Marvellous weather with views to the end of the Pentlands, and every other hill in the Borders for 360° around. A surprise visit by a team of Haarlem Trail runners from the Netherlands, who, having enjoyed the Meall a`Bhuachaille race previously, somehow found their way to Manor Water for the race. And enjoyed it thoroughly by the looks of it.
Every finisher received a bottle of Broughton Breweries hop infused lager. We liked that! But sadly there were no eggs!
In a hotly contested V60 contest I thrashed the opposition. Just. All one of him. Victory is sweet, and winey. Charlotte won the ladies race in 10th place overall. John Hammond was 1st Carnethy home in 3rd place, Graham Nash 2nd V40 in 4th, Mike Andrew 1st V50 in 9th place. Joanne Anderson 1st FV40 and Hilary Spenceley 1st FV50.
Digby & Nick’s photos here. Mike Lynch’s album here. Results and report for the Man-or-Mouse competition for the running of both the Manor Water race then the Skyline the next day here.
The results wizard Ian reports “We found the handwriting of the Dutch runners difficult to decipher, so some of their names may be wrong. The same went for the Fettes lot, but fortunately their master lent us his typed list of names.” Let us know any corrections – webteam at carnethy dot com
Digby
Thanks to everyone who turned up to race the 23rd Manor Water today. We had a fantastic field of 70 seniors and 15 Juniors. And not only a large field, but an international one with runners from Ireland, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, even England!
And with great conditions there were hopes (sorry Brian!) that the long-standing record of 68:14 set in 2006 by Brian Marshall could be under threat. But despite a fantastic run, Phil Davies (Borrowdale) couldn’t quite get there, finishing in 69:12.
In the Womens race, Charlotte Morgan (Carnethy) put in a great run finishing in 79:53, but Angela’s record set in 2010 remains well intact (73:48.)
It was also great to have so many Juniors running this year, and with Fettes bringing along 10 of their finest cross country runners to give hill running a bash, maybe the national curriculum needs a bit of a shake up! So thanks to everyone for coming along, thanks to all the helpers, and I hope to see many of you (especially the Internationals) again next year!
Chris Henty – race director
Position | Finish time | Name | Club | Category | Cat Posn | Local |
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55 | 01:59:37 | Alan Creighton | ADAC | M50 | 18 | |
27 | 01:33:05 | Kevin Plummer | ADAC | M50 | 6 | |
59 | 02:06:50 | Nigel Priestley | ADAC | M50 | 19 | |
64 | 02:12:06 | Debz Hay | Anster H | F40 | 7 | |
70 | 02:46:43 | Geordie Hay | Anster H | M50 | 22 | |
63 | 02:10:50 | Susan Gray | Ayrodynamic Tri Club | F40 | 6 | L |
1 | 01:09:12 | Phil Davies | Borrowdale FR | M40 | 1 | |
31 | 01:37:21 | Frazer Munro | Carnegie H | M40 | 11 | |
13 | 01:23:10 | Adam Anderson | Carnethy HRC | M40 | 5 | |
6 | 01:17:37 | Alex McVey | Carnethy HRC | MS | 3 | |
20 | 01:25:26 | Andy Spenceley | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 4 | |
10 | 01:19:53 | Charlotte Morgan | Carnethy HRC | FS | 1 | |
36 | 01:40:39 | David Harrington | Carnethy HRC | M40 | 14 | |
39 | 01:42:18 | Digby Maass | Carnethy HRC | M60 | 1 | |
24 | 01:28:21 | Gordon Cameron | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 5 | |
