HAWKINS FINISHES THIRD IN JAPAN

ATHLETICS

Callum Hawkins (Kilbarchan) clocked 60 minutes, 01 seconds to finish third in the Marugame Half Marathon in Japan.

The time was one second outside of his own Scottish best performance for the distance.

Brett Robinson clocked a winning 59.57 to set an Australian record.

Fife AC over-80 veteran George Black set two Scottish age group records at the Scottish Veteran Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Black, who already set an over-80 veteran four-mile world record already this year, as well as a UK Parkrun over-80 record, contested the indoor 800m and 1,500m. An 800m finish of three minutes 32.03 seconds revised the previous best of 3:52.47 set in 2006 while a 1,500m clocking of 7:17.64 was well inside the former record of 7:52.47, also dating back to 2006. Dundee Hawkhill’s Mike Tarnawsky celebrated 200m and 400m wins in the over-45 veteran age group. BRITISH/COLLEGES CROSS-COUNTRY

Mahamed Mahamed (Southampton Solent) and Anna Emilie Møller (St Mary’s) headed class fields as 2,000 students converged on Holyrood Park in Edinburgh for the British/ Colleges Cross-country Championships.

Mahamed won the men’s ‘A’ 10km in a time of 32 minutes, 06 seconds. He was followed home by GB hill internationalist Joe Steward (Bangor) in 32.43.

Irish internationalist Jayme Rossiter (Aston Univ.) snatched third from Daniel Jarvis (St Mary’s), with both sharing a time of 32.50.

Jarvis, however, had the consolation of leading St Mary’s to team gold. Meanwhile Perth Strathtay athlete Sol Sweeney, representing Glasgow University, finished eighth, the leading performance in the men’s race by a Scot.

Sweeney moved his way through the field over the opening two laps, sitting in ninth over the final two circuits. A spirited final effort saw the GB U23 internationalist sprint to eighth at the finish line timed at 33.05. Jack Leitch, in 12th, overhauled Edinburgh University colleague Alex Chepelin, in 25th, one place behind Stirling’s Hamish Hickey in 24th. Danish Olympian Anna Emilie Møller (St Mary’s) dominated the women’s ‘A’ race. The 2019 European U23 Crosscountry champion made light of the gusting winds to finish in 28 minutes 03 seconds – 46 seconds ahead of runner-up, GB internationalist Jessica Judd (Loughborough) in 28.49. Jenny Nesbitt (Cardiff Met.) was third in 29.22 while Eloise Walker was eighth for Glasgow University in 29.49. Holly Page led home hosts Edinburgh University in 18th in 31.10. Judd’s performance took Loughborough to the team title ahead of St Mary’s.

Joe Wigfield won the men’s 8km ‘B’ race, while Grace Carson (Loughborough) won the women’s ‘B’ 6km race Selected results, Emirates Arena, Glasgow. Scottish Indoor Pentathlon championships. U13 Girls. 1 E Bond (North Shields) 2968, 2 L Hunter (Pitreavie) 2406, 3 J Caig (VP Glasgow) 2375. Under 15 Girls. 1 G Mabbott (Gateshead) 1983, 2 D Black (Dunfermline T & F.) 1942, 3 S Fraser (Inverness) 1844.

Scottish Indoor Relay Championships. Senior Women 4 x 200m.

1 Edinburgh AC 1:42.29, 2 Giffnock North 1:42.43, 3 VP Glasgow 1:44.87, 4 Perth Strathtay H. 1:45.79. Senior Men 4 x 200m. 1 Giffnock North 1:29.31, 2 Greenock Glenpark 1:30.36, 3 VP Glasgow 1;36.61.

Veteran Indoor Championships. Over-45. 200m. 1 M Tarnawsky (Dundee Hawkhill) 25.37. 400m. 1 Tarnawsky 57.00. 800m. Over 45. 1 G Barrie (Dundee Hawkhill) 2:09.35. Over 50. 3 D Ryan (Perth RR) 2:14.42. Over 60. 2 A Marr (PH Racing) 2:28.40. Over 80. 1 G Black (Fife AC) 3:32.03 Scottish age group record.

