West district XC relays

Today saw 19 Harriers take to the XC course at Kilmarnock in what can only be described as near perfect conditions. The earlier rain had stopped and the sun shone and the course was muddy which is only right as it is xc.

First up was the 4 Ladies 1 complete team and a single leg runner. Karen and Frances were both on first legs with Karen running 17.11 and Frances 18.13 good runs from both. On the second leg following Karen was Joanne running 17.57 and to round of our senior team was Julie Beveridge with our fastest female time of the day 16.54 and we think a top ten finish. (waiting for full results). Then came the men's race with 15 taking part for the Harriers. First legs went to Andrew McCaffery A team (14.54) in a close race with our C team Stephen Reilly (15.00) good grouping guys, for our B team Ian Rae (17.16) and for the D team or maybe the Dream Team Richard Lawton with hios best result in a long time (18.29). This was the only leg the teams were out of sequence as they then finished in the alphabetical order. Second legs were Jim Holmes (16.11) Kenny Leinster (16.50) David Wardrope out of sorts (19.25) and Chas Steven (19.32). The third legs is were some found it difficult to work their watches properly with Stuart Waugh (17.05) Billy Buchanan (16.45) Hugh Simpson (18.58) succumbing to Richard after all his boasts then Russell Couper (20.38). This was our D Team finished but our other 3 teams had a leg still to do with Andy Henderson (16.45) George Stewart (18.12) also out of sorts and finally David Herbertson (??.??). We will need to wait for results before alan can update the GP although he can do the Ladies as they all know how to work watches.We have the National XC coming up in two weeks time and we have 2 Ladies and 5 Mens teams entered, there are still 2 ladies and 3 mens spaces available so please feel free to see me at the club to check if your on the reserve list if you want a run.

Thanks to Joanne for the photos, more of which are here.