Congratulations to Willie Stuart and Jon Ward, who both competed in this inaugural Ultra. Both put in superb performances to finish in under 20 hours and on the podium, being 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Once again congratulation.
Best of luck to everyone who are running the D33.
If anyone wants some information on this race then you can click here
Report by: Robert Bruce
Seniors …….. 🏆North District X Country Champions🏆
Fantastic job by the winning men’s and women’s teams today at Gordonstoun.
Kirstie Rogan winning individual bronze in the ladies and Michelle Donaldson Slater taking bronze in the vets.
Kenny Wilson winning after being runnerup last 2 years😉 Paul Rogan 3rd vet.
Grace Whelan U20 Winner
Great effort by all involved
Juniors results from today. All the kids ran fantastically!
U13b – Roy Taylor – gold medal and ND Champ.
u13g team – Silver Medal (Beth, Zara, Nicole).
u15g – Ellyn Smith – Silver Medal.
u15g team – Gold Medal (Ellyn, Hannah, Harriet)
u17M – Blair Milne – Silver Medal.
Report by: Carol Sim
Well done to Paul Rogan and Robbie Paterson on their placings at the British & Irish Masters International in Swansea.
Paul finished 14th in the M45 category and Robbie 20th in the M35s.
Some great results from our North athletes👏🏻
“I know this is a very rare statement from a runner but we were both very pleased with the way we raced 😊 A tough wee course which seemed to suit us both. 👍”
Paul Rogan
Report by: Carol Sim
An excellent turnout of MRRs today at Brodie, with us taking a host of prizes.
Congratulations to the prize winners and well done to all who ran in a slightly breezy day.
Prize winners:
1st Ewan Davidson
2nd James Wilson
3rd. Gareth Jenkins
Graham Stephen 2nd M40.
Andy Alexander 1st M50,
Simon MacDonald 2nd M50.
Michelle Donaldson-Slater 3rd Lady.
Barbara Bowie 1st SV lady.
Well done all.🌟
Results: https://resultsbase.net/event/4584/results
Report by: Carol Sim
Another race for Kenny Wilson representing Scotland at Leeds Abbey Dash where team mate Adam Craig won the race in 29.09.
Other team member Euan Gillham was 25th, 1 second ahead of Kenny finishing 26th in 30.54.
Not a bad run Kenny.
Jenny Bannerman IH was a late call up to the Scottish squad finished 16th in the winning ladies team! Well done 👍🏻
A good turn out of yellow vests with a male and female team competing at the North District Hill Running Champs at Knockfarrel.
Robbie finished with 3rd senior medal,
Paul, 2nd Master,
Kirstie, 2nd senior woman, leading the ladies of Iona and Susan to team silver.
The men including Colin just missed out on a team medal finishing 4th.
Thanks to Phil Hindell and Hannah Rogan for the photos.
Report by: Paul Rogan
⭐️Sports Personality of the year at Diageo Sports Awards⭐️ and Senior Sports athlete of the year. Kenny Wilson.
Shortlisted in their categories also included junior, Roy Taylor, Senior Kirstie Rogan and veteran Paul Rogan.
Congratulations to you all👊🏻 delighted and well deserved😎
What an abundance of talented sport men and women Moray have🌟
It was a great occasion for MRR at the National XC Relays as, for the first time in the Club’s history, a Ladies Team entered the event. Along with 3 competing Men’s teams, it was fantastic to see the yellow vests flying the flag for the North at senior level.
Having had a successful ‘overseas’ trip to Orkney for the marathon in 2016 there was much talk in the club about doing another MRR Road Trip … so (including husbands & wives) 15 of us embarked on a weekend break to Amsterdam to take in the sights and run the TCS Amsterdam Marathon … due to injury, Justine deferred to the 8km and Steven had to pull out of the marathon at the last minute … the rest of the runners were :
Andy Alexander : 3:03:16 (PB)
Karen Norvell : 4:03:01
Sally Bruce : 4:07:36
Robert Bruce : 4:09:50
Kirsteen Carmichael : 4:11:11
Michelle Russell : 4:29:30 (PB)
Debbie Barron : 4:57:34
Justine Blaszk : 35:21
The Amsterdam Marathon is known for its fast and beautiful course with the start and finish taking place in the historical Olympic Stadium. The support within the stadium and throughout the course is really great, the Dutch are a wonderful friendly people and you are made to feel very welcome from the off. The Marathon course follows a part of the Olympic route along the Amstel River, past stately homes and a few windmills with some beautiful rural scenery and past some of Amsterdam’s busiest tourist spots, including Vondelpark (twice!) and the heart of the Rijksmuseum. The course is flat and fast … with the potential for a PB, if you can find a space to get up to pace! It is a busy marathon and my only complaint about the whole event is the congestion at the start & finish … but we coped!
It was a perfect day for us all, with optimum running conditions and, despite the congestion & confusion at the start, we did manage to merge together at various points and there was some good representation from Team Yella throughout the pack 🙂
Personally, I had trained since Edinburgh to a Heart Rate based plan and on the day it came together beautifully for me, my plan to run steadily at the start and then pick up the pace shows in my splits, and my10km times were consistent throughout … I did come in slightly in front of the 4 hour pacers, but they started well in front of me and I understand that they were not spot on their target … overall I was delighted and I think the rest of the team were too.
It was a brilliant weekend away and a lovely marathon to do … now, who’s organising next year’s trip?!
Report by: Karen Norvell
