The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
GB PAIR COMPETE IN ARGENTINA
ATHLETICS
WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Scottish hill internationalists Andrew Douglas and Jacob Adkin finished seventh and eighth respectively when competing for Great Britain at the World Mountain Running Championships in Villa La Angostura, Patagonia, Argentina.
The heavy rain and strong winds had an impact on all the races as they included river crossings, which were quite high due to the rain. One river crossing proved a costly slip for Douglas who won the World Mountain Cup Series title a couple of months ago.
Among the leading group he slipped and fell on a slippery log serving as a bridge and lost precious ground, finishing in seventh place and 25 seconds off a podium place. The men’s title was won by Joe Gray (USA) in a time of 65.13 with Cesare Maestri (Italy) second and Masrek Chrascina (Czech Rep.) third. Douglas clocked a time of 66.22 and was followed home by European champion Adkin in eighth in 66.33. The Czech Republic took team men’s gold, with the USA silver and Italy bronze. GB finished in fifth. There were top-20 finishes in the junior women’s race with debutant Eden O’dea (Deeside AAC) coming home 14th and Eve Pannone (Eden Runners) two places further back. Defending World Mountain Long Distance champion Charlotte Morgan (Carnethy HR) finished seventh in the 41.8km race
24 hours later, clocking three hours, 58 minutes and 54 seconds, with Christina Simion (Romania) winning in 3:49.57.
James Mclaren (Strathclyde University) headed the field at Anster Haddies Largo Law Hill Challenge. Mclaren finished a clear winner over the 6.5-mile course with its testing climb of 1,000ft up the Law. Mclaren clocked 46 minutes 33 seconds and was followed home by Fife AC’S Russell Hall (48.03), who had one second to spare ahead of Dundee Road Runner Stuart Rodney. Scottish veteran hill champion Heather Anderson was even more dominant in the female standings, finishing 15th overall in 54.36, ahead of runner-up Emma Morris (unatt.) who was 28th in 60.02. Leading results: 1 J Mclaren (Strathclyde Univ.) 46.33, 2 R Hall (Fife AC) 48.03, 3 S Rodney (Dundee RR) 48.04, 4 M Mcconnell (PH Racing) 49.21, 5 S Pringle (Deeside R.) 49.27. 6 R Mcinally (Unatt.) 49.35….29 G Pryde (Lomond HR) 1st over 60. 60.19, 58 E Sanders (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 70.47. Women. 1 H Anderson (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 54.36, 2 E Morris (Unatt.) 60.02, 3 H Lalande (Fife AC) 61.47,
4 S Lumsden (Falkland TR) 63.02,
5 H Marshall (Falkland TR) 63.09, 6 M Entwistle (Deeside R.) 65.52…8 J Scott (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 74.15.
The Bob Stark Memorial 5km (for Prostate Cancer Scotland) at Falkland next Sunday is full but a one-mile race is available for juniors starting at 1.30pm. U13s/u11s and U9s can enter on the day at Falkland Village Hall (£1). A 10-minute walk to the start at the estate duck pond.
BOWLS
ARBROATH AND DISTRICT INDOOR –Ladies Champ Fours semi-finals – B Mcintyre 21 M Croll 3, K Gordon 19 J Gilbert 7. Gents Evening Pairs – S Barron 8 M Andrews 19, C Smith w/o E Eaton scr, B Sharp 13 A Laing 19, B Stevenson 13 P Carnegie 11, T Mill 10 I Garioch 19, M Mcgreavey 3 I Dorricott 29.
DUNDEE – Ladies Triples League – M Dunning 9 M Mackie 12. Borland Insurance Open Pairs League – A Neillie 13 O Chalmers 16, E Mason
10 C Stewart 14, N Robertson 16 R Mccabe 10. Evening Open Pairs League – N Robertson 7 G Ewart 17, D Milton 10 M Tunstall 15.
CURLING
DOUBLE BLOW IN ALBERTA
Perth curlers Robin Brydone and Duncan Mcfadzean have suffered back-to-back defeats at the Red Deer Classic in Alberta.
Brydone, Mcfadzean and teammates Euan Kyle and Dumfries skip Ross Whyte won last Sunday’s Prague Classic final and won their first two games in Canada, but their punishing recent schedule began to catch up with them.
A 10-4 loss to local player Aaron Sluchinski rocked the Scots and they then went down 6-4 to Dominik Maerki’s Swiss-american combination.
They must now beat British Columbia’s Sean Geall to stay in the competition.
