The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
ROUND UP ATHLETICS
Andrew Lemoncello (Fife AC) celebrated a St Patrick’s Day double in Portland, Oregon, winning the Shamrock 15km followed by the 5km race.
20,000 runners participated in the 41st race programme where the Olympian won the hilly 15km race, clocking a record 48 minutes 25 seconds to finish 52 seconds ahead of runner-up Jesse Joseph.
The warm-down 5km went down to the wire as Lemoncello and training colleague Tate Schienbein sprinted for the finish tape, Lemoncello prevailing on the line in 14 minutes 44 seconds.
Lemoncello said: “My legs were dead for the 15km but that’s the feeling I wanted. I managed to run about five seconds a mile faster than my marathon pace on that really tough course, which was way better than I had planned for, so I’m really happy about where my fitness is at.
“I have one really big workout on Friday or Saturday before going to the coast for the weekend and then I’ll just start cruising through in training to the New York indoor marathon race in April.”
PARKRUNS: Camperdown: 1 R Chillingworth (unatt) 19.22, 2 T Esler (unatt) 19.43, 3 E Lamont (unatt) 19.58…5 P McEleavy (Monifieth Tri) 1st veteran. 20.44, 16 C Ross (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 60. 22.29, 95 S Cromar (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 80. 30.12. Women – 1 A McKimmie (Fife AC) 21.02, 2 K Scott (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st veteran. 23.19, 3 M Gamble (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 23.38…5 I Bracegirdle (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 24.51, 47 C McIntosh (Tayside Running Sisters) 1st over 70. 36.01.
St Andrews, Craigtoun Park :1M Rimicans (St Andrews University) 17.59, 2 P Keating (unatt) 18.40, 3 S Brophy (Castlebar AC) 19.14, 4 S MacFarlane (unatt) 1st veteran. 19.14…6 D van Bleerk (unatt) 1st over 50. 19.19, 48 E Wade (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 26.07, 52 K Smith (unatt) 26.44. Women. 1 R Van Rensburg (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 19.16, 2 S Mullins (Fife AC) 21.25, 3 L Lessels (Falkland TR) 2nd veteran. 21.30, 4 C Polson (Stonehaven RC) 1st junior. 22.07…7 E Bloomfield (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 23.04, 37 A Maiden (unatt) 1st over 60. 31.52, 60 A Jackson (unatt) 1st over 70. 55.12.
Perth, North Inch. 1 S Scott (unatt) 18.01, 2 K Riddell (Perth RR) 18.01, 3 A Hilton (unatt) 18.43, 4 R Ward (Perth RR) 1st veteran. 18.53…6 K Jordan (Perth Strathtay) 1st junior. 20.01, 9 K Ogilvy (Perth RR) 1st over 50. 20.31, 37 R Thomson (unatt) 1st over 60. 23.18, 69 I Cuthbert (unatt) 1st over 70. 25.14. Women. 1 S Evans (unatt) 22.03, 2 L MacPherson (Perth RR) 1st veteran. 22.49, 3 V Stone (East Fife Tri.) 24.09….7 P Johnston (unatt) 1st junior. 24.14, 11 C Mallett (Lomond HR) 1st over 60. 25.04, 76 J Bowman (unatt) 1st over 70. 38.05.
Kirkcaldy, Beveridge Park: 1L Cleland (unatt) 18.20, 2 A Thomson (PH Racing) 18.50, 3 M Buchan (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 19.12, 4 I Sheerins (unatt) 1st over 50. 19.30….35 D Murray (unatt) 1st over 60. 24.25, 153 R Wyper (Harmeny) 1st over 70. 35.49. Women. 1 G Stewart (PH Racing) 23.25, 2 M Webster (unatt) 25.01, 3 C Simpson (Meedies RC) 1st veteran. 25.04….11 G McNab (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 1st over 50. 27.12, 12 J McLeod (Carnegie) 1st over 60. 27.14, 19 M Cavanagh (Fife AC Kirkcaldy Wizards) 1st over 70. 28.21.
Montrose: 1 A Rodger (unatt) 20.18, 2 A Christie (Montrose & Dist.) 1st junior. 21.13, 3 S Villis (unatt) 1st veteran. 21.32….7 R McLeod (unatt) 1st over 50. 22.06, 14 B Smith (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 23.03, 67 J Addison (unatt) 1st over 70. 29.55. Women. 1 O McLeod (unatt) 1st junior, 21.57, 2 A McNeill (unatt) 2nd junior. 23.29, 3 V Brown (unatt) 1st veteran. 23.30…16 C Davies (Arbroath Footers) 1st over 60. 25.06, 18 M Ellery (St Cyrus Solos) 1st over 70. 28.37.
