ATHLETICS

SUCCESS FOR CLARKS It was a successful Sunday for the Clark brothers, winning races at separate events, writes our athletics correspondent.

Roger Clark (PH Racing) headed the Auchterarder Half Marathon from Gleneagles, while Steve Clark (Fife AC) won the Gateway to the Glens 10km from Kirriemuir.

Meanwhile Dunkeld athlete Myles Bax (Perth Road Runners) provided a local win at the Pitlochry 10km. RESULTS Auchterarder Half Marathon (Gleneagles): 1 R Clark (PH Racing) 1st veteran 78.18, 2 R Gallagher (unatt) 83.35, 3 D Wallace (Ochil HR) 85.13, 4 B Innes (Falkland TR) 86.54, 5 A Lafferty (unatt) 1st over-50 87.44…7 A Matthews (unatt) 2nd over-50 89.02, 9 B Aitken (Fife AC) 3rd over-50 89.11, 32 A Johnson (unatt) 1st over-60 97.27, 62 S Robin (Kilbarchan) 1st over70 1:42.55. Women: 1 A Hartmann (PH Racing) 88.40, 2 J Learmonth (Dundee Hawkhill) 89.32, 3 J Lynch (unatt) 1st veteran 93.07, 4 L Tyler (Dunblane R) 2nd veteran 95.08, 5 S Hutt (unatt) 95.44, 6 A McNeilly (Dundee RR) 3rd veteran 97.09…9 J Dobson (Kinross RR) 1st over-60 99.24. Gateway to the Glens 10km (Kirriemuir): 1 S Clark (Fife AC) 1st veteran 38.45, 2 M Taylor (Manchester Tri) 39.25, 3 G Stephen (unatt) 42.30, 4 Maria Sheehan (Forfar RR) 42.42…10 B Macdermid (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st junior 45.07, 13 P Forte (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over-60 46.17. Women: 1 M Sheehan (Forfar RR) 1st veteran 42.42, 2 M Redford (Dundee Univ Tri) 43.04, 3 T Morgan (Forfar RR) 44.13, 4 C Clark (Dundee & Angus Cani-Cross) 46.27; over-60 L Caston (unatt) 60.17. Pitlochry 10km: 1 M Bax (Perth RR) 35.55, 2 A Davidson (Falkirk Vic) 37.41, 3 S Robertson (Perth RR) 1st veteran 38.50, 4 K Riddel (unatt) 38.52, 5 C Gray (unatt) 1st junior 39.21, 6 S Watters (Edinburgh AC) 39.45, 7 A Mcgirr (unatt) 39.51, 8 S McLeod (Metro Aberdeen) 39.58, 9 M Anderson (Pitlochry) 1st over-50 40.05, 10 W Mackay (Strathearn) 2nd over-50 40.10…19 M Hurst (unatt) 1st over-60 41.29, 52 N Baillie (Garscube) 1st over-70 46.41. Women: 1 L MacDonald (unatt ) 42.05, 2 L Henderson (Forfar RR) 1st veteran 43.12, 3 D Watters (Edinburgh AC) 45.35, 4 J Turner (Falkland TR) 2nd veteran 46.05, 5 K Brown (unatt) 1st over-50 46.21, 6 l MacPherson (Perth RR) 3rd veteran 46.20, 7 M Davidson (Falkirk Vic) 46.28, 8 S Crow (Perth RR) 46.38, 9 N Heaney (Falkland TR) 1st over-60 47.07, 10 M Curie (unatt) 48.15. 5km race: 1 M Barker (Stonehaven over-40) 18.47, 2 D Ryan (Perth RR over-40) 19.24, 3 G Sokolovskyi (unatt junior) 19.48, 4 W Nash (Galloway H junior) 20.22, 5 D Mardon (Strathearn junior) 21.08, 6 E Roberts (unatt over-50.) 21.44…8 Kirsty Alexander (Kilmarnock over-40) 21.52, 10 Esme Callander (Team East Lothian junior) 22.05, 12 Rose Ryan (Perth Strathtay H junior) 23.23, 15 Hayley Brown (Fife AC junior) 24.25.