Two Breweries Hill Race 2022

The Two Breweries race starts at Traquair House and finishes in Broughton 19 miles later with 4 distinct climbs adding up to over 5,000ft on the way. A fair part of it is hacking across trackless hills and the optimum line seeming to evolve as the heather grows each year, or gets burnt, and as new quad tracks and trods appear! Its a brute, but its a proper challenge and on the door step, with the added brewery element always seems to appeal. 

It was good weather this year - sunny, but not super hot or too windy. Super to see so many Moorfoots at this years addition - the club had 10 finishers which is believed to be a record for the race. Well done to all Simon Hammond coming in first Moorfoot in 17th place and argonisingly close to ducking under 3h30! Diana Challands was 1st V40, 5th woman, which only a few days after being hit by a car door off her bike  might show the most impressive bounce back and resilience ('just a few bruises all down one side' was how she skimmed over it at the start)! Results are here https://twobreweries.org.uk and the club results copied below.

Also good set of photos on the club FB group courtesy of Martin Holt https://www.facebook.com/groups/moorfootrunners/permalink/3257699641158649, and thanks the marshall team including Dorien and Tim at the top of Birkscairn

Place	Name	Cat	Time
17	Simon Hammond	M40	03:30:05
26	Colin Williams	M40	03:37:54
28	Andrew Cox	M40	03:42:04
29	Milan Misak	M	03:42:53
40	Nicholas Boyd	M	03:59:49
41	Diana Challands	F40	04:01:20
43	Michael McGovern	M50	04:02:51
77	Katie Walling	F	04:43:59
84	Alan Elder	M50	04:57:16
91	Heather Young	F	05:05:48

London Marathon 2023 Entry Ballot - opens Saturday 1 October 2022, closes Friday 7 October

The public ballot for entry for the 2023 London Marathon (Sunday 23 April 2023) closes at 9pm on Friday 7 October. Details here: https://in.londonmarathon.events/2022-tcs-london-marathon

It is the premier road marathon in Britain and a real experience for everyone I know who has taken part.

The club is guaranteed a single place in the London Marathon each year, but to make sure it is fairly allocated we will consider the qualifying factors to help award the place to the most deserving applicant. The final decision for the place is taken by the club committee.

The following factors are considered:

> Have they been a member for more than 12 months

> Have they applied for the club place previously, and been unsuccessful? (if you have been lucky enough to receive the club place before this will favour those who haven't had it)

> Have they unsuccessfully tried to enter via the ballot for the year they are applying for, and not eligible for a good for age place https://www.tcslondonmarathon.com/enter/how-to-enter/good-for-age-entry , or championship entries (for real speed merchants) https://www.tcslondonmarathon.com/enter/how-to-enter/championship-entry which both open later in the year

> Taking into account the participation and involvement with the club. Have you contributed to club activities, i.e. helped at races, training, other events or roles.

So this is a heads up for anyone wanting to do London - enter the ballot now! https://www.tcslondonmarathon.com/enter/how-to-enter/ballot-entry

Club Champs Update 11/9/2022

 A few Parkruns this weekend and some changes at the top of the  leaderboard.  Dorien now moves in to 3rd place with a debut at the Vogrie PR.

We are now getting in to the business end of the champs now only the follow races left (excluding any new Parkruns)

Still to go:

Scottish 10k and Half Marathon 18/09/2022

Devils Foot Half Marathon 16/10/2022

Lilliesleaf 10k 16/10/2022

Jedburgh 10k and Half Marathon 30/10/2022

Tinto Hill Race 05/11/2022

Still time to try and consolidate your place or grab a few places on the leaderboard !!!

Race	TOTAL Points
Date
Points
Martin Holt	230
Andy Cox	140
Dorien Kimenai	135
Gillian Carr	130
Tim Warner	125
Dean Carr	125
Milan Misak	115
Colin Williams	95
Heather Young	90
Carol Moss	90
Diane Challands	85
Jen Misak	80
Robbie Devlin	55
Vicky Morrison	50
Craig Bennett	45
Danny Lavin	45
Coreen McGovern	40
Peter Caddick	35
Alan Elder	35
Philip Coutts	30
Ian Munro	30
Kerry Law	30
Mike McGovern	30
Brian Smith	25
Pamella Swalwell	25
Hamish Parkinson	25
Kevin Rafferty	20
Maggie Oliver	15
Robert Wilson	15
Eilidh Davidson	15
Mike Goddard	15
Thomas Jones	10
Noel Quinn	10
Simon Hammond	10
Beth Hanson	10
Pete Hall	10
Nigel Shekleton	10
Mike Pearson	10
Scott Gourlay	10
Alex Campbell	5
David Waldie	5
Martin Quirke	5
Amy Capper	5
Rosie Shankey	5

Moorfoots at the Junior Home International 2022

Report by Ali Hilton:
Todd Crag, Loughrigg Fell Ambleside.

On Saturday 3rd September, three Junior Moorfoots raced in Ambleside.
Thomas Hilton was running as part of the Scotland Team after a successful selection race a few weeks prior. He was joined on the day by Moorfoot Juniors Luke Grieve and James Moore.

This route started and finished in Rothay Park and crossed 2 bridges straight away, meaning a fast start was essential to avoid the bottlenecks. Thomas was in 3rd place and held this position strongly all the way up to the top of the hill. Undulating open fell formed the next part of the route before a craggy turn. It was here that Thomas was overtaken and couldn’t regain his place on the following downhill. This was rough and rocky in parts before returning to the slippery tarmac descent into the park. It was a brilliant effort and saw Thomas finishing in 5th place with a time of 21m50s. He was 13seconds behind Rowan Taylor (Lasswade) who finished in 3rd place for Team Scotland.
The other team members finished in 18th and 23rd position, giving Team Scotland the Silver medal 🥈

James and Luke ran the route without any advantage of a recce the day before. They both gave their all and fully enjoyed the experience. James finished in 33rd (26.02) and Luke in 36th (26.10).

Flags, medals and lots of photographs followed in the awards afterwards. It was a brilliant mini Moorfoots Club weekend with great family involvement and apparently it’s going to become an annual event!

 

Club Champs Update 04/09/2022

 With only 5 races to go (plus Parkruns) the battle for 3rd is on with Tim, Dorien and Gillian all tied in 3rd place.

Remember some great prizes on offer for the first 3, so get out and enter races and get Parkrunning.

Points make prizes !!!!!

Race	TOTAL Points
Date
Points
Martin Holt	230
Andy Cox	140
Tim Warner	125
Dorien Kimenai	125
Gillian Carr	125
Dean Carr	120
Milan Misak	115
Colin Williams	95
Heather Young	90
Carol Moss	90
Diane Challands	85
Jen Misak	80
Robbie Devlin	55
Vicky Morrison	50
Craig Bennett	45
Danny Lavin	45
Coreen McGovern	40
Peter Caddick	35
Alan Elder	35
Philip Coutts	30
Ian Munro	30
Kerry Law	30
Mike McGovern	30
Brian Smith	25
Pamella Swalwell	25
Hamish Parkinson	25
Kevin Rafferty	20
Maggie Oliver	15
Robert Wilson	15
Eilidh Davidson	15
Mike Goddard	15
Thomas Jones	10
Noel Quinn	10
Simon Hammond	10
Beth Hanson	10
Pete Hall	10
Nigel Shekleton	10
Mike Pearson	10
Scott Gourlay	10
Alex Campbell	5
David Waldie	5
Martin Quirke	5
Amy Capper	5
Rosie Shankey	5