Peebles XC report 30/11/2014

The weather added again to another stunningly scenic round of the series and Peebles managed to come up with a third variety of Mud of a very clingy kind making for some interesting route choices and people descended with their treads clogged on the first mad dash around Haylodge Park.

The race was very organised with many Moorfoots out across the course on marshall duty with the course well marked.

Praise has come in from other clubs such as:
On behalf of Gala Harriers  Thanks to everyone who helped to make today's race at Peebles an other successful race. Excellent but tough course, brilliant.

Alan Elder settling in

Colin Williams trying to catch all those who had dropped up the Sware (and failing!)

Results here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q1hHfEYXxNvHmAaFPEij6XcizcqdvMxu6PCg3BrdDyw/edit?usp=sharing

Position	Forename	Surname	Time (mm.ss)	Gender	Cat	Gender pos	Cat pos
15	Kobe	Stevens	29.00	M	MS	14	13
20	Lucas	Cheskin	29.28	M	MS	18	16
27	Colin	Williams	30.02	M	MS	24	21
109	alan	elder	35.48	M	M50+	91	22
147	Hilary	Spencely	40.12	F	F55+	43	3
174	LUCY	HUSBAND	43.42	M	M40+	115	36

(someone should tell them that Lucy is not a Man!)

Peebles Cross Country Sunday 30th Nov - Event & Course info

Course information for this Sunday's cross country in Peebles

Moorfoot Runners hosts the Peebles leg of the Borders XC series this Sunday 30 November

As host club, we require to provide the starters, time keepers and marshals for the race, so we are looking for some volunteers to spare a couple of hours on the Sunday at Hay Lodge Park.

• 0900 Advance party marking out the park and checking course marking (set out previously on Sat PM)
• 1100 Marshals and helpers meet at start area North of Fotheringham Bridge for marshals briefing and allocation of marshalling locations
• 1130 Junior race starts - should be finished by ~1150; marshals make their way to their locations
• 1200 Senior race starts - last runner normally in by ~1250; marshals bring in course markings back to finish
• 1300 Should be finished and you are relieved of your duties

Please let Head Marshal Kenneth Davidson know if you are available to help between 1100 and 1300 by emailing him at kg.davidson@btinternet.com

 

If we get enough helpers in advance, we can pre-allocate duties and marshalling locations which makes things easier for everyone on the day.

 

As ever, if you are planning to run as a Moorfoot club member, please can you provide substitute marshal/helper to assist with the host club duties.

Lasswade Road race

For all those keen road runners in the club entries are now open for the Lasswade 10 mile Road race

Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race

http://www.entrycentral.com/Lasswade-Road-Race

 

 

Entrycentral being used. 400 places available

Gala XC report

It was the second round of the Borders XC circuit today in Galashiels today. Chilly and foggy and very heavy underfoot but still lots of fun. A very strong turn out again and a very competitive field. For example the race was won in almost a identical time to last year and I recorded an almost identical time to last year but this year I came 30th whereas last year I was 18th, so it gives you sort of idea of the strength in depth. The race was run by Hector Haines (who recently beat the Jura hill race record that stood for 25 years!) in 21.42.

Kobe Stevens was the first Moorfoot home in a very credible 9th position for what I think is his first race in the senior cross country events. Results below and in full on the Borders XC website:
www.bordersxc.com/.

A photo of the first 7 Moorfoots to finish below (sorry we didn't get a photo of the whole Moorfoot contingent racing but it was a pretty chilly day to be standing around for long in just a vest).

Mike, Darin, Kobe, Craig, Colin, Lucas and James at the finish line

Position	Number	Forename	Surname	Club	Time (mm.ss)	Gender	Cat	Gender pos	Cat pos
9	135	Kobe	Stevens	Moorfoot	23.00	M	MS	9	8
12	363	James	Britton	Moorfoot	23.18	M	MS	12	11
19	66	Lucas	Cheskin	Moorfoot	23.48	M	MS	19	17
20	365	Darin	Dougal,	Moorfoot	23.58	M	M40+	20	3
30	361	Colin	Williams	Moorfoot	24.41	M	MS	28	23
37	366	Mike	McGovern,	Moorfoot	25.05	M	M40+	34	5
38	367	Craig	Rendle,	Moorfoot	25.07	M	MS	35	26
119	41	Ian	munro	Moorfoot	29.24	M	M50+	100	23
128	15	alan	elder	Moorfoot	29.52	M	M50+	106	25
168	362	Hilary	Spencely	Moorfoot	32.47	F	F55+	44	3
195	65	LUCY	HUSBAND	Moorfoot	36.30	M	M40+	136	46

Moorfoots at Tinto Hill Race 2014

A dreich, damp November day for this year's race, with the rain arriving on queue as the start line assembled and cloudy and wet on the top...but another big turn out for this popular event.

