Scottish Junior Road Races/Home Countries and SIAB International

Scottish Junior Road Race Championships - East Kilbride 22/03/2009
Laura Penrice (Stewartry AC) finished in 16th place out of 76 finishers in her last race as an Under 13. She was just edged out of 15th place by Sherelle Graham (Shettleston Harriers) and they were both given the same time of 12:08. This was only 5 seconds off a top 10 place although well behind race winner Roisin Bonucchi (Central AC) who finished in 11:28.

Homecountries/SIAB International XC - Bangor 28/03/09
Nicola Hood (VP-Glasgow) was the best D&G performer with 7th place in the Under 20 Home Countries Race. She ran well in 19:23 but will be slightly disappointed to finish 12 seconds behind teammate Josephine Moultrie who was 5th. The race winner was World Junior 1500m bronze medallist Emma Pallant (AFD) in 18:31.

David Vernon (Nithsdale AC) also made the top 10 in the Intermediate Boys race. He was 3rd Scot behind Ross Matheson (Edinburgh AC) and Craig Wellcoat (Law & District). He was 10th in 21:39 but might have liked to have been closer to Matheson who was 3rd in 21:16. The race winner was Tom Curr (Stroud & District) in 20:57.

The other D&G representative was recently crowned National Schools Biathlon Champion, Joanna Muir (Stewartry AC), who was 16th (17:54) in the Intermediate Girls race. She was the youngest competitor in this race and ran in a group of 2 other Scots, Scottish Under 17 Silver Medallist, Emily Dudgeon (Edinburgh AC) and Scottish Schools Bronze Medallist Hollie Young (VP-Glasgow). Nottingham Intercounties victor Emelia Gorecka (AFD) was a clear winner in 16:21.

Scottish Schools XC

Scottish Schools XC - Irvine 14/03/09
Several athletes braved the ferocious winds at Irvine to post some good results.

Performance of the day came from David Vernon (Nithsdale AC) in the Group B Boys Race. Still recovering from illness, he finished in a silver medal position, just 4 seconds off Ross Matheson in 1st place. He covered the 5.2K course in 18:08.

Also running well was Chris Ponton (Nithsdale AC), who finished an excellent 15th. He covered th 4K course in 16:36 to mark the last XC race of the season in style. Also in the Group C Boys race were Stuart Murray and Jamie Paisley (Langholm Academy) who were 25th and 41st respectively.

In the Girls race, Danielle Beattie (Nithsdale AC) continued her form after a foot injury, finishing 20th. Her time was 13:45. In the same race, Jacqueline Pringle (Stewartry AC) finished 84th.

In the Group B Girls Race, Stephanie Lawrie (Nithsdale AC) battled to a 64th place. She was lying in about 45th place but had to stop due to breathing difficulties on the second lap. Despite finishing strongly, she couldn't claw back all those lost places but it was still a decent run.

Nottingham Intercounties

Nottingham Intercounties - 07/03/09
3 D & G athletes competed at the main domestic event of the cross country season.

Nicola Hood (VP-Glasgow) rounded off her superb season with an 8th place in the Under 20 Women's Race. She went with the early pace and battled hard to improve from 27th last year. She will be slightly disappointed to narrowly miss out on a World Cross Country place but it was still a major improvement. She was 3rd counter for the Scotland West team who went on to win team gold. She was also 4th in the overall McCain Cross Challenge Series.

Winner: Lilly Partridge (AFD) 22:55
5 Beth Potter (VP-Glasgow) 23:13
7 Josephine Moultrie (VP-Glasgow) 23:27
8 Nicola Hood (VP-Glasgow) 23:32
22 Danielle Brown (Springburn) 24:40

Equally impressive was Joanna Muir (Stewartry AC). She finished 20th in the Under 15 Girls Race and was once again top Scot. This was a massive improvement of 50th place last year and underlines her good form going into the track season.

Winner: Emelia Gorecka (AFD) 14:22
20 Joanna Muir (Stewartry) 15:46

David Vernon (Nithsdale AC) ran well to finish 32nd despite recovering from illness. Although he was beaten by several other Scottish runners, David will still be in the Under 17 age group next year and will be competitive. The Scotland West team again took top honours.

