Results, April 2007- June 2007                                                                                                Back to Results

29th June 2007- Calderglen Harriers Trail Races

I didn't get to this due to work but 4 Whitemoss athletes took the chance to race on an alternative surface, over Calderglen Park's scenic trail routes. Young Alisdair Stewart, for one, seems to  have kept himself busy during the week.

61 finishers

3^rd: Sarah McDonald, 4:18, Well done!!

61 finishers

15^th: Alisdair Stewart, 13:11

49^th: Rebecca Montgomery, 17:33

50 finishers

19^th: Julie Whyteside, 18:47

 27th June 2007- Linwood Open Graded Meeting

Under 11 Boys

Alisdair Stewart, 100m Heat 7, 17.01s, 3rd; 800m, 2:49.67, 5th; Long Jump, 3.20m

Under 13 Girls

Rachael Connelly, 100m Heat 6, 15.16s, 4th

Under 13 Boys

Euan McMurtrie, Javelin, 20.38m

Under 15 Girls

Nicky McMurtrie, 100m Heat 5, 13.97s, 4th; Javelin, 29.41m

Fiona Thomson, 100m Heat 5, 15.38s, 8th; Long Jump, 3.90m

Under 17 Women

Lorraine Boyd, 100m Heat 4, 14.96s, 6th; Long Jump, 4.17m; Shot Putt, 5.58m

Under 20 Men

Billy McGill, 100m Heat 2, 11.89s, 2nd

Ryan Holmes, 100m Heat 2, 12.21s, 4th

Senior Men

Ian McEwan, 100m Heat 1, 16.23s, 8th (due to cramp)

24th June 2007- Mens and Womens Leagues, East Kilbride 10k

On a very busy day, Whitemoss were in action on three fronts. The mens team were competing at Grangemouth in the second competition of four. Flash floods more akin to the Amazon did nothing to stir up any enthusiasm and delayed the start of the field events. Things though, subsided for the track programme commencing at 1pm. Second place was achieved, 100 points clear of third. We are now clear in second and looking strong for promotion back to the top tier. Click here to read the team manager's report. I'll give a special mention to Stuart Jamieson who made his debut for the mens team, competing in the long jump and helping the 4 x 400m relay team to third place.

Scotstoun was equally wet for Team West in the Womens League but, in a marked improvement from before, the team were victors on the day. Results for Whitemoss competitors are here.

Much earlier in the day, Julie Whyeside participated in the East Kilbride 10k Road Race, run in conjunction with the half marathon. Avoiding the worst of the weather, Julie clocked 42:37 to be not only 38th of 889 finishers but 3rd woman overall and first under 20.

17th June 2007- Scottish Athletics Under 20 and Under 23 Championships, Meadowbank

Under 20

Ryan Holmes, 100m (Heat 1), 11.79s, 6th

Craig McEwan, 100m (Heat 1), 11.86s, 7th; Javelin, 35.91m, 7th

Jamie McEwan, 100m (Heat 2), 11.93s, 4th; Long Jump, 5.22m, bronze medal

Billy McGill, 400m (Heat 2), 50.15s, 1st; 400m Final, 49.98s, 4th

David Robertson, Pole Vault, 3.65m, 4th

Julie Whyteside, 1500m, 5:04.47, 4th

Under 23

Ian McEwan, 100m Final, 11.33s, 5th

June 2007- Schools Results

2nd- Scottish Secondary Schools Pentahlon Championships

Congratulations to Nicky McMurtrie who, competing for Claremont High, finished 4th in the girls under 15 pentathlon. This competition involved 75m hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot putt and 800m. Nicky was against girls up to 2 years older so this is a very good performance. She hopes to make the medals next year when representing the new Calderglen High which opens in October.

8th and 9th- Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships

A number of Whitemoss athletes were competing for their schools in this two day championship. Here is how they fared in sweltering conditions.

Laura McCord- 3000m Group B, 11:17.39, 7th

Nicky McMurtrie- Shot Putt Group D, 9.78m, Gold; Javelin Group D, 28.10m, Gold; Discus Group D, 22.59m, Gold

Marie Claire Martin- 200m Group C Heat 3, 27.43s, 1st; Semi Final, 26.89s, 2nd; Final, 26.01s, Gold

Ashley Totten- 200m Group C Heat 2, 28.73s, 5th

Julie Whyteside- 3000m Group A, 10:53.53, Bronze

Jamie McEwan- 100m Group A Heat 2, 12.18s, 3rd

Craig McEwan- 100m Group A Heat 3, 12.24s, 5th

If I have missed anyone or there's any amendments needed, just drop me an email.

20th May 2007- Central and South of Scotland League Division One Match Two, Grangemouth

Whitemoss are now 5th afer two matches with 8 points, level with Ayr Seaforth and ahead of Law and District, Central and Airdrie Harriers. I was absent due to a family function but was very pleased to see our improved result on the day. At the top, there is a three  way tie for the league title between Kilbarchan, Giffnock North and City of Edinburgh. In the last competition on our own track on 5th August, we have 4th place to play for. LET'S HAVE A BIG TURNOUT, FILL THE TEAM SHEET AND FINISH STRONGLY. YOUR CLUB NEEDS YOU!

