Tinto

9th November

There was a fantastic record turnout of 171 finishers, including 15 Westies! And how many Westies roadies were at the Uni Road race?! Here starts the campaign to re-name us Westerlands Hill Runners, or at the very least Westerlands Harriers?!

Ex-Westie Mark Rigby won the race in 32m 09s and Tracy Brindley had a great run to equal the course record in 7th place in 34m 52s. Ronnie ran in his heavy duty winter climbing boots – apparently trying to break them in ! Chris U. had a great run to finish as 1st Westie , Don flew past me on the descent to finish 2nd. Jane was 1st woman Westie and Ana enjoyed ( I think ! ) her first Tinto race , Stevie Bell made a welcome return. Blair and Nigel shouted abuse and encouragement. A fine dry afternoon. Weather was great, conditions a bit muddy down at the bottom though. All in all a great race and day out. Tracey Brindlay equalled the ladies record set by Angela Mudge in 1996.

Summary below.

1 Mark Rigby Cosmics v 32:09

2 Adam Ward Carnethy v 33:11

3 Brian Marshall HELP 33:57

7 Tracey Brindley Carnethy f 34:52

20 Chris Upson Westerlands 37:19

32 Don Reid Westerlands v 38:28

38 John Donnelly Westerlands 39:23

47 David Rogers Westerlands v 40:01

51 Murdo MacLeod Westerlands v50 40:52

59 Keith Adams Westerlands v50 41:23

62 Steve Bell Westerlands 41:34

75 Ronnie Gallagher Westerlands v 43:05

88 Jane Robertson Westerlands f 44:42

99 Donald Smith Westerlands v50 45:46

107 Pete Baxter Westerlands v 46:49

135 Anna Talbot Westerlands f 50:12

153 Chris Osmond Westerlands v50 52:55

162 Ian Murray Westerlands v50 57:27

165 Graham Bennie Westerlands v50 59:22