LOSSIEMOUTH HALF MARATHON

    Due to major road works springing up on the Tuesday before the race, this year's RAF Kinloss - RAF Lossiemouth Half Marathon took place in and around Lossiemouth.

    Back to defend his title for the 5th time was Forres Harrier's latest recruit Simon Pride.  As the record field of 257 runners set off, the weather conditions were far from kind.  There was a stiff Easterly wind blowing and heavy patches of rain/hail falling for the runners to contend with.

    As the race got underway, Simon Pride immediately hit the front and was followed by Brian Foreman and Alan Reid.  By Mile 3 Simon had quite a considerable lead with Alan and Brian still leading the chase with another pack of 4 runners (George Sim, Darren Strachan, Toby Laver and Paul Rogan) just a few yards further back.

    On to the homeward stretch (4 Miles into the headwind), it was clear Simon and Brian were going to fill the first two places.  However the battle for 3rd was still in the melting pot,  just as the runners turned into the headwind  it was Alan Reid and George Sim who were working well as a pair and had built up a 100 Metre lead on the chasing group of Toby, Paul, Darren and Moray's Steve Reeve.

    Two miles further on, Alan Reid suddenly dropped off the pace with an injury, leaving George to battle the headwind on his own, this seemed to inspire the chasing group and they rapidly set about reducing the lead that George had.

    Into the closing stages, Forres Harrier Toby Lever proved to be the strongest to claim third, just ahead of Peterhead's Darren Strachan.

    With Paul Rogan finishing 7th, this was just enough to give the Harriers victory by two points ahead of Moray Road Runners.

    There was a surprise winner in the Ladies race, when Spaniard Cristina Gomez of Aberdeen University   crossed the line in 28th place overall in a time of 1:22:13, finishing in second was Moray Veteran Jane Barker with Triathlete Kelda Spratt in 3rd.

    The Metro Aberdeen Ladies team of Ingrid Machell, Wendy Cruickshank and Marion Sutherland won the Ladies team award.

    I am pretty sure all the runners would like me to thank all the marshals, time keepers and helpers who stood out in those cold wet conditions.  We couldn't have the races without you all.