15th May 2007- Lanarkshire AAA Relay Championships, East Kilbride

Whitemoss fared very well in this competition, winning 4 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals. The participating clubs comprised ourselves, our neighbours East Kilbride AC, Larkhall, Law and District, Shettleston Harriers, Airdrie Harriers, Cambuslang Harriers and a small squad from Hamilton Harriers. As well as the traditional 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m races,  we had the novelty of watching a 4 x 200m relay and what I found to be very exciting 3 x 800m races. We were treated to Euan's dulcet tones over the tannoy as announcer for the night and the club organised a tuck shop to raise money for the Cancer Research 24 hour Relay for Life.  It was a late end to an enjoyable night, the last race concluding at around 9.15pm. Below are the Whitemoss medal winning performances.

Senior Men 4 x 100m

1st East Kilbride 45.0
2nd Team McEwan, Whitemoss 45.5
3rd Law 48.4

Under 13 Boys 4 x 100m

1st East Kilbride 59.1
2nd Airdrie 59.5
3rd Whitemoss A 59.6

3 x 800m

1st Whitemoss A 8.08.6
2nd Shettleston 8.15.6
3rd Whitemoss C (under 11s) 8.22.7

Under 11 Boys

1st Whitemoss 63.8
2nd Shettleston 69.0
3rd East KIlbride 71.4

Senior Ladies 4 x 100m

1st Airdrie 54.0
2nd Whitemoss A 54.4
3rd Whitemoss B 58.0

4 x 400m

1st Whitemoss B (Endurance squad) 4.29.7
2nd Whitemoss A 4.44.0
3rd Larkhall

Under 17 Ladies 4 x 100m

1st Law 54.3
2nd Whitemoss 54.9
3rd Airdrie 57.5

4 x 200m

1st Law 1.55.5
2nd Whitemoss 1.57.6


Under 13 Girls 3 x 800m

1st Shettleston A 8.23.3
2nd Whitemoss 8.29.8
3rd East Kilbride 8.47.9


Under 11 Girls 4 x 100m

1st Whitemoss A 63.4
2nd Airdrie 64.3
3rd Shettleston 64.8

12th and 13th May- Scottish Athletics West District and Closed Senior Championships, Scotstoun, Glasgow

Saturday

Under 13 Boys

Craig Whyteside- 800m Final, 2:38.84, 9^th (2 seconds outside PB)

Under 15 Boys

Ross McGill- 100m Final, 14.25s, 10^th

Euan Walker- 800m Heat, 2:30.69, 5^th

Under 17 Women

Lorraine Boyd- 80m hurdles Final, 15.37s, 4^th

Senior Men

Stuart Gibson (Calderglen)- 1500m Heat, 4:18.06, 7^th (PB)

Ryan Holmes- 100m Heat, 11.96s, 6^th

Ian McEwan Junior- 100m Heat, 11.40s, 4^th

100m Final, 13.14s, 7^th

Billy McGill- 400m Heat, 50.60s, 4^th

David Robertson- Pole Vault, 3.80m, 4^th (20cm outside PB)

Senior Women

Julie Whyteside- 1500m Final, 5:04.43, 7^th

Sunday

Under 13 Girls

Elena McKinlay- Shot Putt, 6.76m, bronze medal and a PB

Under 15 Girls

Ainsley Douglas- High Jump, 1.25m, 7^th

Discus, 15.92m, 5th

Marie Claire Martin- 200m Heat, 26.78s, 1^st

200m Final, 26.61s, gold medal

Nicky McMurtrie- Discus, 20.56m, gold medal

Javelin, 33.60m, gold medal

Shot Putt, 9.40m, silver medal

Lauren Mooney- 1500m Final, 5:13.00, 7^th (PB)

Under 17 Men

Stuart Jamieson- 400m Hurdles Final, 64.47s, 6^th (PB)

Under 17 Women

Lorraine Boyd- Long Jump, 4.03m, 5th

Lynsey Ferguson- 200m Heat, 28.58s, 4th

12th May 2007- Scottish Athletics Hill Running Championships, Ben Lomond

Under 18 Girls

3rd: Laura McCord, 37:29 (winning time was 35:56)

9th May 2007- Glasgow City Council Open Graded Meeting, Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Under 11 Boys

Craig Mooney- 800m, 2:51.54, 8th in heat

Under 15 Girls

Lauren Mooney- 800m, 2:32.82, winner of her heat. Well done.

