Motherwell Athletics Club
- Chairman William Martin 07730 922624
- Secretary Jill Logan 07810 755869
- Treasurer John McCluskey 07967 465615
It was a sunny finish for this year's final Central and Southern Scotland meet at Linwood stadium.
There was a great turnout for MAC and even a few road runner's were persuaded to join in! Well done to everyone who competed. Results will be posted as soon as they are received.
More pictures on Flickr.
Results are here:
First up, four MAC runners competed in the 1k - Katie Kennedy, Carlo and Lara Marcuccilli and Rachel Wedlock and the results are here.
Next up was the 3K and MAC was represented by Kirsty Ferguson, Emma Hunter, Cara and Luca Marcuccilli and the results are here.
Twenty-two MAC runners competed in the 5K and the results are here.
Meanwhile, see the MAC runners in action on flickr, courtesy of Kenny Phillips.
More photos now available thanks to William Martin on flickr.
It was third time luck for Clare Barr who finished first lady, and 4th overall, in the 502nd Red Hose race - the oldest road race in the world.
It is a 3-mile course and has a rather nasty hill in the 2nd mile. Local residents hold a BBQ and band/dance to celebrate the event so there is a great atmosphere.
Only local residents are eligible to compete, so next year we can maybe get a few more MAC athletes taking part - you can never have too many socks...!
Well done Clare!
The race was the eigth event in this year's club championship series.
Official times below:
Picture courtesy of Clarke Duncan. See his full set on Flickr.
Some news from the recent Schools Games - in the recent North Lanarkshire Primary Schools Games, Owen Leach won the 800m in 2mins 34secs, three seconds slower than his PB. A great way to bow out of primary school.
David McCrum won Gold in the North Lanarkshire Schools Championships Javelin with a PB of 46.10m, Ilona Clark won Gold in the 800m and Silver in the Long Jump, Kirsty Irwin won Silver in the 800m and Joseph McCluskey won bronze in the 100. David was 5th at the Scottish Schools.
In the South Lanarkshire Secondary Schools Games, David McIsaac was first in the javelin. David was fourth at the Scottish Schools event.
Sophie Byers was 8th in the 300m Scottish Schools.
Well done to Alan Tait, who was third male in the Cairn Table Run, a race up and down one of the highest hills in Ayrshire, on Saturday.
Twenty-four runners battled their way up Cairn Table, which is nearly 600m high. The course was six miles in total - full results here.
Running his second hill race in as many weeks, Alan finished in 35mins 40secs, behind the winner and second placed men whose times were 32.40 and 34.41 respectively.
Gayle Tait also competed and finished second female overall, finishing in 43.17. The winner came home in 40.25.
This was Gayle's third hill race in just over two weeks. She completed her first category A race at Yetholm in the Borders, where she finished fifth female over an eight-mile course with a 2,500ft ascent.
Picture above courtesy of Scottish Hill Runners on Flickr.
The weather stayed dry for the last Carluke 10k before the stadium is demolished to make way for houses.
There were individual prizes for Graeme Kennedy and Clare Barr and Clare, Elaine Jamieson and Jane Wedlock won first ladies' team prize.
Other runners and their unofficial times are on the message board.
The event was the latest in the club's series of championship events.
The fun run had MAC juniors running, represented by the Hay family who achieved good times.
More pictures on Flickr.
Scrutinised results from the recent Central and South of Scotland Athletics League Division 2 meeting at Dumfries are available: Male, Female and the scoresheet.
Here's a bird's-eye view of the sports centre taking shape at Ravenscraig.
Click on the picture for a bigger image and have a look at the BBC news website for a recent story about work at Ravenscraig and where the sports facility fits in with the overall redevelopment of the former steelworks.