Pos Name Club Cat Time
1 Simon Pride Forres Harriers M 1:10:38
2 Brian Foreman Moray Road Runners MV 1:13:09
3 Toby Laver Forres Harriers M 1:15:37
4 Darren Strachan Peterhead AAC M 1:15:45
5 Steven Reeve Moray Road Runners MV 1:15:49
6 George Sim Moray Road Runners MSV 1:15:59
7 Paul Rogan Forres Harriers M 1:16:13
8 Robert Rogerson Kirkintilloch Olympians MV 1:17:54
9 Forbes Reid Metro Aberdeen M 1:18:19
10 John Park Aberdeen AAC MV 1:18:21
11 Jim Thyne Hunters Bog Trotters MV 1:18:38
12 George Cairns Lochaber AC M 1:19:06
13 Carl  Pryce Cosmics MV 1:19:12
14 Bob Paterson Forres Harriers M 1:19:24
15 Andrew Greig Peterhead AAC M 1:19:28
16 Andrew Reid Metro Aberdeen M 1:19:32
17 Tim Walker Carnegie Harriers MV 1:19:49
18 Frankie Barron Keith & District AAC MV 1:19:52
19 Charles Noble Fraserburgh RC MSV 1:20:08
20 Danny Bird Forres Harriers MSV 1:20:17
21 Bill Smith Fife AC M 1:20:53
22 John Goodall Keith & District AAC MV 1:21:08
23 Steven Hilditch Forres Harriers M 1:21:24
24 Paul Webster Nairn Road Runners M 1:21:36
25 Peter Jennings Metro Aberdeen MSV 1:21:41
26 Jim McFarlane RAF Tri M 1:21:51
27 Pablo Mejandro CA Soria MV 1:22:13
28 Cristina Gomez CA Soria F 1:22:13
29 Gary Macbeath Unattached M 1:22:31
30 Gary Walker Metro Aberdeen MV 1:22:40
31 George McPherson Unattached MSV 1:22:52
32 Alan Reid Peterhead AAC M 1:22:53
33 Mark Howls Forres Harriers MV 1:22:57
34 Neil Jackson Metro Aberdeen M 1:22:58
35 Stephen Milne Fraserburgh RC MV 1:23:06
36 Andy Reardon RAF Tri M 1:23:15
37 Alastair Blain Metro Aberdeen M 1:23:18
38 Steven Taylor Keith & District AAC M 1:23:29
39 Peter Gallanagh Unattached M 1:23:44
40 Wayne Stock Unattached MV 1:24:22
41 Douglas Wood Chapel Cheetahs MV 1:24:53
42 Dario Zanolini RAF Kinloss M 1:25:12
43 Niel Ritchie Unattached M 1:25:16
44 Jane Barker Moray Road Runners FV 1:25:29
45 Sam Morrison Forres Harriers MSV 1:26:38
46 Colin Burgoyne RAF Kinloss M 1:26:59
47 Eric Duncan Unattached M 1:27:23
48 Colin Green Moray Road Runners M 1:27:49
49 Nicolas Jego Unattached M 1:27:51
50 Iain Cruickshank Peterhead AAC MV 1:28:11
51 Ian Tack Metro Aberdeen MSV 1:28:12
52 Ian Brown Fleet Feet Triathletes M 1:28:21
53 Gavin Reid Metro Aberdeen MV 1:28:31
54 David Blane Garioch Road Runners MV 1:28:44
55 John Davie Fraserburgh RC M 1:28:48
56 Kenny Douglas Forres Harriers M 1:28:57
57 Steven Barrett Tri Changing Gear M 1:29:08
58 Gary Tootill Unattached MV 1:29:11
59 Ritchie McCrae Penicuik Harriers M 1:29:18
60 Gerald Evans Moray Road Runners MSV 1:29:32
61 Ian Barker Moray Road Runners MV 1:29:37
62 Neil Bonner Unattached M 1:29:53
63 Jason Knox Unattached M 1:30:01
64 Bruce Taylor Garioch Road Runners MV 1:30:02
65 Andy McMahon Stornoway Running Club M 1:30:40
66 Mark Clegg RAF Lossiemouth M 1:30:53
67 David Howes Unattached MV 1:31:20
68 Kelda Spratt RAFTri FV 1:31:42
69 Ingrid Machell Metro Aberdeen FV 1:31:46
70 Jim Davis Unattached MSV 1:31:49
71 Scott Allan Unattached M 1:31:58
72 Sandy Grigor Unattached MV 1:32:04
73 Graham Strachan Metro Aberdeen M 1:32:11
74 Gillian Cardno-Strachen Fraserburgh RC F 1:32:22
