Ayr Seaforth News 2011
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Ayr Seaforth teams have given themselves a great chance of qualifying for the
finals of the Scottish Indoor League in March.
They had several good results in the second match at the Kelvin Sports Hall
and will look to take that form into the third match at the same venue on
Sunday, January 8.
The club's outstanding under 13 boys again starred with the 'A' team first
and the 'B' team third from 22.
Star of the show was Fraser Angus who grabbed a hat-trick for the second
meeting in a row, winning the 60 metres, 200 metres and long jump.
The under 11 boys were second from 17 teams while the under 20 men, with only
two athletes, were fourth from 12.
The under 17 women were again first from 18 teams while the under 20 women
were second from seven.
In the under 15 girls, the 'A' team were second while the 'B' team were sixth
from 25. The under 13 girls were equal fifth but third after two matches.
The under 15 boys and under 17 men will have a major struggle to reach the
finals due to athletes being unavailable for both matches.
Results: Under 11 boys: 60m: 2. Harry Evans 9.70; 'B': 8. Peter Winston
10.48; 'B': 1. Russell Connor 10.06; 600m: 3. Scott Sprang 2.04.0 (pb); 'B': 8.
Peter Winston 2.16.5; 'B': 2. Greg Oakley 2.10.0; standing long jump: 3. Harry
Evans 1m58; 'B': 6. Russell Connor 1m52.
Under 13 boys: 60m: 1. Fraser Angus 8.75; 'B': 2. Ewan McLevy 9.13; 800m: 2.
Lewis Ross 2-29.6; 'B': 7. Daniel Martin 2.46.6; 60m hurdles: 4. Stuart Dunlop
12.26; 'B': 4. Lewis Ross 12.26; 200m: 1. Fraser Angus 29.1; 'B': 4. Calum
Meldrum 30.9; high jump: 4. Lewis Ross 1m30; 'B': 5. Rollo Press 1m20; long
jump: 1. Fraser Angus 4m36; 'B': 4. Rollo Press 3m58; shot putt: 1. Andrew Peck
7m63; 'B': 2. Callum Meldrum 6m51.
Under 15 boys: 60m: 7. Jonathon Hendry 8.55; 'B': 13. Jason Evans 9.00; 200m:
5. Jonathon Hendry 28.1; 400m: 5. Jonathon Winston 63.7 (pb); 'B': 8. Calvin
Mossie 67.7 (pb); high jump: 5. Jonathon Hendry 1m35.
Under 17 men: 60m: 6. Naill McHugh 8.02 (pb); 200m: 7. Niall McHugh 26.00.
Under 20 men: 60m: 2. Wallace Graham 7.49; 200m: 2. Wallace Graham 24.0; shot
putt: 1. James Gaffney 11m73.
Under 11 girls: 60m: 5. Lisa McCleary 10.15; 'B': 4. Charlotte McDowall
10.53; 600m: 8. Charlotte McDowall 2.19.1; 'B' 3. Jena Anderson 2.19.2; standing
long jump: 9. Lisa McLeary 1m52; 'B': 6. Jean Anderson 1m38.
Under 13 girls: 60m: 10. Katie McAlpine 9.71; 'B': 14. Anna George 9.89;
800m: 12. Casey McAllister 3.06.1; 60m hurdles: 4. Jennifer McVeigh 12.28; 200m:
10. Anna George 33.8; 'B': 12. Katie McAlpine 35.4; high jump: 1. Jennifer
McVeigh 1m25 ;long jump: 9. Katie McAlpine- 3m03; 'B': 10. Anna George 2m86;
shot putt: 5. Jennifer McVeigh 5m21.
Under 15 girls: 3. Rebecca Spence 8.58; 'B': 7. Aimee McGinley 8.77; 'C': 8.
Ailie Shanks 8.90; 800m: 3. Kirstin Oakley 2-37.6; 'B': 14. Robyn Dunne 2.56.2;
60m hurdles: 2. Louise Murray 10.15; 'B': 4. Charlotte Crossland 10.87; 200m: 4.
Rebecca Spence 28.8; 'C': 8. Ailie Shanks 29.6; 'B': 15. Aimee McGinley 31.6;
300m: 4. Nadia Simpson 48.00; 'B': 8. Georgia Brawley 49.2; high jump: 3. Louise
Murray 1m40; 'B': 13. Katie Vallance 1m15; long jump: 4. Alison Harvey 3m83;
'B': 7. Charlotte Crossland 3m70; shot putt: 7. Alison Harvey 6m31; 'B': 10.
Nadia Simpson 5m50.
Under 17 women: 60m: 4. Sophie Dunlop 8.79; 800m: 5. Leigh McLevy 2.53.9; 60m
hurdles: 1. Carolyn Harvey 9.87; 300m: 5. Caitlin Gillon 48.9; high jump: 6.
Alice Arnold 1m30; triple jump: 1. Carolyn Harvey 9m41; shot putt: 4. Carolyn
Harvey 7m65.
Under 20 women: 60m: 3. Rebecca McVeigh 8.99; 200m: 2. Meghan Logue 27.8;
400m: 1. Meghan Logue 62.4; triple jump: 1. Rebecca McVeigh 8m57; shot putt: 2.
Rebecca McVeigh 6m12.
Seaforth are taking a training break over Christmas and New Year. The last
training session at Dam Park Stadium will be on Thursday, December 22 and will
restart on Thursday, January 5.
Coaches and team managers wish all club members a Happy Christmas and
successful new year.
A small but hardy group of Ayr Seaforth athletes headed to Irvine for the
West District Cross Country Championships.
The 12 athletes who braved the weather brought home two individual medals and
a team medal.
The performance of the day belonged to Kirstin Oakley. The 13-year-old
Prestwick athlete returned to top form after a disappointing outing in Liverpool
two weeks previously. She romped home with a gritty performance to not only take
the under 15 girls’ title but beat all the under 17 athletes as well.
In the same race, Lisa Rennie struggled with a recent viral illness to finish
19th while Louisa Kelly continued to improve after injury to finish 23rd. The
trio earned a well deserved bronze team medal.
In the under 13 girls' race, Siobhan Rae was Seaforth's sole competitor but
finished a commendable 40th.
Louise Hill-Stirling was also the sole senior female athlete competing. The
Irish internationalist demonstrated that she is returning to good shape with an
excellent fifth place in the under 20 women’s race.
The under 17 men’s race saw British triathlete Finlay Rae involved in an
early tactical race which resulted in a blistering final kilometre in the mud.
The Belmont Academy pupil had to settle for third place after a tight finish,
with only six seconds separating the top three.
However, the strong performance sets him up nicely as he heads to Spain for a
training camp with the Great Britain Olympic talent triathlon squad.
Earlier in the day, the under 13 trio of Fraser Stirling, Ewan McLevy and
Lewis Ross scrapped well over the 3.2k course. Fraser came out on top in 13th
with Ewan close behind in 16th and Lewis in 21st. The boys narrowly missed out
on a team medal.
Seaforth stalwarts Laurence Baker and Peter Laing tackled the 9.6k course
along with West District debutant Alex Dunlop and ran well in a field of over
200 athletes.
Results: under 13 girls: 40. Siobhan Rae 14:52.
Under 15 girls: 1. Kirstin Oakley 16.54; 19. Lisa Rennie 19.28; 23. Louisa
Kelly 19.44. Third team.
Under 20 women: 5. Louise Hill Stirling 25:42.
Under 13 boys: 13. Fraser Stirling 12.11; 16. Ewen McLevy 12.25; 21. Lewis
Ross 12.48. Fourth team.
Under 17 men: 3. Finlay Rae 21.29.
Senior men: 106. Laurence Baker 38.03; 125. Alex Dunlop 39.22; 161. Peter
Laing 42.10.
lThe annual Ayr Seaforth Christmas Handicap Road Races will be held on
Saturday for club members of all ages.
There will be two races, one for junior members (under 11 and under 13) over
approximately 1.5 miles and for older and senior members over approximately 3.5
miles.
Athletes intending to take part should indicate this to club officials this
week at training on Thursday for handicapping. Enter names on club notice board.
Each competitor should bring along a small gift so that everyone receives a
gift at the end of the races when presentations take place inside Dam Park.
Junior race starts at 12.30pm with the seniors at 1pm.
On Sunday, the annual cyclists v harriers cross country race starts at 1pm at
Irvine Sports Club ( Marress Park) for seniors only.
The Annual General Meeting of the Ayrshire Harriers Clubs Association was
held on Wednesday 30th November at Irvine when several prestigious Awards for
2011 were decided.
From nominations in three main categories: Junior/ Senior /Veteran the
following Awards were decided:
Ayrshire Senior Male Athlete of the Year : Winner - Andrew Murphy (Ayr
Seaforth Athletic Club) .16 year old Andrew was nominated under the Association
rule which allows Clubs to move a Junior athlete up to a Higher and more
difficult category/age group for outstanding achievement s. As Scotland and UK
U/17 & U/18 Decathlon Champion in Combined Events both at Indoor and Outdoor
Championships, Scottish& British Schools Championships, and Ayrshire
Championships, the young man from Girvan was declared the Ayrshire Senior Male
Athlete of the Year -2011.
Ayrshire Senior Female Athlete of the year : Winner - Rachel Hunter (Ayr
Seaforth A.C) . 17 year old Rachel from Ayr, was the outstanding U/18 &
U/20Female Thrower in Scotland winning Gold / Silver & Bronze medals at the
Scottish Indoor & Outdoor Championships in the Hammer: Shot Putt & Discus
events. She is fast developing into an exciting Hammer Thrower winning her Age
Group (U/20) ranking in this event at special "Hammerama" Competitions
consistently throwing over 50 metres and improving with each competition. Rachel
is currently Ranked 2ndin Scotland in the Hammer / Shot putt /& Discus. Still a
Junior Athlete (U/20) , she is the Winner of the Ayrshire Senior Female Athlete
of the year-2011.
Ayrshire Veteran/Masters Female Athlete of the Year :Winner - Gwen McFarlane
(Ayr Seaforth A.C) Gwen from Ayr. recently retired PE Teacher at Ayr Academy.
has been a prolific winner of this Award but this year was a special challenge
for Gwen, who is also a Throws event athlete. Due to an unlucky accident at home
she suffered serious back and shoulder injuries in February which caused her to
miss the Scottish Masters Indoor Championships this year. However, undaunted and
determined, she travelled to Birmingham in June to win Gold (1st) in the Discus
: Gold (1st) in the Javelin : & Bronze in the Hammer. at the British Masters
Outdoor Championships ! What a wonderful example to the younger athletes at Ayr
Seaforth and Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Junior Male Athlete of the Year : This award was shared jointly by
Sam Revie (16) - (Ayr Seaforth A.C) and Roy Shankland (17) - (Kilmarnock
Harriers) .
Roy is a 200 metre / 400 metre sprinter currently ranked 2nd in Scotland for
his 400m time of 52.12 sec achieved in August
Sam is also a sprinter over 100 m & 200m and is currently ranked No 1 in the 100
metres in Scotland U/18 Outdoor with 11.38 secs. He won the Scottish Indoor
U/17 60 metres 7.18 secs and at the U/18 Scottish U/18 outdoor Championships
won Silver (2nd) 100 m 11.38 secs and Bronze (3rd) 200m 22.86 secs.
Other Ayrshire Athletes of the Year were:
Ayrshire Male Veteran/Master Athlete of the year; Winner - John McGarry
(Irvine A.C) – John won double Gold-60m & 200m in the m55 - Scottish Masters
Indoor Championships. Followed up with Silver (2nd) -200m at the European
Masters in Belgium (27.06) and a 6th in 60m (8.30 sec). At the Scottish Masters
Outdoor Championships another double Gold with 1st M60 100m (13.11 sec) & 1st
200m (27.31 sec). John completed an excellent year at the British
Masters winning M60 100m (13.1 sec) & 200m (26.1 sec)
Ayrshire Junior Female Athlete of the Year : Winner -Holly Morgan - North
Ayrshire A.C. Holly excelled in Field events this year winning medals at local
(Ayrshire Championships) and Scottish Schools in Shot Putt (10m 02) : Javelin
(26m 47) and Discus (26m 73) . The 15 year old competed successfully during the
year in the Scottish Young Athletes League for the Ayrshire Team and is now part
of the Scottish Junior Development Throws Squad .
The Age Group Awards were at Ayrshire Track & Field Championships held on 7th
August , 2011.
Winners
| Category |
Name |
Club |
| U/11 Girls |
Louise Fraser |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. |
| U/13 Girls |
Ellie Fulton |
North Ayrshire A.C. |
| U/15 Girls |
Holly Morgan |
North Ayrshire A.C. |
| U/17 Women |
Carolyn Harvey and Connie Frearson |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. and North Ayrshire A.C. Respectively |
| U/20 Women |
Bethany Ross |
Kilmarnock Harriers |
| U/11 Boys |
Daniel Martin |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. |
| U/13 Boys |
Ewan McLevy |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. |
| U/15 Boys |
Fraser Mackie |
North Ayrshire A.C. |
| U/17 Men |
Andrew Murray |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. |
| U/20 Men |
Johnny Thompson |
Ayr Seaforth A.C. |
Ayr Seaforth’s young athletes were in outstanding form at the annual Ayrshire
cross country championships at Beach Park, Irvine.
They had individual winners in the under 11 boys, under 13 boys, under 17
men, under 11 girls and under 15 girls.
Team winners were under 11 boys, under 13 boys, under 17 men, under 11 girls
and under 15 girls.
Unfortunately, Seaforth’s senior athletes, apart from two veterans Laurence
Baker and Tom McCulloch, did not appear for the championships which was
disappointing for the senior team race.
Seaforth results: Under 11 boys: 1. Daniel Martin 4 mins 20; 3. Scott Sprang
4.27; 5. Steven Martin 4.43; 9. Greg Oakley 4.49 (11 competed). Team result: 1.
Seaforth.
Under 13 boys: 1. Fraser Stirling 11.34; 2. Lewis Ross 11.39; 3. Ewen McLevy
12.05 (5 competed); Team: 1. Seaforth.
Under 15 boys: (no Seaforth competitors) Team winners: Kilmarnock Harriers
(2, 3 and 5). Seven competed.
Under 17 men: 1. Fiinlay Rae 21.00; 2. Euan Webster 22.35; 6. Ben Steven
24.42; Team: 1. Seaforth.
Under 20/senior/vet men: 11. Laurence Baker (first M50) 36.11; 31. Tom
McCulloch (M60) 42.53 (37 competed). Winner: David Miller (Irvine AC, M40)
29.56.
Under 11 girls: 1. Jamie Hood 4.59; 2. Leia Welsh 5.08; 3. Stephanie Craig
5.18; 5. Caitlin Chilton 5.37; 6. Erin Moore 5.39; 9. Charlotte McDowall 5.48
(14 competed); Team: 1. Seaforth.
Under 13 girls: 2. Siobhan Rae 14.08; 4. Lara Carey 14.52 (10 competed).
Under 15 girls: 1. Kirstin Oakley 12.01; 2. Lisa Rennie 12.38; 4. Louisa
Kelly 13.22; (11 competed). Team: 1. Seaforth.
Seaforth were also in action at the Kilmarnock cross country races.
Under 11 boys: 1. Daniel Martin 8.26; 2. Scott Sprang 8.28; 4. Adam Mahoney
8.53; 5. Greg Oakley 8.55; 7. Steven Martin 9.00.
Under 13 boys: 3. Fraser Stirling 11.25; Under 17 men: 1. Finlay Rae 21.06;
3. Euan Webster 22.45.
Senior/vet men: 11. Laurence Baker 36.37.
Under 11 girls: 6. Erin Moore 11.07; Under 13 girls: 1. Kirstin Oakley 20.49;
6. Lisa Rennie 24.07; 11. Christie Hutton 26.16.
Ayr Seaforth Athletic Club honoured their prize members at their annual
trophy presentation night in the Horizon Hotel.
The club champions and runners-up in cross country, track and field and road
were recognised for their achievements during the year.
Special awards were made to 21 club members who finished first, second and
third at the Scottish & UK Championships.
They included nine Scottish champions and two UK champions – 17-year-old
Andrew Murphy (UK and Scottish decathlon champion) and 14-year-old Scott
McAnally (UK and Scottish high jump champion.
The highlight of the evening was the presentations to the club athletes of
the year and runners-up.
