Craufurdland Capers Cracker

Heavy rain in the late afternoon and early evening failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 34 intrepid Harriers who competed tonight in the inaugural Craufurdland Capers.

First home in a net time of 27.03 was Daniel McConnell who just managed to pass Janice Millar in the last 100 metres of the 6.4K course. Janice, who had the daunting job of being first away had a tremendous run, beating her predicted time by over 2 and a half minutes and must have thought she had it in the bag with the end in sight. Close on her heels was Lindsay McMahon with a remarkable performance considering her pre race comments to the handicapper about how poor she was running!!

The fastest male and female performances were predictably Graham Cameron and Kara Tait in respective net times of 20.55 and 24.01 – new course records.

The handicapper did a bit of a diss-service to Laura McFarlane (nearly 4 minutes slower than projected) through having little form to rely on – sorry. Also Mike Corson (2 mins 25 slower than projected) mainly through him having over-hyped his victory at the Glen Urquart Highland games last month !! However we were all very happy to see his trophy.

The main winner of the evening was the course which proved to be interesting, challenging and safe and the members and friends who attended to compete and support and enjoy a very sociable night. We hope to repeat it next year. Thanks especially to Alex Craufurd for hosting the event and to the marshals and timekeepers who helped organise.

Full results are :-

 

Race Position	Name	Projected Time	Net Time	Net Position	Proj v Net
1	Daniel McConnell	00:29:50	00:27:03	11	00:02:47	Faster than projected
2	Janice Millar	00:42:00	00:39:23	34	00:02:37	Faster than projected
3	Lindsay McMahon	00:30:23	00:27:51	16	00:02:32	Faster than projected
4	Stuart McAllister	00:29:51	00:27:42	15	00:02:09	Faster than projected
5	Caitriona Toal	00:32:30	00:30:43	24	00:01:47	Faster than projected
6	Brian Darroch	00:31:23	00:29:45	20	00:01:38	Faster than projected
7	Jacqueline Neil	00:31:25	00:29:57	21	00:01:28	Faster than projected
8	Kate Todd	00:31:44	00:30:16	22	00:01:28	Faster than projected
9	Matt Ferguson	00:30:51	00:29:33	19	00:01:18	Faster than projected
10	Stewart Ferguson	00:24:03	00:22:58	2	00:01:05	Faster than projected
11	John Tougher	00:26:55	00:25:52	7	00:01:03	Faster than projected
12	Kara Tait	00:24:56	00:24:01	3	00:00:55	Faster than projected
13	Kirsten Dale	00:33:30	00:32:52	27	00:00:38	Faster than projected
14	Eve McClurg	00:33:00	00:32:26	25	00:00:34	Faster than projected
15	Malkie McGregor	00:33:00	00:32:27	26	00:00:33	Faster than projected
16	Davie McLeod	00:25:45	00:25:16	5	00:00:29	Faster than projected
17	Paul Bennie	00:26:53	00:26:34	8	00:00:19	Faster than projected
18	Mark Hamilton	00:27:29	00:27:13	12	00:00:16	Faster than projected
19	Stephen Gilmour	00:28:50	00:28:39	17	00:00:11	Faster than projected
20	Willie Duffy	00:27:29	00:26:55	10	00:00:34	Faster than projected
21	Alex Pettigrew	00:30:40	00:30:38	23	00:00:02	Faster than projected
22	Aimie Rankin	00:34:00	00:34:03	29	00:00:03	Slower than projected
23	Stephen Chard	00:34:00	00:34:03	30	00:00:03	Slower than projected
24	John Parker	00:24:46	00:25:15	4	00:00:29	Slower than projected
25	Coleen Tait	00:26:15	00:26:46	9	00:00:31	Slower than projected
26	Paula Wilson	00:28:32	00:29:05	18	00:00:33	Slower than projected
27	Alasdair Murray	00:25:01	00:25:40	6	00:00:39	Slower than projected
28	Colin Crosbie	00:38:00	00:38:42	32	00:00:42	Slower than projected
29	Graham  Cameron	00:20:08	00:20:55	1	00:00:47	Slower than projected
30	Ronnie McCormick	00:38:00	00:38:52	33	00:00:52	Slower than projected
31	Murray McDonald	00:26:15	00:27:13	13	00:00:58	Slower than projected
32	Sharon Barr	00:34:00	00:35:59	31	00:01:59	Slower than projected
33	Mike Corson	00:25:15	00:27:40	14	00:02:25	Slower than projected
34	Laura McFarlane	00:29:00	00:32:56	28	00:03:56	Slower than projected