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Sutton Park,Birmingham

Well done to clydesdale Harriers on finishing in 4th place m60 in a time of 54:36:00. cambuslang finshed 8th in the m50 category in 1:48:00

Snowballs?

McBrinn does it again! A prize for every runner, tea & biscuits and a pack of snowballs for  £2. He even organised superb weather for the event!

Jogscotland North Lanarkshire would like to thank Bill and his team for inviting us along to take part in this, one of our favourite events.

Tom Scott 10Mile Road Race

Andy Little (M40)wins the Scottish Veteran Harriers Club Championships at Motherwell in a time of 52:40

Belhaven Best Dunbar Boudary 10k

David Beagley of Arbroath Leads home the masters followed by local club runner Ian Sills, Gail Murdoch of Carnegie was 1st Female.

6 Stage Road Relay's

Central AC (woman's) and Metro Aberdeen (men's) teams take the honours this year at livingston finishing 11th and 13th respectively

Dumfries Marathon

Congratulations To Les Hill (Dumfries RC) 2:56:01 who finished 4th, eight seconds ahead of russ Corsini (Darwen dashers) and Joanna Goorney (Wesham RR) 3:19:21 on being first vets home at dumfries

Polaroid Series Dates

Helensburgh Thu. 22 May 7.30 pm
Clydebank Thu. 29 May 7.30 pm
Dumbarton Thu. 5 Jun 7.30 pm
Vale of Leven Sun. 15 Jun 10.00 am

Entry Form (pdf) or online via Q-Buster

Performance v Turnout

Although the number of competitors turning out, especially in field events, was very disappointing, fifteen Championship Best Performances were set at the Masters Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday 16th February.  Eight of these were also Scottish Masters Best Performances. 
Full lists of updated CBPs and MBPs will be published in the next copy of the S.V.H.C Newsletter.

Scottish Athletics Masters Cross Country Champs

Lyn Wilson of Carnethy won the ladies event (24:15) followed by Susan Ridley(25:09) and Claire gemmell (25:22). the men's race was won by Bobby Quinn of Kilbarchan (32:24), Davie Millar(32:32) and Stevie Wylie (33:08).Garscube were first Ladies team and Ronhill Cambuslang for the Men.

SVHC Christmas Handicap

Please note the timekeeper has noticed some minor errors in the results and has amended them accordingly,sorry for any inconvenience

Devils Burden

Shettleston Harriers won this event with the shortest of margins over the 4 legs, first vets was Fife AC (a) followed by Dundee Hawkhill and Carnethy Men V40,first lady team was Fife (a)

Jack Crawford - Springburn Cup

kerry liam wilson (Ronhill Cambuslang) was first home in a time of 32:25 followed by Dennis Williams of shettleston 34:32,first lady was Fiona matheson (Falkirk Vic's) in a time of 36:55

Nigel Barge Road Race

As 2008 season starts Chris Makay won the event, first vet was Allan Adams(m35) in 3rd place,see results page.

Scottish Indoor Championship - Kelvin Hall 16th Feb

Competitor numbers at this event have been gradually reducing over the years and it is essential that this trend is reversed if the future of the Championships is to be safeguarded.  Whilst Masters are well catered for in cross country and road running events there are only two dedicated track & field events in Scotland, the Indoor and Outdoor Championships, open to all Masters. 
The event is organized by Scottish Athletics and you do not have to be a member of the Scottish Veteran Harriers Club to enter. Come along and help make the upcoming Championships the most successful ever. The closing date for entries is 23rd January and an entry form can be downloaded from the Scottish Masters web site.

Masters Relay Road Race *** open event***

SVHC would like to announce the return of the Veterans Road Relay's which will take place on January 20th at 11am in Strathclyde Park adjacent to the water centre. Teams will consist of 4 for men (£8) and 3 for female (£6). The course will be 1 lap of the Loch, entry form available on fixtures page.

SVHC - Christmas Handicap

Well done to Walter Ewing on winning the event followed by David kerr and Maggie Moore,Fastest time of the day goes to Alex Chalmers in a time of 27:53

2008 Fixture List

The 2008 Fixture list is now available,watch out for other events to be added.

British & Irish Masters international Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone who took part at stormont on saturday,Ladies teams took 3 Bronze with the men taking a gold,5 silver and 1 bronze see full results.

3rd World Masters indoor Championships (March 17 -22)

Anyone looking to participate in the above event should have now contacted their Regional clubs as the closing date for registration is 10th January click on logo below for more information

Calling all Clubs

Does your club organize road races? Have a look at ARC (Association of Running Clubs) as a viable alternative to your national body - they issue race permits, event insurance etc. and you get to keep 60% of the unattached levy to plough back into your club and/or event!

World Masters Championships

41 Scots born athletes competed in the 17th World Masters Championships held in Riccione, Italy from 4th to 15th September.
 
16 individual medals were won (6 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze).  Best performances came from Sandra Branney who won gold's in the W50 1500m, 5000m and 10000m and Janette Stevenson who won gold in the W55 5000m in a European Record time.  An additional 11 medals were won in relay/team events (5 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze) making an overall total of 27 medals - an exceptional achievement given the original entry of some 9,000 athletes. results - courtesy of Mike Clerihew.

SVHC - Andy Forbes 10k Track Race/Final League points 

Despite Robert Rogerson winning this event he was beaten into third spot in the championship by Alistair Shaw by 2 points, Ada Stewart held onto her title from last year as top female with 86 Points from 10 events fiona mathieson was first lady home in the 10k in a time of 36:05, 7 seconds behind Robert.                       

 BMAF Tadley 10Mile Road Race

Brian Colella was the sole representative for SVHC finishing in a time of 62:54

SVHC Half Marathon Clydebank

Robert Rogerson won the handicap trophy, Michelle Hetherington won the ladies trophy, Paul Thompson won the o/50 trophy, Frank Yeoman won the O/60 trophy and Paul Thompson won the nominated time trophy.