Club athlete of the year: male: Andrew Murphy; r-up: Sam Revie; female:
Rachel Hunter; r-up: Kirsten Oakley.
Simon Campbell Memorial Trophy (best achievement under 17 men): Finlay Rae;
Hazel McNee Trophy (best achievement under 17 women): Carolyn Harvey.
Ernest Thursby Trophy (excellence in field events): Andrew Murphy; Sean
Carson Memorial Shield (excellence in throwing events): Scott McAnally.
Paul McPate Shields (best newcomers): James Kerr and Louise Fraser; Andy
Smith Cup (special contribution to Ayr Seaforth): Glen Harrower (36 years as
general secretary, club treasurer and coach).
Seaforth athletes enjoyed a successful start to the Scottish Indoor League
season at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on Sunday.
Ayr Seaforth will be represented by 17 teams when the indoor league season
starts on Sunday at the Kelvin Sports Hall in Glasgow.
Seaforth will have teams covering all age groups, male and female, from under
11 through to under 20.
For many of the younger club members, this will be their first major athletic
competition in a national league. For other competitors, many will be competing
in an older age group than they did during the summer outdoor season.
With top class competition guaranteed, Seaforth teams will have three league
matches in November, December and January, hoping to qualify for the Scottish
Athletics League finals in March.
Sunday’s match starts at 10am. Team managers are hoping for a good turnout
and support.
The club’s annual trophy presentation takes place in the Horizon Hotel, Ayr,
on Saturday.
Tickets are available from membership secretary Jan Burnside at Dam Park.
Four junior teams travelled to Cumbernauld for the Scottish cross country
relay championships. In the young females race, Natasha Martin had an excellent
debut on the opening leg.
Competing in her first event for Ayr Seaforth, she finished in a creditable
30th place. She handed over to Lisa Rennie, who with another strong race hauled
Seaforth up to 21st.
The anchor leg saw another blistering run from Kirstin Oakley take Seaforth
into 13th. Her run was the third fastest of all age groups on the day and shows
she is in good shape going into the cross country season.
The ‘B’ girls team of Siobhan Rae, Lara Carey and Louisa Kelly had a solid
day’s racing to finish in 33rd place.
The boys’ race featured the winning under 13 trio from the previous week.
Lewis Ross and Ewan McLevy both ran excellent opening legs with the youngsters
taking 22nd and 35th place respectively, while Fraser Stirling put in a good
performance on the second leg for the ‘B’ team.
Andrew Black demonstrated that he is coming back to form with the fastest
Seaforth run of the day. His fast second leg brought the ‘A’ team into 17th.
Euan Webster and Ben Steven had the task of the anchor leg and both ran well
to bring Seaforth into 19th and 34th place, finishing in the top half of the
field.
Seaforth results: girls: ‘A’ team: 30. Natasha Martin 12:22; 21. Lisa Rennie
11:47; 13. Kirstin Oakley 10:33; ‘B’ team: 45. Siobhan Rae 13:01; 38. Lara Carey
13:06; 33. Louisa Kelly 12:16.
Boys: ‘A’ team: 22. Lewis Ross 10:55; 17. Andrew Black 10:06; 19. Euan
Webster 10:11; ‘B’ team: 35. Ewan McLevy 11:15; 35. Fraser Stirling 10:55; 34.
Ben Steven 10:19.
Junior women: 22. Louise Hill Stirling 16.52.
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Ayr Seaforth matched their medal haul of 2010 with eight medals, including
five titles, at the Ayrshire cross country relays at Irvine Beach Park.
In the opening under 11 races, they took two golds and a silver. Stephanie
Craig ran a magnificent winning anchor leg for the girls after good performances
from Caitlin Chilton and Erin Moore had them in second place.
The boys’ trio of James Kerr, Steven Martin and Daniel Martin dominated from
the outset to take the title but were pushed close by Greig Oakley, Blair
McMeechan and Scott Sprang who took silver.
In the under 13 races, the boys’ team of Ewan McLevy, Fraser Stirling and
Lewis Ross proved too strong for their rivals and had a large winning margin.
In the girls’ race, the ‘A’ team of Becky Simpson, Lara Carey and Siobhan Rae
had to settle for silver while the ‘B’ team of Emma Graham, Rebecca Martin and
Victoria Black took a well earned bronze medal.
Seaforth were again dominant in the under 15 girls with Lisa Rennie, Louisa
Kelly and Kirstin Oakley winning comfortably.
The under 17 men had a similar large winning margin thanks to the efforts of
Andrew Black, Euan Webster and Finlay Rae.
In the senior men's race, the quartet of Steven Reid, Barry Duddy, Lawrence
Baker and Tom McCulloch notched up a respectable fifth place.
Seaforth results: girls: Under 11 ‘A’: Caitlin Chilton 5:50; Erin Moore 6:01;
Stephanie Craig 5:41. Team first.
Under 11 ‘B’: Charlotte McDowall 6:00.
Under 13 ‘A’: Becky Simpson 12:27; Lara Carey 12:17; Siobhan Rae 12:30; Team
second.
Under 13 ‘B’: Emma Graham 12:29; Rebecca Martin 14:17; Victoria Black 12:54;
Team third.
Under 13 ‘C’: Rhea McTaggart 14:45.
Under 15: Lisa Rennie 10:58; Louisa Kelly 11:17; Kirstin Oakley 10:41; Team
first.
Senior women: Louise Hill Stirling 15:30; Katie Sprang 17:51.
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Ayr Seaforth Athletic Club have honoured their athletes of the year.
Andrew Murphy and Rachel Hunter crowned an excellent year by winning the male
and female awards.
Andrew won both the Scottish and English (UK) combined events championships
(decathlon) with record breaking performances in the under 17 and under 18 age
groups.
Rachel won gold, silver and bronze at Scottish Indoor and Outdoor
Championships in shot putt, discus and hammer at under 20 and senior age groups.
Male runner-up is top sprinter Sam Revie while female runner-up is Kirstin
Oakley.
Sam is currently No 1 in the 100m/200m in Scotland, winning the Scottish
under 17 indoor 60 metres and taking silver in the 100m (outdoor) under 18
Scottish Championships. He also took bronze in the 200m (outdoor) under 18
championships.
Kirstin won the under 13 girls’ Scottish cross country championships and
finished second in the under 13 girls’ race at the Scottish road race
championships.
Special awards: Simon Campbell Memorial Trophy (for best achievement, under
17 men): Finlay Rae; Hazel McNee Trophy (for best achievement, under 17 women):
Carolyn Harvey; Ernest Thursby Trophy (for excellence in field events): Andrew
Murphy.
Sean Carson Memorial Shield (for excellence in throwing events, under 13,
under 15, under 17): Scott McAnally; Andy Smith Cup (for special contribution to
Ayr Seaforth): Glen Harrower; Paul McPate Shields (best male newcomer): James
Kerr, (best female newcomer): Louise Fraser.
The club road race champions were declared as Steven Reid and Gillian Geates.
The trophy presentations will be on Saturday, November 12 at the Horizon
Hotel.
Wet conditions greeted entrants in the West District cross country relays at
Drumpellier Park in Coatbridge.
Ayr Seaforth fielded four junior and one senior teams in Saturday’s opening
fixture.
Junior races consisted of a 3 x 2.5k relay with an under 13 athlete on the
first leg, under 13 or 15 on the second leg and under 15 or 17 on the final leg.
In the first race for young females, Lara Carey and Siobhan Rae ran the
opening under 13 leg in their first ever relay. Both girls performed strongly to
bring the teams home in 31st and 33rd position respectively.
They handed over to Lisa Rennie and Louisa Kelly who brought the teams up to
19th and 20th.
In the final leg for the ‘A’ team, Kirstin Oakley, last year’s national and
Scottish schools cross country champion, put in a trademark sterling performance
to run the fourth fastest overall time of the day and bring the Seaforth girls
home in 12th.
Lewis Ross ran a strong opening under 13 leg for the ‘A’ team to come home in
14th while training partner Ewan McLevy had a gutsy run to bring home the ‘B’
team in 21st. Lewis handed on to Andrew Black who ran strongly to bring Seaforth
‘A’ up to 12th.
Fraser Stirling had an excellent debut for the ‘B’ team on the second leg,
finishing 23rd against older athletes.
GB triathlete Finlay Rae, running the final leg for the ‘A’ team, put in a
rapid final leg with the second fastest time of the day and brought Seaforth
home in 10th place.
Euan Webster, running the final leg for the ‘B’ team, maintained 23rd
position.
The senior men team, consisting of Steven Reid, Barry Duddy, Lawrence Baker
and Tom McCulloch, finished 31st after a strong opening leg from Steven Reid who
finished 19th.
Seaforth results: junior females: ‘A’ team: 31. Lara Carey 11:24; 19. Lisa
Rennie 10:07; 12. Kirstin Oakley 9:16; ‘B’ team: 33. Siobhan Rae 11:31; 20.
Louisa Kelly 10:09.
Junior males: ‘A’ team: 14. Lewis Ross 9:14; 12. Andrew Black 8:51; 10.
Finlay Rae 7:44; ‘B’ team: 21. Ewan McLevy 9:45; 23. Fraser Stirling 9:21; 23.
Euan Webster 8:42.
Senior men: 19. Steven Reid 14:14; 28. Barry Duddy 15:54; 24. Lawrence Baker
15:19; 31. Tom McCulloch 17:39.
Ayr Seaforth athletes are preparing for the start of the cross country
running season.
The first major competition is on Saturday with the West District cross
country relay championships at Drumpellier Park, Coatbridge, for young athletes
and seniors.
The Ayrshire cross country relay championships will be held on Saturday,
October 15 at the Beach Park, Irvine.
A week later follows the national cross country relay championships at
Cumbernauld.
Seaforth coaches are hoping for some healthy participation from club members
in both the junior and senior age groups.
Seaforth’s AGM will take place on Monday, October 10 at 7.30pm in the
Citadel. Members are welcome to attend and learn more about the club.
If any club members have questions or problems, then come along to the
Citadel and let the Seaforth committee members hear your views and proposals.
A spokesman said: “Maybe also club members could be present simply to thank
the committee members/officials/coaches/ and team managers for all the time and
hard work spent on their behalf.”
Heavy rain forced Ayr Seaforth Athletic Club to hold their annual track and
field championships over three evenings instead of the normal two.
Despite the weather, there was anexcellent turnout at Dam Park, particularly
in the younger age groups. Club champions and runners-up were decided as
follows:
Under 20 and senior men: 1. Andrew McElwee (senior) 45 points; 2. Jonathan
Thompson (U20) 39; 3. Fraser McKenzie (U20) 28.
Under 17 men: 1. Andrew Murphy 47 points; 2. James Armstrong 31; 3. Shaun
Rennie 30.
Under 15 boys: 1. Niall McHugh 46 points; 2. Jonathan Hendry 28½; 3. Lewis
McMillan 24; 4. Ryan Muir 18; 5. Miki Csiky 10; 6. Callum Gillespie 9½.
Under 13 boys: 1. Fraser Angus 35 points; 2. Ewan McLevy 30; 3. Lewis Ross
28½; 4. Andrew Peck 15; 5. Callum Meldrum 14; Others: Yeugeniy Hildbrandt 10,
Harry McLarty 10, Ewan McCracken 9½, Jaymie Donnelly 7, Jack Taylor 3, Peter
Mangan 2, Jack Schendel 2.
Under 11 boys: 1. Daniel Martin 27½ points; 2. Ollie Mossie 22; 3. James Kerr
21½; 4. Steven Martin 19½; 5. Blair McMeechan 8; 6. Robbie Swift 5½; 7. Thomas
Kerr 5; 8. Greig Oakley 5; 9. Declan McGee 5; 10. Scott Sprang 3; 11. Russell
Connor 3; 12. Lewis Morrison 3; 13. Brendan Lynch 2; 14. Peter Winston 2; 15.
Callum Lawrie 1.
Under 20 and senior women: 1= Megan Logue (senior) and Aileen Rennie (U20) 40
points; 3. Hazel Jamieson 16.
Under 17 women: 1. Carolyn Harvey 46 points; 2. Caitlin Gillon 25; 3. Rebecca
McVeigh 7.
Under 15 grls: 1. Rebecca Spence 30 points; 2. Sophie Dunlop 27; 3. Alison
Harvey 24; 4. Lisa Rennie 20; 5. Charlotte Crossland 18; 6. Laura Williamson 16;
7. Kirstin Oakley 13; 8. Katie Vallance 12; 9. Louisa Kelly 10; 10. Ciara Bell
6,.
Under 13 girls: 1. Louise Murray 46 points; 2. Georgia Brawley 25; 3. Nadia
Simpson 24; 4. Antonia Craig 20; 5. Jennifer McVeigh 18; 6. Rebecca Martin 10½;
7. Hannah Paisley 10; 8. Victoria Black 9; 9. Emma Graham 7; 10. Rhea McTaggart
7; 11. Anna George 6; 12. Rebecca Simpson 6; 13. Ella McMeechan 6; 14. Amy
Topping 6; 15. Rebecca Watson 6; 16. Cloe Gillon 5½; 17. Darcy Pickard 5; 18.
Megan Short 5; 19. Rebecca Topping 4; 20. Rebecca Donald 4; 21. Katie McAlpine
4; 22. Chloe Smith 2; 23. Natasha Martin 2; 24. Lucy Nicol 2; 25. Emma McCulloch
1.
Under 11 girls: 1. Louise Fraser 33 points; 2. Megan Niven 21; 3. Stephanie
Craig 16; 4. Caitlin Chilton 14½; 5. Erin Moore 12; 6. Charlotte McDowall 6½; 7.
Zoe Tulloch 6; 8. Lucy Glendinning 6; 9. Jenna Anderson 5; 10. Jemma Munro 3;
11. Eilidh Carswell 2; 12. Abi Taylor 2; 13. Jade Heppenstall 2; 14. Gabby
Williamson 2.
Trophies will be presented on Saturday, November 12 at the Horizon Hotel. In
addition, there will be awards to the club athletes of the year (still to be
decided), Seaforth athletes who were placed in the top three at Scottish and UK
Championships this year and club road race champions.
There will be a meal before the presentations followed by a disco/dance
catering for all ages.
Four Ayr Seaforth members competed in the Pitreavie Young Athletes
Trophy meeting on Sunday.
This annual fixture is considered to be one of the best young athletes’
competitions of the year and so it proved with many top performances from some
of Scotland’s best youngsters.
Seaforth’s star performer was 10-year-old Louise Fraser from Troon who has
already set the heather on fire this year with some outstanding sprint results.
She won two trophies, finishing second in the under 11 girls’ 75 metres
(11.67 secs) and third in the 150 metres (23.47 secs).
Fraser Angus, 11, has also enjoyed a successful year in his sprint races but
is fast developing into an excellent long jumper, an event in which he finished
second with 4metres 36.
He was one of the youngest sprinters, reaching the final of the 100 metres
where he was fifth in 14.64. In a quality 200 metres, he was third in his heat
(29.62 secs).
Fraser will stay in the under 13 boys’ age group next year while many of the
boys he competed against on Sunday move up to the under 15s.
Charlotte Crossland, 13, faced stiff competition in the under 15 girls 100
metres where she was fourth in her heat. In the 75 metres hurdles, she was
seventh in her heat in 14.10 secs.
Twelve-year-old Katie McAlpine was fifth in her 100 metre heat in 16.23 secs.
Seaforth’s club championships started last week but due to the heavy rain on
Tuesday evening, the high jump was postponed until Tuesday this week.
All other events have been completed and final results will be announced next
week.
Ayr Seaforth coaches were disappointed at their club’s low turnout for the
final open athletics competition in perfect weather at Dam Park last Wednesday.
Organised by Ayrshire Harriers Clubs Association and supported by South
Ayrshire Council, there was an excellent number of athletes from Kilmarnock
Harriers and North Ayrshire AC.
However, there were still many encouraging results on the night from Seaforth
athletes as the following highlights show:
Females: under 11 girls: 80m: Louise Fraser was fastest overall in an
excellent 12.41 secs. Under 15 girls: Ayrshire mile: Kirstin Oakley looked an
impressive winner in 5.25.92. Senior women: high jump: Hazel Jamieson continues
in good form to win in 1m 60.
