Next up for Kilmarnock’s growing band of hill runners was the 10.2km Kilpatrick Hill Race, just over the Erskine Bridge. Five Harriers took on this 426m ascent with Stephen Gilmour making another hill debut. This race involves a short road section to start followed by a relatively steep ascent which…
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West District Championship proves to a big success for Kilmarnock Harriers part 2 Besides the numerous medals Kilmarnock won at this championship we also had many athletes in finals, e.g Kilmarnock was represented with three U18 girls in the 100m sprint final. In the U14 age group Kilmarnock was represented…
Evie Bartl achieved a bronze medal in the S1 combined event at the Scottish Schools held at Grangemouth Stadium on 1st June 2013. The combined event for S1 athletes includes a jump (high jump), a throw (shot put) and a speed endurance (600m). Evie had a fine competition at Grangemouth…
On Wednesday 29th May only two Kilmarnock athletes traveled up to the Linwood Open Graded Meeting though despite the low turnout there was still personal and season bests. Firstly there was the 800m, Cameron Mackie (U20) ran in the fastest heat running strongly to finish third and set a new personal best…
organizing comitee memmbers Hugh Rankin, Jim Young and Ian Gebbie in discussion As Donald had already indicated Kilmarnock Harriers can be proud of what they have achieved, both in organizing and supporting this event and with the numerous medals our athletes won in the wide range of track & field…
It has been a good first day for Kilmarnock Harriers with medallists in the 200m sprint event. Lauren Greig (U14) coming second, Cameron Wilson(U16) winning gold and Lorne Kerr (U18) coming 3rd and Roy Shankland (U20) winning silver, not to mention the PBs some athletes run today. Only field representative…
Just a reminder for any outstanding membership fees to be paid. Thanks to those who have already paid. For those still to pay details of the original web message are below. (As we were a month later in holding the AGM this year and issuing the fees notice we will extend the initial…
Roddy Pugh, Stephen Gilmour and I headed to Arran on Saturday 18th May for the Goatfell Hill Race. This year, being part of the Scottish Hill Racing championship series, the race had an entry of over 200, probably double the normal field. The race is an “out and back”…
This was of course the weekend of the Eurovision contest and the very recent newsflashes received with my smart phone gave a good flavor from the various Harriers sections about what was happening over the weekend. Thanks to our genius web master Eddie Toner I did not even need to connect to…
Helensburgh kicks off the Series On Thursday 16th May 2013, sole Kilmarnock Harrier Scott Martin took the hour long trip over the Erskine Bridge to Helensburgh to join over 700 runners who were taking part in the hugely popular Polaroid 10K Series. Scott gives an account on his race…… “Having competed in…