Lochaber X-Country
The North District X-Country League race held in Glen Nevis went ahead on Saturday with 120 runners braving the cold and windy conditions. Running was very wet under foot, a few squally hail showers came through, the sun momentarily appeared but it was generally dry from above with a cold wind.
David Rodgers(Lochaber) was the clear winner of the men's race, leading his team mates Peter Kennedy(5th ),John Hepburn(9th ) and Paul MacLean(10th) to victory in the men's team race over 2nd placed Forres and third placed Moray Road Runners.Under 20 men Andrew Clark and Kyle Greig took 2nd and 3rd places overall in the men's event.
Kate Jenkins(Carnethy) won the women's race ahead of Eleanor Reid (Inverness) and Jane Barker (Moray RR). The team race went to Inverness by just one point with Lochaber Ladies - (Lyndsay Shaw, Amanda Blackall and Arlene MacDiarmid) taking second team.
Under 17 runners Kyle Cowie(Moray RR) and Sarah Mackenzie(Lochaber) were the respective winners. Kenny Wilson of Moray RR won the under 15 boys event with an excellent 3rd for Wei Adams(Lochaber), showing what a good all round athlete he is - his normal events being long jump, high jump, javelin and hockey.
Chantel Clark of Elgin won the under 15 girls event with one of the day's best performances, bounding effortlessly around the course.Lochaber girls won the team at under 15 level with counters being Hazel Dunn, Cara MacKay and Hannah Earnshaw.
Connor Cowie won the under 13 boys event with a great 5th place for Zeke Kerr Lochaber. Kirsten Moynihan won the under 13 girls race with a domineering run, with a fine performance from Kirsty Rogan of Forres in 2nd. Lochaber girls took the team with counters being Kirsten,Kelly MacDiarmid and Maxene Fraser.
Under 11 boy and girl winners were Mark Anderson and Oonagh Dunnett from Caithness. Lochaber runners Sam Dunn and Helen Nelson took good placings with 5th and 2nd respectively.
The winter league placings for local Lochaber runners will be extracted from the full results, and due to the weather conditions which made travelling to the race difficult, a decision was made on Saturday morning that the x-country race will not be a requirement for the junior runners to complete the league but bonus points will be given to all juniors who competed in races which are affected by the change.
Thanks goes to all who helped up on the course, the landowners for use of their land and to all the girls who fed us well after the races. Look forward to seeing all seniors at the next winter league race The Riverbank, this Sunday.
UNDER 11 GIRLS
1 Oonagh Darnett Caithness 6.15 Team 1 Caithness 9
2 Helen Nelson Lochaber 6.46 2 Lochaber 12
3 Jade Currie Caithness 6.57
4 Mariad MacPhee Lochaber 7.23
5 Emma Dunnett Caithness 7.42
6 Natasha Earnshaw Lochaber 8.1
UNDER 11 BOYS
1 Mark Anderson Caithness 5.48 Team 1 Caithness 12
2 Ruari Watt Moray 5.56 2 Moray 14
3 James Wilson Moray 6.13 3 Lochaber 30
4 Graham Sutherland Caithness 6.18 4 Moray B 35
5 Sam Dunn Lochaber 6.2
6 Scott McPhail Ross County 6.28
7 Craig MacKiddie Caithness 6.3
8 Rob Murdoch Caithness 6.33
9 Daniel Jays Moray 6.35
10 Paul Robertson Moray 6.55
11 Stephen McPhee Lochaber 7.15
12 Ryan Farquhar Moray 7.21
13 Adam Jays Moray 7.3
14 Kieran MacHale Lochaber 8.28
UNDER 13 GIRLS
1 Kirsten Moynihan Lochaber 12.57 Team 1 Lochaber 7
2 Kirsty Rogan Forres 13.25
3 Kelly MacDiarmid Lochaber 14.12
