The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
STUDENT AT HEAD OF SCOTTISH TRAIL CHAMPIONSHIPS
ATHLETICS
GLEN WINS IN FALKLAND FOREST New Mexico University student Jonathan Glen headed the field at the Scottish Trail Championships held over a hilly course in Falkland Forest.
Glen covered the 10km course in 31 minutes 16 seconds, pulling away from Tom Martyn (Hunters Bog Trotters) to open up a six-second advantage over the closing stages. Edinburgh’s Hunters Bog Trotters finished clear team winners while Cambuslang pipped Fife AC for team silver.
Ryan Lafferty, winner of last week’s Kirkcaldy Half Marathon, led home Fife in 11th, supported by Sam Fernando 14th, Rory Scott 19th and James Hall 37th. Hungarian triathlete Fanni Gyurko (Central AC) was a clear winner of the women’s title timed at 37 minutes 10 seconds, followed home by Laura Dickson (Lasswade) in 37.44. Edinburgh AC took the team title ahead of Fife AC , with Jen Spence eighth, Jennifer Cruickshanks 11th, Halina Rees 12th and Ailsa Cruickshanks 15th.
Results: 10km. 1 J Glen (Inverclyde) 31.16, 2 T Martyn (Hunters Bog Trotters) 31.22, 3 A Campbell (Cambuslang) 32.58, 4 S Brember (Central AC) 1st veteran. 33.01, 5 F Lydon (Carnethy HR) 1st junior. 33.29, 6 J Waldie (HBT) 33.52….11 R Lafferty (Fife AC) 35.15, 14 S Fernando (Fife AC) 35.44, 15 A Davis (PH Racing) 2nd veteran. 35.50, 16 G Barrie (Dundee Hawkhill) 3rd veteran. 35.55, 19 R Scott (Fife AC) 36.28, 20 D Gardiner (Motherwell) 1st over 50. 36.50, 42 B Aitken (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 40.03, 109 S Cromar (Dundee Hawkhill over 80) 1st over 70. 64.11. Team. 1 Hunter Bog Trotters 27, 2 Cambuslang 73, 3 Fife AC 81, 4 PH Racing 106…6 Carnegie 211, 7 Dundee Hawkhill 255, 8 Dundee RR 279. Women. 10km. 1 F Gyurko (Central AC) 37.10, 2 L Dickson (Edinburgh AC) 1st junior. 37.44, 3 C Buchanan (Central AC) 38.51, 4 C MacDonald (Bellahouston RR) 39.12, 5 H MacCormick (Edinburgh AC) 39.34, 6 R Frake (Edinburgh AC) 39.41…8 J Spence (Fife AC) 39.50, 10 K Lownie (PH Racing) 40.58, 11 J Cruickshanks (Fife AC) 41.14, 12 H Rees (Fife AC) 41.16, 15 A Cruickshanks (Fife AC) 41.54, 17 K Kennedy (PH Racing) 1st veteran. 42.16, 18 S Ridley (Edinburgh AC) 1st over 50. 43.13, 28 I Bracegirdle (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 47.30, 55 E Gilchrist (Ferranti) 1st over 70. 59.13. Teams. 1 Edinburgh AC 43, 2 Fife AC 46, 3 PH Racing 99.
Under 17. 5km. 1 H Hendriksen (Lasswade) 18,14, 2 L Cairns (Inverness) 18.24, 3 C Miller (Unatt.) 18.50, 4 J Lessels (PH Racing) 19.40. Teams. 1 PH Racing 31, 2 Dundee Hawkhill 36. Girls. 1 M Gilbride (Giffnock North) 22.13, 2 M Padmanabhan (Garscube) 22.18, 3 K Macleod (Corstorphine) 22.20. Team. 1 Garscube 11. Under 15. 5km. 1 S Bennet (Fife AC) 18.30, 2 C Campbell (Team East Lothian) 19.06, 3 A Wright (Team East Lothian0 19.22…5 W Lorente (Dundee Hawkhill) 20.23. Teams. 1 Harmeny 21, 2 Cambuslang 29. Girls. 1 B Harley (Team East Lothian) 23.06, 2 C Christie (Unatt.) 23.25, 3 O Meikle (Lasswade) 23.35. Team. 1 Cambuslang 20.
Under 13, 3km. 1 I Wright (Team East Lothian) 10.34, 2 C Chong (Giffnock North) 10.43, 3 Z Field (Unatt.) 10.46…5 S Gatherer (Perth Strathay H.)1.06, 6 Adele Street (N Ayrshire) 11.45, 9 Ariane Baillie (Pitreavie) 11.54, 12 Iona Hubbard (Ayr Seaforth) 12.17. Under 11. 3km. 1 F Ross (Harmeny) 11.23, 2 E Gillies (Unatt.) 11.28, 3 Cerys Wright (Team East Lothian) 11.47, 4 J Barr (Fife AC) 12.42, 5 F Melville (Fife AC) 13.15, 6 Kirsty Rankine (Gala) 13.16…9 Carys Melton (Harmeny) 14.14.