Males: under 17 men: 3000m: Finlay Rae was a brave winner in 8.58.83 and just
failed to break a long standing under 17 record (8.46) held by Ayrshire athlete
Robert Lynch in 1976. Unfortunately, Finlay had to run his own race and had no
serious competition with no senior men or under 20 runners in the race.
Under 13 boys: 100m: Fraser Angus was fastest overall in 14.37 and won the
long jump with 4m40. 1500m: Ewan McLevy was a clear winner in 5.37.46 and second
in the long jump with 4m 06. shot putt: Andrew Peck is fast establishing himself
in the throws with a win in the shot (7m14) and also the javelin (18m 37).
Under 11 boys: Daniel Martin was an impressive double winner in 80m (12.39)
and in the 600m (1.59.34).
Under 17 men: Andrew Murphy was in top form in the shot putt, winning with
14m41 and a fine second in the high jump with 1m80.
Under 15 boys: high jump: Scott McAnally, just back after injuring his ankle,
was a comfortable winner with 1m65.
Senior men: 400m: Andrew McElwee was a clear winner in 52.95.
Seaforth club track and field championships started on Tuesday evening and
continue on Thursday evening at Dam Park.
Championships cover all age groups. Competition is for points in all the
events to produce a champion and a runner-up in each age group.
Teenager Sam Revie starred for Scotland at the UK School Games at Sheffield
on Saturday.
The 16-year-old Ayr Seaforth flier finished third in the 100 metres in a new
personal best 11.06 secs which now ranks him number one in Scotland in the under
17 age group.
Sam, a pupil of Marr College, was also part of the 4x100m Scotland relay team
which was third in 42.54 secs.
Scotland returned with five gold, six silver and four bronze medals to finish
sixth overall in an event won by the team from London.
Each of the 12 sports included is combined into a four-day games environment
designed to replicate the feel of major events such as the Olympics and
Commonwealth Games.
The annual event brings together 1600 young people of school age to live
together and get the feeling of what it is like to compete at the highest level
as athletes.
In August, Sam competed for Scotland at Antrim in the Celtic Games in the
4x100m relay and also in an invitation 100 metres which he won in 11.41 secs.
In July, at the under 18 Scottish Championships, he finished third in both
the 100m (11.38 secs) and 200 metres (22.86 secs).
Sam’s coach at Seaforth is Kenny Campbell and he will be delighted and
rightly proud that after a successful year of continued improvement, Sam is
ranked number one in Scotland on his latest 100 metres performance.
More support will be needed for the Ayr Seaforth five mile river race and 3k
family run to continue.
That’s the warning after a poor turnout for the races which started at Dam
Park and headed along the River Ayr walk, through Craigie Park before finishing
back at the stadium.
Despite perfect weather conditions, only 31 competitors took part in the five
mile race and just 21 competitors in the 3k family run.
Seaforth secretary Glen Harrower said: “These races have been held for three
years with the support of South Ayrshire Council but if they are to continue
next year, there must be more support from local runners in particular.”
Five mile results: 1 Chris Upson (Westerlands) 29.06; 2 Chris Clark (Glasgow)
30.57; 3 Euan Webster (Seaforth) 31.37; 4 Martin McCrorie (FSR) 32.20; 5 Stuart
McLean (FSR) 32.24; 6 Louise Hill Stirling (Seaforth) 32.57; 7 Bobby Miller
(Troon) 34.17; 8 Gareth Brown 34.37; 9 Craig Brown (Troon) 34.37; 10 Natalie
Fleming (Troon) 34.48; 11 Val Martin (Dales) 35.28; 12 Kenneth Fowler (Troon)
35.36; 13 Ian Davidson (Girvan) 36.01; 14 John Plumridge (Galloway) 36.12; 15
James McLevy (Seaforth) 36.29; 16 Anne Noble (Troon) 37.32; 17 David Mitchell
(Kilmarnock) 37.39; 18 Martin Fraser (38.25); 19 Mark McFarlane 38.42; 20 Bruce
Walker (Troon) 39.13.
21 David Etchells (Troon) 39.51; 22 Laurie Shedden 40.08; 23 Tom Gillespie
(Jog Scotland) 40.17; 24 Derek Richards 41.19; 25 Fiona Mathewson (Solbad)
42.16; 26 Ian Mathewson 42.19; 27 Jack Maxwell (Girvan) 42.35; 28 Lorri Graham
(Galloway) 46.58; 29 Simon Taggart (Galloway) 47.55; 30 Ann Dale (Kilbarchan)
56.16; 31 William Drysdale (Law and Dist) 59.24.
3k race: 1 Kirstin Oakley 11.49; 2 Lisa Rennie 12.03; 3 Fraser Stirling
12.09; 4 Ewan McLevy 12.17; 5 Daniel Martin 12.35; 6 Louisa Kelly (all Seaforth)
12.39; 7 Russell Lockie 13.19; 8 Greig Oakley (Seaforth) 13.34; 9 Yvegeny
Hildebrandt 13.52; 10 Calum Meldrum 16.08; 11 Rebecca Martin (all Seaforth)
17.17; 12 Lewis Martin (Struthers) 18.39; 13 Steven Martin (Seaforth) 19.04; 14
Tracy Martin (Seaforth) 19.04; 15 Scott Williams 19.08; 16 Ian Lockie 19.08; 17
Charlie Hamilton 19.40; 18 Margaret Hamilton 20.25; 19 Pauline Robertson 20.25;
20 Callum Hannah 21.19;21 Kayla Christie (Kincaidston PS) 24.18; 22 Scott
Christie 24.18.
Ayr Seaforth athletes flew the flag for team west coast in the annual inter
region match at Wishaw.
But they were unable to stop the east team carrying off the top prize in a
match which also featured Highlands & Islands, Central, Tayside & Fife and
Grampian.
Saturday’s results: Under 18 men: Andrew Murphy: pole vault 1st in 3m70 (pb),
1st in long jump 6m28, 2nd in 100m hurdles 15.21; Sam Revie: 2nd in 100m 11.26 (pb),
3rd in 200m in 22.65; James Armstrong: 1st in javelin in 46m67; Shaun Rennie:
2nd in triple jump in 11m92 (pb); Wallace Graham: in winning 4x100m relay.
Under 18 women: Aileen Rennie: 1st in javelin in 35m03; Hazel Jamieson: 1st
in high jump in 1m65; Caroline George: 1st in 100m in 13.01, 2nd in 200m in
27.01.
Under 16 boys: Scott McAnally: 2nd in high jump in 1m70.
Under 16 girls: Carolyn Harvey: 2nd in 80m hurdles in 3.13, 3rd in 300m in
44.64 (pb).
Sunday’s results: Under 20 women: Rachel Hunter: 4th in hammer in 46m11.
Meghan Logue was fourth in the 400m, was third in the 4x100 relay and second in
the 4x400 relay. Rachel also competed in the 4x100m relay.
Also, on Sunday at Wishaw, a team of six boys and six girls from Ayrshire
competed in an Interfacility (Stadium) Challenge from stadiums all over
Scotland.
Seaforth were represented by three boys: Andrew Peck (shot putt: 7m50),
Jonathan Hendry (100m) and Fraser Paterson (100m).
Girls competing were Rebecca Spence (100m) and Emily McAlpine (hgh jump).
This was an under 14 team and all team members ran in a mixed /medley relay:
2x100m, 2x600m, 2x200m and 2x600m. The team finished fifth from seven teams.
No results were announced during the competition or posted up at the stadium
but the Seaforth young athletes performed with great credit.
lRachel Hunter retained her title at the Cowal Games last weekend. She won
the putting of the Cowal stone, shot putt, weight for distance, Scots hammer and
weight over the bar (narrowly missing out on a new games record of 12ft 6).
Rachel, 18, came second in tossing the caber and was narrowly beaten by the
last throw of the competition although she had been leading up until then.
This confirmed her as overall winner, beating both Scottish and international
athletes. One female competitor came from Iceland.
lFixtures: on Wednesday, August 31, the final open athletic competition of
the season takes place at Dam Park for all age groups from 7pm.
There are track and field events with medals for all top three placed
athletes up to under 17 in all events.
The Seaforth club track and field championships will be held at Dam Park on
Tuesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 8.
Ayr Seaforth men finished fourth in the final match in Scottish Athletic
League Division Two at Grangemouth.
And that left them a disappointing seventh overall at the end of the season.
League winners were Shettleston Harriers.
Team result (match points, followed by league points): 1. Shettleston
Harriers 402 (10); 2. Falkirk Victoria 365 (9); 3. Whitemoss 292 (8); 4. Ayr
Seaforth 240 (7); 5. Corstorphine 205 (6); 6. Fife 203 (5); 7. Kilbarchan 154
(4); 8. Clydesdale 115 (3). Dunfermline and Kirkintilloch Olympians finished
with no points.
Match points (followed by league points): Shettleston Harriers 1438 (38);
Falkirk Victoria 1452 (36); Whitemoss 1098 (31); Kilbarchan 1097 (26);
Corstorphine 979 (26); Fife 858 (19); Ayr Seaforth 653 (16); Clydesdale 416
(11); Dunfermline 208 (7); Kirkintilloch 51 (1).
Seaforth results: 100m (A): W Graham (U17) 7th in 11.71; (B) J. Thompson
(U20) 2nd in 11.77; 200m (A): J Thompson (U20) 6th in 24.21; (B) S. Thompson
(U20) 1st in 23.76.
400m (A): A. McElwee (sen) 5th in 53.44; (B) A. Gray (U20) 3rd in 53.30; 800m
(A) : B. Steven (U17) 8th in 2.15.16; 1500m (A): F. Rae (U17) 2nd in 4.06.86;
(B) J. Wales (sen) 5th in 4.30.71.
110m hurdles (A):A. McElwee (sen) 2nd in 18.27; 400m hurdles: (A) A. McElwee
1st in 61.41; (B) A. Gray (U20) 64.71.
Long jump: (A) J.Thompson (U20) 5th in 5m53; (B) F. McKenzie (U20) 2nd in
4m18; high jump (A): A. McElwee 4th in 1m75; (B) S. Rennie (U17) 3rd in 1m50;
triple jump: (A) S. Rennie (U17) 4th in 11m78; shot putt: (A): A. Gray (U20) 7th
in 8m14; javelin: (A) J. Wales (sen) 5th in 30m87; (B): J. Thompson (U20) 3rd in
29m61.
Ayr Seaforth athletes face a busy weekend at Wishaw when they will wear
regional colours.
On Saturday, under 16 and under 18s compete for West Coast while on Sunday,
it’s the turn of under 20 and seniors.
Six boys and six girls will compete for Team West in an under 14 championship
on Sunday.
The Seaforth organised River Ayr five mile race and 3k family run will take
place on Wednesday, August 24, starting from Dam Park.
The race starts at 7.15pm. Entry fee is £6 for Scottish Athletics members and
£8 for non members. Minimum age is 15 on day of the race.
The 3k run (1.9 mile) family run leaves from Dam Park at 6.30pm. Entry on the
night is £1 for all. Registration for both events is from 5.30pm.
Details from Laurence Baker (tel: 07887 794 882).
On Wednesday, August 31, the final open track and field meeting of the
season, organised by Ayrshire Harriers Association, takes place at Dam Park from
7pm.
Ayr Seaforth athletes struck gold at the Scottish Athletics Combined Events
Championships at Grangemouth.
And Finlay Rae won silver in the 2000 metres steeplechase in the English (AAA)
under 17 championships at Bedford.
Claire Taylor, winner of the Scottish under 20 indoor pentathlon in February,
took the Scottish under 20 women’s heptathlon with three personal best
performances: 100m hurdles (15.73 pb), high jump (1m39), shot putt (7m86), 200m
(26.54 pb), long jump (4.66) and javelin (21.36) and 800m (2.38.35 pb). Her
total points were 3766 (pb).
Andrew Murphy, who only last week at Stoke won the under 17 England (AAA)
Combined Events Championship, won the Scottish under 18 decathlon championship
with three personal bests: 100m (11.74 pb), long jump (6.24), shot putt (12.37),
high jump (1.82), 400m (53.54 pb), 110m hurdles (15.33), discus (38.28), pole
vault (3.60 pb), javelin (40.11) and 1500m (5.05.59). His total points of 6181
is a new Scottish record in this new age group.
Carolyn Harvey won silver in the under 16 girls Scottish pentathlon
championship with four pbs: long jump (4.80), 80m hurdles (12.91 pb), shot putt
(8.53 pb), high jump (1.42 pb), 800m (2.43.36 pb). Her total points of 2694 was
a pb.
Former Seaforth star Laura McGawn, now a top senior athlete in the RAF and
competing for Windsor Slough & Eton, won gold in the Scottish senior heptathlon
championship.
Seaforth’s Rachel Hunter won all SIX female throw events at the Cumnock
Highland Games.
Rachel, who is 18 next week, competed in the shot, stone, weight for
distance, weight over the bar, Scot’s hammer and caber.
Now she is looking forward to the Cowal Highland Games where she won a
special award last year.
A small contingent of Ayr Seaforth athletes won three gold, six silver and
seven bronze medals in the national under 16, under 18 and under 20
championships at Scotstoun.
Golds went to Rachel Hunter (U20 shot putt 12m 08), Andrew Murphy (U18 shot
putt 13m 42) and Hazel Jamieson (U18 high jump 1m 63).
Other Saturday results: male U18: Andrew Murphy, 2nd in long jump (6m 30) and
2nd in 110m hurdles (14.96); Sam Revie, 3rd in 100m (11.38) and 3rd in 200m
(22.86); James Armstrong, 2nd in javelin (43m 70); Wallace Graham, 6th in 100m
(11.70).
Females: U18: Aileen Rennie, 2nd in javelin (40m 34 pb); Carolyn Harvey, 5th
in 300m hurdles (49.38); Caroline George, 4th in 100m (13.13) and 5th- in 200m
(26.29).
Sunday’s results: females: U20: Rachel Hunter, 2nd in discus (32.51) and 3rd
in hammer (49.57); Aileen Rennie, 2nd in javelin (33.64); Meghan Logue, 3rd in
400m (61.50) and 3rd in 800m (2.31.77); Claire Taylor, 3rd in 100m hurdles
(16.51), 3rd in javelin (27.79) and 4th in long jump (4.73).
U16: Carolyn Harvey, 7th in 80m hurdles (13.36, heat 13.32).
Scott McAnally was injured in his warm-up for the under 16 high jump and did
not compete in that event. However, he did attempt the shot putt on one leg and
finished fourth with 11.80.
Fixtures: Sunday: Ayrshire Track and Field Championships for all age groups
from under 11 to seniors/masters take place at Dam Park on Sunday.
Track events start with hurdles at noon, field events start at 11.30am with
under 11 boys and girls long jump, followed by under 11 shot putt.
Under 13 boys discus starts at 11.30 am followed by javelin. Sprints will
start at approximately 1pm followed by 1500m at around 2pm. 300m/400m around
2.45pm, 5000m around 3pm, 150m/200m around 3.45pm, 600m/800m around 4.15pm.
Other field events are high jump, shot putt, discus and triple jump. Entries
from 10.30am. Pre-entries required for hurdles events. All entries close at 1pm.
Ayrshire Harriers young athletes team finished third in the Scottish league
final at Scotstoun on Sunday.
The team, comprising athletes from Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and
North Ayrshire, came home behind Edinburgh AC (913 points) and second placed
Giffnock North AC (766 points).
Ayrshire were only 18½ points behind Giffnock North who now travel to
Birmingham with Edinburgh AC for the UK Young Athletes League final.
The final placings for second and third were only decided as the last events
were completed. It came as a big disappointment when the final points score was
announced that Giffnock had just pipped Ayrshire for the trip to Birmingham.
There were several outstanding results from Ayrshire and Seaforth athletes in
particular who achieved grade one, two, three and four standards.
The award for best under 17 male track athlete went to Seaforth sprinter Sam
Revie who was the double gold winner of the under 17 men’s 100 metres (11.14
sec) and 200 metres (22.71) both pbs and both grade one standards.
Match points: Edinburgh AC 913 pts; Giffnock North 766; Ayrshire Harriers
747½; Team Hippo (North Scotland) 589½; Inverness Harriers 500½; Kilbarchan 482;
Pitreavie 421½; Falkirk Victoria 237.