Great top20 run by Lucas  in his step up to the senior race, and a sub40 by Benjamin in his first hill race.

Good runs too in their first Tinto outings by Dave Cheskin and Alan...

Thanks to Eddie for the photo and transport to the race...

Full results here...

More photos from Carnethy Flickr site here..

	Pos.	Runner	Club Name	Category	Time	%Winner
	18	Lucas Cheskin	Moorfoot Runners	M	0:36:50	119.5%
	54	Benjamin Hindley	Moorfoot Runners	M	0:39:52	129.4%
	70	Kenneth Davidson	Moorfoot Runners	M40	0:41:51	135.8%
	150	Alan Elder	Moorfoot Runners	M50	0:48:48	158.4%

114

David Cheskin

Unattached

M50

0:46:18

150.2%

Juniors at Lasswade

Illness, cyclo-cross and blinkin' netball (!) meant a depleted but still healthy contingent of Moorfoot juniors at the annual Lasswade Cross-Country races at Gorebridge on Sunday.

Kobe Stevens’ 2^nd place in the 3.8mile U17 men’s race was the top individual placing on the day. In close contention from the gun, it was only in the final kilometre that the winner gained the upper hand with Kobe finishing with a wide margin over the rest in 23.20.

Also on the podium in the U13 Boys race over 2 miles was Craig Angus who finished strongly over the closing 300m to pull clear of the chasing challengers and secure 3^rd place in 12.30. Finlay Collins ran well for 10^th in 13.33.

And there was a team podium placing for the U11 Girls, the only age-group in which the club managed the required complement of three runners for the team prizes. Racing over 1 mile, Megan Hobbs had a strong run for 4^th in 6.38, Madeline Collins was 6^th in 6.53 and Holly Hobbs kept on well for 23^rd in 7.37, enough for 2^nd team overall behind Edinburgh AC. (Note to coach: The promise of Vimto sweets seems to be a great incentive!)

Other Moorfoot placings

U13G: 20^th Eilidh Mooney (14.43)

U15G: 6^th Mairi Wallace (13.10), 7^th Fiona Grant (13.11)

U17/U20W: 6^th Niamh Shaw (23.03)

Sen/U20M: 15^th (3^rd U20) Sam MacNeill (37.12), 30^th Ben Hindley (41.05)

Lauder XC

The first of the Borders XC series took place at Lauder today. Lovely sunny conditions with a brisk wind and squelchy under foot with all the recent rain (but then again its a cross country so when is it not...). A very competitive field with a finisher every second when the pack was coming in.  With 263 runners in the senior race the race was won by Andy Fallas of Carnethy in 26.16 for 4 and a bit mile course. Moorfoot results below, and a very credible first outing for Craig Rendle in a Moorfoot vest being the team third counter.

Position	Forename	Surname	Club	Time (mm.ss)	Cat	Gender pos	Cat pos
11	James	Britton	Moorfoot	00:28:12	MS	11	10
23	Colin	Williams	Moorfoot	00:29:34	MS	21	16
26	Craig	Rendle,	Moorfoot	00:29:43	MS	24	19
88	Eddie	Balfour	Moorfoot	00:33:19	M40+	78	32
127	Ian	munro	Moorfoot	00:35:32	M50+	105	23
134	Alan	Elder	Moorfoot	00:36:27	M50+	110	26
257	Michael	Pearson	Moorfoot	00:55:44	M70+	154	2

Full results here
A quick glance at the club results tells me that for the organising team competition Gala (56) is slightly in the lead followed the Moorfoots (60) and then Dunbar (69) so it looks like it would be a tight race for the organising team trophy  Overall it looks like Carnethy will romp it with 3 out of the top 4 in the first round and HBT going strongly too.

FYI the rules for the club trophy are as follows -
The “team” competitions, (Male and Female for Seniors), will be decided on the basis of overall finishing positions of the first three club runners per round for the BEST FIVE rounds added together.  There will be a trophy for the first team, (and should that not be one of the organising clubs, an additional team trophy for the first “organising club” team).