The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
CHEPTEGEI’S STUNNING RUN IN MONACO
ATHLETICS
WORLD RECORD BROKEN
Joshua Cheptegei has shattered the 5km world record after he clocked a time of 12 minutes and 51 seconds at the Monaco Run.
The 23-year-old Ugandan – the 2019 world 10,000m champion – clipped 27 seconds off the previous record of 13:18 set by Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto en route to his 10km world record in Valencia on January 12.
French runner Jimmy Gressier finished second in 13:18 to break the European record of 13:29 set by Julien Wanders in the same race last year.
● Muller Indoor Grand Prix at Glasgow. Results: 60m hurdles.
1 A Pozzi 9GB) 7.57, 2 YM Al Youha (Kuwait) 7.61, 3 M Trajkovic (Cyprus) 7.72, 4 D King 9GB) 7.77…8 C Fillery (GB) 8.00. 400m. 1 A Bloomfield (Jamaica) 46.20, 2 O Igbokwe (USA) 46.41, 3 Y Karam (Kuwait) 46.49…5 J Williams (GB) 47.26.
Women. 60m hurdles. 1 A Talay (Belarus) 8.03, 2 N Ali (USA) 8.03, 3 C Clemons (USA) 8.04.
High jump. 1 Y Mahuchikh (Ukraine) 1.93m, 2 B Partridge (GB) 1.90m, 3 A Palsyte (Lithuania) 1.86…4 M Lake (GB) 1.86, 7 N Manson (Gb/giffnock North) 1.82m.
Long jump. 1 M Bekh-romanchuk (Ukraine) 6.90m. 2 K Sagnia (Sweden) 6.53m, 3 J Sawyers (GB 6.47m), 4 K Johnson-thompson (GB) 6.47m. Junior Relays. 4 X 200 – U13 girls.1 Giffnock North ‘A’ 1:54.84, 2 Edinburgh AC 1:56.89, 3 Giffnock North ‘B’ 1:59.16. U13 Boys. 1 VP Glasgow 1:55.12, 2 Giffnock North ‘A’ 1:55.37, 3 Giffnock North ‘B’ 1:58.51.
U15 Girls. 1 Giffnock North 1:47.41 2 Pitreavie 1:50.16, 3 VP Glasgow 1:52.25, 4 Dunfermline T & F. 1:53.85. U15 Boys. 1 Giffnock North 1:41.28, 2 Shettleston 1:43.33, 3 Larkhall 1:44.05…6 Dunfermline T & F. 1:51.49. U17 Women. 1 VP Glasgow 1:44.02, 2 Pitreavie 1:44.34, 3 Giffnock North 1:46.12. U17 Men. 1 Inverclyde 1:35.98, 2 VP Glasgow 1:36.84, 3 Giffnock North 1:36.86.
BASKETBALL
Scottish League – men: Div One – Edinburgh Lions 60 Glasgow Univ 74, Boroughmuir Blaze 90 Perth Phoenix 62, Falkirk Fury 90 Dunfermline Reign 63, City of Edinburgh Kings 97 Ayrshire Tornadoes 81. Div Two – Inverness City 112 Glasgow City 53, North Lanarkshire 68 West Lothian Wolves 89, Boroughmuir Blaze B 64 Stirling Knights 68. Women – Glasgow Fever 46 Perth Phoenix 74, Cumbernauld Lady Rocks 82 Edinburgh Kats 58.
CRICKET
TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL South Africa 222-6 (H Klaasen 66) v ENGLAND 226-5 (J M Bairstow 64, E J G Morgan 57 no, J C Buttler 57). England win by five wickets. At Centurion.
CURLING
WELCOME WIN FOR CRAIK
Forfar curler James Craik posted a welcome victory at the World Junior Championships in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, yesterday. The Scottish junior champion desperately needed a win after losing his opening two round-robin fixtures on Saturday, and it was third time lucky yesterday.
Despite trailing Swede Daniel Magnusson early on, Craik and teammates Niall Ryder, Blair Haswell and Mark Watt refused to panic and soon led 6-1. They triumphed 7-3 to get back on track for this weekend’s medal play-offs. They face Germany next.
FOOTBALL
SEASON NEARLY BLOWN
OFF COURSE
The wind and torrential rain at the weekend provided problems in the shape of Storm Dennis which almost obliterated the whole of the scheduled Midlands football fixtures apart from one match, writes our Amateur correspondent. Thankfully the North of Tay fourth round tie between Lowson United and Vale of Earn survived courtesy of Forfar’s Community 3G and a thrilling encounter it proved to be.