Seaforth results: U17 men: Sam Revie: 100m 1st, 1.14 (G1) and 200m 1st, 22.71
(G1), both pbs and best U17 male track athlete award; Andrew Murphy: 100m
Hurdles, 1st 13.78 (G2); shot, 1st, 13-56 (G1); pole vault, 2nd, 3-20 (G4);
Finlay Rae: 1500m steeplechase 1st, 4.32.17 (G2), javelin ‘B’: 1st, 28.28; shot
‘B’: 8.57; Shaun Rennie: triple jump: 2nd, 11.81 (G4); 100m hurdles ‘B’: 3rd,
21.12; 400m hurdles, 7th, 71.69; James Armstrong: javelin 1st, 46.83 (G3), high
jump, 2nd, 1.65, discus, 5th. 21.61.
U17 women: Carolyn Harvey: 300m hurdles 3rd, 49.30 (G4), 80m hurdles, 4th,
13.43; high jump, 5th, 1.40; Rebecca McVie: discus 3rd, 19.13; hammer 3rd,17.22;
shot ‘B’: 1st, 6.45.
U15 boys: Scott McAnally: high jump, 1st, 1.70 (G2); shot, 11.74 (G3); discus
2nd, 29.79 (G3); Niall McHugh: 100m ‘B’: 2nd, 2.81; 200m ‘B’ 3rd, 26.0; Jonathan
Hendry: high jump ‘B’: 4th, 1.40; long jump 7th 4.25.
U15 girls: Sophie Dunlop: 75m hurdles, 3rd, 12.48 (G3); 200m ‘B’ 6th, 29.19;
Ailie Shanks: 100m, 5th, 13.62; 200m, 6th, 28.54; Rebecca Spence: 100m ‘B’, 4th,
13.64; Kirsten Oakley: 1500m ‘B’: 3rd, 5.31.04; Lisa Rennie: 800m, 6th, 2.37.50;
Charlotte Crossland: 75m hurdles ‘B’ 6th, 13.83; Alice Arnold: high jump 5th,
1.30; Alison Harvey: long jump ‘B’: 8th, 3.77.
U13 boys: Lewis Ross: 800m, 5th, 2.30.01 (G4); long jump ‘B’ 2nd, 4.05;
Andrew Peck: shot, 3rd, 7.51 (G4); Ewan McLevy: 800m ‘B’, 3rd, 2 41.99; long
jump, 4th, 4.09; shot ‘B’ 3rd, 5.46; Stuart Dunlop: 75m hurdles, 4th, 15.89;
high jump, 6th, 1.20; Fraser Paterson: 100m, 7th, 15.29; 200m 6th, 30.91; Morgan
Fitzsimmons: 100m ‘B’: 8th, 15.54; 200m ‘B’: 7th, 33.76.
U13 girls: Louise Murray: 75m hurdles 2nd, 12.44 (G2); long jump ‘B’ 2nd,
3.97 (G4), shot 5th, 6.48; Nadia Simpson: 150m, 8th, 22.34 (G4).
Fixtures: Saturday: Scottish Athletics under 18 track/field Championships at
Scotstoun. Sunday: Scottish Athletics : Under 20 Track/Field Championships at
Scotstoun and Scottish Under 16 Championships.
Only two Ayr Seaforth female athletes competed in the Scottish senior
championships at Scotstoun last weekend – but both did so with great credit.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hunter won bronze medals in the hammer (50 metres
37) and shot putt with a personal best of 12 metres 65.
Caroline George, 16, lined up against top senior sprinters in the 100 metres
final and finished an excellent fifth in 12.46 secs.
On Sunday, she was seventh in the final of the 200 metres in 25.68, behind
Scottish champion and British athlete Lee McConnell (23.49).
Both Rachel (U20) and Caroline (U18) will next compete in their own age group
national championships at Scotstoun on July 30.
Also competing in the senior 100 metres final was former Seaforth
sprinter/hurdler Laura McGawn (ex-Wellington School) and now an officer in the
RAF (PE).
The aspiring heptathlete/muli-events, who is now running with Windsor Slough
& Eton, finished fourth in 12.29, just in front of Caroline George in a close
finish.
Disappointingly, Seaforth had no under 14 athletes competing at the inaugural
new age group championships. As forecast last week, the overall turnout from
clubs was low and being in the middle of the school holidays clearly was a major
reason.
On Sunday, from six teams entered in the Scottish Junior 4x100m relay
championships, Seaforth fielded only three teams which again was very
disappointing.
The best team performance came from the under 14 girls team which finished an
excellent fourth in the final. The team was Alison Harvey, Katie Vallance, Emily
McAlpine and Ailie Shanks.
The under 16 girls team, which finished seventh in the final, was Sarah
Paterson, Sophie Dunlop, Alice Arnold and Carolyn Harvey.
Also finishing seventh was the under 16 boys team of Ryan Muir, Scott
McAnally, Stephen Mexson and Niall McHugh.
Fixtures: the climax of the Scottish Young Athletes League is on Saturday at
Scotstoun where the Ayrshire Young Athletes team from Seaforth, Kilmarnock
Harriers and North Ayrshire AC compete in the Scottish Young Athletes League
final.
If the Ayrshire team finish second on Saturday they will accompany the
leading club and favourites to win, Edinburgh AC, to Birmingham for the UK Young
Athletes League final.
The big question for team managers revolves around availability. With a
strong team in the boys and girls age groups, under 13, under 15 and under 17,
Ayrshire could pull it off.
The team bus leaves Ayr Rail Station car park at 9am, Irvine at 9.30am and
Kilmarnock at 9.45am.
Ayr Seaforth finished in mid division in the third and final match of the
Central and South of Scotland League at Scotstoun.
Several events were not covered due to the holidays. The final team result
was not available due to team changes on the day and final ratifications of
results not completed.
Seaforth results: Under 11 boys: 80m: J. Coston 1st 11.9; ‘B’: J. Kerr 1st
11.9; long jump: J. Kerr 3.86 (pb); ‘B’: D. Mossie 1st 3.62; 600m: G. Oakley 2nd
2.01.5 (pb); ‘B’: R. Swift 1st 2.03.8; 4x100m: 1. O. Mossie, J. Kerr, J. Coston,
R.Swift 62.3.
Under 13 boys: 100m: F. Angus 2nd 14.1; ‘B’: F. Paterson 3rd 15.4; 800m: L.
Ross 2nd 2.31.0 (pb); shot putt: A. Peck 3rd 7.60 (pb); ‘B’: C. Meldrum 1st 6.37
(pb); high jump: F. Angus 2nd 1.25; ‘B: F. Paterson 1st 1.20; javelin: A. Peck
4th 14.78; ‘B’: C. Meldrum 6th 8.22; 4x100m: 1. F. Angus, L .Ross, F. Paterson,
C. Meldrum 58.6.
Under 15 boys: 100m: R. Muir 6th 13.5; ‘B’: C. Gillespie 7th 13.9; 400m: J.
Hendry 6th 67.4; 800m: A. Black 5th 2.24; high jump: S. McAnally 1st 1.75; ‘B’:
J. Hendry 1st 1.45; shot putt: S. McAnally 1st 12.77; long jump: J. Hendry 6th
4.42; ‘B’: R. Muir 2nd 4.40; 4x100m: 4. C. Gillespie, R. Muir, S. McAnally, J.
Hendry.
Under 17 men: 100m: W. Graham 3rd 11.6; ‘B’: S. Rennie 8th 13.5; high jump:
W. Graham 6th 1.50; ‘B’: S. Rennie 1st 1.50; long jump: S. Rennie 6th 5.01; ‘B’:
W. Graham 1st 4.85; senior men: 100m: J. Thompson 12.1; ‘B’: F. McKenzie 6th
12.7 (pb); 400m: A. McElwee 4th 53.4; ‘B’: F. McKenzie 3rd 67.8 (pb); javelin:
J. Thompson 30.20; ‘B’: A. McElwee 2nd 25.84; high jump: A. McElwee 1st 1.70;
‘B’: J. Thompson 1st 1.65; shot putt: A. McElwee 6th 6.92; 800m: J. Wales 2.04.6
(pb); ‘B’: R. Connolly 5th 2.10.9; 4x 400m: 2. J. Thompson, R. Connolly, A.
McElwee, J. Wales.
Masters/vets: 100m: J. McGarrry 3rd 13.00; ‘B’: B. McKenna 2nd 15.6 (pulled
up injured).
Under 11 girls: 80m: C. Chilton 5th 13.3; ‘B’: A Ireland 6th 13.19; 600m: K.
Harper 5th 2.13.2; ‘B’: E. Carswell 3rd 2.21.0; 4x100m: 5. A. Ireland, K.
Harper, C. Chilton, E. Carswell.
Under 13 girls: 100m: G. Brawley 5th15.0; ‘B’: E. McAlpine 2nd 14.8; long
jump: E. McAlpine 5th 3.35; ‘B’: K. McAlpine 5th 3.28; shot putt: L. Murray 2nd
6.75; ‘B’: H. Paisley 2nd 5.72; javelin: L. Murray 16.84; ‘B’: H. Paisley 12.05;
4x100m: 4. A. George, E. McAlpine, K. McAlpine, G. Brawley.
Under 15 girls: 100m: S. Dunlop 4th13.7; ‘B’: A. McGinley 2nd 13.5; 800m: L.
Rennie (nt); ‘B’: C.Hutton 4th (nt); shot putt: C. Hutton 7th 5.63; ‘B’: L.
Rennie 7th 4.46; long jump: L. Rennie 7th; ‘B’: C Hutton 2nd- (nj); 4x100m: 5.
L. Rennie, S. Dunlop, C. Hutton, A. McGinley.
Under 17 women: 300m: F. Wales 4th 46.9; 100m: F. Wales 5th 13.8.
Senior women: 100m: M. Logue 3rd 13.3; 800m: M. Logue 4th 2.37.7.
Fixtures: The new experimental age group under 14 national championships
re-classified are at Scotstoun on Saturday.
The combination of a new age group and the timing of this event in the middle
of school holidays could have repercussions and a poor entry is forecast.
The same problems could arise on Sunday for the Scottish Junior under 14,
under 16, under 18 4x100m relay championships at Scotstoun.
Seaforth have teams entered in all these new age groups and team managers are
hoping that athletes will be available on the day.
Gwen McFarlane, Ayr Seaforth’s multi-talented veteran throws Scottish and
British champion over many years made a remarkable return after injury from a
fall to medal at the British Masters Track and Field Championships at
Birmingham’s Alexandra Stadium.
With little or no training Gwen competed in the W55 age group and produced
the following results.
Discus: 1st in 20 metres 57; javelin: 1st in 20.46; hammer: 3rd in 24.26;
shot putt: 4th in 7.27.
Gwen recently retired as a PE teacher at Ayr Academy where she encouraged and
coached her pupils in athletic events.
Her most successful pupil was Sean Carson who became Scottish under 17 and
under 20 javelin champion and Scottish schools javelin champion but was
tragically killed in a road accident before he could fulfil his great potential.
Gwen is an inspiration to all of Seaforth’s aspiring throws athletes.
Also competing at Birmingham was Irvine Athletic Club’s remarkable veteran
sprinter John McGarry who completed a double gold in the M60 age group with wins
in the 100 metres (13.16 secs) and 200m (26.77 secs) to become British Masters
sprint champion. John competes for Seaforth in masters sprints in league
competitions.
Special mention for another remarkable veteran athlete – 74-year-old Willie
Kenny who lived in Girvan before emigrating to New Zealand.
Willie returns to Scotland every year when he can to compete in major and
minor track races: 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 3000m steeplechase.
Competing at the British Masters, he finished second in the M70-75’s 800
metres. Willie was at Dam Park last month for an open meeting, running the 3000
metres in 14.09.65.
lTHREE of Seaforth’s elite young female athletes competed well for Victoria
Park/ Glasgow senior women’s team on Sunday at Wigan in the UK Women’s League.
The outstanding result came from 17-year-old Rachel Hunter who won the hammer
with a personal best throw of 52.93 and followed with a first in the ‘B’ shot
putt in 11.55 (finishing second overall in the shot ).
Aileen Rennie, 17, was second in the javelin with an excellent 35.26.
Sixteen-year-old Caroline George was first in the 200m ‘B’ (25.94), second in
the 100m ‘B’ (12.93) and was in the winning 4x100m relay team.
Ayr Seaforth finished in mid division in the third and final match of the
Central and South of Scotland League at Scotstoun.
Several events were not covered due to the holidays. The final team result
was not available due to team changes on the day and final ratifications of
results not completed.
Seaforth results: Under 11 boys: 80m: J. Coston 1st 11.9; ‘B’: J. Kerr 1st
11.9; long jump: J. Kerr 3.86 (pb); ‘B’: D. Mossie 1st 3.62; 600m: G. Oakley 2nd
2.01.5 (pb); ‘B’: R. Swift 1st 2.03.8; 4x100m: 1. O. Mossie, J. Kerr, J. Coston,
R.Swift 62.3.
Under 13 boys: 100m: F. Angus 2nd 14.1; ‘B’: F. Paterson 3rd 15.4; 800m: L.
Ross 2nd 2.31.0 (pb); shot putt: A. Peck 3rd 7.60 (pb); ‘B’: C. Meldrum 1st 6.37
(pb); high jump: F. Angus 2nd 1.25; ‘B: F. Paterson 1st 1.20; javelin: A. Peck
4th 14.78; ‘B’: C. Meldrum 6th 8.22; 4x100m: 1. F. Angus, L .Ross, F. Paterson,
C. Meldrum 58.6.
Under 15 boys: 100m: R. Muir 6th 13.5; ‘B’: C. Gillespie 7th 13.9; 400m: J.
Hendry 6th 67.4; 800m: A. Black 5th 2.24; high jump: S. McAnally 1st 1.75; ‘B’:
J. Hendry 1st 1.45; shot putt: S. McAnally 1st 12.77; long jump: J. Hendry 6th
4.42; ‘B’: R. Muir 2nd 4.40; 4x100m: 4. C. Gillespie, R. Muir, S. McAnally, J.
Hendry.
Under 17 men: 100m: W. Graham 3rd 11.6; ‘B’: S. Rennie 8th 13.5; high jump:
W. Graham 6th 1.50; ‘B’: S. Rennie 1st 1.50; long jump: S. Rennie 6th 5.01; ‘B’:
W. Graham 1st 4.85; senior men: 100m: J. Thompson 12.1; ‘B’: F. McKenzie 6th
12.7 (pb); 400m: A. McElwee 4th 53.4; ‘B’: F. McKenzie 3rd 67.8 (pb); javelin:
J. Thompson 30.20; ‘B’: A. McElwee 2nd 25.84; high jump: A. McElwee 1st 1.70;
‘B’: J. Thompson 1st 1.65; shot putt: A. McElwee 6th 6.92; 800m: J. Wales 2.04.6
(pb); ‘B’: R. Connolly 5th 2.10.9; 4x 400m: 2. J. Thompson, R. Connolly, A.
McElwee, J. Wales.
Masters/vets: 100m: J. McGarrry 3rd 13.00; ‘B’: B. McKenna 2nd 15.6 (pulled
up injured).
Under 11 girls: 80m: C. Chilton 5th 13.3; ‘B’: A Ireland 6th 13.19; 600m: K.
Harper 5th 2.13.2; ‘B’: E. Carswell 3rd 2.21.0; 4x100m: 5. A. Ireland, K.
Harper, C. Chilton, E. Carswell.
Under 13 girls: 100m: G. Brawley 5th15.0; ‘B’: E. McAlpine 2nd 14.8; long
jump: E. McAlpine 5th 3.35; ‘B’: K. McAlpine 5th 3.28; shot putt: L. Murray 2nd
6.75; ‘B’: H. Paisley 2nd 5.72; javelin: L. Murray 16.84; ‘B’: H. Paisley 12.05;
4x100m: 4. A. George, E. McAlpine, K. McAlpine, G. Brawley.
Under 15 girls: 100m: S. Dunlop 4th13.7; ‘B’: A. McGinley 2nd 13.5; 800m: L.
Rennie (nt); ‘B’: C.Hutton 4th (nt); shot putt: C. Hutton 7th 5.63; ‘B’: L.
Rennie 7th 4.46; long jump: L. Rennie 7th; ‘B’: C Hutton 2nd- (nj); 4x100m: 5.
L. Rennie, S. Dunlop, C. Hutton, A. McGinley.
Under 17 women: 300m: F. Wales 4th 46.9; 100m: F. Wales 5th 13.8.
Senior women: 100m: M. Logue 3rd 13.3; 800m: M. Logue 4th 2.37.7.