1,500m. Over-45. 3 Barrie 4:25.41. Over-50. 2 Ryan 4:41.41. Over-55. 2 P Hammersley (Perth RR) 5:17.51. Over60. 2 J Thomson (Fife AC) 4:53.52. Over-80. 1 Black 7:17.64. Scottish age group record. Women. Over-55. 1 M Western (Fife AC) 5:29.46.

BOWLS

ARBROATH AND DISTRICT INDOOR – Ladies Club League – M Croll 13 I Teviotdale 8, I Ingram 13 A Kinnear 7, S Geddes 14 A Glen 18, H Carr 21 M Armstrong 7, K Gordon 13 J Carr 12, J Gilbert w/o M Martin scr. Club Invitation Rinks – Abbey (3) 26 Hope Paton (1) 6, Newgate 12 Hope Paton (2) 5, Abbey (2) 8 Montrose 24, Abbey (1) 18 Letham 4.

DUNDEE – Gents Senior Triples League – G Lawrence 18 IS Duff 7, F Hutcheon 7 J D’arcy 13, J Glen 7 J Henderson 12. Ladies Triples League – H Nairn 9 E Birse 13, M Dunning 11 M Small 8. Borland Insurance Open Pairs League – S Cairns 15 J Gray

7, L Stoneman 13 S Gardiner 14, B Mcilravay 17 J Stewart 4. Evening Open Pairs League – C Brunton 14 G Mchugh 12, P Stewart 8 B Gourlay 15, K Taylor 4 N Robertson 21, M Tunstall 15 G Cameron 4, G Ewart 22 M Lowe 10, B Smith 19 P Moran 17. Mixed Pairs KO – A Hutcheson 14 R Carlin 15, B Duncan 17 A Milton 7.

CARPET BOWLS COMPETITION Seven teams took part in the Angus Federation of Men’s Clubs indoor carpet bowling triples competition at Arbroath Community Centre. Winners were John Smith, Dunc Stewart, Rob Millar and Donald Gunn of Monikie, who beat Peter Anderson, Ewan Wood, Ed Cheyne and Stuart Robertson, of Farnell, in the final. Beaten semi-finalists were Ron Thomson, Sye Hendry, Drew Brown and Drew Leslie, of Inverarity, and Alan Wood, Alan Soutar, Jim Jamieson and Hamish Galt, of

Farnell. Thanks to Allan Stewart, of Lochaber, Arbirlot, who sponsored the winners and runners-up medals.

GOLF

CARNOUSTIE – Saturday, Championship Course, Stableford, 16 holes (CSS N/A), all one class – G Birse (3) 35 pts; R Goodman (4) 33. Burnside Course, Stableford, 14 holes (CSS N/A), all one class – M Birse (10) 29 pts; D Russell (15) 25. Buddon Course, Stableford (CSS N/A), all one class – J Neeson (1) 28 pts.

CARNOUSTIE WINTER LEAGUE – E Kerr and T Convery beat I Frier and P Gordon 1 up; D Taylor and G Duncan lost to J Gilbert and J Watson 4&2; S Cadden and S Norrie lost to C Smith and E Matthew 7&6; N Watson and C Saunders halved with A Brown and K Mcgregor (res); S Fairweather and A Boath beat G Kidd (res) and G Robson 3&1. Sweep – E Matthew (6) 66, J Gilbert (4) 68.

DOWNFIELD – Saturday – 12 Hole

Winter Eclectic – W Houston (7) 42, K Macarthur (4) 44, D Anderson (15) 44, S Lafferty (11) 45, S Mcintosh (5) 45, L Caswell (13) 46.

DUNKELD AND BIRNAM SENIORS – Winter League – S Woodside 38pts, A Fleming 36, J Blyth 35.