Winner: Paul thompson (AFD) 20:30
2 Callum Hawkins (Kilbarchan) 20:31
13 Stewart Orr (Cambuslang) 21:15
18 Jack Hamilton (Cambuslang) 21:22
27 Andrew Dearie (Shettleston) 21:35
32 David Vernon (Nithsdale AC) 21:39

Annan River Races

Annan River Races - Annan 01/03/09

D&G Results
Senior Women
Melanie Martin (Hardruck CC) 1st 31:50
Maureen Dickson (Dumfries RC) 2nd 34:25
Elizabeth Myatt (ADAC) 3rd 35:02
Kerry Willacy (Dumfries RC) 6th 45:04
Laura Fairbairn (Dumfries RC) 7th 45:04

Senior Men
Marcus Scotney (Dumfries RC) 1st 23:33
Joe Boardman (ADAC) 5th 26:07
Alan Baxter (Dumfries RC) 7th 26:53
Sandy Shankland (Dumfries RC) 8th 27:24
Alan Spence (U/A) 9th 27:38
Douglas Brown (Dumfries RC) 10th 27:41
Gordon Vivers (ADAC) 11th 28:21
Kevin McCaig (Border) 13th 28:55
Donald McCaullie (U/A) 16th 30:40
Jim Gracie (U/A) 18th 31:40
Ian McTeir (U/A) 21st 34:20
Peter Hutchison (Dumfries RC) 34:56
Simon Hood (Bodytech) 44:23

Under 17 Women
Stephanie Lawrie (Nithsdale AC) 1st 15:07

Under 17 Men
Stephen Clarke (U/A) 2nd 26:24

Under 15 Girls
Danielle Beattie (Nithsdale AC) 1st 14:25
Rowane Glendinning (ADAC) 4th 17:20

Under 15 Boys
Chris Ponton (Nithsdale AC) 2nd 12:38
Jamie Paisley (Langholm Academy) 6th 13:26
Thomas Thomson (Annan Academy) 7th 13:51

Under 13 Girls
Aylish Paisley (Langholm PS) 3rd 10:24
Laura Penrice (Stewartry AC) 4th 10:43
Lauren Craig (Stewartry AC) 7th 10:57
Jacqueline Pringle (Stewartry AC) 9th 11:25
Alexandra Barbour (Nithsdale AC) 10th 11:45
Melissa McCrindle (Nithsdale AC) 11th 11:49
Sophie Perkins (Nithsdale AC) 12th 11:55
Stephanie Little (Nithsdale AC) 13th 12:44
Christina Swan (Nithsdale AC) 14th 13:06
Katie Murchie (Nithsdale AC) 15th 13:33

Under 13 Boys
Kieran Saunders (ADAC) 2nd 10:06
Cameron Muir (Stewartry AC) 5th 10:26
Ben Sinden (Stewartry AC) 6th 10:39
Alexander Craig (Stewartry AC) 7th 10:53
Daniel Gibson (Nithsdale AC) 9th 14:22

Under 11 Girls
Ellie Paisley (Langholm PS) 4th 7:10
Allyson Sloan (Brydekirk PS) 9th 7:47
Charlotte Smith (Nithsdale AC) 10th 7:54
Jenna Millar (Stewartry AC) 11th 8:04
Hannah Beattie (Nithsdale AC) 13th 8:08
Lisa Dunbar (Eaglesfield PS) 14th 8:10
Lianna Barrie (Hoddom PS) 17th 8:56
Catriona Pringle (ADAC) 18th 9:21
Amy Sharpe (Brydekirk PS) 19th 9:33
Jodie Noble (Brydekirk PS) 20th 10:03
Chloe O'Hare (Elmvale PS) 21st 11:00

Under 11 Boys
Angus Johnstone (Nithsdale AC) 3rd 6:27
Euan Penrice (Stewartry AC) 5th 6:37
Lewis Holliday (ADAC) 6th 6:39
Cameron Wadge (Kirkpatrick Fleming PS) 10th 6:51
Oliver Wagner (Hoddom PS) 13th 6:59
Callum Sinden (Stewarty AC) 15th 7:15
Matt Argo (Nithsdale AC) 16th 7:18
Benjamin Wagner (Hoddom PS) 17th 7:23
Connor Barnes (Nithsdale AC) 18th 7:26
Drew Stewart (Lockerbie PS) 19th 7:30
Harry McMenemy (Nithsdale AC) 20th 8:00
Ewan Robson (Brydekirk PS) 21st 8:06
Shaun Kevans (Lockerbie PS) 22nd 8:08
Callum Kingstree (Lochmaben PS) 23rd 8:39
Jordan McMillan (Lochmaben PS) 24th 8:39
Graham Watson (Hoddom PS) 25th 8:55
Sam Henderson (Hoddom PS) 26th 9:06
Marco De Luca (Lochmaben PS) 27th 9:20