Hill runners get back into action above Tillicoultry

Monday 24th May 2021

Andy Douglas claimed victory in a special Maddy Moss hill race organised by scottishathletics (photo by Pat Fitzpatrick)

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The scottishathletics Hill Running Commission set-up and staged a special edition of the Maddy Moss race, traditionally a Wednesday night event near Tillicoultry.

It was organised originally as a warm-up event for those athletes hoping to compete at the European Trials. Unfortunately, these were cancelled so the race was opened up at a late stage to all runners.

The race was started in two waves with all the men and MV40 in the first wave and the second wave containing the remainder of the field.

GB international Andy Douglas (Inverclyde) led from the gun climbing the Law then across to Ben Cleuch before descending over Andrew Gannel back to the start.

Rory Abernethy (Ochil HR) had a really strong climb to the summit of Ben Cleuch and held his second place to the finish. Ali McLeod (Ochil HR) had a brilliant descent to finish third, overtaking six runners on the long descent.

In the women’s race, Catriona Graves (Carneth HR) had a strong climb and led the way with clubmate Kirsty Dickson (Carnethy HRC) hot on her heels. Megan Crawford (Fife AC) came through on the descent to take third.

‘It was a small field (with a limit of 60) but it was great to bring hill running back and everyone had a smile on their face as they crossed the finish line,’ said Angela Mudge, Hill Running lead for scottishathletics.

‘I think the over-riding feeling was relief to get the first race of the season out of the way and looking forward to more.

‘Thanks to the marshals and the estate for letting us compete.’

Catriona Graves at the summit on her way to the win in the Women’s race (photo by Pat Fitzpatrick)

RESULTS TABLE

	Name	Club	Cat	Time
1	Andrew Douglas	Inverclyde	M	48.29
2	Rory Abernethy	Ochil HR	M	50.53
3	Alasdair McLeod	Ochil HR	M	51.29
4	John Yells	Lochaber	M	51.32
5	Ewan Brown	Corstorphine AC	M	51.58
6	Sam Tosh	Carnethy HRC	M	52.04
7	Kieran Cooper	St Andrews uni	M	52.52
8	Gregor Malcolm	EUHH	M	52.53
9	Blair Bennett Johnson	Carnethy HRC	M	53.28
10	Hamish Wolfe	Carnethy HRC	M	53.32
11	Sam Alexander	Westies	M	53.35
12	Ryan Stewart	Shettleston	M	54.50
13	Hamish Battle	Aberdeen Metro	M	55.04
14	Iain Maccorquodale	Cambuslang Harriers	M	56.17
15	Eliot Sedman	Carnethy HRC	MV40	56.37
16	Catriona Graves	Carnethy HRC	W	56.56
17	Jamie Braidwood	u/a	M	57.43
18	Gary Fraser	Ochil HR	MV50	58.21
19	Mark Cuthbertson	Ochil HR	MV50	59.25
20	Kirsty Dickson	Carnethy HRC	W	59.29
21	Del Young	Westerlands CCC	M	60.10
22	Des Crowe	Penicuik Harriers	MV60	60.35
23	Megan Crawford	Fife AC	W	60.55
24	Dave Allsop	Kirkintilloch Olympians	MV40	61.52
25	Georgia Tindley	HBT	W	62.06
26	Elizabeth Leason	Carnethy HRC	W	65.31
27	Claire Bruce	Aberdeen Metro	W	66.08
28	Paul Hammond	PH Racing	M	66.17
29	Pippa Carcas	EdinburghAC	WU20	66.43
30	Julliet Downs	EUHH	W	67.21
31	Frank Townley	Woking AC	MU20	67.50
32	Rodrigo Reis	Shettleston	MV40	68.14
33	Harry Gilmore	Carnethy HRC	MV50	68.20
34	David Downey	Dunblane Runners	MV50	68.23
35	Andrew Hine	u/a	M	68.48
36	Mark Wheeler	Hamilton Harriers	MV40	70.54
37	Don Reid	Westerlands CCC	MV60	71.04
38	David Cowan	Fife AC	MV50	71.05
39	Alice Goodall	EUHH	W	71.29
40	Paul Dudchenko	Linlithgow AC	MV50	72.13
41	Rebecca Morris	Five Star Active	W	73.21
42	David Mason	Linlithgow AC	MV50	73.37
43	Owen O’Neill	Westerlands CCC	M	74.32
44	Jacques Penderis	Westerlands CCC	MV50	75.12
45	Isobel Finlay	Ochil HR	W	76.06
46	Robbie Ingram	u/a	M	76.46
47	Lisa Blackley	u/a	W	77.19
48	Juliane Friedrich	Penicuik Harriers	W	78.28
49	Laurie Anderson	Lomond HR	MV60	78.44
50	Iain Simpson	Lomond HR	MV50	78.49
51	Trevor Galloway	Linlithgow AC	MV50	79.46
52	Chris McCallum	Wee County Harriers	MV40	82.00
53	Murdo Macleod	Westerlands CCC	MV60	83.14
54	Davy Duncan	Ochil HR	MV60	84.11
55	Russ Valentine	Falkland Trail Runners	MV50	86.15
56	Lee Cessford	Falkland Trail Runners	MV40	86.26