STIRLING 10K ROAD RACE

ATHLETICS CROWE FINISHES THIRD

Stirling 10km Road Race incorporating the Scottish Championships and an inter-area match was won by Birchfield Harrier Omar Ahmed representing the English Midlands. Ahmed broke the course record with 28 minutes 53 seconds while secondplaced Grant Sheldon (Cambuslang) claimed the Scottish gold medal. Dundee athlete Jamie Crowe in third led Central AC to team victory ahead of Fife AC.

Irish internationalist Fionnuala Ross (Shettleston) claimed her fifth successive Scottish title at her favourite race timed at 33.34. Edinburgh AC took the Women’s team golds while Fife AC took yet more silver led home by Annabel Simpson in sixth. Perth Road Runner Stuart Robertson took over-50 veteran Scottish gold, finishing 90th overall. Fife AC bagged a clean sweep in the over 60 category with Nanette Heaney first, Innes Bracegirdle second and Wilma Gillespie third. The Scottish men’s team took gold in the Inter-Area team race and Scotland women were third.

UK JUNIOR FINALS

The Kingdom Athletics Team were fifth in the UK Junior Finals at Sport City, Manchester. Cameron Keelan started the ball rolling with a 400m hurdles victory, clocking 56.57 seconds, only marginally down on his personal best of 56.29 when placing second at the Scottish under 20 Championships last month.

Keelan followed up with second place over the 110m hurdles timed at 15.35. Billy Doyle came close to winning the under 20 400m timed at 49.52 behind winner Ethan Brown (Blackheath) 49.18.

Kingdom’s top results in the U17s category came as Layla Zuill finished second in the 300m (40.89) and Sarah Coutts was second over 1,500m (4:40.38).

Team results: 1 Blackheath & Bromley 903, 2 Shaftesbury Barnet 776, 3 Team Avon 587, 4 Team Edinburgh 576.5, 5 Kingdom Athletic 564, 6 Birchfield Harriers 556.

BOWLS LADIES NATIONAL TOP 10

Allsorts have won the inaugural Ladies National Top 10. They faced West Fife WBA in a thrilling final which went down to the last bowl as both teams were tied on four points each but it was the Allsorts that came out on top with a one-shot advantage.

BROUGHTY CLASSIC

TOURNAMENT – Saturday – Preliminary Round 9am – (winners play at 12.15pm Saturday) Lochlands v Montrose,

Kirriemuir v Abbey, Broughty v Invergowrie, Broughty Castle v Carnoustie West End, Strathmartine v Newport. Preliminary Round 10.30am – (winners plays 12.15pm Saturday) Monifieth V Maryfield, Barnhill V Perth Caledonian, Carnoustie V Rattray, Canmore V Arbroath, Forfar/A&P V Muirhead & Birkhill. First Round 12.15pm – (winners play 11.30am Sunday) – winner Prelim 1 v winner Prelim 2, winner Prelim 3 v winner Prelim 4, winner Prelim 5 v winner Prelim 6, winner Prelim 7 v winner Prelim 8, winner Prelim 9 v winner Prelim 10, Dudhope v Newgate, Lochee v Balgay, Def. Champion v Bowls Scotland. BROUGHTY MASTERS

TOURNAMENT – Saturday – Preliminary Round 2pm (winners play at 5pm Saturday) – Barnhill v Invergowrie, Longforgan v Alyth, Newport v Arbroath, City of Dundee U35 v Abbey, Dudhope v Newgate, Maryfield v Canmore, Strathmartine v Parkview, Perthshire BA Champ v Monifieth. First Round, Session 1 (3.30pm, winners play at 9.45am Sunday) – Angus BA Champ v Letham, Kinnoull v Perthshire Ba U/25, Lochlands v Carnoustie, Bowls Scot U/25 v Hillcrest, Montrose v Fairfield, Bowls Scot. Champ v Edzell, Craigie/C Of Dundee Champ v Brechin, Kirriemuir v Angus Ba U/25. First Round – Session 2 (5pm, winners play 9.45am Sunday) – winner Prelim 1 v winner Prelim 2, winner Prelim

3 v winner Prelim 4, winner Prelim

5 v winner Prelim 6, winner Prelim

7 v winner Prelim 8, Def Champion v Broughty, St Andrews v Broughty Castle, Balgay v Baxter Park, Wormit v Forfar.

