Westies 40th Anniversary Race

A great day out at the Westies 40th Anniversary Race. Below are the provisional results.      Full Course         Position First Name Surname Bib Cat Time 1 Gregor Stewart 146 M20 01:19:06 2 Thomas Callan 147 M20 01:19:13 3 Hamlin Robert 127 M20 01:25:36 4 Bellamy Gwyn 121 M20 01:26:34 5 Niall McAlinden 134 M20 01:26:35 6 Luke Arnott 140 M40 01:31:32 7 Flora Wharton 145 F20 01:35:17 8 Cunningham Roddy 124 M20 01:35:45 9 Marc Roper 167 M50 01:35:58 10 Macinnes Alasdair 128 M20 01:36:57 11 Andrew Mcbride 136 M40 01:38:19 12 Dan Watson 142 M40 01:40:11 13 Peter Melville 158 M20 01:41:54 14 Rudi Brabbs 165 M20 01:43:48 15 Ian Thurlbeck 156 M50 01:44:05 16 Ian Ferguson 152 M40 01:55:46 17 Susie Ranford 144 F20 01:56:02 18 Sarah Cordeaux 135 F20 01:56:04 19 Angus Bowman 149 M60 01:56:08 20 Furse Chris 126 M40 01:56:10 21 Butler Christopher 122 M20 01:56:12 22 Stuart Hawthorne 151 M40 01:56:29 23 Heather Simpson 160 F20 01:56:32 24 Alistair Boyer 155 M20 01:56:55 25 Paul Strachan 166 M60 02:00:14 26 Margo James 159 F50 02:00:16 27 Trevor Shaw 141 M50 02:03:08 28 Simon Mackay 129 M20 02:12:24 29 Isobel Graham 153 F50 02:13:05 30 Jenn Ruddick 161 F20 02:15:29 31 Rod Flemming 138 M20 02:15:58 32 Jean Bowman 150 F50 02:16:06 33 Fullwood Andrew 125 M50 02:16:45 34 Midgley Peter 130 M60 02:16:48 35 Charlotte Heath 139 F20 02:19:32 36 George Douglas 157 M50 02:26:31       Short…

International Affairs

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