2^nd May 2007- Grangemouth Open Graded Meeting (incorporating Round 1 of the scottishathletics Open Graded Grand Prix Series)

Under 13 Boys

Alasdair Stewart- 100m, 16.66 seconds, 7^th in heat; Long Jump, 2.48m

Under 20 Men

Billy McGill- 100m*, 11.72 seconds, 2^nd in heat

Senior Men

Ian McEwan Junior, 100m*, 11.8 seconds, 5^th in heat

Under 15 Girls

Nicky McMurtrie- 100m, 14.4 seconds, 2^nd in heat; Shot Putt, 8.70m

*Denotes races forming part of the Scottish athletics Grand Prix series. The remaining competitions in the programme are at Meadowbank on 24^th May, Linwood on 27^th June and Scotstoun on 11^th July with the series final at Caird Park, Dundee on 25^th August. This is a new initiative organised for the first time. Further details of the rules and prizes on offer can be obtained from the following link.

29^th April 2007- Central and South of Scotland League Division One Match One, Wishaw

The first competition in 2007 took place at the new track in Wishaw on a sunny but very blustery afternoon. Thanks are in order for Cathy Robertson who stepped into the team managers breach with the absence of Elaine Grant (personal reasons) and Sylvia Totten (on her holidays).The individual results are not yet available but, after a hard fought afternoon’s competition, the table looks like this.

Kilbarchan, 672 match points

Giffnock North, 650
Law and District, 561
City of Edinburgh, 549.5
Ayr Seaforth, 517
Whitemoss, 492
Airdrie Harriers, 412.5
Central, 364

This can definitely be improved upon in the two meetings to come, at Grangemouth on 20^th May and, don’t forget, on home turf on 5^th August.

28^th April 2007- Knockdhu International and Junior International, Larne, Northern Ireland

As the name may suggest, this is a mountain race championship. Well done to Laura McCord who competed for Scotland in the Junior Women’s race, taking 5^th place in a time of 30:25. This continues her brief but so far very impressive record in hill races. Keep the good work going.

22nd April 2007

Whitemoss were in action on three fronts on the above date. Firstly, the Mens League squad put last year's disappointment of relegation from Division One behind them with a strong opening performance at Grangemouth. The team were second, over 80 points clear of the third placed club and only 18 points behind the newly formed Victoria Park-City of Glasgow AC. Follow this link to read team manager Keith Stoddart's take on the day's proceedings. The results from the day are here on a spreadsheet (xls format). Note just one or two minor discrepancies. In the 5000m, for Alan Cullie, read my name and the B string runner was Martin Duthie who stepped in 30 minutes after his 1500m.

Secondly, the following Whitemoss were part of the Team West squad taking part in the Womens League at Meadowbank:- Lorraine Boyd, Lynsey Greenfield, Dawn Robertson, Lynsey Ferguson, Katie Murphy, Lauren Moonie, Laura Gosling and Penny Mitchell. The team were 6th with 362.5 points. Edinburgh are the early pacesetters after winning with 472.5. Here are the full results in PDF format.

Last, but most definitely not least, with a report on the UK Sportshall Athletics Final in Birmingham, I hand over to club secretary, Euan.

"South Lanarkshire Under 13 Girls did Scotland proud. They were easily the loudest and apart from football & rugby matches I have rarely seen so many Scotland flags.

Only 2 medals on the day but the standards were very high. Despita a massive throw of 10m 53 Nicky only won Silver in the Shot Putt. Elena McKinlay threw 6m 85 Emma Brown won bronze in the High Jump. The relay team with Nicky & Fiona Thomson "which cruised home in the Scottish final" could only finish 4th such was the high standard.

It was a great day, the kids were treated like stars. With a March past Opening ceremony, events being shown on the huge screens and medallists being interviewed by the press afterwards. Full credit to Jim Goldie who as Team Manager deserves a huge thanks. I know he reads this so Well done Jim."

I can see many more busy weekends like this between now and August...

15th April 2007- Nithsdale AC Open Graded Meeting, David Keswick Centre, Dumfries

A large party from Whitemoss made the 150 mile round trip to Dumfries and Galloway for this early season competition. More than 30 club athletes competed here which was an excellent turnout. This was also a medals meeting and a considerable number were taken back on the coach heading north late in the afternoon.

We were graced with glorious sunshine for the entire day which always makes things that bit more pleasant. The host club must be commended for their fabulous hospitality. Their tuck shop serving hot and cold food, tea, coffee, soft drinks and sweets makes fixtures in this neck of the woods among the best we attend and the trip all the more worthwhile. Photos, complete with amusing captions, are on Euan McMurtries site, accessible via "Photo Gallery."

Click here to go directly to the full set of results.

11th April 2007- Glasgow City Council Open Grade, Scotstoun, Glasgow

Under 15 Boys

Ross McCord- 600m, 1:44.07, 3rd in heat

Under 17 Women

Lorraine Boyd- 300m, 48.55, 7th in heat; Long Jump, 4.11m

Laura McCord- 3000m, 11:04.98, 13th (only female competitor)

Under 20 Women

Julie Whyteside- 300m, 47.93, 3rd in heat