ATHLETICS

RAVENSCRAIG VICTORY

Ryan Lafferty (PH Racing) equalled his personal best of four minutes 44 seconds to win the latest race in the Create & Prosper Ravenscraig Park One Mile at Kirkcaldy. Lafferty had five seconds to spare over Scott Bernard (Fife AC), with Kenny Gorman (Fife AC) taking third – his sixth race in seven days having contested last week’s Tour of Fife. Fife AC junior Chloe Ritchie excelled to place third female, good preparation for her races at the end of this month representing the Fife Olympiad team in Boblingen, Germany. Leading results: 1 R Lafferty (PH Racing) 4.44, 2 S Bernard (Fife AC) 4.49, 3 K Gorman (Fife AC) 5.06, 4 B Kinninmonth (Fife AC) 1st junior. 5.09, 5 R Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 2nd junior. 5.09, 6 J McArthur (Unatt.) 5.16. 7 J McIntyre (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 5.18, 8 M Sutherland (Unatt.) 2nd veteran. 5.16, 9 M Murdoch (Falkland TR) 3rd veteran. 5.26, 10 A Gibson (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 5.29, 11 E Anderson (Anster Haddies) 4th veteran. 5.31, 12 B Aitken (Fife AC) 2nd over 50. 5.33….37 P Smithard (Carnegie) 1st over 60. 6.39, 47 G Bennison (Fife AC) 1st over 70. 7.51. Women. 1 K Johnson (Edinburgh AC) 1st junior. 5.41, 2 E Omand (Dundee RR) 5.43, 3 C Ritchie (Fife AC) 2nd junior. 6.13, 4 H Brown (Fife AC) 3rd junior. 6.21, 5 J Murray (Dundee RR) 6.38, 6 S Sita (Dundee RR) 7.17, 7 M Fotheringham (Unatt.) 4th junior. 7.26, 8 J Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st veteran. 7.37, 9 H Janetta (Unatt.) 5th junior. 7.40, 10 M Janetta (Unatt.) 6th junior. 7.46, 11 J Cook (Unatt.) 8.11, 12 L Craddock (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 9.13.

The Beveridge Park 5km Series continues tomorrow at 7.30pm. Entries (£2) welcome on the night outside the Kirkcaldy Rugby HQ in the park. A 1.3-mile race is free for all juniors.