The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
BRITISH MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP
ATHLETICS
Andy Douglas (Inverclyde) overcame both the heat and terrain to win the British Mountain Running Championships and World Trials at Llanberis, Wales.
The course over Moel Eilio doubled as the trials for November’s World Mountain Running Championships in Argentina later this year. Representing Scotland, Douglas hit the front early building a commanding lead over the 12.5km (710m) course to finish over two minutes ahead of Joe Steward (England). James Espie secured sixth place ahead of Hamish Wolfe 9th and Gavin Bryson 12th.
The rest of the Scottish sextet James Dunn and Hamish Battle ran strongly to finish 14th and 22nd respectively. Scotland claimed the team gold medals ahead of England with Wales in third.
The Scottish women’s team of Miranda Grant, Jill Stephens, Catriona Graves and Caroline Marwick secured much deserved silver medals behind England. Scotland’s junior hill runners made the trip down to Llanberis seeking to defend the Edinburgh junior trophy they won in style last year in Ireland. Lauren Dickson (Lasswade) won the U20 Women’s race to secure a place at the World Championships. Backed up Grace Molloy, Lynn McKenna and Rhona Mowat the quartet won team gold.
Fife AC’s Anna Hedley finished second in the U17s race and strong runs from Bridget Harley, Pippa Carcas and Helen Chong held off England to take another set of team gold.
Both the Scotland junior men secured team silver – the U20s represented by Hamish Hickey (fourth), Sunny McGrath, Tom Berry and Eoghann Gollan while Struan Bennet (Fife AC) led home the team of Harry Henricksen, Harry McGill and James Connelly.
England finished as overall victors beating Scotland into second place by four points with Wales third.
CREATE AND PROSPER
The final race of the Kirkcaldy Create and Proper series was a 2 x 2-mile relay held at Ravenscraig Park where Fife AC duo Kenny Gorman and Ryan Lafferty finished clear winners with a total nine minutes 33 seconds. Results: 1 K Gorman/R Lafferty (Fife AC) 9.33, 2 A Thomson/R Sellar (PH Racing) 9.52, 3 B Kinninmonth/J Pennycook 10.09, 4 J Lessels (PH Racing)/D Clark (Falkland TR) 10.16, 5 Alison Sutherland/A McGowan (Carnegie) 11.23, 6 A Bennet/J McDonald (PH Racing) 1st juniors. 11.27. Women. 1 M Mclean/R Reader (Fife AC) 11.49, 2 M Gairn/E Gillespie (Airdrie H.) 1st juniors. 13.05, 3 J Gairn/Z Gillespie (Airdrie H.) 16.00, 4 M Cotton/F Allan (Pitreavie) 2nd juniors. 16.29, 5 L Abbott/G Cree (Pitreavie) 16.41. SCOTTISH 10K ROAD RACE
Marc Brown (Salford) won the Scottish 10km Road Race (not a Scottish Championship) from Musselburgh Racecourse in 30 minutes 49 seconds while triathlete Cade Wright was 24th overall first female in 36.45.
Fife AC’s Laura Gibson came home fifth female in 37.38.
Former Dundee Hawkhill athlete Howell Craske (Corstorphine) won the half marathon in 68 minutes 26 seconds ahead of New Zealander Sam Mccutcheon’s 68:45. Alison Rowatt (Edinburgh Tri.) was first female in 78:50 with Sheena Logan (Fife AC) second in 81:52.
BASKETBALL
Scottish National League: men: div one: Boroughmuir Blaze 54 Dunfermline Reign 73; St Mirren 77 City of Edinburgh Kings 72; Perth Phoenix 74 Glasgow Univ 66; Edinburgh Lions 51 Falkirk Fury 92. Women: Glasgow Fever 35 Edinburgh Univ 52; Edinburgh Kool Kats 92 West Lothian Wolves 34; Glasgow Rocks 63 Perth Phoenix 38; St Mirren 53 Falkirk Fury 31.
BOWLS
ARBROATH AND DISTRICT INDOOR – Ladies Open League – K Gordon 17 I Teviotdale 7, S Geddess 15 M Martin 8, J Carr 10 M Croll 15, I Ingram 9 H Calder 10, A Glen 8 A Kinnear 12, J Gilbert w/o M Armstrong scr. Gents Evening Pairs – P Carnegie 26 I Garioch 10, C Smith 13 I Dorricott 6, M Andrews 19 B Sharp 7, S Barron 13 M McGreavey 14, B Stevenson 7 A Laing 17, E Eaton scr T Mill w/o.
