Seaforth compete at Lanark Racecourse
New venue for short cross- county event
Ayr Seaforth have been busy over the weekend.
The recent National Short Course XC Championships moved to a new venue at Lanark Racecourse this year.
This is a cross- country race which is run over a much shorter distance than usual making it something of a cross country sprint.
It is limited to age groups of U15 and above with the U15 racing over a 2km course, U17 over a 3km course and the U20/ Senior over a 4km course.
In the U15 Girls race Morven Hubbard took 36th place with sister Islay Hubbard in 61st place.
In the U15 Boys race Alex Crooks completed the course in 24th place with Fergus Muir in 106th.
The U17 Women saw the performance of the day from Seaforth with Rosie Davidson ( 5th place), Emma Frew ( 13th place) and Evie Mackay ( 46th place) giving them the team bronze medal.
With there being no U17 men competing from Seaforth on the day it was then the turn of the Seniors.
In the Senior Women it was Toni McIntosh who led the way finishing in 22nd place followed by Nicola Dunn in 64th place from a field of 206 competitors.
The Senior Men completed the days competition with Grahame Hopper in 170th place, Alasdair Meldrum 268th, Simon Kirk 304th, Craig Brown 309th and Tim Downie 416th.
Closer to home was this year’s Ayrshire Cross Country Championships, which took place at an unusually sunny Kilmarnock on Saturday although conditions underfoot were still slightly soft in places.
First up was the U11 races where Seaforth athlete Brady McLean took the gold medal in the boys race.
There was success in both U13 races however with Iona Hubbard taking gold and Anna Kirk the silver in the girls race while Ethan Polson took silver and Daniel Byers bronze in the boys race.
Euan Bell followed this taking silver in the U15 boys’ race while Morven Hubbard also took silver in the U15 girls race.
Not to be outdone it was then the turn of Scott Sprang to take gold and Emma Frew also gold in the U17 races.
The final races of the day were the Seniors where Toni McIntosh won gold in the women’s with twin sister Laura Wallace taking bronze, in the men’s race Lewis Ross won bronze and 1st U20.