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2006 Race Report

Ray wards off the competition

Kinghorn abandoned all thoughts about the World Cup last Friday as a record number of athletes descended on the village to take part in the annual Black Rock ‘5’ beach and road race. A record field of 677 headed out across the sand towards the volcanic outcrop with no real breaks being made due to the stiff headwind. However, on reaching the Rock, eventual winner Ray Ward made his effort as others struggled through the icy-cold water and, despite a persistent challenge from runner-up Stevie Cairns, the Aberdour resident maintained his hard-fought advantage all the way to the steep uphill finish. Only individual success belonged to the infamous Hunters Bog Trotters this year as they relinquished their team title to first-time winners Corstorphine.

The women’s event was won in spectacular fashion by petite Rosie Smith of Edinburgh University Hare & Hounds who, for a while, threatened Anne Buckley’s long-standing course record. Smith’s fine effort was instrumental in securing the team prize for her fellow students.

Special mention must be made of the winning performance in the men’s vet-60 category in which Pitreavie’s Archibald Duncan, a part-time resident of Kinghorn, recorded a time of 27.27, some 35 seconds faster than that of the vet-50 victor.

 

Summary Results and Prize Winners    
SENIOR MEN
     
SENIOR WOMEN
   
1
RAY WARD HBT 23.13  
1
ROSIE SMITH
EUHH 25.59
2
STEVEN CAIRNS HBT 23.24  
2
LUCY COLQUHOUN Carnethy 27.01
3
MATHEW BELL City of Edin 23.30  
3
JENNIFER MCLEAN City of Edin 27.11
4
MORAY ANDERSON Corstorphine 23.37  
4
ROS ALEXANDER Carnegie 27.45
5
MURRAY STRAIN EUHH 23.48  
5
JULIA HENDERSON Helensburgh 29.20
6
ROSS MILNE Lothian RC 23.56  
6
DHAVALA STOTT Sri Chinmoy 29.22
         
     
VET 40
     
VET 35
   
1
IAN STEWART Carnegie 24.43   1

GAIL MURDOCH

Carnegie 32.23
2
MICHAEL HARVEY Carnegie 25.08   2 SUSAN THOMSON Fife AC 33.42
3
JEFF FARQUHAR Pitreavie 25.14   3 MARY HUNTER Portobello 33.57
4
DUNCAN MCGOUGAN Carnegie 25.33          
5
ROBERT MILTON Carnegie 26.06          
               
VET 50
     
VET 45
   
1
MARTIN HULME Corstorphine 28.02  
1
GILLIAN MCKELVIE Portobello 32.48
2
ALEX AGNEW Lothian RC 29.21          
3
JOHN GILFILLAN Fife AC 29.23          
               
VET 60
             
1
ARCHIBALD DUNCAN Pitreavie 27.27          
                 
Team Prizes
     
Team Prize
   
1
CORSTORPHINE      
1
CARNEGIE    
2
CARNEGIE              
                 
1st Male Junior
     
1st Woman Junior
   
1
GARY SMITH Falkirk Victoria 24.20  
1
ELIZABETH SHEDDON Unattached 36.24

 

See also the 2006 photos page and the full results page.