Race: 25th June 2008

A fabulous sunny evening that transcended the earlier gloom. Many thanks to all who helped.

Under 13 Fife AC athlete Glen Gardiner ran out the winner of the Strawberry Novice 2 mils road from Cairnie Fruit Farm, near Cupar. The Ceres runner overhauled Callum Rennet (Unatt.) over the second of the three laps to come home in 13 minutes twenty-one seconds clear of Rennet. The female award also went to an under 13 runner with Emily Fitzpatrick (Fife AC) placing 5th overall in 13 minutes 44 seconds.

Results: 1 G Gardiner (Fife AC) 13.00, 2 C Rennet (Unatt.) 13.21, 3 D Jamieson (Arbroath Footers) 13.35, 4 S Barnett (Unatt.) 13.41, 5 Emily Fitzpatrick (Fife AC) 13.44, 6 I Aitken (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 14.03, 7 Morgan Geddes (Fife AC) 14.04, 8 F Ingledew (Fife AC) 14.17, 9 Annie Fitzpatrick (Fife AC) 14.37, 10 D McCallum (Unatt.) 2nd veteran. 14.58, 11 N Constance (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 15.05, 12 C Hall (Unatt.) 3rd veteran. 15.12, 13 Penny Hicks (Unatt.) 1st female veteran. 15.15, 14 B Graham (Fife AC) 15.22, 15 Shona Doig (Fife AC) 15.24, 16 Gabby Doig (Fife AC) 2nd female veteran. 15.25, 17 Sarah Bennison (Fife AC) 15.31, 18 E Rose (Unatt.) 15.42, 19 D Houston (Unatt.) 15.42, 20 D Provan (Unatt.) 2nd over 50. 15.48, 21 Ailsa Hall (Fife AC) 16.05, 22 George Bryant (Unatt.) 16.31, 23 Katy Aitken (Fife AC) 16.37, 24 Jane Lorimer (Fife AC) 16.53, 25 Carol Melville (Fife AC) 1st over 60 female. 17.01, 26 M Dean (Fife AC) 1st over 60 male. 17.02, 27 J Johnson (Fife AC) 17.04, 28 J Kirkbride (Unatt.) 17.12, 29 Nicola Quick (Unatt.) 17.19, 30 Katie Clarke (Unatt.) 17.20, 31 Andrea Thomson (Unatt.) 17.21, 32 Catherine Wilson (Fife AC) 17.26, 33 Leslie McCallum (Unatt.) 17.28, 34 J Simpson (Fife AC) 17.32, 35 Sandy Kennedy (Fife AC) 17.55, 36 Kate Pether-Smith (Fife AC) 17.56, 37 C Sleigh (Unatt.) 18.16, 38 C McBarron (Unatt.) 18.37, 39 S Wallace (Unatt.) 18.40, 40 Alison Constance (Unatt.) 18.41, 21 Ailsa Hall (Fife AC) 16.05, 22 george Bryant (Unatt.) 16.31, 23 Katy Aitken (Fife AC) 16.37, 24 Jane Lorimer (Fife AC) 16.53, 25 Carol Melville (Fife AC) 1st over 60 female. 17.01, 26 M Dean (Fife AC) 1st over 60 male. 17.02, 27 J Johnson (Fife AC) 17.04, 28 J Kirkbride (Unatt.) 17.12, 29 Nicola Quick (Unatt.) 17.19, 30 Katie Clarke (Unatt.) 17.20, 31 Andrea Thomson (Unatt.) 17.21, 32 Catherine Wilson (Fife aC) 17.26, 33 Leslie McCallum (Unatt.) 17.28, 34 J Simpson (Fife AC) 17.32, 35 Sandy Kennedy (Fife AC) 17.55, 36 Kate Pether-Smith (Fife AC) 17.56, 37 C Sleigh (Unatt.) 18.16, 38 C McBarron (Unatt.) 18.37, 39 S Wallace (Unatt.) 18.40, 40 Alison Constance (Unatt.) 18.41

Elite 2 mile race: 1 D Clarke (Fife AC) 11.38, 2 J Ferriday (Unatt.) 12.03, 3 B Smith (Fife AC) 12.11, 4 B Thomson (Fife AC) 12.17, 5 C McIntosh (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 6 D Gunstone (Fife AC over 50) 13.42, 7 M Paterson (Fife AC) 15.10. 13.01. Women. 1 L Provan (Fife AC) 13.33, 2 J Scott (Fife AC over 50) 15.16.

Seventy-eight youngsters finished the 1km race led home by Georgina Black (Dundee Hawkhill) in 4 minutes 13 seconds. Angus Haddow (Dundee High) followed in 4 minutes 27 seconds with Ewan Rose (Dundee High) in third overall – 4.29.