Fixtures: The new experimental age group under 14 national championships
re-classified are at Scotstoun on Saturday.
The combination of a new age group and the timing of this event in the middle
of school holidays could have repercussions and a poor entry is forecast.
The same problems could arise on Sunday for the Scottish Junior under 14,
under 16, under 18 4x100m relay championships at Scotstoun.
Seaforth have teams entered in all these new age groups and team managers are
hoping that athletes will be available on the day.
Ayrshire's Young Athletes Team finished excellent runners-up in the latest
league match at Grangemouth.
The team, made up of athletes from Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and
North Ayrshire AC, were beaten only by Edinburgh A.C
And they also qualified for the prestigious Scottish Young Athletes League
Final at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow on Saturday, July 23.
The match score on Sunday was: 1st Edinbugh AC 678 points; 2nd Ayrshire
Harriers 551; 3rd Giffnock North AC 474; 4th Kilbarchan AC 463; 5th Pitreavie AC
431; 6th Central AC 401; 7th VP Glasgow 353; 8th Shettleston Harriers 262.
Qualifiers for the final: Edinburgh (24 match points), Ayrshire (20),
Giffnock (19), Kilbarchan (12), Pitreavie (12).
There were several National Grades achieved on Sunday as shown against the
individual results by G1 :G2 :G3 :G4 which highlights the high level of
performances.
Individual Results ( Ayr Seaforth Athletes ) :
Under 13 Boys: Fraser Angus: 100m (A), 3rd, 14.09; 200m, 2nd, 29.36; Long
jump, 2nd, 4.17 (G4).
Ewan McLevy: 1500m(B), 6th, 5.32.53; Long jump (B), 1st, 3.92; Shot (B), 4th,
5.31.
Lewis Ross: 800m (B), 1st, 2.32.18 (G4); 75m, hurdles (B), 4th, 16.07.
Stuart Dunlop: 75m hurdles (A), 5th, 15.46; 200m (B), 6th, 32.08.
Andrew Peck: Shot Putt (A), 4th, 6.93 (PB).
4x100m Relay Team, 1st (56.8); F. Angus; I. Wilson (N. Ayrshire) E. McLevy,
L. Ross.
Under 15 Boys: Scott McAnally: High Jump (A), 1st, 1.73 (G1); Javelin (A),
1st, 30.44; Shot Putt (A), 1st, 10.83 (G4).
Niall McHugh: 100m (B),12.80; 200m (B), 3rd, 26.73.
Ryan Muir: High Jump (B), 2nd, 1.50.
Under 17 men: Sam Revie, 100m (A), 1st, 11.44 (G3); 200m (A), 1st, 23.18
(G3).
Andrew Murphy: 100m hurdles (A), 2nd, 14.09 (G3); 400m hurdles (A); 2nd, 58.8
(G3); Pole Vault (A), 1st, 2.80.
Finlay Rae: 1500m (A), 1st, 4.05.68 (G2); Javelin (B), 2nd, 30.39.
Wallace Graham: 200m (B), 1st, 24.24; Angus Arnold: 400m (A), 4th, 55.22;
James Gaffney: Javelin (A), 1st, 40.60 (G4); Shot Putt (A), 1st, 12.49 (G3).
Under 13 Girls: Louise Murray: 70m hurdles (A), 2nd, 12.86 (G4).
Nadia Simpson: 75m (B), 3rd, 11.39; Shot Putt (B), 3rd, 6.03.
Under 15 Girls: Sophie Dunlop: 75m hurdles (A), 3rd, 12.72 (G4); 100m (B),
3rd, 13.87.
Ailie Shanks: 100m, 6th, 13.99; Christie Hutton: 1500m, 3rd, 5.53.43; Alison
Leckie: 200m (A), 7th, 29.25
Charlotte Crossland: 75m hurdles, 4th, 13.95; Lisa Rennie: 800m (A), 5th,
2.34.79; Alison Harvey: Long Jump (A), 8th, 3.89.
Under 17 Women: Carolyn Harvey: 300m hurdles (A), 3rd, 50.7 (G4); 80m Hurdles
(A), 6th, 14.46; Long Jump (A), 4th, 4.71.
An all age group Ayr Seaforth team finished a disappointing fifth from eight
clubs in the second match in the Central and South of Scotland Athletic League.
Seaforth were hit by lack of numbers in the under 17 and senior age groups,
both males and females, at cold and windy Grangemouth.
After two league matches, the club is fourth overall with only one fixture to
come on Sunday, July 3 at Scotstoun.
Sunday’s team result: 1. Law & District 1032 pts; 2. Airdrie Harriers 853; 3.
Shettleston 833; 4. Giffnock North 758; 5. Ayr Seaforth 752; 6. Victoria
Park/Glasgow 691; 7. Livingston 669; 8. Dunfermline & West Fife 642.
After two matches, overall placings are: 1. Law & District 2157 pts; 2.
Giffnock North 1858; 3. Airdrie Harriers 1846; 4. Ayr Seaforth 1761; 5.
Shettleston 1647; 6. Victoria Park/Glasgow 1438; 7. Dunfermline & West Fife
1385; 8. Livingston 1338. Results are subject to final scrutiny.
Individual results: Under 11 girls: 150m: 1. L.Fraser 24.00; ‘B’: 4. M. Niven
25.90; 600m: 5. M. Niven 2.17.7; ‘B’: 4 S. Craig 2.26.4; long jump: 7.
L.Davidson 2m 74; ‘B’: 8. A. Ireland 2m 05; 4x100m: 3rd in 68.00.
Under 13 girls: 75m hurdles: 1. L. Murray 12.80; ‘B’: 4. J. Mcveigh 15.90;
200m: 5. L. Murray 31.00; ‘B’: 1. G. .Brawley 29.90; 1200m: 7. C. McAllister
4.45.5; shot putt: 8. J.McVeigh 5m44; ‘B’: 3. G.Brawley 4m 99; high jump: 2. L.
Murray 1m35; ‘B’: 1. E. McAlpine 1m33; :4x100m: 1st in 58.30.
Under 15 girls: 75m hurdles:1. S. Dunlop 12.90; ‘B’: 1. C. Crossland 14.50;
1500m: 1. K. Oakley 5.02.03; 200m: 3. A. Shanks 29.00; ‘B’: 5. A. Leckie 29.20;
shot putt: 7. A. Harvey 5m70; ‘B’: 5. A.Shanks 4m93; javelin: 6 .K. Oakley
11m14; ‘ B’: 4. A. Harvey 9m43; high jump: 7. C. Crossland 1m25; ‘B’: 3. A.
Harvey 1m20; 4x100m: 3rd in 56.60.
Under 17 women: 200m: 5. F. Wales 28.70; 1500m: 4. S. Taylor 5.28.9; discus:
2. R. McVeigh 20m 63; shot: 3. R. McVeigh 7m28.
Senior women: 200m: 2. M. Logue 28.60; 1500m: 3. K. Sprang 5.35.8; long jump:
4. M .Logue 3m46; javelin: 6. K. Sprang 10m56.
Masters women: 200m: 4. S. Ramage 34.90.
Under 11 boys: 150m: 2. J.Coston 23.30; ‘B’: 1. S. Martin 23.90; long jump:
4. D. Martin 3m50; ‘B’: 2. S. Sprang 3m23; 600m: 1. D. Martin 2.01.2; ‘B’: 3. G.
Oakley 2.12.3; 4x100m: 3rd in 64.10.
Under 13 boys: 75m hurdles: 1. S. Dunlop 16.2; ‘B’: 1. E McLevy 17.2; 200m:
1. F. Angus 29.70; ‘B’: 3. E. McLevy 31.1; 1500m: 4. F. Stirling 5.23.9; ‘B’: 2.
E. McLevy 5.37.1; high jump: 4. F. Angus 1m20; ‘B’: 2. M. Davidson 1m15; long
jump: 1. F. Angus 4m24 (pb); ‘B’: 2. S. Dunlop 3m55 (pb): 4x100: 2nd in 59.30.
Under 15 boys: 200m: 6. R. Muir 29.00; ‘B’: 4. L. McMillan 29.50; high jump:
1. S. McAnally 1m70; ‘B’: 1. R. Muir 1m55; javelin: 2. S. McAnally 35m48; long
jump: 4. R. Muir 4m67; ‘B’: 4. D. Iannotti 3m71;: 4x100m: tteam disqualified,
changeoverfault.
Under 17 men: 200m: 2. S. Revie 23.40; ‘B’: 3. W. Graham 24.50; javelin: 1.
J. Gaffney 42.03; ‘B’: 1. S. Revie 27.80; shot putt: 2. J. Gaffney 12.35; ‘B’:
2. W. Graham 7.12.
Senior men: 200m: 6. F. McKenzie 28.3 (pb); long jump: 8. F. McKenzie 4.02;
1500m: 7. J. Wales 4.25; javelin: 4. J. Wales 27m49; ‘B’: 6. F. McKenzie 13.18.
Masters men: 200m: 4. J. McGarry 27.6.
l Three of Ayr Seaforth’s elite under 20 women competed at the highest level
on Saturday in the UK Women’s League Division Two at London’s Copthall Track.
Sixteen-year-old Caroline George was second in the ‘A’ string 100 metres in
12.56 secs and rounded off with a season’s best third in the 200 metres ‘A’ race
in 25.59 secs.
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hunter continued her progress in the ‘A’ hammer
finishing second with 49metres 56 and first in the ‘B’ shot putt with 11 metres
55 (third overall in shot putt).
Seventeen-year-old Aileen Rennie also gained invaluable experience with a
fine fourth in the ‘A’ javelin throwing 36 metres 85.
Fixtures: Friday and Saturday: Scottish Secondary Schools track and field
championships at Grangemouth.
Wednesday, June 15: at Dam Park, the second open track and field meeting for
all age groups starting at 7pm with a 3000 metres race for seniors and under
17s.
There are also sprints 150m (under 11) and 200m (all other ages), 600m (under
11) and 800m (all other ages), long jump, shot putt, high jump and javelin (all
ages except javelin for under 11).
Under 17 athletes and below will be awarded medals for place finishing in
first three. The meeting is organised by Ayrshire Harriers Clubs’ Association in
conjunction with South Ayrshire Council.
Ayr Seaforth stars were on top form for Team West in the second match of the
Scottish Women’s League at windy Meadowbank on Sunday.
Caroline George had a season’s best when winning the senior women’s 100m in
12.49 secs.
There were two personal best performances from Ailie Shanks. She was third in
the under 15 girls 100m in 13.27 secs and sixth in the 200m in 27.76 secs.
There was an excellent win and personal best from Louise Murray in the under
13 girls 70m hurdles,
An impressive throw came from Rachel Hunter who was second in the senior
women’s hammer with 47m 62.
Carolyn Harvey was second in the under 17 women’s 80m hurdles in 13.15 secs
while Hazel Jamieson won the senior women’s high jump in 1.55.
Ayrshire youngsters finished a creditable third in the second match of the
Scottish Young Athletes League at Scotstoun.
The team, comprising athletes from Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and
North Ayrshire AC, was weaker than the team which finished second in the opening
match.
On Sunday, Ayrshire finished behind winners Edinburgh AC and runners-up
Giffnock North. The under 17 men’s team, in particular, suffered from absences
due to injuries and higher exam studies.
Points: Edinburgh AC 592, Giffnock North 537,Ayrshire Harriers 458, Central
AC 397, Kilbarchan 369, Pitreavie 362, Victoria Park Glasgow 350, Shettleston
270.
Seaforth results: under 13 boys: 100m: 5. Fraser Angus 14.05; ‘B’: 4. Oliver
Smith 15.31; 200m: 3. Fraser Angus 29.27; ‘B’: 3. Oliver Smith 30.17; 75m
hurdles ‘B’: 1. Ewan McLevy 16.29; 800m: 6. Ewan McLevy 2.44.97; long jump: 3.
Ewan McLevy 4.05; ‘B’: 3. Fraser Angus 3.99; high jump: 6. Oliver Smith 1.15;
4x100 relay: 4. Fraser Angus, Ewan McLevy, Oliver Smith 59.87.
Under 15 boys: 80m hurdles: 5. Scott McAnally 14.27; long jump ‘B’: 8. Scott
McAnally 3.96; shot putt: 1. Scott McAnally 10.79.
Under 17 men: 1500m steeplechase: 1. Finlay Rae 4.27.07 (pb); 800m ‘B’: 4.
Ben Steven 2.19.60; discus: 2. James Armstrong 26.33; ‘B’: 3. Ben Steven 12.36;
high jump: 5. James Armstrong 1.55; triple jump ‘B’: 2. James Armstrong 8.99;
shot putt: 6. Ben Steven 7.00.
Under 13 girls: 150m ‘B’: 2. Georgia Brawley 22.09; 70m hurdles: 1. Louise
Murray 12.63; 1200m ‘B’: 6. Yvonne Hoffen 5.04.50; long jump: 2. Louise Murray
4.02; 4x100m: 2. Louise Murray, Georgia Brawley 57.88.
Under 15 girls: 100m ‘B’: 3. Sophie Dunlop 13.59; 75m hurdles: 3. Sophie
Dunlop 12.56; ‘B’: 5. Charlotte Crossland 13.93; 1500m: 2. Kirstin Oakley
5.03.78; 200m: 5. Ailie Shanks 27.96; long jump: 8. Alison Harvey 3.85.
Under 17 women: discus: 4. Rebecca McVeigh 20.28; shot putt ‘B’: 3. Rebecca
McVeigh 7.32.
Seaforth athletes face a busy Sunday with the senior and junior men competing
in the Scottish League at Grangemouth.
The females compete for Team West in the Scottish Women’s League at
Meadowbank.
The Land O`Burns 10k road race, organised by Seaforth and supported by South
Ayrshire Council, takes place on Wednesday, May 25 from Seafield pavilion at the
Old Racecourse.
Entries on the night, registration from 5.30pm. Race starts at 7.30pm. Enter
online at http://www.entrycentral.com
A total of 675 runners competed in 32 races at the South Ayrshire primary
school relays.
Entries at Dam Park were again up on previous years with 21 teams from 12
larger schools (roll over 200 pupils) and a substantial increase of 18 teams
from 14 of the district's smaller schools (less than 200 pupils).
While 18 schools from the total of 26 participating were in top three
placings, the competition was all about a fun day's exercise.
The best overall performing school prizes went to Dundonald with 10 points
(smaller schools) and Forehill with seven points (larger schools) who pipped
Kingcase due to a higher number of first places.
Results: smaller schools: P6 boys 4 x 100m: 1. Monkton (63.5); 2. Annbank
(65.2); 3. St Patrick's (65.8).
P6 girls 4 x 100m: 1. Dundonald (67.6); 2. Holmston (67.8); 3. Struthers
(68.8).
P7 boys 4 x 100m: 1. Struthers (62.2); 2. Tarbolton (63.7); 3. Dundonald
(64.5).
P7 girls 4 x 100m: 1. Symington (65.2); 2. Dundonald (65.6); 3. Struthers
(68.3).
P7 boys 3 x 600m: 1. Struthers (6.24.2); 2. Tarbolton (6.32.2); 3. Dundonald
(6.42.2)
P7 girls 3 x 100m: 1. Dundonald (7.01.6); 2. St. Ninian's (7.18.2); 3.
Holmston (7.27.3)
Larger schools: P6 boys 4 x 100m: 1. Troon ‘A’ (61.6); 2. Glenburn (61.9); 3.
Alloway ‘A’ (62.6).
P6 girls 4 x 100m: 1. Wellington (65.9); 2. Alloway ‘A’ (66.4); 3. Doonfoot
(67.1).
P7 boys 4 x 100m: 1. Forehill ‘A’ (59.8); 2. Dalmilling ‘A’ (60.1); 3.
Heathfield (60.4)
P7 girls 4 x 100m: 1. Forehill (61.4); 2. Kingcase (62.3); 3. Heathfield
(62.7).
P7 boys 3 x 600m: 1. Kingcase (6.14.8); 2. Alloway (6.15.7); 3. Heathfield
(6.16.8).
P7 girls 3 x 600m: 1. Grammar (6.19.7); 2. Kingcase (6.30.7); 3. Forehill
(6.38.9).
The relays were organised by Ayr Seaforth Athletic Club, Ayrshire Harriers,
South Ayrshire Sports Council with assistance from Active Schools Group.