Like last week it was an electrifying opening to the game by the Forfar men with Craig Simpson knocking home for them again on the twominute mark.
If Liam Godfrey had hit the back of the net rather than the bar just afterwards then things might have been more straightforward for the Forfar side.
Instead Earn equalised from the penalty spot after a rash tackle by Howie.
Then 10 minutes after the break the Perthshire side went ahead 2-1 and had Lowson on the back foot for a while.
But the home side turned things around, hitting the bar twice and then the post before Scott Fullerton equalised, slotting into the bottom corner from 18 yards to make it 2-2. Before the end keeper Kyle Millar had two fantastic saves to keep United in the game as extra time came and went.
Hero Millar then went on to save two of Vale’s penalty kicks in the shoot-out to see his side through 4-3 on penalties.
Wet it may have been but a worthwhile watch for those spectators keen enough to endure the atrocious conditions.
Weather permitting, North of Tay fixtures will prevail again next weekend.
After Lowson’s success two all Midlands ties – Broughty United v Finavon and Tayside Fire Brigade v Menzieshill – will ensure at least three Midlands sides make the last eight of the district cup competition. The first match is difficult to call but Menzieshill, with a return to form, should get the better of the Firies, who appear to be heading for Saturday Morning football next season.
AHSFP, Barnhill and Shotz are engaged against either Perthshire or Saturday morning sides so the potential is there to command six of the eight quarter spots.
JUNIORS
Saturday’s fixtures – Macron Scottish Junior Cup quarter-final – Broughty Athletic v Darvel.
DJ Laing East Region Cup 2nd Round – Arbroath Vics v Lochee Harp, Fauldhouse Utd v East Craigie, Kirrie Thistle v Violet.
DJ Laing East Region Cup 3rd
Round – Bo’ness Utd Juniors v Luncarty, Downfield v Lochee Utd, Tayport v Scone Thistle.
SMT V Tech Fife & Lothians Cup 2nd Round – Harthill Royal v Whitburn, Lochgelly Albert v Thornton Hibs.
SMT V Tech Fife & Lothians Cup quarter-final – Pumpherston v Armadale Thistle. Mcbookie.com North Super League – North End v Forfar West End.
Mcbookie.com South Super League – Bathgate Thistle v Kennoway Star Hearts, Livingston Utd v Lochore Welfare. Mcbookie.com North Premier League – Coupar Angus v Blairgowrie, Forfar Albion v Brechin Vics.
Mcbookie.com South Premier League – Sauchie Juniors CFC v Rosyth, Stoneyburn v Linlithgow Rose, Syngenta v Kirkcaldy & Dysart, West Calder Utd v Newburgh. Kick-offs 2.30pm.
GOLF
Leading final scores and totals in the LPGA Tour ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open (USA unless stated, par 73): (a) denotes amateurs
278 Inbee Park (Kor) 67 69 68 74 281 Amy Olson 68 72 71 70
282 Perrine Delacour (Fra) 72 70 67 73 283 Marina Alex 68 70 70 75, Yu Liu (Chn) 73 67 70 73
284 A-yean Cho (Kor) 69 69 69 77, Mi Hyang Lee (Kor) 71 69 72 72, Celine Boutier (Fra) 70 69 70 75, Cristie Kerr 76 67 72 69
285 Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng) 66 70 77 72, Christina Kim 70 73 68 74, Lizette Salas 70 70 73 72
ARBROATH ARTISAN – Friday Senior sweep – D Wood (21) 67, S Cadger (9) 68, I Pringle (13) 69. CARNOUSTIE – Stableford 16 holes (Championship Course, CSS N/A) All One Class) – N Moncur (1) 32pts. Stableford 14 holes (Burnside Course, CSS N/A) All One Class) –
M Birse (10) 27pts.
DOWNFIELD – 12 Hole Winter Eclectic – F Fagan (9) 41, D Anderson (15) 41, D Scott (10) 42, G Christie (12) 43, C Donaldson (-2) 43, P Bichard (15 )43.
ELIE & EARLSFERRY LADIES – Stableford (non-counting, CSS74)
– M Ferrol (18) 30pts, SA Harris (10), I Collins (15).
