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Lewis and Harris XC Championships 2004/05

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4th December 2004 - Lews Castle Grounds Stornoway

Sean in sprint finish mode! The big attendances continued at the Lewis and Harris Cross Country series as both those taking part and their supporters braved the less than attractive conditions of the day. A total of one hundred and two took part in the days running and organisers SRAC see every one of them a winner! Over half of Tolsta Primary took part and brought half of Tolsta along to support them! A compact course was set out for this the second race in the series, which was intended to be flat, well flattish, fast and offering good spectating by using multiple laps a of short route. As it turned out the spectating was indeed very good as the runners turned in the laps. But the runners' reported view was that the compact nature of the course offered no long sections to settle into a steady pace and was toughish, well tough! Murdo Alex Andrew The first race of the day included the under 17, under 20 and senior runners and got off to as swift start as Andrew MacKenzie decided to take to the front and set the pace. In the early stages the under 17 athlete looked as if he may be heading for a first overall win outside his age group. But in the third and fourth laps of the 1100metre course Murdo MacKenzie upped the work rate and took the line first by a thirteen second margin over the 5.5k distance. Chris Shields made his debut on the country finishing third overall and first senior, but Gavin Earons leads the seniors in the series with a fourth place in the first race and a second on Saturday. Eilidh Chirsty In the first junior age category race Campbell MacDonald continue his fine form by winning the boys under 9 race and looks favourite to win the series title. However there is still all to be lost and won in the other two medal places so an exciting final race is in prospect! In the girls race Beth Gilbert of Stornoway Primary; winner of the first race was edged into third place by Peggy McKellar of Sir E Scott. Lucy’s win doubled the day’s success for Tolsta following Campbell’s win in the boy’s race. Lucy and Beth now sit within a point of each other going into the final race in January! Campbell Lucy Tolsta provided the winner’s of both girl’s and boy’s in the under eleven’s race. Sean MacLeod had a fantastic battle with Laxdale runner Robert Jones before eventually crossing the winning line first. A bit further back Andrew MacMillan Stornoway Pr put in a solid run and held off Laxdale’s Josh Sinclair for third. Rivals for the day in the girl’s race were SRAC training “pals” Ailis Murray Stornoway Pr, Holly MacIver Sandwickhill and Catriona MacKay Tolsta. The three know each other well and this is the closest category of the Angus MacIver Series, Catriona was winner on Saturday, Holly second and Ailis Winner in the first race third. Should Holly win the final race ahead of Ailis then Catriona the Series would have it’s first “dead heat”! Catriona Sean The under 13’s ran a shortened course in which the girls performed well against the boys. As ever Jane MacIver gave a 100% effort a managed to hold off Kirsty Munro and Seilebost’s Samantha Martin. Mairtainn Shields won the boy’s race with a bit still in the tank, but full credit to Calum Robertson Stornoway Primary and James MacIver Sandwickhill who both have a year to contest this age group. The stiff climb up from the Woodland Centre Each race got off to a frantic start. The final race was another thriller as Cailean McCombe Sir E Scott, Grant Stewart Bayble and Calum Smith fought out the placings for the under 15 race. Calum set the early pace followed closely by Grant and the two looked to be well clear of McCombe. Then with half a lap to go Grant Stewart made a break to try and win the race. Grant increased his lead on Smith and it was a strong challenge from the back by McCombe that led to a sprint for the line between the two. Cailean just nicked it in the end, but never look away in a race including Stewart, what an entertaining race! GIRLS UNDER 9 (800m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Lucy Macleod Tolsta 4min 10 1 2 3 Peggy MacLellan Sir E Scott 4min 25 2 6 8 Beth Gilbert Stornoway Primary 4min 27 3 1 4 Leah MacKay Tolsta 4min 35 4 5 9 Alison Macinnes Back 4min 43 5     Rebecca MacKay Tolsta 4min 46 6 4 10 Aileen Macdonald Stornoway Primary 4min 46 7     Jodie Sinclair Laxdale 4min 50 8 3 11 Zoe Morrison Tolsta 5min 37 9 8 17 BOYS UNDER 9 (800m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Campbell