The new age groups in Scottish athletics were used for the first time at Scotstoun in cold and blustery conditions last weekend.
Several Ayr Seaforth athletes competed in the under 16 and under 18 track and
field events.
Results: U16 females: 80m hurdles: 2. Carolyn Harvey 14.89; 100m: 7 (heat):
Alison Leckie 14.42; 200m: 5 (heat): Alison Leckie 29.77.
U18 females: javelin: 1. Aileen Rennie 36.36; high jump: 3. Hazel Jamieson
1.65 (pb); long jump: 1. Carolyn Harvey 5.13 (pb); high jump: 3. Scott McAnally
1.65; 300m hurdles: 1. Carolyn Harvey 49.01 (pb)
U20 women: hammer: 2. Rachel Hunter 47.99; discus: 7. Rachel Hunter 26.06.
Fixtures: Sunday: the second match of the Scottish Young Athletes League
takes place at Scotstoun. The Ayrshire Harriers team, comprising athletes from
Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock and North Ayrshire, are hoping to repeat their good
show from the first match when they finished second to Edinburgh AC.
Team bus leaves Ayr rail station car park at 9.15am.
Ayrshire Harriers are off to a flying start in the first meeting of the
Scottish Young Athletes League.
The combined team of Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and North Ayrshire AC
finished second to a strong Edinburgh AC team at Grangemouth.
Points: Edinburgh AC 638½ pts; Ayrshire Harriers 591½; Giffnock North 494½;
Pitreavie 439; Victoria Park Glasgow 410; Kilbarchan 392; Shettleston Harriers
358½; Central AC 307.
Seaforth results: Under 13 boys: 100m: 5. Fraser Angus 14.02; ‘B’: 5. Ewan
McLevy 14.93; 200m: 4. Fraser Angus 29.36; ‘B’: 4. Ewan McLevy 30.21; 75m
hurdles: 2. Lewis Ross 16.14; 800m ‘B’: 1. Lewis Ross 2.37.71.
Under 13 girls: 150m: 2. Nadia Simpson 21.17; 70m hurdles: 1. Louise Murray
12.90; 75m ‘B’: 1. Nadia Simpson 10.85.
Under 15 boys: 100m ‘B’: 2. Niall McHugh 13.03; 200m: 4. Niall McHugh 26.85;
800m ‘B’: 5. Andrew Black 2.26.84.
Under 15 girls: 100m ‘B’: 2. Sophie Dunlop 13.59; 1500m: 2. Kirstin Oakley
4.56.87 (pb); 200m: 3. Ailie Shanks 28.51; 75m hurdles: 3. Sophie Dunlop 12.65;
800m: 5. Lisa Rennie 2.35.55.
Under 17 men: 100m hurdles: 2. Andrew Murphy 13.95; 1500m: 1. Finlay Rae
4.13.65; 200m ‘B’: 3. Angus Arnold 24.83; 400m: 5. Angus Arnold 55.72; 400m
hurdles: 2. Andrew Murphy 60.7.
Under 17 women: 300m hurdles: 4. Carolyn Harvey 50.7; 80m hurdles: 5th in
13.29.
4 x 100m: Under 13 boys (F.Angus, E. McLevy, L Ross and I Wilson) 2nd in
57.56; Under 15 boys: (N McHugh) 6th in 56.36; Under 13 girls: (Nadia Simpson,
Louise Simpson) 1st in 57.75; Under 15 girls: (Ailie Shanks, Sophie Dunlop) 6th
in 55.12; Under 17 men: (Angus Arnold, James Armstrong) 3rd in 47.66; Under 17
women: (Carolyn Harvey) 4th in 52.7.
Field events: Under 13 boys: long jump: 5. Ewan McLevy 3.73; shot putt: 6.
Andrew Peck 5.70; Under 13 girls: 2. Louise Murray 3.98; under 15 boys: long
jump: 3. Scott McAnally 4.68; shot putt: 1. Scott McAnally 10.89.
Under 15 girls: high jump ‘B’: 3. Alice Arnold 1.30.
Under 17 men: javelin: 1. James Armstrong 46.29; ‘B’: 1. Finlay Rae 34.03;
shot: 1. Andrew Murphy 14.85 (pb); ‘B’: 2. James Armstrong 10.21.
Under 17 women: shot putt ‘B’: 2. Carolyn Harvey 7.32
Ayr Seaforth athletes produced several personal best performances to finish
third in the first match of the Central and South of Scotland League at Wishaw
on Sunday.
Despite the Easter holiday weekend and school exams looming, Seaforth members
still produced a solid team performance, particularly in the younger age groups.
Match points: Law & District AC (on home ground Wishaw) 1054 pts; Giffnock
North 1024; Ayr Seaforth 907; Airdrie Harriers 858; Shettleston Harriers 750;
Dunfermline & West Fife 690; Victoria Park/ Glasgow 663; Livingston 589.
Seaforth’s next induction course for young athletes age nine to 13 starts on
Tuesday evening, May 10 at Dam Park. Applications by e-mail only to
info@ayrseaforth.co.uk
Fixtures: Saturday: Scottish Athletics under 14 inter regional facility
challenge and under 16/under 18 national open at Scotstoun.
Sunday: Scottish under 18 open and under 20/senior Loughborough trials also
at Scotstoun.
Monday: South Ayrshire Primary Schools relay championships at Dam Park from
10am.
With only nine athletes and several events not covered, it was no surprise
that Ayr Seaforth men’s team could finish only sixth from 10 clubs at the first
match of the Scottish League Division Two.
The main problems were due to injuries to key team members and
non-availability of other key players at Grangemouth.
Sunday’s team result: 1. Whitemoss 321 pts; 2. Falkirk Victoria Harriers 317;
3. Shettleston Harriers 284; 4. Corstorphine 278; 5. Kilbarchan 240; 6. Ayr
Seaforth 216; 7. Fife 204; 8. Dunfermline & West Fife 90; 9. Clydesdale 58; 10.
Kirkintilloch Olympians 55.
Seaforth results: 100m: S. Gibson 8th 11.99; 200m (A) competitor
disqualified; (B) S.Gibson 3rd 24.19; 400m: N Burnside 2nd 51.54; (B): A. Arnold
2nd 55.30; 800m: C. Garrett 6th 2.03.69; 1500m: G.Templeton 6th 4.24.79 (pb);
110m hurdles: A. McElwee 2nd 19.72; 400m hurdles: A. McElwee 1st 59.42.
Long jump: A. McElwee 3rd 5m-91; (B) S. Gibson 5th 4m62; triple jump:
S.Rennie 4th 10m 90 (pb); high jump: A.McElwee 4th 1m 70; (B): S. Rennie 3rd
1m40; shot putt: C. Garrett 7m41; javelin: C. Garrett 5th 29m-90; (B):
N.Burnside 3rd 25m31.
4x100m: 2nd in 46.19 (S. Gibson, A. Arnold, C. Garrett, N.Burnside); 4x400m:
2nd in 3.33.2 (C. Garrett, A. McElwee, G. Templeton, N. Burnside).
lSeaforth athletes helped Team West finish second with 400 points in the
first match of the Scottish Women’s League at Meadowbank.
Results: senior women: Rachel Hunter: hammer: 3rd in 48.12, discus: 4th in
29.81, shot: 3rd in 11.10, javelin: 5th in 23.26; Caroline George: 100m: 2nd in
12.61, 200m: 4th in 25.63; Alexandria Lamond: 3000m: 1st in10.25.37, 800m ‘B’:
2nd in 2.33.68, javelin ‘B’: 3rd in 17.88.
Under 17 women: Carolyn Harvey: 300m hurdles ‘B’: 2nd in 49.23 (pb), long
jump: 4th in 4.71; 80m hurdles ‘B’: 1st in 13.22 (pb); Rebecca McVeigh: shot
‘B’: 3rd in 6.80; discus ‘B’: 4th in 10.27 (pb).
Under 15 girls: Alice Arnold: high jump: 5th in 1.30m, shot ‘B’: 6th in 5.44
(pb); Sophie Dunlop: 100m: 4th in 13.66 (pb), 75m hurdles: 2nd in 12.67; Lisa
Rennie: 800m: 4th in 2.39.27; Kirstin Oakley: 1500m: 2nd in 5.02.30 (pb).
Under 13 girls: Louise Murray: long jump: 1st in 4.11 (pb), 70m hurdles ‘B’:
2nd in 12.92; Georgia Brawley: 100m ‘B’: 2nd in 14.73 (pb); Nadia Simpson: 200m
‘B’: 1st in 29.21 (pb), shot: 5.40 (pb).
Senior relay: 3rd in 50.75 (Caroline); Under 15 girls: 4th in 55.00 (Sophie);
Under 13 girls: 1st in 56.92 (Georgia, Nadia, Louise).
lTwelve-year-old Ailie Shanks had two personal bests at the Nithsdale AC open
graded meeting on Sunday.
She won the under 15 girls 200m in 27.8 secs and was third in the 100m with
13.7 secs.
lFixtures: the Ayrshire Harriers young athletes team, comprising members from
Ayr Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and North Ayrshire AC, travel to Grangemouth
on Sunday for the first match in Scottish Young Athletes League Division One.
The team bus leaves Ayr rail station car park at 9am prompt.
Seaforth athletes resume their normal training schedules at Dam Park on
Tuesday and Thursday nights this week. Relining work at the track is now
complete.
More than 200 athletes competed in the first open competition of the 2011
outdoor season at sunny and breezy Saltcoats on Sunday.
The meeting was transferred from Dam Park due to track re-lining work on the
resurfaced track.
The meeting was organised by Ayrshire Harriers Clubs Association in
conjunction with K. A. Leisure and featured a good number from Ayr Seaforth.
Seaforth results: U13 girls hurdles (final): 1. Louise Murray 12.9; 6.
Shannon Young 20.1; U15 girls hurdles (final): 1. Sophie Dunlop 12.5; 5.
Charlotte Crossland 14.7.
U11 girls 80m: 1. Louise Fraser 12.00; U13 girls 80m: heat one: 2. Georgia
Brawley 12.1; heat two: 1. Louise Murray 11.7; heat three: 1. Nadia Simpson
11.4; 7. Cloe Gillon 14.6; U15 girls 100m heat one: 1. Sophie Dunlop 13.8; 2.
Alison Leckie 14.0; 4. Ranbir Sall 14.8; heat two: 3. Ailie Shanks 14.1.
U17 women 100m: 3. Caitlin Gillon 14.3; U15 girls 1500m: 1. Kirstin Oakley
5.09.3; U11 girls 150m: 1. Louise Fraser 22.9; U13 girls 150m heat two: 1. Nadia
Simpson 20.8; heat three: 1. Georgia Brawley 21.8; U15 girls 200m heat one: 1.
Alison Leckie 28.6; heat two: 2. Ailie Shanks 28.1 (pb); U15 girls 800m: 5. Lisa
Rennie 2.41.5; 8. Leigh McLevy 2.52.2; U17 women 300m: 2. Carolyn Harvey 44.7 (pb).
Long jump: U13 girls: 1. Louise Murray 4.00m; 4. Georgia Brawley 3.53; 6.
Shannon Young 3.18; U15 girls: 2. Eleanor Jones 4.25 (pb); 3. Alison Harvey
3.83; 5. Alice Arnold 3.72; U17 women: 1. Carolyn Harvey 477.
Shot putt: U13 girls: 4. Nadia Simpson 5.39; 6. Shannon Young 4.67; U15
girls: 5. Alison Harvey 5.39; U17 women: 2. Carolyn Harvey 7.00; senior women:
1. Rachel Hunter 10.25.
High jump: U15 girls: 2. Alice Arnold 1.30; 4= Charlotte Crossland 1.15.
Javelin: U15 girls: 4. Lisa Rennie 10.02; Discus: senior women: 1. Rachel
Hunter 31.88; hammer: senior women: 1. Rachel Hunter 46.37.
Male results: U11 boys 80m: heat one: 6. Greg Oakley 15.0; heat two: 3.
Steven Martin 12.7; U13 boys 100m: heat one: Jaymie Donnelly 15.0 (pb); heat
two: 1. Fraser Angus 13.1 (pb).
U15 boys 100m (final): 2. Niall McHugh 13.2; U17 men 100m (final): 2. Angus
Arnold 12.2; U20 men 100m (final): 3. Jonathan Thompson 11.9; 4. Scott Gibson
12.5; 6. Fraser McKenzie 15.2; U11 boys 150m heat one: 1. Daniel Martin 21.5;
heat two: 3. Steven Martin 23.0.
U13 boys 200m (final): 1. Fraser Angus 28.8 (pb); 2. Ewan McLevy 30.1 (pb);
3. Morgan Fitzsimmons 32.0 (pb); 5. Jaymie Donnelly 32.6 (pb); U15 boys 200m: 1.
Niall McHugh 26.5 (pb); U20 men 200m: 3. Jonathan Thompson 24.2; 4. Scott Gibson
24.4; senior men 200m: 1. Andrew McElwee 24.1.
U11 boys 800m (final): 3. Daniel Martin 2.48.9; 9. Greg Oakley 3.11.3; U13
boys 800m (final): 3. Lewis Ross 2.38.9; 5. Ewan McLevy 2.51.6; senior men 400m
final: 1. Andrew McElwee 51.6.
Long jump: U11 boys: 1. Daniel Martin 3.39; 3. Steven Martin 3.12; U20 men:
1. Fraser McKenzie 4.59.
Javelin: U20 men: 1. Fraser McKenzie 11.10; shot putt: U13 boys: 2. Andrew
Peck 6.58.
Ayr Seaforth athletes are in action at a double header on Sunday as the
Scottish outdoor league season kicks off.
The females head to Meadowbank in the first match of the Scottish Women’s
League. They are part of the combined Team West which also includes athletes
from Whitemoss, Kilbarchan and Giffnock North.
The men are at Grangemouth for the first meeting in Division Two of the
Scottish League after being relegated last season.
The Ayr Seaforth club cross country championships were decided after the
national cross country championships at Falkirk.
The championship points were based on the results of the best three from five
races: Ayrshire relays (October), Kilmarnock Harriers races (November), Ayrshire
cross country championships (November), West District cross country
championships and National croaa country championships (February).
Results:
SENIOR MEN: 1st (Champion) - Greg Templeton (30 points): 2nd Equal (Runners -
up) - Andrew Rae & Laurence Baker (26 points): 4th - Tom McCulloch (14): 5th -
Neil Burnside (10): 6th - Ian Baird (6): 7th - Callum Aitkenhead (6): 8th -
Barry Duddy (5): 9th - Peter Laing (4).
UNDER 17 MEN: 1st (Champion) - Finlay Rae (30): 2nd (Runner - up) - Ewen
Webster (26): 3rd - Scott Jones (6)
UNDER 15 BOYS: 1st (Champion) - Ben Steven (30): 2nd equal(Runners - up) -
Shaun Rennie & Andrew Black (24): 4th - James Pettigrew (16)
UNDER 13 BOYS: No boys completed three races (no champion or runner up): Connor Gracie (2 races=20 points): Jonathan Henry (1 race =8 pts): Nathan
McAllister (1 race=6 pts)
UNDER 11 BOYS: 1st (CHAMPION) - Daniel Martin (28): 2nd (Runner - up) - Ewen
McLevey (26): 3rd - Steven Martin (17): 4th - Greg Oakley (9): 5th - Lewis Ross
(6): 6th - Cameron Black (5): 7th - Oliver Smith (4)
SENIOR WOMEN: 1st (Champion) - Louise Hill - Stirling (30 points): 2nd
(Runner - up) - Toni McIntosh (26): 3rd Laura Wallace (6)
UNDER 17 WOMEN: 1st (Champion) - Sarah Cassels (30): 2nd (Runner - up) -
Katie Sprang (24): 3rd - Lauren Goldie (18)
UNDER 15 GIRLS: 1st (CHAMPION) - Louisa Kelly (30): 2nd (Runner - up) - Emma
Vallely (24): 3rd - Leigh McLevy (22): 4th - Laura Meader (5)
UNDER 13 Girls: 1st (Champion) - Kirsten Oakley (30): 2nd (Runner - up) -
Lisa Rennie (24): 3rd - Christie Hutton (18): 4th - Rebecca Martin (6): 5th -
Lara Carey (6): 6th - Hannah Pettigrew (5): 7th - Siobhan Rae (5): 8th - Brook
Finlay (4): 9th - Amy Palmer (4)
UNDER 11 GIRLS: 1st (Champion) - Rhea McTaggart (30).
