Tuesday 14 April 2020

ScottishAthletics Virtual Road Relay Challenge 2020

Scottish Athletics also organised virtual road relays too over the Easter long weekend Friday to Monday - teams of 6 this time 3 x 10km, 3 x 5km. Run solo strictly in accordance with social distancing rules, and recorded on GPSs. You had to be a member of Scottish Athletics to enter and only about a quarter of Senior Moorfoots are SA members so made getting a team out more of a challenge. Full details here https://scottishathletics.sportserve.net/pages/even/athleticsbookingdetails.aspx?id=10812

We succeeded in getting a team out, and it was great to include Scout locked down in the Lake District south of the border. The team of six was:
5kms - Beth Hobbs, Scout Adkin, Pete Hall,
10kms - Paul Nichol, Colin Williams, Andy Cox.

Scottish Athletics weren't very flexible which made it difficult for smaller clubs like ours and non-first claim club runners are excluded which ruled out Charlotte Clare and Dean Carr, even though they were keen. Also there was no mixed/open category so I've added up our own combined time below. The full results are here https://data.opentrack.run/x/2020/GBR/truwealthsarelaychallenge/ and 1136 individual runners registered a time.

Some cracking times and in particular from Beth Hobbs to finish 4th U20 and Paul Nichol 8th M55.
Also Charlotte Clare in a Lasswade vest clocked the fastest U20 time and a very speedy 6th female overall in the 5km. And well done to 'graduate' Sophie Collins making the female top 10 too.
All in all a good way to stay sharp in these times

Distance Name Cat Cat Pos Team Time
5km Scout ADKIN  SW 13 MRFT 19:30
5km Beth HOBBS  U20W 4 MRFT 20:26
5km Pete HALL  M50 26 MRFT 23:07
10km Andrew COX  M35 19 MRFT 38:10
10km Colin WILLIAMS  M40 16 MRFT 39:05
10km John Paul NICHOL  M55 8 MRFT 44:10




Total 3:04:28
2nd Claim members



5km Charlotte CLARE  U20W 1 LASSW 18:12
5km Dean CARR  M45 22 CORST 20:47
Graduates
5km Sophie COLLINS  SW 8 HBT 18:49

Beth racing 'non-virtually' last summer

Wednesday 8 April 2020

Club membership renewals 2020/21


Club Membership Renewals are now due for 2020/21
(Year runs 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021).

We have kept to the same system of  renewal as last year with Entry Central. The costs are also  the same as previous years (Entry Central costs are being absorbed by the club)
Please click on the relevant link depending on your membership type:

Link for Individual Memberships (£15):   https://www.entrycentral.com/club/106659

Link for Couple/Family Membership (£20; https://www.entrycentral.com/club/106660

Link for Junior Membership (U18) (£10):   https://www.entrycentral.com/club/106784

There are a few members who have joined within the last few weeks and  I will email these members separately to clarify that they have already paid up for 2020/21

Many thanks
Eddie Balfour
Club Treasurer


Monday 6 April 2020

Scottish Virtual Road Relays organised by EU Haries

With so many race cancellations for the foreseeable EU Hares and Hounds took it upon themselves to organise Scottish Virtual Road Relays. It consisted of teams of 4 with running 5km, with all legs completed solo at a time of your own choosing and recorded on GPS devices, and in line with all government regulations and social distancing guidelines. All the information can be found here
It proved very popular with the club membership with 24 runners making up 6 teams - as shown below:

Position
Team Name
Type of Team
Category Posn
Runner 1
Time 1
Runner 2
Time 2
Runner 3
Time 3
Runner 4
Time 4
Total Time
42
Moorfoot Peebles Men's Charlatan Road Runners
Male
33
Adam Hayward
00:18:50
Richard Edge
00:19:45
Oli Jeppe
00:17:56
Andrew Dancer
00:17:20
01:13:51
60
Moorfoot Runners Innerleithen
Male
40
Colin Williams
00:19:15
Andrew Cox
00:18:53
Brian Smith
00:20:07
David Gaffney
00:21:09
01:19:24
72
Moorfoot Runners MV50
Male
45
Kenny Davidson
00:19:21
Mike McGovern
00:19:22
Alan Elder
00:20:15
Pete Hall
00:24:13
01:23:11
76
Moorfoot Runners Mixed
Mixed
15
Martyn Davidson
00:19:08
Hayley Davidson
00:23:33
Dean Carr
00:20:14
Gillian Carr
00:21:46
01:24:41
89
Moorfoot All Stars
Open
9
Simon Hammond
00:18:24
Paul Nichol
00:21:17
Kerry Law
00:24:29
Mike Goddard
00:24:48
01:28:58
113
Moorfoot Lava Ladies
Female
24
Vickie Morrison
00:24:57
Lucy Oldham
00:27:37
Alex Campbell
00:23:06
Amy Alcorn
00:21:59
01:37:39


Full results are here
Well done all - and all in all a great challenge regardless of times!
There was no entry fee, however the organisers encourged those who could to make a donation to charity https://www.samh.org.uk/donate
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