Jill Geyer (Fife AC) took the girls’ runners-up award in 4 minutes 37 seconds with Eve Primmer (Greyfriars Primary) third in 4 minutes 47 seconds.

Results: 1 Georgina Black (Dundee Hawkhill) 4.13, 2 A Haddow (Dundee High) 4.27, 3 E Rose (Dundee High) 4.29, 4 Jill Geyer (Fife AC) 4.37, 5 A Scott (Strathallan) 4.38, 6 R Morrison (St Leonards) 4.42, 7 M Dow (St Columba’s) 4.44, 8 Eve Primmer (Greyfriars Primary) 4.47, 9 M Jamieson (Arbroath & Dist.) 4.50, 10 Eilidh Smythe (Greyfriars primary) 4.52, 11 S McIntosh (Waid Acad.) 4.54, 12 J Gilfillan (Benarty Primary) 4.55, 13 J Rinterknecht (Lawhead Primary) 4.56, 14 S McKiddie (Newport Primary) 5.01, 15 M Baddeley (Strathkinness Primary) 5.02, 16 Kirsty Flucker (Bell Baxter) 5.05, 17 B Levy (Strathkinness Primary) 5.07, 18 W Naismith (Strathkinness Primary) 5.08, 19 Lauren Young (Benarty Primary) 5.09, 20 C Sleigh (Castlehill Primary) 5.10, 21 Gemma Crowe (Dairsie) 5.11, 22 C Dickson (Benarty) 5.11, 23 M Legge (Castlehill) 5.12, 24 Emily Nicholson (Limekilns) 5.13, 25 R Falconer (Castlehill) 5.14, 26 C Wilson (Benarty) 5.15, 27 A Taylor (Fife AC) 5.20, 28 S Aitken (Fife AC) 5.22, 29 Caitlin Sparks (Canongate) 5.27, 30 N Baddeley (Strathkinness) 5.30, 31 J Cumming (Strathkinness) 5.31, 32 A Thomson (Lawhead) 5.32, 33 B McLeod (St Leonard’s) 5.34, 34 A Black (Dundee High) 5.36, 35 Jessie Barnett (Anster Haddies0 5.39, 36 Anna Wardlaw (Ceres) 5.43, 37 Ailsa Doig (Kinghorn) 5.44, 38 A MacLeod (St Leonards) 5.45, 39 F Irving (Greyfriars) 5.52, 40 C Doig (Kinghorn) 5.56, 41 S McNally (Forthill) 5.57, 42 Niamh Aird (Benarty) 5.58, 43 S McShane (Benarty) 6.06, 44 L Masterton (Benarty) 6.07, 45 T McBarron (St Leonard’s) 6.08, 46 Susie McAdam (Lawhead) 6.09, 47 Niamh Ferriday (Newburgh) 6.10, 48 Lucia McKenzie (Lawhead) 6.12, 49 Beth Constance (Lawhead0 6.12, 50 Rachel Kirby (Fife AC) 6.14, 51 Anna Kirby (Fife AC) 6.18, 52 Eilidh Northridge (Greyfriars) 6.22, 53 Mari McAdam (Lawhead) 6.25, 54 Katherine McBarron (St Leonards) 6.29, 55 Derry Gilfillan (Benarty) 6.43, 56 J Caithness (Benarty) 6.48, 57 F Laird (St Leonard’s) 6.50, 58 Lauren Glennie (Fife AC) 6.53, 59 T Constance (Lawhead) 6.56, 60 A Kirk (Benarty) 7.00, 61 D Stewart (Waid Acad.) 7.00, 62 Natalie Northridge (Madras) 7.24, 63 Georgia Laird (St Leonards) 7.32, 64 A McCallum (Lawhead) 7.33, 65 Katie Legge (Castlehill) 7.42, 66 Jessica Northridge (Greyfriars) 7.43, 67 Abi Brierley (St Andrews Univ. aged 6 taking them in young these days !) 7.44, 68 Molly Scott (Kingsbarns) 7.45, 69 J Douglas (Kinross PS) 7.56, 70 Anna Malcolmson (Lawhead) 8.05, 71 Kirsten McCallum (Lawhead) 7.58, 72 Emily Malcolmson (Lawhead) 8.05, 73 Claire Rinterknecht (Lawhead aged 4) 8.61, 74 Rebecca Douglas (Kinross) 8.17, 75 Elizabeth Sadler (Limekins) 8.36 76 Laura Brierley (St Andrews Nursery aged 4) 9.35, 77 Emma McBarron (Lawhead aged 4) 9.42, 78 Abby Falconer (Westfield) 9.46.

What a brilliant spread of youngsters from the local schools.

Graham Bennison