MacDonald Tolsta 3min 31 1 1 2 Allan Murray Melbost 3min 49 2 3 5 C A Macdonald Sandwickhill 4min 00 3     Shane Mackenzie Sandwickhill 4min 00 4     Stuart MacDonald Tolsta 4min 00 5 8 13 Mathew Lennox Sandwickhill 4min 02 6     Andrew MacAulay Stornoway Primary 4min 04 7 7 14 Jamie Martin Seilebost 4min 08 8     Angus Murray Melbost 4Min 09 9     Kenneth MacSween Stornoway Primary 4min 11 10     Calum MacKinnon Lochs 4min 13 11     Stewart Miller Stornoway Primary 4min 18 12 17 29 Innes MacKenzie Tolsta 4min 20 13 11 24 Alick Graham Tong 4min 24 14     Lewis MacDonald Stornoway Primary 4min 33 15 14 29 Ben Smith Uig 4min 34 16     Matthew Maclennan Stornoway Primary 4min 43 17     Andrew Hay Stornoway Primary 4min 46 18 12 30 Jonathan Henderson Tolsta 4min 48 19     Stelios Maciver Tolsta 4min 52 20 16 36 Cailean Macdonald Uig 4min 52 21     Mathew Murray Tolsta 5min 14 22 15 37 GIRLS UNDER 11 (1575m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Catriona MacKay Tolsta 7min 05 1 2 3 Holly MacIver Sandwickhill 7min 11 2 3 5 Ailis Murray Stornoway Primary 7min 25 3 1 4 Tyller Maclean Stornoway Primary 7min 50 4     Rebecca Munro Laxdale 8min 20 5 4 9 Mairi Mackeller Sir E Scott 8min 41 6     Sarah Mackay Tolsta 8min 53 7 5 12 Naomi MacKenzie Stornoway Primary 9min 02 8 7 15 Christina MacKenzie Knock 9min 11 9 6 15 Iona Macdonald Sir E Scott 9min 20 10     Mairi Graham Back 9min30 11 12 23 Rachael Paterson Stornoway Primary 9min 42 12 10 22 Sarah MacIver Back 9min 48 13 13 26 Florence MacIver Tolsta 10min 28 14 16 30 Sade Martin Seilebost 10min 29 15 14 29 Leah Beaton Stornoway Primary 10min 40 16     Sheena Mackenzie Tolsta 11min 05 17     BOYS UNDER 11 (1575m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Sean MacLeod Tolsta 6min 48 1 1 2 Robert Jones Laxdale 6min 53 2     Andrew Macmillan Stornoway Primary 7min 20 3     Josh Sinclair Laxdale 7min 22 4     William Smith Uig 7min 34 5 3 8 Jake Gilbert Stornoway Primary 7min 41 6     Harry Lawson Tolsta 7min 53 7     Domhnall  A Bardon Back 7min 58 8     Ross Maciver Sandwickhill 8min 04 9     Angus Gilles Sandwickhill 8min 08 10     Sandy Macneil Back 8min 19 11     Ryan Maclean Sandwickhill 8min 21 12     Robert Gilmour Stornoway Primary 8min 40 13     Hamish Macdonald Stornoway Primary 8min 47 14     Andrew MacDonald Uig 8min 50 15 8 23 Joseph MacLeod Stornoway Primary 9min 03 16 9 25 Shamus Macleod Uig 9min 09 17     Alex Wade Uig 9min 09 18 4 22 Ewan MacLean Tolsta 9min 11 19 11 30 Alasdair MacLeod Stornoway Primary 9min 29 20 10 30 John Murray Laxdale 10min 46 21     Robbie Henderson Laxdale 10min49 22     GIRLS UNDER 13 (2000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Jane MacIver Nicolson SRAC 10min 13 1 1 2 Kirsty Munro Nicolson SRAC 10min 23 2 2 4 Samantha Martin Seilebost 10min 41 3 4 7 Karina Murray Nicolson SRAC 10min 53 4 5 9 Ruth Walker Nicolson SRAC 11min 24 5 3 8 Ceit Stewart Stornoway Primary SRAC 11min 27 6 6 12 BOYS UNDER 13 (2000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Mairtainn Shields Nicolson SRAC 9min 38 1 1 2 Calum Robertson Stornoway Primary 9min 55 2 3 5 James MacIver Sandwickhill 10min 00 3 4 7 Kevin Burns Sandwickhill 10min 39 4      Craig MacIver Back SRAC 10min 42 5 2  7 Daniel MacLeod Laxdale 11min 05 6       Mark MacKenzie Back 11min 19 7 6 13 Malcolm Campbell Sir E Scott 11min27 8       Alasdair MacDonald Back 12min38 9 7 16 Lewis MacKay Laxdale 13min10 10       Chris Morrison Sir E Scott 13min14 11       GIRLS UNDER 15 (3000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total No Runners           BOYS UNDER 15 (3000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Cailean McCombe Sir E Scott SRAC 12min 45 1 1 2 Grant Stewart Bayble SRAC 12min 47 2 3 5 Calum Smith Sir E Scott SRAC 12min 55 3 2 5 Martin MacLean Back SRAC 14min 35 4 4 8 GIRLS UNDER 17 (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Eilidh MacKenzie Nicolson SRAC 23min 52 1 1 2 BOYS UNDER 17 (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Andrew MacKenzie Nicolson SRAC 20min 47 1 2 3 Johnny Murray Nicolson SRAC 25min 49 2 3 5 GIRLS UNDER 20 (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Chirsty MacLeod SRAC 25min 18 1 1 2 BOYS UNDER 20 (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Murdo A MacKenzie Nicolson SRAC 20min 34 1 1 2 Donnie MacLeod Nicolson SRAC 23min 01 2 2 4 SENIOR WOMEN (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total No Runners           SENIOR MEN (5000m) Name School Time Race 2 Race 1 Total Chris Shields SRAC 22min 17 1     Gavin Earons SRAC 24min 50 2 4 6 Tony Robson SRAC 27min 50 3 5 8 Ruaraidh Ferguson SRAC 28min 38 4 7 11