Fixtures: On Sunday at Saltcoats on the new track next to St Matthews
Academy, the first open track and field meeting of the outdoor season is
organised by Ayrshire Harrier Clubs’ Association in conjunction with K.A.
Leisure.
The meeting has been transferred from Dam Park as the new track at Ayr will
be relined starting on April 10.
The track at Ayr will be closed for club training from April 10 to 22
(inclusive) subject to weather. It is hoped to return to normal training at Dam
Park on Tuesday, April 26.
Club coaches will be making alternative training arrangements during this
period away from Dam Park.
The Saltcoats meeting starts at 11.30am with a full track and field programme
for all ages from under 11 upwards. Registration from 10.30am, entries after
11.30am will close 20 minutes before each event.
The first event is sprint hurdles and this must be pre-entered through clubs
or direct with Bill Simpson (tel: 01292 270317) ore-mail billsimpson@uku.co.uk
This meeting will count as part of the selection process for the Ayrshire
Harriers Young Athletes track and field team, U13, U15 and U17 age groups which
will compete in the Scottish Young Athletes League.
The annual Scottish 6 & 4 stage Road Relay Championships were held at
Livingston on Sunday where Ayr Seaforth Men’s team finished a respectable 32nd
place from 56 teams starting. With 3 veterans/masters in the team (Peter Laing,
Tom McCulloch & Laurence Baker) the team balance came from the younger seniors
(Neil Burnside, Greg Templeton & Paul Turnbull). The team recorded a slightly
faster time than last year, overall finishing time was 2 hours 52 mins, 38 secs.
Full Results:-
Stage 1: (3.15 miles) 15th, Neil Burnside 17:35
Stage 2: (5.85 miles) 25th, Greg Templeton, 35:32
Stage 3: (3.15 miles) 30th Peter Laing 20:44
Stage 4: (5.85 miles) 29th Paul Turnbull, 38:36
Stage 5: (3.15 miles) 33rd, Tom McCulloch, 22:26
Stage 6: (5.85 miles), 32nd, Laurence Baker 37:45
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Day
Ayr Seaforth's junior endurance athletes brought the winter season to a close
at the Scottish Junior Road Race Championships at Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow.
From 12 athletes taking part, there were three top 10 finishes, including a
silver medal for Kirstin Oakley.
She rounded off a super cross country season to take second place in the
under 13 girls race. The silver medal was a fantastic addition to the two
national cross country titles which she had won already this winter and an
excellent fourth place in the McCains UK Cross Country series.
In the same race, there were road race debuts for Amy Palmer and Siobhan Rae
who helped give Seaforth eighth team slot. Louisa Kelly continued her recent
goodracing form in the under 15 girls race to finish an excellent 17th. Leigh
McLevy was 40th in the same race.
Louise Hill-Stirling was the sole entrant for the under 20 women’s race and
was an excellent sixth. She ran a fast 19:08 for the 5k course.
The under 15 boys race saw Ben Steven and James Pettigrew both run strongly
to finish 33rd and 37th respectively. Finlay Rae used the under 17 men's race to
help prepare for his duathlon and finished a creditable fifth.
Euan Webster had another solid performance to take 14th place while third
team counter Adam Steven was 31st. The Seaforth team finished fourth, narrowly
missing out on the bronze medal.
Andrew Rae rounded off the day in the under 20 men's race, finishing 22nd in
17:05.
Seaforth results: under 13 girls: 2. Kirstin Oakley 9:31; 42. Amy Palmer
11:19; 46. Siobhan Rae 11:24; 8th team.
Under 15 girls: 17. Louisa Kelly 14:55; 40. Leigh McLevy 16:58.
Under 20 women: 6. Louise Hill-Stirling 19.08.
Under 15 boys: 33. Ben Steven 13:45; 37. James Pettigrew 14:21.
Under 17 men: 5. Finlay Rae 15:58; 14. Euan Webster 17:51; 31. Adam Steven
20:04; 4th team.
Under 20 men: 22. Andrew Rae 17:05.
Six Ayr Seaforth senior road runners took part in Alloa’s annual Half
Marathon on Sunday.
Roadrace secretary, 52-year-old Laurence Baker, was the club`s best performer
finishing 79th from a field of 950 runners in 1 hour 25 mins 10 secs. Laurence
was also second in the over 50s age group.
Other results: 145. Kevin Bloy 1.29.35; 150. Paul Turnbull 1.29.51; 341.
Gillian Geates 1.40.03; 354. Ken Robson 1.41.04 (Ken, 60, was eighthin the over
60 age group); 525. John Strachan 1.48.33.
The next road race is on Sunday, April 3 at Livingston for the Scottish
Athletics Road Relay Championships when Seaforth senior men will run six stages
and Seaforth women four stages.
The Scottish Athletic Indoor League Finals at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on
Sunday 13th brought the Athletics Indoor Season to a fitting climax and a
successful one for Ayr Seaforth teams which qualified after two qualifying
matches in January and February. Five age group teams qualified for Sunday’s
Final and the role of honour reads:U/17 Men: 1st overall: U/20 women: 1st
overall: U/20 Men: 2nd overall: U/11boys:3rd Equal: and U/15 Girls:5th overall.
In addition to the League Results there was a 4x200m Relay competition with
heats and Finals and the highlight of the relay finals was a NEW LEAGUE RECORD
from the current Scottish U/17 Men’s Champions Ayr Seaforth with 1:32.58 sec
beating the old record of 1:33.11 previously held by Edinburgh AC. The U/17
Team was: Sam Revie: Andrew Murphy: Angus Arnold: & Wallace Graham. ....the same
team which produced a new Scottish Record: 1:32.09 on 26th February at the
Scottish Indoor 4x200m Relay Championships.
RESULTS ON SUNDAY:
Female
U/20 WOMEN:Team 1st Overall: Rachel Hunter-Shot Putt-1st-11-29:4th-60mHurdles-11.82:4th-Triple Jump-8-80: Meghan Logue:1st-400m-60.36: 1st-800m-2-31.9:Caroline George:1st - 60m-8.03: 1st-200m-26.3:Hazel Jamieson: 1st-High Jump-1-55: 5th- Long Jump-4-05.
4x200m Relay: 1st: Team: (Meghan Logue: Hazel Jamieson: Rachel Hunter: Caroline George) - 1-54.56
U/15 GIRLS: Team 5th Overall: Sophie Dunlop-1st-60m Hurdles-9.98; 3rd-60m-
8.56 (PB): Alison Leckie-4th-200m-29.1; Alice Arnold-3rd-High Jump-1-40: Eleanor
Jones 5th-300m-52.2; Alison Harvey-5th-Long Jump-3-44; 5th-shot Putt-5m50 (PB): Lisa Rennie-5th -800m-2-46.6
4x200m Relay:Team (A): 5th (Final) (Sophie Dunlop:Alison Lecky: Eleanor
Jones: Airlie Shanks): Team(B):4th (Heat):Christie Hutton:Katherine Trainer:Charlotte Crosland:Katie Valance)-2-03.92.
U/13 GIRLS: 4x200m Relay Team: 3rd (FINAL) (Louise Murray: Emily Calpine: Georgia Brawley: Nadia Simpson) no times available.
Male
U/20 MEN: (Only 2 competitors on Sunday but still finished 2nd Overall):
Jonathon Thompson: 3rd-60m-7.52; 1st -60mHurdles-9.72; 4th-400m-65.56; 2nd
-High Jump-1-55; 2nd -Triple Jump-11-35.
Scott Gibson: 200m-2nd-24.4; 4th -800m-2-45.3:4th-Long Jump-4-75; 3rd -Shot
Putt-6-95
U/17 MEN: Team 1st Overall:Sam Revie- 1st -60m-7.28: Andrew Murphy:1st-60m Hurdles-8.54: 1st-High Jump-1-85 (PB) 1st-Long Jump-6-15: James
Gaffney: 1st Shot Putt-13-12:Scott Jones: 200m-3rd-24.9:400m-5th-:Triple
Jump-5th-9-19: Angus Arnold-800m -4th-2-29.
4x200m Relay (Final): 1st: New Indoor League Record - 1-32.58 (previous
record =1-33.11)
Team: (Sam Revie; Andrew Murphy: Angus Arnold: Wallace Graham)
U/13 BOYS: Team = 4th Overall: Fraser Angus:4th-60m-8.88: Oliver Smith: 2nd- 60m Hurdles-11.74: 4th - 200m-30.4: 3rd -High Jump-1-25: Ewen McLevy: 3rd-800m-2-46.6: 5th -Long Jump-3-68:Andrew Peck- 3rd -Shot Putt-5-93.
4x200m Relay: (FINAL): Unfortunately, the team were disqualified due to an
unlucky lane fault after finishing an excellent 2nd in the Final.
Team: (Fraser Angus: Jason Evans: Ewan McLevy: Oliver Smith)
U/11 BOYS: Team= 3rd Equal with Edinburgh AC
Daniel Martin: 3rd-60m-9.45 (PB); 4th Standing Long Jump-1-71 (PB): Steven
Martin- 5th-600m-2-05.6: Greg Oakley-4th-600m-2-11.2; Jack Colton: 1st-60m-9.57
(PB); 3rd- Standing Long Jump-1-83 (PB)
4x200m Relay: (Final) Team =3rd; (Daniel Martin: Steven Martin: Greig Oakley: Jack Coston)
Ayr Seaforth had a strong contingent of athletes at the Scottish Schools
Cross Country Championships in Irvine last weekend with a total of 17 athletes
participating. Kirstin Oakley claimed a second national title this season in
emphatically winning the Under 14 Girls race. This rounded off a first class
cross country season for the Prestwick Academy athlete which had seen her win
all the major cross country titles in Scotland and finish 4th place overall in
the UK McCain’s Cross Country Challenge. The previous week she had finished in
9th place in the final race in Birmingham. In the same race at Irvine, training
partner Lisa Rennie put in an excellent performance to take 9th place. Finlay
Rae demonstrated that he had fully recovered from illness to take runner-up spot
in the 15-17 years Boys race. In what was undoubtedly the most exciting race of
the day, the Belmont Academy pupil was out-sprinted by Somalian athlete Ahmed
Hassan in the final 100m to narrowly miss out on taking a third Scottish Schools
Cross Country title. He now travels to Loughborough in 2 weeks time to compete
for Ayrodynamic Triathlon Club in the British Duathlon Championships. The other
top performances of the day came from Louise Hill-Stirling and Louisa Kelly.
Louise, representing Girvan Academy, put in a very solid shift to take an
excellent 5th place in the over 17 Girls race whilst Louisa, representing Marr
College finished in an excellent 17th place in the 14-15 Girls race. Full
results were:
Under 14 Girls 1st Kirstin Oakley 10:41 Prestwick Academy 9th Lisa Rennie
11:44 Ayr Academy 26th Hannah Ritchie 12:30 Belmont Academy
14-15 Girls 17th
Louisa Kelly 13:29 Marr College 52nd Leigh McLevy 15:14 Marr College 67th Laura
Meader Marr College 91st Holly Farrell Belmont Academy
15-17 Girls 20th Sarah Cassells 19:01 Queen Margaret Academy
Over 17 Girls 5th Louise Hill-Stirling
17:02 Girvan Academy 16th Katie Sprang 19:13 Craigholme School
14-15 Boys 24th
Andrew Black 16:48 Belmont Academy 35th James Pettigrew 17:34 Prestwick Academy
15-17 Boys 2nd Finlay Rae 18:03 Belmont Academy 24th Euan Webster 20:01 Marr
College 46th Ben Steven 21:47 Prestwick Academy 54th Shaun Rennie Ayr Academy
Over 17 Boys 19th Andrew Rae 23:47 Belmont Academy 34th Callum Aitkenhead 25:58
Belmont Academy 38th David Carter 26:41 Belmont Academy
Most of the athletes will be in action again this weekend at the Scottish
Junior Road Race Championships at Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow.
Ayr Seaforth’s colours were flying high and proudly at the national indoor
championships from Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall to Sheffield on Saturday and Sunday.
The main highlights were provided firstly at Sheffield where 16-year-old
Andrew Murphy finished second with a new Scottish record in the UK under 17
men’s heptathlon championships with 4727 points, just missing gold by two points
and producing five personal best performances from his seven events over two
days.
The main highlight at Glasgow was in the under 17 men’s 60 metres sprint
final when 16-year-old Sam Revie was first and 15-year-old Wallace Graham
finished third, both with personal bests, in a blanket finish in one of the best
races of the day.
Murphy gave an outstanding performance at Sheffield. Competing against the
top 18 multi-event under 17 athletes in Britain, he smashed the Scottish
heptathlon indoor record on his way to silver.
The Girvan Academy pupil was only two points away from gold. Saturday: 60m
4th (7.60 pb); long jump 3rd (6m 24); shot putt 1st (13m 44); high jump 1m 80 (pb).
Sunday: 60m hurdles: 4th (8.62 pb); pole vault 3rd (3m 45 pb); 1000m 3rd
(2-48.15 pb),
This is the outstanding performance of the 2010/2011 indoor season for a
Scottish under 17 male athlete and great credit must go to Andrew’s coach,
master coach Sandy Ewen from Monkton. He predicts a bright future in
multi-events for Andrew who was last year’s Scottish multi-events indoor and
outdoor under 17 champion.
Back at the Kelvin Hall, Saturday was the under 17 and under 20 national open
indoor championships.
Seaforth medal winners were Sam Revie (gold) and Wallace Graham (bronze) in
the under 17 men’s 60 metres; James Gaffney (bronze) under 17 men’s shot putt;
Rachel Hunter (silver) under 20 women’s shot putt and Meghan Logue (bronze)
under 20 women’s 400m and 800m.
Results: U17 men: Sam Revie 1st 60m (7.18 pb); Wallace Graham 3rd 60m (7.24
pb); James Gaffney 3rd shot putt (13m 08); Wallace Graham 5th 200m (24.26,
semi-final 23.39).
U17 women: Carolyn Harvey 4th 60m hurdles (semi-final 9.97, heat 9.94 and 5th
in 200m (semi-final) 28.82 (heat 28.64 pb); U20 men: Scott Gibson 60m heat 7th
(7.78);U20 women: Rachel Hunter 2nd shot putt (11m); Caroline George 4th 60m
(7.89, heat 7.87); Meghan Logue 3rd 400m (60.10), 3rd 800m (ntr); Hazel Jamieson
5th high jump (1m 55).
On Sunday, the under 15 national open indoor championships gave 14-year-old
Scott McAnally another gold medal in the boys’ high jump (1m 70) to add to last
week’s UK indoor gold medal in Birmingham.
Scott then won silver in the shot putt on Sunday with 11m 76 (pb). Scott was
Seaforth’s only under 15 boy competing at these championships which was very
disappointing.
There was, however, a fair representation from the under 15 girls with the
following results:
Alison Leckie 60m 4th (semi-final 8.68) and 200m 4th (semi-final 29.25, heat
28.94); Ailie Shanks 60m 3rd (heat 9.03) and 200m 4th (heat 29.64); Sophie
Dunlop 60m 5th (semi-final 8.69, heat 8.60) and 60m hurdles (6th 9.97);
Charlotte Crossland 60m 6th (heat 9.18) and 60m hurdles 2nd (semi-final 10.90);
Eleanor Jones 200m 4th (heat 29.93).
Seaforth senior men did well to reach the final of the Scottish 4x200m Relay
Championships on Sunday, finishing a close fourth in 1.34.1 but a strong
Edinburgh AC team powered to win in a fast 1.29.56.
The Seaforth team was Ian Kennedy, Andrew McElwee, Scott Gibson and Jonathan
Thompson.
Only two Seaforth athletes took part in an under 13 national open on Sunday
and both produced new bests.
Fraser Angus (age 11): 60m 5th (8.76, heat 8.69 pb) and 200m 3rd (29.06 pb);
Georgia Brawley (age 11): 60m (semi-final) 3rd (9.20 pb) and 200m (heat) 3rd
(31.80.).
Fixtures: Saturday: Scottish Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships at
Irvine.
Sunday: Scottish Athletic Indoor League finals at the Kelvin Hall. Seaforth
have six age group teams competing in the finals plus teams in an extra 4x200m
relay event for all clubs including clubs which failed to qualify for the
finals.
