Brampton Postscript

Now that we have had time to gather breath, a few facts and figures from Brampton.

This year Gerry Mullen and Chas Steven completed their 27th Brampton to Carlisle road races, Gerry 27 in a row and Chas with just one absence last year due to injury. Incredible! Andy Henderson is not far behind with 24 Bramptons.

Karen Allen got within 8 seconds of the club women's Brampton record which has stood for 22 years, recording 67:13. Not only that, Julie Beveridge set the third fastest Calderglen women's time of all time with 68:28 and Joanne McEvoy gained her third entry into the Calderglen top ten with an 8th place spot. Well done to the ladies. Surely new records are on the cards for next year. I won't dwell on the men (no top ten records since 1998 - we need some young guns :-)).

Ladies
Rank			Time	Year
1	Amanda	Brunjes	01:07:05	1990
2	Karen	Allen	01:07:13	2012
3	Julie	Beveridge	01:08:28	2012
4	Joanne	McEvoy	01:08:31	2007
5	Joanne	McEvoy	01:08:50	2010
6	Melanie	Fraser	01:09:03	2004
7	Frances	Maxwell	01:10:38	2011
8	Joanne	McEvoy	01:11:14	2012
9	Karen	Allen	01:11:15	2011
10	Frances	Maxwell	01:11:46	2008

This year, excluding those running Brampton for the first time, 6 pb's were set (previous pb in brackets): Karen Allen 67:13 (71:15), Julie Beveridge 68:28 (72:37), David Herbertson 66:13 (67:10), Kenny Leinster 69:26 (70:54), John McBride 73:52 (74:44) and Stephen Phimister 66:06 (66:49).

Four Harriers took part in Brampton for the first time: Christina Emans 92:02, Alison Lessells 78:11, Phil Marshall 78:37, Stevie McIntyre 83:30.

Multiple 10-mile performance award standards were achieved. Watch this space for an update soon.

Well done to all 28 Harriers who kept the tradition going this year.

Alan

BRAMPTON RACE REPORT

We had 30 runners from the bus plus D Herbertson making his way by car taking part this year. One other did make his way to Carlisle by foot (Jamie) and im sure all the runners appreciated the vocal support from Maud, Irene, Stephanie and Scot cheering us in at the finish. Full results can be found on the sportsoft website or via the Border Harriers website as their are too many to type but congratulations to all who took part. A few that have to be mentioned are Louise Beveridge who took 4th Lady, Frances Maxwell took 3rd L45, S Waugh took 1st M60 and Billy Buchanan took 3rd M60.
Calderglen Ladies were 4th Ladies team with the men taking 8th team and 7th male Vet team.
Refreshments were enjoyed in Carlisle before heading to Moffat for a fantastic meal and you could tell we all enjoyed it as every plate was cleared. A good day out again and many thanks to Eddie for securing us a good bus deal and to everyone who came along and made it another special day in the history of Calderglen Harriers.

Russell

POSPONEMENT OF AGM

Apologies again but the Sports Club are having their AGM on the 6th Dec and therefore we shall have to have it on Monday the 10th. Again training will now be at 7pm on this date.  
Due to unforeseen work commitments the AGM has been postponed from Monday 3rd Dec and moved to Thursday 6th Dec.
Training will be at 7pm instead of 7.30pm and the AGM @ 8.30pm.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

BRAMPTON

This Sunday is Brampton day and the bus will depart at 8.00am prompt DONT BE LATE.
The bus will go direct to Brampton (no stops) so bring something to eat and drink.
The race starts at 11.30am. Those not running be on the bus at 11.20 to go to Carlisle.otherwise you will have to walk.
We will depart Carlisle at 15.30 to go to Moffat for dinner.
Depart Moffat approx 19.30 to head back to the sports club.

WEST DISTRICT XC (GREENOCK ravenscraig sports centre)

This years west district xc is on 8th Dec at Greenock.
This is GP event no 9
The course is several miles from registration and no parking is available at the course.
Transport will be provided but you will need to be able to arrive in plenty of time.
Distance is 6.4k for ladies and 10k for men.
Cost is £4.50 per head.
Start times are 1pm for ladies and 2pm for men.
Please leave your names on this form. Names received so far are here.
Names required by Monday 19th Nov.

National 4k Cross Country

Another nice day greeted a large contingent of Harriers contesting race 6 in our Grand Prix series, the National 4km Cross Country Championships at Bellahouston Park. Typically the course was soft underfoot but not as soft as last year, so perfect for fast running. Our ladies were off first and once again were racing hard. Julie Beveridge made the break from the start and finished very strongly in 17:23. As the course reverted to its usual circuit this year, we cannot directly compare times with last year but the time did give Julie 31st position out of a field of 60. Joanne McEvoy chased hard and was close behind Julie for the first lap but dropped back a little on the second lap to finish in 18:31 in 41st. Frances Maxwell had tackled the somewhat hillier Tinto Hill Race the day before and began to feel the pain in the quads on the second lap but nevertheless kept the pace going to finish in 18:53. Joanne leads the Grand Prix whilst Julie leads the scratch championship.

In the men's race, the club were well represented with 13 Harriers competing. Andrew McCaffery cycled over to the race and was well warmed up for an excellent 14:56 finish, running strongly throughout. Martin Duthie is just getting his speedy legs back again after the marathon and despite a calf twinge finished the race in 15:09. Stephen Reilly extended his lead in both the Grand Prix and Scratch Championships with a competitive 15:24. Eddie Reid was clear of his club mates and looked strong, finishing in 16:09. Andy Henderson reversed recent trends to lead in Jim Holmes in 16:43 compared to Jim's 16:47. David Herbertson had just returned from altitude (I won't say training) in South Africa and was positively choking on the thick air at Bellahouston, finishing in his usual committed style in a time of 17:09. George Stewart was happy enough with his run and please to be closing in on Julie for the first time in a while, with a time of 17:42. Richard Lawton is having his best season so far and looked very comfortable, finishing in 19:07, ahead of David Wardrope in 19:14. Not far back, John McBride is quickly adapting to his first season of cross country, finishing in 19:22. Hugh Simpson was even more relaxed (to the extent that he forgot to bring his trail shoes and was running in trainers) but finished with his usual smile in 19:53. Finally Russell Couper is still struggling but got around in 22:43.

Well done to all. More photos here. Some great action shots of the men's race taken by Frances now added to the album 12/11/12.
Alan

TINTO HILL RACE

Four Harriers headed for the hills today for the Tinto hill race. For those that dont know Tinto is one of only two volcano's in Scotland but luckily enough for the runners today there was no eruptions as its been dorment for several hundred years. As they set off you could see the cairn on top of the hill but as a spit of rain started the top became shrouded in mist which came down a bit further as they reached the top. The winner from Shettleston was up and down in just over 32 mins not bad for a 4.4ml race with a 1500 ft climb. Kenny Leinster came in 46mins dead but running as a Lomond Hill Runner today so cant count as the first harrier to finish. Frances Maxwell wasnt far behind in 49.01 to claim the first harrier spot. Chas Steven doing this for the third year in a row took over 4mins off his previous best to record 54.10. David Searil wasnt far behind to clock 58.19 so all Harriers in under the hour. The course itself is very muddy on the bottom half and stoney trail on the top half so needless to say on the descent there was a few slips towards the bottom. Great event to watch as you can see the train of runners most of the way up then you dont have too long to wait till the leaders approach the finish. Well done to our four adventurers.