The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
ATHLETICS
TOP SPRINTERS Allan Hamilton (Sale) and Alisha Rees (Edinburgh AC) produced the top sprint performances at the Scottish Open Indoor Meeting at Glasgow’s Emirates Arena. Hamilton headed Cameron Tindle (Edinburgh AC) in the 60m final, clocking a personal best of 6.77 ahead of Tindle’s 6.90. Selected results: Men. 60m Hurdles. 1 T Roy (Pitreavie) 8.54, 2 C Moriarty (Pitreavie) 9.89. Under 17. 1 J McFarlane (Arbroath & Dist.) 8.67. 60m ‘H’. 1 G Brock (Dundee Hawkhill U15) 8.74. 200m ‘B’ 1 Moriarty 23.10. ‘E’ 1 R Young (Perth Strathtay) 24.45. ‘H’. 1 B Knowles (Pitreavie) 26.38. 800m. 1 J Wightman (EAC) 1:50.22. 1,500m. 1 C Matthews (Kilbarchan) 3:57.17, 2 B Potrykus (Pitreavie) 3:57.20, 3 S MacAulay (Kilbarchan) 3:57.23, 4 A Scott (Fife AC) 4;01.51, 5 E Boyle (Fife AC) 4:03.22. ‘C’ 1 B Sandilands (Fife AC U15) 4:34.63. Long Jump. 1 A Hamilton (Sale) 7.27. High Jump. 1 M Norton (VP Glasgow) 2.06. Shot. 1 A Murphy (Kilbarchan) 12.87, 2 B Wightman (Perth Strathtay) 12.15. Women. 60m Hurdles. 1 K Patullo (Dundee Hawkhill) 9.08. Mixed 60m. 1 Patullo 8.29. Mixed 200m. 1 A Heggie (Perth Strathtay U17) 28.54. DOYLE’S WINNING START Eilidh Doyle (Pitreavie/Team Bath) opened her indoor season at the South of England Championships at Lee Valley by winning the 400m in a championship best 52.75 seconds. Feel the Burns Hill Race, Selkirk. 1 M Sutherland (Glasgow Univ.) 1:33.30, 2 D Tullie (HBT) 1:36.11, 3 J Adkin (Moorfoot) 1:37.16…8 G Nash (Carnethy HR) 1st veteran. 1:41.54, 23 R Dunlop (Dundee RR) 1:51.02. Women. 1 S E Horrocks (Rossendale) 1:54.26, 2 M Windram-Geddes (Fife AC) 1:55.22, 3 C Horswell (Shettleston) 1:58.26, 4 F Dalgliesh (Gala) 1st veteran. 2:04.05…7 V Houston (Westerlands) 1st over 50. 2:10.19, 8 H Ritchie (Fife AC) 2nd over 50. 2:11.34.