4 | 01:13:19 | Graham Nash | Carnethy HRC | M40 | 2 | |
68 | 02:20:03 | Helen Wise | Carnethy HRC | FS | 8 | |
51 | 01:53:14 | Hilary Spenceley | Carnethy HRC | F50 | 1 | |
12 | 01:23:02 | James Hardie | Carnethy HRC | MS | 5 | |
33 | 01:38:29 | Joanne Anderson | Carnethy HRC | F40 | 1 | |
3 | 01:13:14 | John Hammond | Carnethy HRC | MS | 2 | |
22 | 01:26:11 | John Ryan | Carnethy HRC | MS | 8 | |
25 | 01:29:41 | Matthew Jones | Carnethy HRC | MS | 10 | |
52 | 01:54:29 | Michael Wilkinson | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 16 | |
9 | 01:19:32 | Mike Andrew | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 1 | |
14 | 01:23:28 | Neil Burnett | Carnethy HRC | M40 | 6 | |
19 | 01:25:12 | Neil Gilmore | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 3 | |
41 | 01:43:54 | Trevor Collins | Carnethy HRC | M60 | 2 | |
40 | 01:43:44 | Willie Gibson | Carnethy HRC | M50 | 11 | |
46 | 01:47:40 | Lesley Clark | Cosmic HB | F40 | 3 | |
28 | 01:34:37 | Richard Ingram | Cosmic HB | M40 | 10 | |
17 | 01:24:46 | Nick Williamson | Dunbar RC | M40 | 8 | |
38 | 01:42:07 | Berit Inkster | Edinburgh AC | FS | 3 | |
32 | 01:38:18 | Mitchell Fraser | Edinburgh AC | M40 | 12 | |
44 | 01:43:59 | Alison Wilson | Fellandale | F40 | 2 | |
42 | 01:43:56 | James Purves | Gala H | M50 | 12 | |
62 | 02:09:58 | Armand van Eijkelenburg | Haarlem Trail Runners | M50 | 21 | |
54 | 01:55:17 | Bart de Boer | Haarlem Trail Runners | M40 | 17 | |
43 | 01:43:57 | Ben Tack | Haarlem Trail Runners | M50 | 13 | |
50 | 01:52:43 | Hans Hienkens | Haarlem Trail Runners | M40 | 16 | |
56 | 02:05:41 | Jens Wenheuer | Haarlem Trail Runners | M40 | 18 | |
60 | 02:06:51 | Lucien Heusy | Haarlem Trail Runners | M40 | 19 | |
61 | 02:07:23 | Maarlen Reinking | Haarlem Trail Runners | M50 | 20 | |
48 | 01:49:41 | Reinier Roelants | Haarlem Trail Runners | M40 | 15 | |
7 | 01:18:35 | Dave Ward | HBT | MS | 4 | |
49 | 01:51:14 | Ian Campbell | HBT | M50 | 15 | |
47 | 01:47:59 | Jayne Rigby | Helmhill H | F40 | 4 | |
5 | 01:16:23 | Brian Marshall | HELP | M40 | 3 | |
69 | 02:40:23 | Ian McManus | Irvine AC | M70 | 1 | |
16 | 01:24:29 | David White | Kilmarnock H | M40 | 7 | |
35 | 01:40:04 | Colin Reynolds | Lomond HR | M40 | 13 | |
57 | 02:06:03 | Lesley Halstead | Lomond HR | F40 | 5 | |
34 | 01:39:37 | Neil Martin | Lomond HR | M50 | 9 | |
37 | 01:41:53 | Alan Elder | Moorfoots | M50 | 10 | L |
8 | 01:18:56 | Darin Dougal | Moorfoots | M40 | 4 | L |
30 | 01:36:59 | Eddie Balfour | Moorfoots | M50 | 8 | L |
21 | 01:25:50 | Lucas Cheskin | Moorfoots | MS | 7 | L |
18 | 01:24:59 | Angela Richardson | St Andrews CCC | FS | 2 | |
23 | 01:28:04 | Daniel Lynch | St Andrews CCC | MS | 9 | |
67 | 02:19:43 | Eva McNabney | St Andrews Univ | FS | 7 | |
66 | 02:19:43 | Isabelle Morledge | St Andrews Univ | FS | 6 | |
65 | 02:19:43 | Kelly Rogers | St Andrews Univ | FS | 5 | |
29 | 01:36:17 | Derek McHugh | Teviotdale H | M50 | 7 | |
15 | 01:23:36 | Christopher Skea | Unatt | MS | 6 | L |
45 | 01:47:37 | David Cheskin | Unatt | M50 | 14 | L |
26 | 01:31:57 | David Wilson | Unatt | M40 | 9 | L |
11 | 01:20:22 | Des Crowe | Unatt | M50 | 2 | |
58 | 02:06:44 | Dianna Ingram | Unatt | FS | 4 | |
2 | 01:10:35 | Mark Sutherland | Westerlands CCC | MS | 1 | |
53 | 01:54:37 | Peter Baxter | Westerlands CCC | M50 | 17 | L |