SCOTTISH BORDERS HILL RACE SERIES

Hello,

 

I am writing to you as Secretary of the Moorfoot Runners to let you know that I am coordinating the inaugural “Scottish Borders Hill Race Series” sponsored by James Jones & Sons Ltd. The basic website is here: Scottish Borders Hill Race Series  (http://bordershillraces.blogspot.co.uk/). Please can you circulate to your members and publicise on your website or club pages. I have attached the series flyer to this email.

 

The series consists of 10 short to medium races throughout the Borders in Spring and Summer. It is open to anyone over 18 years old and participants will have to complete a minimum of 5 races to qualify for a series placing. If you do more races then your 5 highest finishes will count.

 

The overall idea is a bit of prestige but also to increase numbers and promote the different races throughout the beautiful Scottish Borders in an increasing busy calendar. There is no additional fee or registration required to enter the series. To take part you simply need to enter the participating races as normal which are mainly Entry On the Day (EOD) except the Eildons and Baddinsgill which are pre-entry only.

 

The races for 2016 are:

 

Race	Location	Date 2016	Organiser details /Event Website	Entry
Chapelgill	south of Broughton	Sat 19 March	Robin Morris robin@rlmorris.co.uk	Entry On Day
Gypsy Glen	Peebles	Wed 18 May	Mike Pearson mike@kingsmeadows.co.uk Moorfoot Runners www.moorfootrunners.co.uk	Entry On Day
Yetholm	Town Yetholm	Sun 5 June	Les Turnbull les1984@btinternet.com Norham AC	Entry On Day
Eildons	Melrose	Sat 25 June	Gerry Moss president@galaharriers.co.uk Gala Harriers galaharriers.co.uk	Online: www.entrycentral.com
Black Hill	Earlston	Tues 5 July	David Young david@youngsfamily.plus.com www.facebook.com/blackhillrace	Entry On Day
Philiphaugh	Selkirk	Sun 7 August	Sheila Cochrane cochrane68@sky.com Selkirk Fund Runners www.facebook.com/selkirkfundrunners	Entry On Day
Cademuir	Peebles	Sat 13 August	Gregor Nicholson gjn@macsinsport.co.uk Moorfoot Runners www.moorfootrunners.co.uk	Entry On Day
Baddinsgill	West Linton	Sun 28 August	Nick Brown nick@caac.org.uk Corstophine AAC www.caac.org.uk/Baddinsgill_Round	Online: www.entrycentral.com
Devils Beef Tub	north of Moffat	Sat 3 Sept	Willie Gibson willie.gibson@btinternet.com Carnethy HRC  carnethy.com/ri_beeftub.htm	Entry On Day
Penchrise Pen	south of Hawick	Sun 18 Sept	Paul Lockie paullockie@btinternet.com Teviotdale Harriers teviotdaleharriers.org.uk	Entry On Day

 

All the race details are found on www.scottishhillrunners.uk and scottishhillracing.co.uk. Please contact the individual race organisers with queries about specific events.

The Scottish Borders Hill Race Series will have (modest) prizes for the following categories:

• 1st overall male and female winners
• 1st M + F Borders resident/ club member (if not the overall winner)
• 1st Vet in categories where three or more finishers

Prize giving will take place after the last race in the Series, the Penchrise Pen.

 

The first race in the series is coming up at Chapelgill this Saturday 19 March although with 10 races in the series and the 5 top finishes to count there is plenty if time

 

Cheers, Colin

 

Colin Williams

M: 07712 259 603

 

Series Sponsor:

James Jones & Sons Ltd (https://www.jamesjones.co.uk) are still a family run business with roots going back to the 1830’s. Today the company operates a number of sawmills across Scotland including one of Europe’s most advanced mills at Lockerbie in South Scotland. The raw material for these mills comes from the highly productive forests of the Scottish Borders, we have a close relationship with many land owners in the Borders and appreciate all the benefits that multi-use forests can provide to rural economies and the environment. Many of our employees spend the weekends enjoying the outdoors so we are delighted to be able to support the Borders Hill race series.