CURLING
PERTH PAIR REACH LAST FOUR Perth curlers Robin Brydone and Duncan McFadzean advanced to the semi-finals of the KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario yesterday.
The Perth duo combined with Stranraer’s Euan Kyle and Dumfries skip Ross Whyte to post their fourth straight win when they beat 2017 champion Matthew Hall 5-2 in the last eight. They face Japan’s Yusuke Morozumi next. A third Perth player, Mili Smith, is part of Scottish champion Sophie Jackson’s team which meets local skip Lauren Horton in the ladies quarter-finals.
GOLF
R&A AUTUMN MEDAL
Friday’s results (Old Course) – Scr – Division 1 – MSP Benka (-1c) 66, W Taylor (-2c) 69, CJ Dale (1c) 70, DH Niven (1c 70, ME Thannhauser (-3c) 70, TJ Etridge (-2c) 71, JT Bunch (-2cv 71, M Ferguson Jones (0c) 71, Dr BT Bell (3cv 71, TA Hultquist (3c) 72, G Hay (-1c) 72, J Gallacher (-1c) @72, MGA Kershaw (1c) 72, TC Himmel (1c) 73, Dr GE Taggart (0c) 73, RIC Caldwell (-2c) 73, PH Coulthard (4c) 73, C P Gammon (2c) 73, GR Arnold (2c) 73, KJ Cattanach (0c) 74, CR Gow v1cv 74, CAM Collart (v4c) 74, MDG Hopley (3c) 74, M A Stein (-1c) 74. PJ McKellar (-2c) 74, AH Smith (1c) 74, CJ Rotheroe (-1c) 75, RAR Francis (3c) 75, NF Lindeblad (0c) 75, DC Meacher (2c) 75, K Flint (2c) 75, A Dultzin Lacoste (-3c) 75, JR Campion (4c) 75, RDG Millar (3c) @75, TR Shannon (2c) 75, M McKenna (1c) 75, AKT Mackenzie (R) 1c) @75, DT Weaver (Non C) 1 (1) 75, Nicholas Burke (4c) 76, IA Burns (2c) 76, JHR Kellock (-2c) 76, JS McArthur (3c) @76, AS Cochran (3c) @76, B Reagan (0c) 76, DP Jacobsen (2c) 76, RRW Bonallack (3c) 76, NJ Gammon (1c) 76.
CARNOUSTIE – Friday – Strokeplay (Burnside Course, CSS70, All One Class) – T Malone (20) 65, Agillanders (13) 66, B Warden (6) M Coull (7) 67. Saturday – Strokeplay (CSS76)
Div 1 – N Moncur (2) 72, N Foggie (6) G McKenzie (4) 73, J Craig (3) 74. Div 2 – W McKinney (14) 73, G Faulkner (13) M Galloway (12) 74. Div 3 – P Cardno (17) J Murray (18) 80. Strokeplay (Burnside Course, CSS70) Div 1 – C McLeod (12) 64, R Cairns (7) J Watson (15) 67, B Addison (15) 68. Div 2 – C Sinclair (19) 70, P McGovern (21) 75. Strokeplay (Buddon Course, CSS69, All One Class) –S Rhynd (9) 67, J Neeson (1) 69.
CRIEFF LADIES – SLGA Quaich Rd 2 (CSS76) – L Tabb (22) 34, A Gibb (23 32, E Knox (25) 31. Overall best nett scores winner – M McCartney.
CRIEFF – Stroke Competition (OOM 16 CSS69) – G Green (10) 68, S Mickel (14) 68, C Speedie (6) 69, J Brown (7) 69. 60+ Stableford (CSS70) – W Clark (15) 39, H Caldwell (13) 38, R Cadle (16) 37, SanSdy Fraser (7) 36. Order of Merit – H Caldwell 125.20, W Clark 112.45, D Adams 105.25
CRIEFF SENIORS – Wilkie Salver Rd 3 (CSS70) – J Brown (7) 38, R Lacon (10) 37, H McGillivray (17) 35.
DUNKELD AND BIRNAM SENIORS – outing to St Michaels – P Lambie 31pts, A Moncur 29, M Maher 28. Pinehurst Cups (Pairs) – A Taylor / L Foster 63.5, D McFarlane/I Goodfellow 66, M Maher/J Tait 68.
EDZELL – Alpha Romeo Shield (CSS71) – 0-5 – L Salariya (3) 67, B Webster (5) 68, J Watt (4) 71. 6-12 – G Stevens (6) 67, J Stewart (8)69, G Fulton (9) 69. 13-28 – I Low (13) 69, M Geraghty (17) 69, T Spry (15) 69. Winner of Alpha Romeo Shield was Len Salariya (bih).