4 Maxine Fraser Lochaber 14.29
5 Kathleen Cameron Lochaber 15.1
6 Ruth Earnshaw Lochaber 15.31
7 Rosie Murdoch Caithness 15.48
8 Kirsty MacIntyre Lochaber 18.52
9 Rhea Wood Lochaber 18.52
UNDER 13 BOYS
1 Connor Cowie Moray 11.38 Team 1 Moray 11
2 Murdo Traill Inverness 12.03 2 Inverness 13
3 Connor MacKenzie Inverness 12.04 3 Lochaber 27
4 Mark Farquhar Moray 12.05 4 Caithness 31
5 Zeke Kerr Lochaber 12.36
6 Scott Bowie Moray 12.4
7 Alistair Black Caithness 12.4
8 Martin Munro Inverness 13.01
9 James McPhail Ross County 13.28
10 Ross Douglas Lochaber 14.22
11 Duncan Paterson Caithness 15.28
12 Iain Foggo Lochaber 15.30
13 Sam O'Kane Caithness 16.59
UNDER 15 GIRLS
1 Chantel Clark Elgin 15.5 Team 1 Lochaber 15
2 Emma Fullerton Moray 20.05
3 Sarah Dunnet Caithness 21.25
4 Hazel Dunn Lochaber 21.37
5 Cara MacKay Lochaber 21.37
6 Hannah Earnshaw Lochaber 26.45
UNDER 15 BOYS
1 Kenny Wilson Moray 13.57 Team 1 Moray 7
2 Robbie Cammack Moray 16.02
3 Wei Adams Lochaber 16.06
4 Michael Hendry Moray 17.47
5 David Duncan Lochaber 20.34
UNDER 17 LADIES
1 Sarah MacKenzie Lochaber 17.19
2 Elaine Wilson Banff 18.13
3 Keiley Archibald Elgin 19.53
UNDER 17 MEN
1 Kyle Cowie Moray 17.22
2 Matthew Sutherland Caithness 19.3
3 Colin MacRae Banff 20.17
SENIOR/JUNIOR WOMEN
1 Kate Jenkins Carnethy 20.07 Team 1 Inverness 19
2 Eleanor Reid Inverness 20.53 2 Lochaber 20
3 Jane Barker Moray 22.03 3 Lochaber B 39
4 Amanda Blackall Lochaber 22.36 4 Lochaber C 48
5 Lyndsay Shaw Lochaber 22.49
6 Kirsty MacLeod Stornoway 23.00
7 Katie Boocock Inverness 23.15
8 Jenny Stuart Forres 23.19
9 Frankie Farquhar Caithness 23.35
10 Dagmar Hayer Inverness 23.55
11 Arlene MacDiarmid Lochaber 24.21
12 Linda MacEwan Lochaber 24.25
13 Biff Gow Lochaber 24.47
14 Emma Pearce Lochaber 25.18
15 Theresa MacKay Lochaber 27.04
16 Susan Jane Ross Lochaber 27.11
17 Claire Treasurer Lochaber 27.2
18 Aileen Duncan Lochaber 27.21
19 Marianne Young Inverness 27.28
20 Jackie Thwaites Forres 28.05
21 Claire Rumgay Lochaber 28.14
SENIOR/JUNIOR MEN
1 David Rodgers Lochaber 32.21 Team 1 Lochaber 25
2 Andrew Clark Moray 33.07 2 Forres 27
3 Kyle Grieg Forres 33.34 3 Moray 28
4 Paul Rogan Forres 34.33 4 Lochaber B 71
5 Peter Kennedy Lochaber 34.38 5 Inverness 77
6 Brian Foreman Moray 35.00 6 Lochaber C 100
7 Martin Flynn Moray 35.23 7 Forres B 112
8 Mike Howell Forres 35.36 8 Lochaber D 143
9 John Hepburn Lochaber 35.39
10 Paul MacLean Lochaber 35.48
11 Tom McWilliam Inverness 35.55
12 David Armour Forres 35.56
13 Ewan Patterson Moray 36.02
14 George Cairns Lochaber 36.50
15 Steve Worsley Inverness 37.01
16 Donald Patterson Lochaber 37.20
17 George Mitchell Inverness 38.06
18 Mark Howls Forres 38.41
19 Paul Taylor Moray 38.53
20 Tom McCallum Lochaber 39.56
21 Ronnie Turner Lochaber 40.00
22 Graham MacNab Lochaber 40.04
23 Simon Bray Forres 40.12
24 Ken Whyte Lochaber 40.24
25 Niall MacBeath Lochaber 40.29
26 David Duncan Ochils 40.34
27 Colin Green Moray 40.50
28 Steven Bain Caithness 41.22
29 Ernie Orr Lochaber 42.33
30 Sandy Christie Caithness 42.38
31 David Cowie Moray 42.47
32 John Maitland Lochaber 43.20
33 Hamish Cameron Forres 43.33
34 Peter Ferguson Inverness 43.53
35 Jim Treasurer Lochaber 43.59
36 Malcom Christie Elgin 44.01
37 Richie Collins Lochaber 44.27
38 Mike Milmoe Forres 45.18
39 John O'Neil Lochaber 46.42
40 Charlie Jarvie Inverness 47.29
41 Paul Crowe Inverness 48.40
42 Andy Wilson Inverness 48.41