Nine of our top hill runners have been picked to represent Scotland at the Senior Home International.
Scotland host the race this year at the Glas Tulaichean event organised by Dundee Hawkhill Harriers at Spittal of Glenshee.
It is an uphill only race which covers 7k and 670m of climb.
And we are delighted to name two very strong Scotland teams with a number of GB and NI internationals involved therein.
Scotland Women:
Scout Adkin (Moorfoot Runners); Kirsty Dickson (Carnethy); Catriona Graves (Highland HR); Naomi Lang (Carnethy); Pippa Carcas (Edinburgh AC) U23
Scotland Men:
Rory Abernethy (Ochil HR); Jamie Crowe (Central); Ross Gollan (East Sutherland); Robbie Simpson (Deeside)
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Junior Hill Leagues up and running . . .
We’re now two races into this year’s junior hill running leagues, for U15/U17s and U20s, which are once again supported by The Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels.
A record turnout at the Shettleston-organised Dumyat Junior Races on May 21 saw 98 runners from U9s up to U20s taking part over routes of varying lengths and vertical ascent.
There were valuable category wins, and 25 League points, for Harmeny’s Rachel Caves (U15G), Connor Birnie from Glasgow Tri (U15B), Eliza Konig from Fife (U17W) and Alasdair Maclean of Giffnock (U17M), who claimed the victory by a tiny margin after a mighty tussle with Harmeny’s Dan McGuire on the steep and technical descent.
The following weekend the East Lomond races, organised by Fife AC, saw four different winners claim the maximum points.
For the U15 girls, Lucia Connell of Strathearn was first across the line followed by Anna Meek of Inverness.
Seb Darlow and Charlie Dalgliesh made it a Gala one-two in the U15 boys race and Ava Richardson made it an excellent day for the Borders club by winning the U17 women’s race ahead of Eliza Konig.
Dan McGuire went one better than at Dumyat in the U17 men’s race taking the win by a comfortable margin.
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We are also two races into the new U20 league.
Birnam in Perthshire was the venue for the season opener with the U20s racing alongside the seniors in the Birnam Hill Classic. Wins for Strathearn’s Andrew Grant and Rachel Giffen of Springburn got their league challenges off to the best possible start.
Race number two was all the way down in Keswick, as a strong contingent of U20s took on the best of the home nations as they sought selection for the GB team…
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