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Medal Course Winter Stableford (CSS71) All one section – R Miller (9) 38pts, R Shepherd (7) 37, L Malloy (16) 37. GRANGE AND BROUGHTY LADIES – Winter League (13 hole Stableford) – M Latto (17) 21pts, C Orr (15) 20bih. LADIES’ PANMURE MONIFIETH – 9-hole Stableford, Div 1 – A Chree 17, H Henderson 16. Div 2 – P Stewart 18, S Allstaff 17.
LADYBANK LADIES – Greensomes – L Crookston/c Hardie 31pts, S Will/d Fraser 30.
THE ST ANDREWS GC – Thursday Medal No 2, Jubilee (CSS 76) – J Hamilton (8) 78 (Including a hole in one at the 13th), S Boyle (5) 79, J Marshall (11) 81, M Henderson (7) 82. Eden (CSS74) – G Barr (7) 80, G Welsh (13) 82, D Binyon (8) 83. Old (CSS72) – D Terroni (6), P Mullan (5) 71, S Bechelli (6) 72, J Paterson (1), A Stamm (0) 73; P Ellison (3) 74; J Boyne (11), B Young (+1) 80. New (CSS74) – S Bruce (9) 78, L Scott (17) 80.
HOCKEY
SEVEN-UP PERTHSHIRE Perthshire played their postponed Scottish Cup match against Highland and ran out comfortable 7-1 winners. Stephen Dick and Michal Czub each scored twice with Adam Czub, Neil Robertson and Tom Cahalin each chipping in with one apiece. Perthshire now play Grove Menzieshill in the quarter-finals on Sunday March 8.
Grange increased their lead in the Premiership with a 4-0 win over Hillhead.
They now lead Western Wildcats by five points and Menzieshill by nine at the halfway stage.
Hillhead remain one point ahead of Wanderers at the foot of the table
● Results: Men’s National League Division 1 – Grange 4 Hillhead 0. Scottish Cup – Perthshire 7 Highland 1. Midland League Division 1 – Perthshire III 2 Madras 1.
EUROHOCKEY CHALLENGE Western Wildcats got their Eurohockey Indoor Club Challenge
I at Varna-kamchia, Bulgaria, under way with a 4-3 win over Hungarian side Soroksari – but the victory was far from straightforward.
They were 2-1 behind after seven minutes but showed up well with a goal in each of the second and third quarters to lead 3-2. Soroksari equalised with three minutes remaining but former Harris and Menzieshill player Hamish Galt netted Western’s fourth within a minute to seal a 4-3 win. Wildcats crashed 4-2 against Danish side Slagelse Western, meaning they needed to beat Cardiff in their last Pool B match to qualify for the promotion pool. However, they were largely undone by three goals for Cardiff in the second quarter.
Western did pull one back in the third quarter and equalised early in the fourth, all three scored by Galt, but two late goals sealed a 5-3 win for Cardiff, leaving Western two games to avoid relegation.
Western went down 4-1 to Czech side Rakovnik in the first of the relegation pool matches, with Galt again on the mark, but went on to secure Scotland’s place at Challenge 1 level with a 9-0 win over Bulgarian side Slavia.
Inverleith will be Scotland’s representatives next season after beating Menzieshill in the First Division final on gala day.
MADRAS HELD BY STUDENTS
A handful of Midland matches did manage to beat the weather at the weekend.
Madras dropped their first league points of the season. A comfortable 3-1 lead over Dundee University II at half-time was unexpectedly eroded when the students fought back to steal a point against the Division 1 leaders.
Defending champions Wanderers II were unable to capitalise as they too were forced to share the spoils when Bethany Calderwood and Ailise Milroy claimed parity for Perthshire II. Kinross II made no mistake with a clear-cut victory over Brechin Thistles. Shona Graham, Wendy Marshall, Katie Clayton and Sophia Henderson contributed to the 4-0 result.
● Results: Championship League 1 – George Heriot’s FP 0 Stirling University 2. Championship League 3 – Highland 3 Kelburne II 1. Midland Division 1 – Madras FP 3 Dundee University II 3, Perthshire II 2 Dundee Wanderers II 2, Kinross II 4 Brechin Thistles 0. Division 2 – Monarchs 5 Madras II 0 (match conceded), Perthshire III v Kinross II P
SPORT ON TV
FOOTBALL: Premier League, Chelsea v Manchester United – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League 7pm; 2. Bundesliga, Bochum v Stuttgart – BT Sport 1 7.30pm.