GRANGE & BROUGHTY – Medal Course, Winter Stableford (CSS 70), Section 1 – L Grubb (4) 41 points; M Lindsay (-1), C Swan (9), A Murphy (8) 39. Section 2 - A Hay (14) 43 points; J Lowe (12) 41; C Craig (13) 40. Section 3 – B Sampson (21) 42 points; G Ritchie (19) 38. Ashludie Course, Winter Stableford (CSS 65), all one section – J Adam (18) 43 points; E Strachan (12) 40. Sunday – Medal Course Winter Stableford (CSS70) – Section 1 – D Mckay (10) 46, D Pont (9) 40. Section 2 – C Baily (13) 42, A Stewart (15) 39. Section 3 – S Stewart (21) 36. Ashludie Course Winter League (CSS65) – Section 1 – D Morrison (9) 40, I Matthew (5) 40, J Brown (13) 40. Section 2 – D Kilcullen (20) 44, B Heggie (19) 38.

GRANGE & BROUGHTY LADIES –Winter League (13 hole Stableford) – A Cowan (12) 28pts, M Laing (20) 23bih, E Miller (21) 23.

LADYBANK – February Medal (CSS N/A), Div 1 – C Wood (8) 66; G Marshall (8) 68; N Barlow (10) 69 bih. Div 2 – J Wood (13) 66; J Farrell (15) 68; C Priestley (13) 70.

LUNDIN LADIES – February Medal – P Seath (27) 35 pts; S Nicholson (16) 31; H Fleming (22) 30.

MONIFIETH – Winter League – R Garbett (res)/d Eastaugh beat A Mckay (res)/r Leslie (res) 5&4; I Hutcheon/f Anderson beat C Cairnie/j Ferrie 1 hole; C Mckay/k Scott beat C Mitchell (res)/l Munro 2up; S Mcdonald/i Newlove (res) beat N Anderson/l Mclean (res) 2up; M Strachan (res)/i Kelly beat A Mcclymont/m Mcbride 1 hole; E Radley/r Darling (res) beat D Mitchell/a Boyle 3&2. Scr – C Mckay 65, I Hutcheon 68. Hcp – K Scott (15) 61, G Biggs (6) 63, C Mitchell (5) I Kelly (9) 64.

ST REGULUS LADIES – February Gold and Silver Medal, Eden Course (CSS 73), Division 1 – S Suttie (16) 71; W Howden (20) 72; J Moir (15) 75. Division 2 – K Forrest (25) 70; J Crawford (22) 73; L Shepherd (23) 78. STONEHAVEN – Winter League (CSS NA) – Singles – Go Adamson (4) 41pts, J Findlay (14) 40, N Cattanach (9), N Macarthur (12) 39. Scratch Pairs – K Riddell & R Mcallan 60, I Taylor/g Mcfarlane 63, Gr Adamson/w Pittendreigh, S Guzik/c Brown 64. Handicap Pairs – C Watt (17)/S Crabb (13) 55, M Halliday (6)/S Campbell (13), A Duncan (8)/C Mitchell (5), G Taylor (8)/J Starrs (11) 59, R Riddell (7)/J Riddell (14) 60.

Leading final round scores and totals in the in the Saudi International Powered by SBIA, Royal Greens G&CC, Saudi Arabia. (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):

268 Graeme Mcdowell 64 68 66 70 270 Dustin Johnson (USA) 67 68

68 67

271 Phil Mickelson (USA) 66 70 68 67, Gavin Green (Mal) 64 67 70 70, Thomas Pieters (Bel) 70 67 69 65 273 Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 69 65 65 74, Abraham Ancer (Mex) 69 70 67 67, Ross Fisher 66 68 71 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 68 70 66, Thomas Detry (Bel) 73 66 65 69

274 Dean Burmester (Rsa) 71 68 68 67, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 68 71 67 68 275 Shane Lowry 69 67 70 69, Ashun Wu (Chn) 71 66 68 70, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 73 64 73 65, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 68 74 64

276 Brooks Koepka (USA) 70 69 65 72, Ian Poulter 72 68 65 71, Jack Senior 71 69 71 65, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 65 71 71 69