GOLF
CARNOUSTIE – Stableford 16 Holes (Championship Course, CSS N/A) All One Class) –G Gall (3) R Matthew (4) 35pts, D Brand (10) 34. Strokeplay Winter Trophy 1st Round (Burnside Course, 14 Holes (CSS N/A, All One Class) – A Jones (8) 49, C Smith (6) T Albrecht (17) 50. Stableford (Buddon Course, CSS N/A, All One Class) – R Walker (6) 42pts, R Stubbs (15) 36. DOWNFIELD – Saturday – 12 Hole Winter Eclectic – A Craigie (15) 38, C Innes (15) 38, G O’leary (9) 39, L Caswell (13) 41, R Smith (11) 41, A Green (6) 41.
DUNKELD AND BIRNAM SENIORS Winter League Week 4 – M Bonthrone 46pts, J Lakie, A Taylor, W Mcintosh 44, A Johnston 42.
ELIE & EARLSFERRY LADIES
– November Stableford (2) – Mhairi Ferrol (18) 33pts, A Ramsay (35) 31, A Mcdonald (20) 29.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Saturday – Medal Winter Stableford (CSS71)– Section 1 – D Ramsay (4) 40pts, G Mcginnis (5) 39, C Baxter (1) 38, I Donald (9) 38. Section 2 – D Gibson (18) 38, C Menzies (15) 37, S Tovey (13) 37, G Conway (13) 37. Section 3 – R Donnelly (21) 38, R Bennett (24) 35. Ashludie Winter Stableford (CSS65) All one section – D Lorimer (10) 37pts. Sunday – Medal Winter Stableford (CSS71) – Section 1 – C Hutton (10) 36pts, L Hutton (0) 35. Section
2 – S Dolan (15) 40, B Will (11) 38. Section 3 – R Chia (22) 33. Ashludie Winter League (CSS65) – Section
1 – C Mulliss (8) 41, D Morrison (9) 40, R tully (6) 38. Section 2 – B Henry (27) 39, R Donnelly (20) 38.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY LADIES –Winter League (13 hole Stableford) – A Gall (18) 26pts bl6, M Laing (21) 26, M Latto (17) 24, A Cowan (12) 23. KIRRIEMUIR LADIES – Winter League (11 holes Week 4) – Scr – A Murray 49. Hcp – A Falconer 38, J Raeburn 39, J Christie, D Hamilton, K Matthews, I Park, S Carey 40. Karen Matthews had a hole-in-one at the second.
MONIFIETH – Winter League – S Barnett/d Smart beat P Gardiner/ G Reekie 5&3, C Mckay/g Smith beat G Anderson (res)/j Ferrie 5&4, C Cairnie/i Kelly beat S Hills/r Darling(res) 2 holes, I Hutcheon/c Eastaugh(res) beat D Mitchell/d Eastaugh 6&4, E Radley/b Rose beat N Anderson/a Boyle 1 hole, P Brown(res)/t Lumsden beat S Mcdonald/k Scott 3&2. Scr – C Mckay 65, P Brown 66. Hcp – S Barnett (6) 63, R Darling (14) 64 C Eastaugh (17) 65.
ST REGULUS LADIES – St Andrews Greensomes (Strathtyrum Course) – I Eccleston/g Mitchell 42pts, J Trangmar/m Hall 41, J Prentice/l Mclaren 40.
STONEHAVEN – Winter League (CSS NQ) – Singles – S Mcghie (8) 41pts, N Robertson (9) 39, D Barnard, G Sangster (16), A Smith (6) 37. Scratch Pairs – K Riddell/r Mcallan 61, S Dempster/b Mcgillivray, I Taylor/g Mcfarlane 62, S Guzik/c Brown 63. Hcp Pairs – G Taylor (8)/ J Starrs (11) 56, K Duncan (5)/I Wood (8) 58, A Duncan (8)/C Mitchell (5), J Hepburn (7)/D Mckay (10) 59.