75 Wendy Cruickshank Metro Aberdeen FSV 1:32:27
76 Joseph Battle Unattached MV 1:32:36
77 Ross Jamieson Forres Harriers M 1:32:37
78 Grahame Thomson Garioch Road Runners MV 1:32:44
79 Jim Hamilton Metro Aberdeen MV 1:32:44
80 Brian Polson Metro Aberdeen MV 1:32:54
81 Adrian Hodges Forres Harriers M 1:33:09
82 Maureen Mackie Fraserburgh RC FV 1:33:22
83 Michael Milmoe Forres Harriers MSV 1:33:35
84 Lindsay Grant Forres Harriers MV 1:33:40
85 Neil MacRitchie Unattached M 1:33:41
86 Iain Lindsay Metro Aberdeen MV 1:33:42
87 Gordon Cowie Moray Road Runners MSV 1:33:53
88 David Fraser Deeside Runners M 1:34:02
89 Derek Coull Deeside Runners MSV 1:34:02
90 Raymond Mowat Deeside Runners MSV 1:34:09
91 Richard Bell Unattached M 1:34:24
92 Heather Riddle Penicuik Harriers FV 1:34:24
93 Steve Darlington Scottish Prisons AAC MV 1:34:36
94 Ron Retalic Fraserburgh RC MSV 1:34:50
95 David Rice RAF Lossiemouth M 1:34:55
96 Ian Cran Garioch Road Runners MSV 1:34:56
97 Sarah Houston Moray Road Runners FSV 1:35:13
98 Ian Anderson Jog Scotland MSV 1:35:18
99 Dave Green Moray Road Runners MV 1:35:44
100 Brian Davidson Stornoway Running Club M 1:35:47
101 Ken Clarke Unattached MV 1:35:50
102 Liz Chellingsworth Cosmics F 1:35:50
103 Jackie Nicol Forres Harriers FV 1:35:51
104 Graeme Jervis Forres Harriers MV 1:35:56
105 Marion Sutherland Metro Aberdeen FSV 1:35:56
106 John MacGregor Moray Road Runners MSV 1:35:58
107 Neil Blewett RAF MV 1:36:00
108 David Webster Nairn Road Runners MSV 1:36:05
109 Maureen MacInnes Aberdeen AAC FSV 1:36:17
110 Gareth Jenkins Unattached MV 1:36:28
111 Michael Watt Fraserburgh RC MSV 1:36:29
112 Peter Reid RAF Kinloss M 1:36:33
113 Leslie Nicol Unattached MSV 1:36:43
114 Stuart Campbell Unattached M 1:36:44
115 Brian Duguid Unattached MV 1:37:14
116 George Reid Unattached MSV 1:37:47
117 Isabel McDonald Metro Aberdeen FV 1:37:49
118 John Diffey Peterhead AAC MSV 1:37:57
119 Karl Holditch Helensburgh AAC MV 1:38:19
120 Lindsay Anderson Moray Road Runners MSV 1:38:30
121 Michelle Donaldson Metro Aberdeen F 1:38:54
122 Ursula Schulz Unattached FV 1:39:00
123 Bernie Foran Forres Harriers MSV 1:39:06
124 S Wrightson RAF Leuchars MSV 1:39:17
125 Alistair Sim Moray Road Runners MSV 1:39:19
126 Roy Dalgarno Unattached MV 1:39:25
127 Barbara Bowie Moray Road Runners FSV 1:39:30
128 Alan Knott Stornoway Running Club MV 1:39:40
129 Mark Conway Unattached M 1:40:16
130 Claire Piper Forres Harriers FV 1:40:33
131 Stuart Moggach Unattached M 1:40:43
132 Lori McCrae Penicuik Harriers FV 1:40:47
133 William Murray Unattached MSV 1:40:52
134 Stuart  Paterson Unattached M 1:41:07
135 Tim Phillips RAF Leuchars M 1:41:09
136 Michele Ross Metro Aberdeen F 1:41:20
137 June Duncan Forres Harriers FV 1:41:22
138 Jim Clarke Unattached M 1:41:23
139 David Brackenridge Unattached M 1:41:36
140 Rob Brummitt RAF Leuchars MV 1:41:41
141 Kevin Harkins RAF Leuchars M 1:41:41
142 Nobby Clark RAF Leuchars M 1:41:42
143 Gareth Bartlett RAF Leuchars M 1:41:42
144 Roddy MacInnes Aberdeen AAC MV 1:41:50
145 Thomas Mathieson Unattached MV 1:41:53
146 Catriona Forman Aberdeen AAC FV 1:41:56