Ayr Seaforth’s under 17 men sprinters are record breakers.
The 4 x 200 metres team broke the Scottish record and championship best
performance not once but twice at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday.
They won the qualifying heat in 1.32.90 and then in the final with an even
faster 1.32.09. The previous best time held by Edinburgh AC was 1.32.87 a year
earlier.
The victorious team was: Andrew Murphy (23.8), Sam Revie (22.4), Angus Arnold
(23.3) and Wallace Graham (22.6).
Runners-up were Giffnock North (1.32.46) while third were last year’s winners
Edinburgh AC (1.33.93).
Club secretary and team manager Glen Harrower said he had witnessed many
successful Seaforth national relay champions over the years but this team was
one of the best. To break the national record and also best championship time
made it extra special.
In the Senior Indoor Championships, former Seaforth sprint and triple jump
champion Stuart Benson, from Troon, now serving in the RAF, celebrated his 30th
birthday by winning the senior men’s 60 metres in 6.98 secs.
Stuart, who was competing for Shaftesbury Harriers, is based at RAF Cosford
where he works in the RAF as a PE instructor.
One of his new ambitions is to train and compete in the RAF bobsleigh team as
the brake /anchor man.
Rachel Hunter, 17, produced a season’s best to take bronze in the women’s
shot putt with 11.54 metres while 16-year-old Caroline George just missed bronze
in the women’s 60 metres also with a season’s best 7.88 secs to finish fourth.
Meanwhile, at Birmingham, 14-year-old Scott McAnally was another gold medal
winner in the under 15 boys’ high jump with a personal best 1.75 metres.
Scott, who was competing at the AAA / UK Indoor Championships, is still an
under 15 competitor but appears to have competed against his elders to win.
Back at the Kelvin Hall, four Seaforth under 13 athletes competed in an
indoor under 13 Stadia STAR Challenge competition.
This was an Ayrshire select against teams from all over Scotland and
consisted of four boys and four girls from Seaforth, Kilmarnock Harriers and
North Ayrshire.
The team finished seventh from eight but their final position did not reflect
the overall performance which was faced with two late call-offs. The last minute
substitutes performed well as did the entire Ayrshire team in an excellent
competition.
Seaforth athletes were: Fraser Angus (60m), Oliver Smith (shot putt), Morgan
Fitzsimmons (long jump), Louise Murray (long jump) and Jennifer McVeigh (60m).
All eight team members also competed in a medley relay.
Ayr Seaforth had their strongest contingent to date at the National Cross
Country Championships at Callendar Park in Falkirk last weekend. Once again,
Kirstin Oakley was the outstanding athlete of the day when she romped home to
take the Under 13 Girls title in emphatic style with a massive 28 second winning
margin. The Prestwick Academy pupil showed great maturity from the start and
dominated the 3.2 kilometre race after 1000m to become only the 5th athlete in
Seaforth’s history to claim a Scottish Cross Country title. She now heads to
Birmingham at the beginning of March to compete in the UK Inter-Counties
Championships and the McCains UK Cross Challenge final and will be an exciting
prospect for the future. The Under 13 Girls team proved to be the most
successful Seaforth team of the day as they took 4th place, narrowly missing out
on a bronze team medal. Lisa Rennie continues to improve in every race and
finished in an excellent 14th place whilst Christie Hutton finished 42nd. There
were national debuts for Siobhan Rae and Amy Palmer who finished 70th and 79th
respectively. Louisa Kelly was the first Under 15 Girl home in 46th place
despite losing a shoe after about 800m and having to run from the back of the
field. Her team mates of Emma Vallely, Leigh McLevy and Laura Meader helped
Seaforth to a highly respectable 6th team place. The Under 17 Women’s race saw
the second shoe incident of the day for Seaforth. Although not quite in the
league of the infamous Brian Whittle shoe loss at the European Championships, it
was the turn of Lauren Goldie who completely lost her shoe with 3 kilometres of
the race still to go. However she battled on to finish the race with one shoe.
In the same race, previous Under 13 champion, Sarah Cassells took a spectacular
fall at the half way point but still managed to finish an excellent 22nd place.
A strong run from Katie Sprang saw her finish in 29th place and Seaforth take
7th in the team race. Under 20 athlete Louise Hill-Stirling had an incident
–free race and put in yet another sterling performance to take 11th place in her
first year in this age group.
Highest placed male athlete was Finlay Rae. Still suffering from the effects
of flu, the previous Under 13 champion managed to take 16th place in the Under
17 Men’s race. He remains Ayr Seaforth’s top National Cross Country performer of
all time, having 3 medals (1 gold and 2 bronze) from 5 appearances. In the same
race Euan Webster returned to some form with an excellent 32nd place. The Under
15 quartet of Ben Steven, Andrew Black, James Pettigrew and Shaun Rennie took
9th place with Ben being the highest finisher in 35th place, closely followed by
Andrew in 40th place. In the Under 20 Men’s race, Greg Templeton had a strong
performance to be top Seaforth finisher in 31st place. Andrew Rae was next home
in 41st place, completing his 7th successive national cross country race. Callum
Aitkenhead came out of premature racing retirement to finish just behind in 44th
place. Laurence Baker was the sole senior athlete and finished in 218th place
over the tough 12 kilometre course. Full Seaforth results were:
Female Results
| Under 13 Girls (4th Team) |
Under 15 Girls (6th Team) |
Under 17 Women (7th Team) |
Under 20 Women |
| 1st Kirstin Oakley 13:43 |
46th Louisa Kelly 18:11 |
22nd Sarah Cassells 20:35 |
11th Louise Hill-Stirling 18:46 |
| 14th Lisa Rennie 15:05 |
53rd Emma Vallely 18:38 |
29th Katie Sprang 21:00 |
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| 42nd Christie Hutton 16:19 |
66th Leigh McLevy 20:03 |
49th Lauren Goldie 24:54 |
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| 70th Siobhan Rae 17:26 |
71st Laura Meader 20:35 |
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| 79th Amy Palmer 18:01 |
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Male Results
| Under 15 Boys (9th Team) |
Under 17 Men |
Under 20 Men |
Senior Men |
| 35th Ben Stevens 15:28 |
16th Finlay Rae 25:55 |
31st Greg Templeton 30:35 |
218th Laurence Baker 50:36 |
| 40th Andrew Black 15:38 |
32nd Euan Webster 27:27 |
41st Andrew Rae 31:52 |
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| 51st James Pettigrew 16:03 |
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44th Callum Aitkenhead 32:05 |
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| 62nd Shaun Rennie 16:45 |
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Ayr Seaforth’s Finlay Rae was in international action for Scotland last
weekend at the Celtic Nations Cross Country Championships in Dublin. The 15 year
was competing for his country for the 3rd time at Under 17 level in what was
possibly the muddiest course any cross country athlete will ever encounter.
Still suffering from the recent effects of flu, he put in a trademark gutsy
performance to take 7th place and help Scotland’s Under 17 Men secure team gold.
The Scottish team had a successful day in managing to take 4 team gold medals
from the 6 race series. Finlay will be in action along with other Seaforth
endurance athletes this weekend at the National Cross Country Championships in
Falkirk.
Ayr Seaforth athletes enjoyed a successful weekend at the Kelvin Hall in the
National Combined Events Indoor (Pentathlon) on Saturday and Sunday.
And the club’s under 13 and under 15 boys and girls competed in the National
Junior4 x 200m Indoor Relay Championships on Sunday.
At the Scottish Pentathlon Championships on Saturday, Scott McAnally was an
excellent second in the under 15 boys’ pentathlon. The following day, Claire
Taylor won gold in the Scottish under 20 women’s pentathlon.
In a series of exciting and quality relay heats and finals, the Seaforth
under 13 girls and under 13 boys and under 15 boys ran with distinction to
finish third.
Results: Combined events (pentathlon): Saturday: Scott McAnally U15
championships: 2nd with 2183 points. High jump 1m69 (536pts), 60m hurdles 10.75
(408); long jump 4m80 (345), shot putt 11m20 (558), 800m 2.28.84 (336). Total
points 2183 from six competitors.
Sunday: Carolyn Harvey: U17 championships: 6th from 14 competitors with 2650
points. 60m hurdles 9.71 (pb), shot putt 7m38 (pb), long jump 4m68, high jump
1m39, 800m 2.51.30. Claire Taylor: U20 championships: 1st with 416 points (no
event results available).
National Junior Indoor 4x200m relay championships: U13 girls: 1. Edinburgh AC
2.00.18; 2. Giffnock North 2.02.53; 3. Ayr Seaforth 2.02.93; Team: Louise
Murray, Emily McAlpine, Georgia Brawley, Nadia Simpson.
Under 13 boys: 1. Edinburgh AC 1.56.57; 2. Giffnock North 2.01.83; 3. Ayr
Seaforth 2.03.23 (Oliver Smith, Jason Evans, Ewan McLevy, Fraser Angus).
Under 15 boys: 1. Edinburgh AC 1.41.28; 2. Giffnick North 1.43.16; 3. Ayr
Seaforth 1.49.87 (Scott McAnally, Stephen Mexson, Miki Csiky, Niall McHugh).
Under 15 girls heat: 5. Alison Leckie, Ailie Shanks, Eleanor Jones, Sophie
Dunlop1-56.97 (team did not qualify for the final).
Fixtures: Saturday: all roads lead to Falkirk (Callendar Park) for the
Scottish National Cross Country Championships. Seaforth will be well represented
especially in the younger age groups.
Sunday: Seaforth are back at the Kelvin Hall for the second meeting of the
Scottish Indoor League.
This meeting provides all age groups (from U11, U13, U15, U17 and U20 males
and females) to build on the excellent results from the first match held last
month and could decide the age groups to qualify for the finals on March 13.
| Ayr Seaforth athletes have been in Cross Country action
over the past two weekends. Sunday 16th January saw the rescheduled West
District Cross Country Championships take place in Irvine. 15 Seaforth
athletes made the short journey and were rewarded with 2 individual
medals and a team medal. A much improved performance from Kirstin Oakley
saw her take the Under 13 Girls title in magnificent style with a 30
second winning margin over the 3.2 kilometre course. A superb run from
Lisa Rennie gave her a top-10 finish in 9th place and a strong effort
from Christie Hutton earned her 26th spot and a well deserved silver
team medal for the Under 13 Girls. The second medal of the day came from
Under 17 athlete Finlay Rae who returned to form to take an excellent
second spot over the 6.4 kilometre course. He was joined by Euan Webster
who finished in a solid 25th place in the same race. The Under 15 girls
were represented by Louisa Kelly who ran strongly in her first District
Championship to take 17th place and Leigh McLevy who finished in a
creditable 30th place. Sarah Cassells was the sole Seaforth finisher in
the Under 17 Women’s race. A gutsy performance earned her 13th place.
Under 20 athlete Louise Hill Stirling continues to make a big impression
in her first year in this age-group. She took an excellent 5th place. In
the Senior Women’s race, Toni McIntosh demonstrated her improving
fitness with a robust performance which secured her 11th place. In the
Under 15 Boys race Ben Steven and Andrew Black had a close fought race
with Ben coming out top in the end in 28th place and Andrew only 3
seconds behind in 29th. Greg Templeton was the sole Under 20 male
athlete and finished in 19th place. Stalwarts Laurence Baker and Iain
Baird represented Ayr in the Senior Men’s race and finished 111th and
175th respectively. Under 13 Girls 1st Kirstin Oakley 12:17 9th Lisa
Rennie 13:43 26th Christie Hutton 14:31 2nd team Under 15 Girls 17th
Louisa Kelly 20:22 30th Leigh McLevy 23:26
Under 17 Women 13th Sarah Cassells 19:52
Under 20 Women 5th Louise Hill Stirling 26:04
Senior Women 11th Toni McIntosh 25:44
Under 15 Boys 28th Ben Steven 18:17, 29th Andrew Black 18:20
Under 17 Men 2nd Finlay Rae 21:18 25th, Euan Webster 25:27
Under 20 Men 19th Greg Templeton 37:13
Senior Men 111th Laurence Baker 38:51, 175th Iain Baird 45:07
On Saturday 22nd January Kirstin Oakley and Finlay Rae travelled to
Antrim in Northern Ireland for the third of the McCains UK Cross
Challenge races. For the first time since the series began they brought
back 2 medals to Ayrshire. Under 13 athlete, Kirstin was unlucky not to
claim top spot as she was narrowly beaten on the line into second place
over the relatively short 1.8 kilometre distance. She ran a near perfect
race in the frozen foggy conditions. However, she can now look forwards
to the final in Birmingham in March knowing that another similar
performance will put her in contention for a podium finish. Finlay Rae
also put in a stunning shift against the top Irish and English athletes.
Despite feeling less than 100% with a viral illness his trademark gutsy
performance gave him a well deserved silver medal in a tight race at the
front. He will now travel to Dublin at the beginning of February to
represent Scotland at the Celtic Nations Cross Country International,
earning his 3rd Scottish vest in the process.
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Ayr Seaforth athletes exploded into action at the Kelvin Hall Sports Arena on
Sunday at the long awaited first match of the Scottish Athletics Indoor League.
With teams in all age groups ranging from under 11 to under 20, Seaforth were
in outstanding form, winning four age groups - under 20 men, under 17 men, under
15 boys and under 20 women.
The next indoor league match is back at the Kelvin Hall on Sunday, February
20. Individual results hopefully will be available next week and will show the
outstanding performances which produced these excellent team results.
Results: U20 men (from eight teams): 1. Seaforth; 2. Clydesdale;
3.:Whitemoss; U17 men (15 teams): 1. Seaforth ‘A’; 2. VP Glasgow; 3. Giffnock
North; 14. Seaforth ‘B’.
U15 boys (from 14 teams): 1. Seaforth ‘A; 2. Giffnock North; 3. Livingston;
14. Seaforth ‘B’; U13 boys (from 22 teams): 1. Whitemoss; 2. Seaforth ‘A’; 3.
Giffnock North; 13. Seaforth ‘B.
U11 boys (from 14 teams): 1. Giffnock North ‘A’; 2. Seaforth ‘A’; 3. Giffnock
North ‘C’; 6. Seaforth ‘B’.
U20 women (from four teams): 1. Seaforth; 2. Giffnock North; 3. Motherwell;
U/17 women (from 14 teams): 1. Giffnock North; 2. Shettleston AC; 3. VP Glasgow;
4. Seaforth.
U15 girls (from 21 teams): 1. VP Glasgow; 2. Seaforth ‘A’; 3. Shettleston; 6.
Seaforth ‘B’; U13 girls (from 25 teams): 1. VP Glasgow; 2. Seaforth ‘A’; 11.
Seaforth ‘B.
U11 girls (from 13 teams): 1. Giffnock North ‘A’; 2. Giffnock North ‘B’ 3. VP
Glasgow; 6. Seaforth ‘A’.
The next induction group session for boys and girls from age nine to 13,
takes on Tuesday, February 1 at Dam Park from 6-7pm.
Ayr Seaforth athletes revelled in the spectacular setting of Holyrood Park
which again hosted the Bupa Great Edinburgh cross country races.
The event included the International Team Challenge (GB v USA v Rest of
Europe) and the Scottish Inter-District cross country championships.
While Kenyan Eluid Kipchoge and Britain's Mo Farah were dominating the elite
international races, Seaforth's junior endurance stars were focusing on
representing Scotland West in the Inter-District Championships.
Under 13 star Kirstin Oakley was first to brave the snow and freezing
conditions, putting in an excellent performance over the 2.5k course to take
bronze after being narrowly beaten on the line for second place. Both athletes
were given the same time of 10.16.
Triathlete Finlay Rae also put in a sterling performance to finish a superb
fifth in the under 17 men's race, completing the 3.7k course in 12.42. The
performance was extra special as he had spent the previous day competing in the
National Short Course Swim Championships for South Ayrshire swim team.
Louise Hill-Stirling had the toughest job of the day. The 17-year-old Girvan
athlete had a baptism of fire racing against an international field which
included Linet Masai and Genzebe Dibaba after her late call-up to the Scotland
West team. However, she acquitted herself well over the 6k course to finish 51st
in 26.29.
This weekend sees the re-scheduled West District Cross Country Championships
at Irvine while the following weekend Finlay Rae and Kirstin Oakley travel to
Antrim in Northern Ireland for the next round of the McCains UK Cross Country
Challenge.