277 Steven Brown 71 70 69 67, Haotong Li (Chn) 70 71 70 66, Richie Ramsay 70 70 69 68, Stephen Gallacher 70 71 70 66, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 68 73 67 69, Richard Mcevoy 69 68 71 69

Others: 278 Grant Forrest 73 66 66 73 279 Victor Perez (Fra) 65 65 73 76 281 Connor Syme 69 71 69 72

284 Scott Jamieson 73 67 71 73

HOCKEY

GROVE TOO GOOD

Grove Menzieshill proved too good for Dunfermline Carnegie as expected to confirm their semi-final place in the Men’s Indoor National League Division 1.

Albert Rowling netted three and Jamie Golden two in their 9-5 win. Dundee Wanderers came from behind against Uddingston, conceding two early goals, but the game was tied at 2-2 and 3-3 before Wanderers conceded two more. A fourth goal proved insufficient for Wanderers as they lost 5-4 but they still progressed to the semi-finals in second place.

Callum Ross netted twice for Wanderers.

Inverleith only drew 2-2 with Western Wildcats but again that did not prevent them advancing in pole position in Pool A.

The semi-finals were the real contests but the supremacy of Menzieshill and Inverleith told. There was little to choose between Menzieshill and Grange in the first three quarters as Menzieshill only led by 3-1, being unable to convert a few other scoring opportunities.

The last quarter saw Menzieshill stretch their lead for a 6-2 win. Albert Rowling claimed a hat-trick with Luke Cranney, Euan Cuthill and Cammy Golden adding one each. The first half between Inverleith and Wanderers was relatively close, Inverleith establishing a 3-1 lead, but it could really have been closer. But Inverleith eased away in the third quarter to take a 5-2 lead and finished 7-3 winners, Elliot Sandison scoring two and Sean Dowie one for Wanderers.

Results – Men’s Indoor National League Division 1 (DISC) Pool A – Inverleith 2 Western Wildcats 2, Grange 6 Clydesdale 3. Pool B – Grove Menzieshill 9 Dunfermline Carnegie 5, Dundee Wanderers 4 Uddingston 5. Semi-finals – Grange 2 Grove Menzieshill 6, Inverleith 7 Dundee Wanderers 3.

Women’s results – Championship League 2 – Dundee University 4 Strathclyde University 4. Midland KO Cup (round 1) – Madras FP 0 Grove Menzieshill III 0 (Madras won on penalties), Kinross II 1 Brechinthistles 3. National Indoor League division 1 (DISC) – MJV Dundee Wanderers 6 Edinburgh University 1, Watsonians 2 Grange EL 0, Clydesdale Western 2 Grove Menzieshill 3, Inverleith 2 Hillhead 0. Semi-finals – Dundee Wanderers 3 Inverleith 1, Watsonians 1 Clydesdale 6.

Play offs – 3rd/4th: Watsonians 3 Inverleith 3 (Inverleith won on penalties), 5th/6th: Grove Menzieshill 6 Edinburgh Universisty 5, 7th/8th: Hillhead 8 Grange 2.

Division 3 (The Peak, Stirling) – Kelburne II 1 Uddingston 8, Falkirk & Linlithgow 2 Watsonians II 3, Uddingston 5 Fjordhus Reivers 0 Falkirk & Linlithgow 4 Fjordhus Reivers 3, Uddingston 10 Watsonians

II 0. Midland ddivision 1 – Grove Menzieshill III 5 St Andrews University IV 1.

SPORT ON TV

FOOTBALL: 2.Bundesliga, Bochum v Hamburg – BT Sport 1 7.30pm. CRICKET: Under–19 World Cup, Plate Final, England v Sri Lanka – Sky Sports Cricket 7.45am, Sky Sports Main Event 8am.

SNOOKER: World Grand Prix – ITV4 6.45pm.

TENNIS

Australian Open, Melbourne. Men’s Singles Final: (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt (5) Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4. Men’s Doubles Final: (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr) bt Max Purcell (Aus) & Luke Saville (Aus) 6-4 6-2.