147 Andy Wonnacott Forres Harriers M 1:42:04
148 Ben Walls Chapel Cheetahs MV 1:42:07
149 Gareth Westley Unattached M 1:42:11
150 Paul Corrigan RNAC MV 1:42:22
151 Keith Bannerman Fraserburgh RC MV 1:42:26
152 Jacoline McDiarmid Unattached F 1:42:27
153 Matthew Brierley Unattached M 1:42:46
154 Amanda Merritt Nairn Road Runners F 1:42:47
155 Willie Laing Unattached M 1:43:04
156 Rob Hamilton Metro Aberdeen M 1:43:13
157 Evelyn Coull Deeside Runners FSV 1:43:18
158 Pauline Walker Carnegie Harriers FV 1:43:48
159 Brian MacFarlane Unattached M 1:44:24
160 Tony Walber RAF Tri MV 1:44:30
161 WR Duguid Unattached MV 1:44:40
162 Jayne Watt Fraserburgh RC FSV 1:44:41
163 Roy White Unattached MSV 1:45:00
164 Gordon McDonald Kirkintillock Olympians MSV 1:45:05
165 Mark Selbie Unattached MSV 1:45:31
166 Kevin Mant Unattached MV 1:45:32
167 Wlodzimierz Warszawski KB mckes jaworzno MSV 1:46:09
168 Jim Craig Unattached MSV 1:46:21
169 Bruce  Hay Unattached M 1:46:24
170 Graham Laing RAF Leuchars MV 1:46:48
171 Steven Brown Unattached M 1:46:54
172 Claire Simpson Unattached FV 1:47:05
173 Louise Parr RAF Lossiemouth F 1:47:21
174 Colin Gray Unattached M 1:47:27
175 Andrew Mitchinson Unattached M 1:48:37
176 Pamela Hay Unattached FV 1:48:43
177 Catriona Duncan Fife AC FSV 1:49:01
178 Ritchie Kendrick RAF Kinloss M 1:49:06
179 Malcolm Mair Keith & District AAC MV 1:49:23
180 Gemma Ashton RAF Leuchars F 1:49:25
181 Derek Kelman Unattached M 1:50:20
182 Nicolas Brewer Unattached M 1:50:36
183 Karl Tillman Unattached M 1:52:07
184 Ben Wigglesworth Unattached MSV 1:52:16
185 Al Bland RAF Lossiemouth MV 1:52:31
186 Frances Russell Forres Harriers FV 1:52:33
187 William Bain RAF Leuchars M 1:52:42
188 Linda Bethell Unattached FV 1:52:47
189 Roy Torley RAF Leuchars M 1:52:50
190 Andy Wilson Inverness Harriers MSV 1:53:38
191 Bill Garden Unattached MSV 1:53:39
192 George Mutch Fraserburgh RC MSV 1:53:44
193 Marie Third Keith & District AAC F 1:54:01
194 Stacey Nicol Keith & District AAC M 1:54:02
195 John Holloway Unattached MV 1:54:07
196 John Dorrian Unattached MV 1:54:30
197 Jane Oliver Deeside Runners FSV 1:54:31
198 Ben Preece Deeside Runners MSV 1:54:32
199 Graham Duncan Fife AC MSV 1:54:33
200 Dave Corsar RAF Lossiemouth M 1:54:40
201 Barbara Anderson Unattached F 1:54:46
202 Stuart Jepson RAF Leuchars M 1:54:56
203 Lorna Mackay Unattached FV 1:55:49
204 Maureen Stock Unattached FV 1:55:50
205 Chris Campbell Unattached M 1:55:57
206 Colin Campbell Metro Aberdeen MSV 1:56:32
207 Kim Meston Unattached F 1:57:10
208 Jane Macaskill Metro Aberdeen FSV 1:58:00
209 Donald Prentice Forres Harriers MSV 1:58:06
210 Dave Beard Unattached M 1:58:28
211 Simon Cook RAF Kinloss MV 1:58:57
212 Anne Docherty Forres Harriers FSV 1:58:59
213 Chris Vernon RAF Kinloss M 1:59:02
214 Jim Sanderson Unattached M 1:59:38
215 Amanda Mackie Unattached F 2:01:34
216 Karen Irvine Unattached F 2:01:34
217 Rohan Buckley RAF Kinloss M 2:02:07
218 Carol Murphy Forres Harriers FSV 2:02:18
219 Maureen McCrossan Forres Harriers FSV 2:02:18
220 Moria MacDonald Unattached FV 2:02:33
221 Christine Kemp Unattached