Leading final round scores in the Nedbank Golf Challenge hosted by Gary Player, Gary Player CC, South Africa (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
276 Tommy Fleetwood 69 69 73 65 (Fleetwood won play-off at first hole) Marcus Kinhult (Swe) 69 69 70 68 280 Jason Scrivener (Aus) 69 70 71 70, Thomas Detry (Bel) 66 71 69 74, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 69 70 70 281 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 63 72 71 75, Lee Westwood 68 73 69 71 282 Robert Macintyre 73 76 65 68, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 68 65 72 77 284 Kalle Samooja (Fin) 72 71 72 69, Joost Luiten (Ned) 72 70 69 73, Matthew Fitzpatrick 71 69 73 71 285 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 69 72 74 70, Tom Lewis 71 73 69 72, Nacho Elvira (Spa) 70 70 71 74, Aaron Rai 70 69 71 75
286 Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 69 70 71 76, Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 74 70 69 73, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 74 71 69 72
287 Padraig Harrington 71 72 73 71 288 Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 67 73 72 76, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 72 72 74, Gavin Green (Mal) 74 70 73 71
289 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 76 73 71 69, Paul Waring 69 71 78 71, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 74 70 71 74, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 70 70 70 79, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 72 73 72 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 70 72 77 Others:
290 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 72 73 74 71, Thomas Pieters (Bel) 73 76 72 69 291 Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 75 72 70, Ian Poulter 74 71 73 73
292 Richie Ramsay 72 78 70 72 293 Matt Wallace 73 74 71 75, Scott Jamieson 73 71 72 77
295 Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 81 72 74
HOCKEY
Women’s results – Saturday – Premiership – Grove Menzieshill 2 Western Wildcats 6, MJV Dundee Wanderers 2 Glasgow University 1, Merlins Gordonians 0 Hillhead 2, Watsonians 1 Clydesdale Western 0. National League Division 2 – Grange EL 4 St Andrews University 1, Uddingston 14 Aberdeen University 0, Inverleith 1 Erskine Stewart’s Melville 3, Kelburne 1 CALA Edinburgh 1. Championship League 1 – Waverley Inveresk Trinity 8 Grove Menzieshill II 0, Stirling University 1 Edinburgh University III 0, Clydesdale Western II 6 George Heriot’s FP 0, Hillhead II 0 Clydesdale Western III 1, Edinburgh
University II 4 Watsonians II 0. Championship 2 – Stirling Wanderers 0 Erskine Stewart’s Melville II 2, Perthshire 2 Falkirk & Linlithgow 1, Haddington 3 Glasgow University II 4. Championship 3 – Kinross 2 GHK II 4.
Midland Division 1 – Dundee Wanderers II v Brechin Thistles P, Perthshire II 0 Dundee University II 0, Grove Menzieshill III 5 St Andrews University III 1, Kinross II 1 Madras 2. Division 2 – St Andrews University V 1 Blairgowrie 2.
Yesterday – Scottish Cup (round 2) – Kelburne 0 Grove Menzieshill 6, Watsonians 1 MJV Dundee Wanderers 0, Grove Menzieshill II 0 Uddingston 6, Stirling University 1 Clydesdale Western II 0, Edinburgh University 13 Glasgow University II 0, Grange EL 0 Western Wildcats
10, Fjordhus Reivers 5 Merlins Gordonians 0 Erskine Stewart’s Melville 5 Inverleith 2.
MOTORSPORT
MARQUEZ WINS IN VALENCIA World champion Marc Marquez signed off a record-breaking Motogp season with victory in Valencia yesterday.
The Spaniard had already celebrated his sixth title in his seven seasons in the competition.
It was Marquez’s 12th win in the 19 races this season and he finishes on a record 420 points, 151 clear of second-placed Andrea Dovizioso in the season standings.
The Italian was fourth in Valencia. Jorge Lorenzo, the only man to beat Marquez to a Motogp title when he won his third World Championship in 2015, finished 13th in the final race of his career.
Britain’s Cal Crutchlow was among seven retirements from the 22-strong field.
FIA Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix – Final positions after race (71 laps): 1 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1hr 33mins 14.678secs, 2 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33:20.755, 3 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Mclaren 1:33:23.574, 4 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:33:24.130, 5 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:33:24.879, 6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:33:25.219, 7 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:33:25.817, 8 Lando Norris (Gbr) Mclaren 1:33:25.882, 9 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:33:26.207, 10 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33:26.609. World Championship Standings – 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 387pts, 2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 314, 3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 260, 4 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 249, 5 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 230,
SNOOKER
Northern Ireland Open, Belfast. Final: Judd Trump (Eng) bt Ronnie O’sullivan (Eng) 9-7.
SPORT ON TV
FOOTBALL: Euro 8.20pm qualifiers, Republic of Ireland v Denmark – Sky Sports Main Event 7.45pm, Gibraltar v Switzerland – Sky Sports Premier League 7.40pm.
TENNIS: Davis Cup, Croatia v Russia – Eurosport 1 3pm.
GRIDIRON: NFL, Los Angeles Chargers v Kansas City Chiefs – Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Action 1am (Tues).
TENNIS
Nitto ATP Finals, O2 Arena, London. Singles Final: Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) bt Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 7-6 (7-4).
Doubles Final: Pierre-hughes Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Raven Klassen (Rsa) & Michael Venus (Nzl) 6-3 6-4.
WEIGHTLIFTING
33RD SCOTTISH TITLE
Pitlochry Weightlifting Club secretary Alex Phillips won his 33rd Scottish title at the Scottish Masters Cup in Glasgow. Competing in the 89kg class, Alex snatched 48kg and clean and jerked 70kg for a 118kg total
This was Alex’s second masters title, having won the 89kg class in the inaugural competition last year.