Katie Johnson (Edinburgh AC) posted a personal best 800m time of 2:09.63 to take silver at the England Athletics championships at Bedford as Ella Greenway (Cleethorpes AC) added the England title to the English Schools equivalent from earlier in the summer, clocking 2:09.26. Pitreavie athletes performed well as Rebecca Grieve took silver in the Under-15 age group 300m (39.85), with Sophie Wallwork fourth.
Sarah Coutts took bronze in the Under 17s 800m. Isla Calvert (Livingston) won the U17 800m, clocking 2:07.06 to come home more than four seconds clear.
Perth 10km. 1 A Gudgin (Fife AC) 32.44, 2 C Whitby (Irvine) 33.30, 3 F Logan (Belgrave) 34.57, 4 C Philip (Stirling Univ.) 1st junior. 35.28, 5 S Robertson (Perth RR) 1st over 50. 35.37, 6 K Riddell (Perth RR) 35.41. Women. 1 J Ramsay (Perth RR) 41.48, 2 A Pillichos (Metro Aberdeen) 41.53, 3 J Atkinson (Unatt.) 42.55, 4 L MacPherson (Perth RR) 42.43 – all veterans.
BOWLS
ALMOND VALLEY FLOODLIT TRIPLES – D Watson 10 G Mill 18, J Sandilands 12 C Murray 10, M Paton. 8 R Kettles 24, M Melville W/D B Mccurdy W/O.
GOLF
R&A CALCUTTA CUP round two – Distinguished Professor DL Collinson (1) and IAT Donald (13) beat R D Wassenaar (12) and Dr LES Carrie (18) by 1 hole; J A Gibson (1) and DJ Bett (5) beat PB Dollman (8) and DS Burk (13) at the 19th; JC Taylor (15) and LA Draper (17) beat Dr J K Seedhouse (8) and M D G Hopley (3) by 2 holes; JA Skelton (5) and HCA Rowe (12) beat DJ Zuill (8) and AM Zuill (12) 4 and 3; LM Porter (5) and JG Porter (13) beat CC Joyce (12) and AE Cattanach (9) 7 and 5; KM Wiggins (13) and TJ Castle (20) beat C J Yash (15) and IC Noble (10) 3 and 1; J Blackwood (7) and PY Reed (9) beat J J Fryett (2) and E Mocatta (19) by 1 hole; TW Hudson (5) and GRC Barclay (19) beat IHS Sinton (14) and JJ Ord (11) at the 19th; JWG Patrick (3) and JD Gordon (5) beat Dr JC Foster (16) and RS Pyrke (8) by 1 hole; TR Stevens (7) and RJ Stevens (8) beat IG Ogilvie (20) and DA Ogilvie (22) 2 and 1; MN Donaldson (13) and WL Maitland (15) beat KL Mould (5) and DR Quinton (5) 2 and 1; PH Smith (12) and DC Ferguson (18) beat JA Barford (12) and GH Wilson (15) 1 hole; DW Hall (6) and RG Hanna (16) beat AI LangStevenson (17) and G Sprot (10) by 2 holes; AM D Wilkinson (14) and David Tully (8) beat KA Simpson (9) and JT Hughes (6) 1 hole; CW F Dryden (12) and JW Campbell (6) beat AJ P Wood (5) and Professor RA Wood (18) 6 and 5; SG Rutherford (12) and C Macnab (7) beat DE Warrington (4) and PT Wildridge (3) 6 and 5; EJ Drinkwater (16) and Robert Eric Simpson (8) beat JW Kiker (9) and CO Anderson (9) 2 and 1; CG Hammond (6) and Dr RG Watson (2) beat D Christie (13) and GM Simmers (10) 4 and 3.
CHARITY GOLF EVENT
The Monifieth and District Rotary charity golf event was played over Monifieth Medal. 1 The Railwaymen (Bruce McLeod, Rayne Eaton, Duncan Rear) 82pts, 2 Carnoustie Craws (Bruce Merrilees, Bruce Proctor, Mark Robertson) 81, 3 Brechin plus one (Robert Funai, Paul Kelly, Dave Kelly) 80. Other winners: Ian Curry (Kilsyth), Colin Brown, G Rorrison (Strathaven), Grant McFarlane (Kilsyth).
BLAIRGOWRIE – Gents Saturday Medal (CSS73) – Div 1 – D Sneddon (7) 68, C Neil (0) 71. Div 2 – R Young (12) 71, A Morton (15) 73. Div 3 – G Nicoll (19) 75, S Bruce (16) 77. Sunday Medal (CSS72 R W) – Div 1 – G Brass (1) 67, R Medinelli (6) 70. Div 2 – F Currie (10) 73, T Edwards (14) 75. DIv 3 – I Martin (16) 72, A J Brown (18) 80.
