Runner smashes women’s record at tenth Tin Farm
THE SUN shone for a Campbeltown runner as she posted 36.36 to smash the Tin Farm senior women’s record by 44 seconds.
Jennifer Martin’s run in the 5.5-mile race, last Sunday placed her sixth overall as she broke the mark set by Simone Charnock last year, who was a minute down on her rival this year.
Junior Cara Gorman’s record 40.44 was enough for 17th overall.
Two new categories for male and female super vets saw Mid-Argyll’s Stephen Whiston set a men’s mark at 36.34 and Campbeltown’s Jocelyn Richard posted 46.02.
For the first time a 1.1mile children’s escorted race was introduced with runners setting off at 10.30am in advance of the adult events.
Ruaridh Campbell won the eight- to 10-year-old boys’ and Violet Campbell was the girls’ race winner for that distance. Gre- gor Campbell won the boys 11 to 13s battle and Eilidh Cameron took the girls’ honours in that age group.
Before the prizes were presented, one of the two organisers, Kirsty Young, presented Lady Lithgow with a bouquet in recognition of the estate’s support for the event.
Two further bouquets were given to stalwart timekeepers Mary Semple and Anne McArthur, who have served at all 10 races.
Anne said: ‘The sun has shone on every event except one and even that was only marred by showers.’
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Kirsty added: ‘Dinah Bosomworth and I were both keen runners and started the race to encourage people to get running.
‘In the past 10 years there’s been a big increase in the numbers running mainly due to Jog Scotland.
‘The Lithgows love to see people out using and enjoying the estate and have been very supportive.’
Catering was by the 19th Argyll Scout Troop who raised £340 for their funds.
Full results: 1 Stuart McGeachy, Campbeltown Running Club (CRC) 32:05, 2 Cameron Campbell CRC 33:34, 3 Drew Dutton CRC 34:39, 4 Tommy Morran CRC 36:22, 5 Stephen Whiston Mid Argyll Triathlon and Cycle Club (MATCC) 36:34, 6 Jennifer Martin CRC 36:36, 7 Darren Renton CRC 36:46, 8 Allan Reid CRC 37:2, 9 Simone Charnock 37:41, 10 Stewart Ireland CRC 37:47, 11 John Dale MATCC 38:10, 12 Colin MacFarlane MATCC 38:28, 13 Douglas Ferguson CRC 38:33, 14 Jimmy Anderson CRC 39:32, 15 Matthew Watkiss 40:07, 16 Ralph Hill CRC 40:20, 17 Cara Gorman 40:44, 18 Sandy McLean CRC 40:57, 19 Matthew Barker 41:06, 20 Emma Morran CRC 41:10, 21 Louise Potter MATCC 41:25, 22 Garret Corner Inveraray Jog Scotland (IJS) 41:29, 23 Alfie Smith 41:42, 24 Stuart Campbell MATCC 42:00, 25 Gavin Robertson 42:09, 26 Andrew Gilthorpe 42:29, 27 Neil John MacPhail CRC 42:34, 2 8 Paul Honey IJS 42:51, 29 Colin Macvicar 42:53, 30 Iain MacNicol MATCC 42:57, 31 Laura Thomson MACPool 43:11, 32 Billy Thomson 43:54, 33 Robert McDonald CRC 44:07, 34 Marie Higgins Midwives Argyll Jog Scotland (MAJS) 44:39, 35 Derek Gibson Jog Scotland Mid-Argyll (JSMA) 44:50, 36 Katie Ferguson CRC 44:55, 37 Kerry O’May CRC 45:12, 38 Jocelyn Richard CRC 46:02, 39 Elaine McGeachy CRC 46:25, 40 Susan Turner CRC 46:27, 41 Sandra Houldsworth 46:29, 42 Lorraine MacDonald CRC 46:54, 43 Kathleen Mair CRC 46:57, 44 Gordon Wilson 47:06, 45 Edward Laughton (JSMA) 47:12, 46 Alix Geyer CRC 47:20, 47 Agata Brezinova 47:42, 48 John Lithgow 47:52, 49 Ailsa Mccrae Jog Scotland (JS) 48:40, 50 Elaine McCann 48:52, 51, Rebecca Helliwell MATCC 49:19, 52 Janette Hannah CRC 49:34, 53 Lyn MacInnes JS 49:46, 54 David Payne MATCC 49:48, 55 Frances Valentine 49:56, 56 Tina Barrie 51:09, 57 Lucy Marquis JS 51:11, 58 Robert Semple CRC 51:36, 59 Hazel Whiston MATCC 52:33, 60 Tom Semple 52:35, 61 Margaret Sinclair 52:40, 62 Richard Barrie 52:41, 63 Kris Gor- don MATCC 52:49, 64 Gavin Brown 53:03, 65 Mairi Mckillop CRC 53:12, 66 Jane Kemp IJS 53:38, 67 Sue Allen 54:26, 68 Florence Aura 54:28, 69 Katherine McKerral 55:02,70 Kirsteen Weir 55:04, 71 Lorna Gilthorpe 55:11, 72 Cheryl Caldwell 55:12, 73 Jamie Robertson 57:09, 74 Kirsty Robertson 57:09, 75 Cara MacInnes JS 57:29, 76 Janet Riddoch IJS 58:14, 77 Fiona McCallum IJS 58:14, 78 Celene McIntyre 58:15, 79 Mhairi Macinnes MAJS 58:57, 80 Nigel Button 59:10, 81 Peter Creech Ford Bog Trotters 59:10, 82 Joanne Tiffin 59:36, 83 Jamie Girvan 1:00:05, 84 William Halliday MAJS 01:00:26, 85 Annette McMillan CRC 01:00:54, 86 Sarah Campbell CRC 01:01:32, 87 Catherine McLean CRC 01:02:15, 88 Alison Millar CRC 01:02:15, 89 Claire Lumb MAJS 01:04:44, 90 Aileen Galvin 01:06:05, 91 Angela Brown JS Tarbert (JST) 01:06:38, 92 Carole-Anne Burnett JST 01:06:38, 93 Claire Cameron 01:06:53, 94 Lisa Ross 01:06:53, 95 Katie Robertson 01:07:00, 96 Gail Cook IJS 01:07:41, 97 Harley Cogan IJS 01:11:16, 98 Kim Cogan IJS 01:11:17.