SAMSON OPEN MIXED FOURS – at Barnhill BC on September 15. Teams – J Finlayson (B/Castle), M Brooks(B/ Castle), P.Christie (BBC), R Hall(BBC), J Ewing (Longforgan), J Cargill (Abbey), HChapman (BBC), R Clayton (BBC), R Wilson (Newgate), D Hoare (BBC), G Milne (Monifieth), D Mayes (Monifieth), D.Strachan (BBC).(Anor). All teams to report for registration 8.30am. Play begins 9.30am.

CYCLING TOUR OF BRITAIN

Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen collected another win on the Tour of Britain as he claimed stage three with an uphill sprint finish in Newcastle.

The Team Jumbo-Visma rider crossed the line ahead of Mathieu Van Der Poel (Corendon-Circus) with Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) taking third place. Groenewegen had also secured victory on the first stage of the tour between Glasgow and Kirkcudbright.

VUELTA A ESPANA

Jakob Fuglsang celebrated his first grand tour stage victory after beating off Great Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart to win stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana in Alto de La Cubilla.

The Astana rider, 34, powered his way up the Spanish mountains to finish 22 seconds ahead of Team Ineos’ Geogehgan Hart, while Astana teammate Luis Leon Sanchez was third.

GOLF R&A CALCUTTA CUP

Quarter-finals – J Blackwood (7) and PY Reed (9) bt AMD Wilkinson (14) and David Tully (8) 2&1, IC Underwood (9) and AKT Mackenzie (1) bt Angus J Pollock (6) and Andy J Pollock (4) at the 19th, PC Botha (10) and MW Pfaff (10) bt RJ MacLennan (12) and CK MacLennan (19) by one hole, DA Evans (10) and RM Evans (24) bt MT Rutherford (7) and ND Pagden (10) 6&5. Semi-Finals – J Blackwood (7) and PY Reed (9) bt IC Underwood (9) and AKT Mackenzie (1) 4&3, PC Botha (10) and MW Pfaff (10) bt MT Rutherford (7) and ND Pagden (10) 3&2. Final – J Blackwood (7) and PY Reed (9) bt PC Botha (10) and MW Pfaff (10) 2&1. AREA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Fife lead the way by eight strokes after the first round of the Scottish Men’s Area Team Championship at Leven (par 71) and Scoonie (par 67). 694 Fife; 702 Ayrshire, North-east; 704 Lothians, Stirlingshire; 706 Lanarkshire; 708 North; 721 South; 725 Angus, Borders; 726 Perth and Kinross; 727 Renfrewshire; 731 Glasgow; 732 Dunbartonshire; 746 Clackmannan County; 748 Argyll and Bute.

BLAIRGOWRIE – Sunday Medal (CSS72) – Div 1 – C Neil (0) 69, G Brass (1) 72. Div 2 – C A Davidson (14 )71, M O’Donnell (12) 72. Div 3 – M MacDonald (21) 71, B Jackson (16) 71.

CARNOUSTIE –Strokeplay (Burnside Course, CSS69, All One Class) – D Ferguson (7) 67, S Graham (1) S Robertson (2) 68, R Wardlaw (0) N Davidson (12) 69.

DOWNFIELD – Autumn Meeting (CSS75) – Div 1 – W Barclay (5) 69, G Hughes (4) 70, A Grant (-1) 71. Div

2 – P Clark (10) 71, G Caswell (12) 74, S Hughes (12) 76. Div 3 – J Pearson (19) 76, A Shepherd (23) 79, C Innes (22) 79. Lamb Trophy 2nd Round (CSS75) – C Smith (-2) 72, D Barr (3) 74, J Duffy (4)75. Div 2 – J George Brown (13) 70, S Pearson (12) 72, I Strachan (11) 72. Div 3 – J Pearson (19) 74, I Cunningham (17) 75, I Dailly (16) 77.