CARNOUSTIE – Strokeplay (Championship Course, CSS R/O, All One Class) – B Fullerton (11) 75, P Drummond (1) D O’Sullivan (3) 77. Strokeplay Final Round GB Clark Quaich (Burnside Course, CSS 70) All One Class) – A Lonie (18) 65, C Smith (8) W Lees (15) 66, J Downie (10) 68. Winner GB Clarke Quaich – Warren Lees.Strokeplay (Buddon Course, CSS68, All One Class) – A Jones (8) S Robertson (2) 68.
DOWNFIELD – Saturday Stroke (CSS71) – Div 1 – G Bell (-1) 67, S Smith (-2) 68, K Flynn (8) 70. Div 2 – P Clark (10) 71, C Penman (13) 72, N Swayne (10) 72. Div 3 – F Flood (16) 71, S Lafferty (17)71, M Lorimer (16)74. Sunday – Lamb Trophy 1st Round (CSS74) – Div 1 P Brown (1) 70, K Haggart (6) 73, K Marshall (4) 73. Div 2 – I Torano (12) 70, C Drumm (12) 72, N Swayne (10) 73, Div 3 M Bruce (24) 78, R Donaldson (20) 78, D Bruce (20) 79.
DRUMOIG – Masters Champion – William Morrison, runner-up: Dave Murray; Scratch winner was Paul Murphy. Round The Ponds winner was Russell White .
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Sunday Cup Final Round (Medal Course CSS73) – Section 1 – D Walker (9) 38pts, I Cowan (7) 35, G Hutton (3) 35. Section 2 – B Will (11) 36pts, K Strachan (18) 36, M Cobb (11) 32. Section 3 - N Anderson (24) 27pts. Sunday Cup winner was Stephen Storrier. Ashludie Course (CSS64, All one class) – G Leuchars (21) 45pts, C Purvey (20) 39.
KING JAMES VI – Mixed Open Greensome draw – 11.00 D/L Angus A/F Joss; 11.10 T McLaren/M Lumby B/C Scott; 11.30 M/S Bee G/L Neill; 11.40 J/F Strim C Upton/F Prentice; 11.50 D Cargill/K Brodie P/L Hacking; 12.00 G Sievwright/L Gray A/S Mitchell; 12.20 T/A Brunt D Wells/C Foley; 12.30 N Fraser/M Chapman G/J Oram; 13.00 B Blackburn/D Whytock R/I Robertson; 13.20 L/P Short B/D Craig; 13.30 D/A Knight M McCulloch/E Clark; 13.40 C Hammonds/D Nixon M Hammonds/M McKay. Late entries to 01738 632460 (option 1 - mornings) or 07743 178684 .
LETHAM GRANGE GLENS – Stableford (CSS65) – L Davies (19) 45pts, M Kubicki (7) 38, S Cook Jr (14) 37.
MONIFIETH – Medal Course (CSS75 R/O) – M Brown (3) 70, G Maxwell (5) N Gallacher (5) 74. Ashludie Course (CSS68) – E Radley (8), R Darling (14), A Thomson (21), C Cairnie (6), P Gardiner (8) 69.
HOMING
LOCHGELLY HOMING SOCIETY – Ripon Young Bird race – J Doig 1140.79; W Stark 1098.53; D Hunter 1083.27; J Doig 1079.44; D Hunter 1076.65; J Doig 1068.57; J Walton 1046.75; W Stark 1001.38; W Stark 948.78.
ST SERFS – Four members sent 54 birds to Wakefield. M Shields 1158.46 1120.99, 1089.08, 1075.25, 1062.23, 1046.82; D Whyte 1106.33, 1057.56; S Fleming 1068.30, 1067.66. POOLS GOWFERS GAMBLE – 1, 3, 14, 17, 19, 23. No winners. Next week’s jackpot £15,100. Consolation prizes to K Edmond (£30), J MacVeigh (£20), M Simpson and C Connor (£15 each), all Carnoustie.
ST ANDREWS UNITED SUPER SIX – 1, 6, 7, 10, 18, 20. No jackpot winner. Next week’s jackpot £1,800. Consolation prizes to Violet Mudie (£30), Denis Hutchison (£20) and Jack McKelvie (£10).
SPORT ON TV
FOOTBALL: Women’s friendly international, Norway v England – BBC Two England 4.45pm; Women’s Euro 8.21pm qualifier, Wales v Northern Ireland – BBC Two Wales 6.55pm CRICKET: Test match, West Indies v India – Sky Sports The Ashes 3.25pm. CYCLING: Vuelta a Espana – Eurosport 1 1.45pm
BASEBALL: Live MLB match – BT Sport/ESPN 6pm.