s Seat, although trying to control 10 small children scattered around tourist-heavy summit rocks was challenging. We wisely retreated, by a range of ‘interesting’ routes, to Crow Hill, a safer place to watch the world go by, before descending Piper’s Walk. The June session was more of a stop-start walk than a run, but they all count.
Jonny Muir
Carnethy Kids: the May edition
A hallmark of Carnethy HRC is its community – and, with three sessions now completed, it feels like that community is replicated by the children and parents who are part of the Carnethy Kids movement. The May edition was back at Bonaly Country Park, with a group of children spanning almost a decade in age. The group summited Torduff Hill in the haar, then completed a paarlauf on the lower slopes. Thereafter, they regained the summit in a test of line-choosing skill and descended to the east bank of Torduff Reservoir. The idea of a ‘dip’ was postponed until an arbitrary ‘next time’.
Jonny Muir
Carnethy Kids: Blackford Hill instalment
The Carnethy Kids roadshow moved to Blackford Hill for the latest session involving the club’s youngest members. The 19-strong group climbed to the summit, enjoyed a long up-and-down paarlauf, then practised descending skills on the infamous north face slope, before a debrief over tea, squash and cake.
Jonny Muir