FIFE GA – Champion of Champions at Leven. Winner was Andy Davidson (66-66) 132. Other scores – A Hain (7069) 139, R Brown (70-71) 141, S Scott (71-71) 142, M De Vries (71-72) 143, A Collier (72-72)144 .
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY LADIES – Champion of Champions (CSS75) – L Fotheringham (4) 71, J Brown (5) 76, W Smith 19) 78.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Medal Course Stableford (CSS72) – Section 1 – S Keay (8) 40pts, D Walker (9) 38, G Goodwin (8) 38, J Watt (1) 38. Section 2 – J Brown (13) 37pts, J Briggs (13) 36, A Wood (17) 36, R Wallace (14) 35. Section 3 – E Kane (24) 37, B Sampson (24) 34. Ashludie Course Stableford (CSS64, all one section) – D Lorimer (11) 44pts, R Lockhart (13) 40.
LETHAM GRANGE LADIES GLENS COURSE – Winter Strokeplay (CSS69 R/O) – P Bruce (20) 73, J Cumming (26) 81. Saturday League (CSS69) – H Kelly (24) 28pts, P Bruce (20) 27.
LUNDIN LADIES – Hutchison Spoons (greensomes) – S Cunningham/S Boakes 67.8, A Bremner/S Clark 68.8, S Hogg/S Honeyman 71.6.
MONIFIETH – Medal Course (CSS72) – Div 1 – S Hills (7) 72, G McMinn (3) 73, N Gilroy (6) 74. Div 2 – S Donnelly (10) 69, B Knight (24) 71, S Fairlie (22)
73. Ashludie Course (CSS68 R/O) – A McClymont (10) 66, N Anderson (2) 67 L Munro (9) 68.
MURRAYSHALL LADIES – Medal Finals (CSS72) – Silver – H Cameron (15) 72, J Jasper (19) 75. Bronze – I Meddicks (31) 80, H Gibson (22) 81.
ROYAL MONTROSE – Bicentenary Trophy (1562 Course) – H Howatson & M Stewart 69, M Pyper & J Walker
72. Bicentenary Trophy (Broomfield Course) – M Robb & S Taylor 68; B Hope & A Beedie 69. Medal winners Play off – Div 1 – P Sutherland (17) 73, H Howatson (17) 74, D Leask (6) 75. Div 2 – E McGurk (20) 76, P Strachan (25) 79, C Smith (28) 81.
MOTORSPORT
MOODIE SUCCESS
Fife’s World Champion Gordon Moodie won the Formula II final to record his first ever final win at at the Hednesford Hills Raceway on Sunday.
Moodie then won the Grand National from a lap handicap, although aided by a couple of race suspensions which allowed him to close up onto the tail of the field.
Moodie has equalled Billy Batten in terms of number pof career wins. Moodie began his racing career in 1998 and has picked up a Scottish Championship win, a World Cup victory in the Netherlands as well as retaining his World Championship win at Buxton earlier this month.
SNOOKER
DONALDSON RETURNS
Perth snooker pro Scott Donaldson plays his first match in five weeks when he meets Martin Gould in the opening round of the China Championship in Guangzhou today. The 25-year-old world No 31 beat the Londoner 6-4 at last month’s International Championship in Daqing.
SPORT ON TV
RUGBY UNION: World Cup, Wales v Georgia – ITV 10.25am, S4C and eir Sport 1 10.30am.
FOOTBALL: FIFA Football Awards 8.19pm – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League 7.30pm.
CRICKET: County Championship, Somerset v Essex – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket 10.15am.
TENNIS: WTA, Tashkent Open – BT Sport 2 6am; Wuhan Open – BT Sport 1 4am (Tue).
SNOOKER: China Championship – Eurosport 2 7.25am.
GRIDIRON: NFL, Washington Redskins v Chicago Bears – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action 1am (Tue).
SQUASH
CAPTAIN STEWART
Perth squash player Rory Stewart captained hosts Edinburgh Sports Club to a surprise bronze medal at the European Club Championships. Edinburgh faced Edgbaston Priory in a third place play-off, with Stewart defeating Belgian Jan Van Den Herrewegen 11-7 12-10 12-10 as Edinburgh secured a 3-0 victory.
Crieff teenager Lucy Murchie did not get the chance to repeat her earlier wins against Punkt and Newlands, but the 16-year-old joined the celebrations after Edinburgh’s women clinched fourth place by overcoming Swiss side Fricktal 2-1.