Lochore Meadows: 1 G Mathieson (Falkland TR) 17.37, 2 B Innes (Falkland TR) 19.59, 3 S Hatten (unatt) 20.26,
4 K Tindall (Harmeny) 1st veteran. 20.33…10 D Hunter (Lothian RC) 1st over 50. 21.39, 11 G Pryde (Lomond HR) 1st over 60. 22.16, 38 K McGurk (unatt) 1st over 70. 28.46. Women – 1 C Quoi (unatt) 23.36, 2 C Henderson (Carnegie) 25.15, 3 A Atkinson (Westpark AC) 28.15…5 S Paterson (unatt) 1st veteran. 28.37, 13 I Miller (Jog Scotland) 1st over 50. 32.57, 16 D Slee (unatt) 1st over 60. 44.06.
Loch Leven: 1 T Gray (unatt) 20.15, 2 G Piggot (Glenrothes Tri.) 1st veteran. 20.36, 3 A Armstrong (Unatt. 20.47, 4 N Martin (Cani-Sports Fife) 1st over 50. 21.22…8 J Boyle (Kinross RR) 1st over 60. 23.15, 29 N Todd (unatt) 1st over 70. 30.38. Women. 1 R Miller (unatt) 24.48, 2 K Gray (Kinross RR) 1st veteran. 25.37, 3 S Trickey (unatt) 26.07, 4 K Niven (unatt) 1st junior. 29.35, 5 S Eaton (Kinross RR) 1st over 50. 32.06…11 L Spinks (Jog Scotland) 1st over 60. 38.14.
BOWLS
ARBROATH AND DISTRICT INDOOR – Jarvis Ruxton Pairs A – J Hogg 10 T Mckay 17, P Smith 13 B Taylor 14, S Christie 15, D Milne 13, G B Anderson 17 K Moir 9, C Clark 15 J Robbie 8. C W Senior 4S B – Gm Ross 11 A Elrick 16, D Harvey 18 W Smith 9, W Reid 1 J Hogg 21, J Fullerton 10 C Coull 20, D Baillie 14 Ah. Cameron 11, B Sharp 25 B Taylor 6. Ladies Evening Triples – L Robertson 26 M Fraser 6, L Furye 22 M Croll 4, J Gilbert 15 M Armstrong 2, S Simpson 6 M Smith 23. DUNDEE INDOOR – Ladies Senior Pairs KO – E Birse 17 E Duffy 5, K Wright 17 J McCord 6, R McCabe 13 H Nairn 6, A Milton 17 A MacMaster 6. Senior Fours League – A Cochrane 15 R Biondi 10, A Low 17 A Anderson 16, I S Duff 19 C Donaldson 4, A Neillie 15 J Aimer 18, J Holman 9 G Lawrence 18. Borland Insurance Open Pairs League – W Vannet 11 S Gardiner 19, W Dempster 14 G Gall 6, J Milne 10 M Biondi 17. Mixed Fours League – G Prophet 14 I S Duff 11, A Peters 9.75 A Neillie 8, R Collie 17 M Biondi 5.
GOLF
AUCHTERARDER – Super 6 Winter League Round 22, Section 1 – D D Smith (5) 61, W Innes (5) 63, S Haxton (0) 64; Section 2 – D Ramsay (9) 60, I Bews (9) 62bih, W Irvine (6) 62; Section 3: R Bowden (17) 61, J K Dewar (12) 62, H Lockhart (17) 63.
CARNOUSTIE – Buddon Course, Stableford, all one class – R McKinlay (13) 42pts, W Scott (13) 41, D Marshall (18) 39.
DOWNFIELD – Senior Winter League – T Anderson (4) 43pts, D Muir (10) 39, M Kaye (12) 37 bih.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Medal Course (CSS NQ), Section 1 – G Thomson (7) 41 pts, M Thomson (40). Section 2 – C Rattray (10) 39, R Bowman (13) 39, S Dolan (14) 37. Section
3 – C Purvey (19) 31.
POOLS
CUPAR HEARTS – Tote Double – 24 and 44. No winners. £20 Craig Begg, £10 John Gray. Next week’s prize £250.
FORFAR WEST END – Tote nos – 26, 44. No winners, lucky draw applies. Next week’s draw £450. GOWFERS GAMBLE –26101318 19. No winners, next week’s jackpot £12,700. Consolation prizes – £25 M Fagan, £15 S Grassick, £10 J Rose, all Carnoustie, £10 S Irving, Arbroath.
SPORT ON TV
FOOTBALL: Friendly, Wales v Trinidad & Tobago – S4C 7.25pm and Sky Sports Main Event 7.40pm, Germany v Serbia – Sky Sports Premier League 7.40pm.
TENNIS: WTA, Miami Open – BT Sport 1 1600.
GOLF: European Tour, Maybank Championship – Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Golf 3.30am (Thurs).
SNOOKER: Tour Championship – ITV4 12.45pm.
CYCLING: Nokere Koerse – Eurosport 2 2pm.
BASKETBALL: NBA, Philadelphia 76ers v Boston Celtics – Sky Sports Main Event 11pm.
BASEBALL: MLB, Oakland v Seattle in Tokyo – BT Sport/ESPN 9.30am.