DUNKELD AND BIRNAM SENIORS – McNaughton Cup Rd 3 – A Fleming 34pts, A Moncur/I Goodfellow 32, A Taylor 31. McNaughton Cup overall winner – A Fleming 69, runner-up A Moncur 67.

EDZELL – El Plantio Strokeplay (CSS – Men 69/Ladies 72) – P Bonnamy (17) 64 bih, R Taylor (27) 64 bih, G Kerr (9) 64. GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – (Ashludie Course, CSS65, All one section) – R Shepherd (8) 43pts, C Purvey (20) 42, D Osborne (12) 41.

KING JAMES VI – Mixed Greensomes – Scratch – M Lumby/T McLaren (both KJVI) 79bih. Hcp – M Chapman/N Fraser (both KJVI) (22.4) 65.6, S Mitchell/C Scrim (Market Rasen/KJVI) (13.8) 68.2 bih, L Gray/G Sievwright (both KJVI) (12.8) 68.2 Lennon Trophy (Best Island Couple) – M Chapman/N Fraser. Charlie Scrim also had a hole-in-one at 15th.

LADYBANK LADIES – August Medals – J Allardice 72 (15), G McColm 75 (9), MD Gilbert 76 (12). 9 Holes – SC Carmichael 36 (18) bih, AP Hay 36 (18), D Fraser 37 (12).

MONIFIETH – Medal Course (CSS72) – Div 1 – D Paterson (5) 67, P Guilcher (5), M Stewart (3) 71. Div 2 –S Donnelly (10) 76, S Dargie (11) 77, D Robinson (20) 78. Mudie Medal winner D Paterson 72. Ashludie Course (CSS66)

– L Munro (9) 63, C Goodall (23) 65, D Smart (9) 66.

MOTORSPORT

FIFE RACE ACE IS WORLD CHAMPION

It was a case of the magnificent seven down at the Buxton Raceway in Derbyshire when Fife’s Gordon Moodie, Windygates, took the number seven car to a comfortable win in the BriSCA Formula II World Final.

He also becomes one of the elite drivers who have successfully retained his title.

Moodie also won the World

Cup at the Venray track in the Netherlands a fortnight ago. However, the downside came the following day when he was caught up in a shunt and ended up breaking his right hand.

Although Moodie’s win in the end was a comfortable one the start was halted when one of the pre-race favourites, Luke Wrench, rolled his car and on the restart Moodie had to survive a first bend lunge by Andrew Palmer and when the latter spun he was collected by a few other cars. The restart saw him make a break and after that he eased away from the field for a comfortable win. Later it was announced that his car has passed scrutineering and he was confirmed as the world champion.

POOLS

FORFAR WEST END TOTE – 14, 18. No winners Lucky draw applies. Next week draw £300.

GOWFERS GAMBLE – 6, 8, 11, 14, 15, 17. No winners. Next week’s jackpot £15,200. Consolation prizes to A Lochrie (£30), R Webster (£20), D McKay and A Whyte (£15 each).

ST ANDREWS UNITED SUPER SIX – 2, 4, 5, 8, 14, 19. No jackpot winner. Next week’s Jackpot £1,900. Consolation prizes to M McCracken (£30), Mrs Clawson (£20) and Drew Fleming (£10).

SPORT ON TV

FOOTBALL: Euro 8.20pm qualifier, England v Kosovo – ITV 7pm, Lithuania v Portugal – Sky Sports Premier League 7.40pm; International friendly, Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria – Sky Sports Main Event 7.40pm.

CYCLING: Tour of Britain – ITV4 10.45am & Eurosport 1 1.30pm.

SNOOKER: Shanghai Masters – Eurosport 2 – 7.25am & 12.25pm.

TENNIS: WTA, Japan Open – BT Sport 2 3.30am; Zhengzhou Open – BT Sport 1 2am.

BASEBALL: MLB, Minnesota Twins v Washington Nationals – BT Sport/ ESPN 12.30pm.

SQUASH

Montrose squash player Lisa Aitken began the new season with a ruthless first round victory at the French Open in Nantes yesterday. Egyptian teenager Farida Mohamed was a potential banana skin for the Scottish champion after reaching last month’s World Junior semifinals, but Aitken won 11-5 11-8 in just 20 minutes.