The Winter Championships are now well and truly underway with the first two races having taken place. The first being the George Cummings Road Relays in Houston on 06/10/2018 and then the West District Cross-Country Relays on 20/10/2018.
In the George Cummings Road Relays, eleven Harriers took part in what were ideal weather conditions for a Saturday afternoon in October. The individual results are below. Well done to everyone on their performances. There were some fantastic individual efforts there, in particular for Richard Mair with a time of 13:12 and 10th overall.
| Position (Women) | Name | Time |
| 70 | Viv Lambert | 20:21 |
| 83 | Hannah O’Shea | 21:08 |
| Position (Men) | Name | Time |
| 10 | Richard Mair | 13:12 |
| 101 | Connell Drummond | 15:26 |
| 131 | Steven Robson | 16:01 |
| 171 | Ken Monaghan | 17:00 |
| 188 | Murray McDonald | 17:30 |
| 189 | Alasdair Murray | 17:32 |
| 218 | Stewart McAllister | 18:31 |
| 237 | Ian McAughtrie | 20:10 |
| 246 | Kevin Beck | 21:16 |
The official race results can be found here.
In the West District Cross-Country Relays, seventeen Harriers came along and took part on a very wet Saturday afternoon. The individual results are below. Well done to everyone on their performances. There were a few new entries to the world of cross-country racing in this race and good performances to match.
| Position (Women) | Name | Time |
| 114 | Kirsty McNulty | 21:02 |
| 115 | Amanda Bryden | 21:06 |
| 148 | Karen Robertson | 23:31 |
| Position (Men) | Name | Time |
| 174 | James Wales | 15:59 |
| 177 | Connell Drummond | 16:01 |
| 193 | David Moody | 16:20 |
| 218 | John Speirs | 16:43 |
| 232 | Jamie Nix | 17:00 |
| 249 | John Tougher | 17:15 |
| 264 | Kenneth Dudgeon | 17:31 |
| ??? (Unconfirmed) | Murray McDonald | 17:39 (Unconfirmed) |
| 277 | Paul Markac | 17:44 |
| 284 | Stephen Emerson | 17:56 |
| 349 | Kevin Beck | 20:58 |
| 351 | Stuart Nibloe | 21:25 |
| 352 | Douglas Dickson | 21:38 |
| 355 | John McClarty | 21:49 |
The updated Winter Championship tables can be found below:
Winter Championship 2018-19 (Women)
Winter Championship 2018-19 (Men)
If anyone is interested in taking part in the winter championship races then please do contact either of the team captains (Amanda Bryden for the women and Stuart Nibloe for the men). Upcoming races are the Ayrshire Cross-Country Relays in Irvine on 20/10/2018, the National Cross-Country relays in Cumbernauld on 27/10/2018 and then the Ruby’s 5k race in Kilmarnock on 28/10/2018.
Sign up for the Ruby’s 5k can be done here. The event also includes a 1 mile fun run and 2k zombie run so there is something for everyone! Please do come and take part as all money raised will go to charity.
