Race: 20th March 2013, 7.30pm
Distance: 3.5 miles
Route: The Serious Ceres Series Finale
Info: forum thread
Chris Russell retained his Prince of Darkness title for the sixth consecutive year winning the sixth and final race in the Nightmare Series.
The 3.5 mile romp from Ceres car-park, followed by two laps of Craighall Den, saw Chris clock a winning 21 minutes 20 seconds chased home by Craig Love (Dundee Hawkhill).
Jane Dunlop (Dundee RR) placed 17th overall, third female on the night but with enough points in the bag to retain her overall female title - the first occasion a woman has retained her title since Jocelyn Scott in 2006.
The participants enjoyed a lavish prize presentation along with stovies in the Ceres Inn. The series raised £200 for the Sensory Impairment charity.
Results: 1 C Russell (Fife AC) 21.20, 2 C Love (Dundee Hawkhill) 21.40, 3 B Cruickshank (Fife AC) 22.18, (all veterans). 4 S Morton (RAF Leuchars) 22.25, 5 J Kay (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 22.40, 6 J Knox (Anster Haddies) 23.00, 7 I McNulty (Dundee Hawkhill) 24.06, 8 C Harvie (Fife AC) 24.07, 9 D Cowan (Fife AC) 2nd over 50. 24.10, 10 F Caldwell (Unatt.) 25.30, 11 B R Smith (Fife AC) 3rd over 50. 25.40, 12 Sarah Winter (Dundee Road Runners) 27.19, 13 P McDonald (RAF Leuchars) 28.28, 14 B Simpson (Anster Haddies) 1st over 60. 28.33, 15 Catherine Matthews (Dundee Hawkhill) 28.36, 16 G Timmons (Dundee RR) 28.38, 17 Jane Dunlop (Dundee RR) 28.47, 18 Jennifer Massie (Dundee RR) 28.52, 19 J O’Donnell (Unatt.) 30.38, 20 S Davidson (Fife AC) 2nd over 60. 30.42, 21 R Gatehouse (Lomond HR) 3rd over 60. 30.50, 22 J Taylor (Jog Scotland) 32.10, 23 I Shield (Anster Haddies) 32.12, 24 Rosemary Lee (Unatt.) 1st over 50 female. 32.50, 25 Tracy Knox (Anster Haddies) 32.51, 26 E Petrie (Unatt.) 33.10, 27 D Busby (Jog Scotland) 36.08, 28 Ruth Cruickshanks (Jog Scotland) 37.45, 29 Wendy Law (Unatt.) 37.46, 30 G Bennison (Fife AC) 38.37, 31 Sarah Ives (Jog Scotland) 39.31, 32 Celia Ffrench (Jog Scotland) 39.32, 33 Gillian Carmoodie (Jog Scotland) 40.24, 34 B Thornton (Fife AC) 41.18, 35 G Caldwell (Unatt. junior) 41.47.
Leading Overall. 1 Russell 217, 2 Love 211, 3 McNulty 199, 4 Kay 1st over 50. 197, 5 Harvie 180, 6 Cowan 2nd over 50. 169. Women. 1 Dunlop 134, 2 Matthews 126, 3= Carmoodie and Cruickshanks 73, 4 Massie 69.
Graham Bennison