Consultation

The club has received the "Consultation on the East Lothian Draft
Core Paths Plan" from East Lothian Council. Under the Land Reform
(Scotland) Act 2003 (which came into effect Feb 2005), local
authorities are obliged to draw up a plan for a system of paths which
are sufficient for the purpose of giving the public reasonable access
throughout their area. So here is a chance to have your say on
whether you agree with the Council or not on their choices of
potential "core paths" or whether you think other routes would be
better.

Anne has the copy if you would like to give any comments or you could
look at the draft core paths plan at
www.eastlothian.gov.uk/corepathplan - the consultation ends on 15 June
2007 as a plan of core paths must be drawn up by February 2008.

One More To Go.....

Sunday saw the penultimate race in the Borders Cross-Country taking
place at Doddington Golf Course. The race, hosted by Wooler Running
Club, took the runners over some tough terrain, which, coupled with
blustery winds, made the going quite difficult for the competitors.

Grant Noble of Dunbar came in with a time of 31:56, chased by his
clubmates Colin Menzies, 32:18 and Stuart Hay 32:35. Richard Taylor
and Anne Hay also completed the course in 36:12 and 38:20
respectively.

In the junior event, Alex Noble had another good run, coming in 7th in
a time of 13:20, with Lewis Ross not far behind in 13:38 and Bruce
Lindsay putting in his 5th run of the series, finishing in 15:33.
Elliot Mullen, 16:16, Gemma Bolton, 17:36, Lucy Hall, 17:38, Cory
Smith, 17:39, Andrew Taylor, 18:14, Martin Sparksman, 18:35 and
Isabelle Taylor, 20:48, all finished strongly despite battling against
the headwind in the long stretch to the finish.

The final race is on 18th February at Norham with the presentation in
the village hall afterwards.

NATIONAL MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

This event for seniors aged over 35 takes place on Saturday 3rd March
at Balbardie Park of Peace, Bathgate. The womens race is at 1:30
(declarations close at 1:00) and is 6,500 m. The mens race is at 2:15
(declarations close at 1:45) and is 10,000m.

Please contact Anne if you wish to be entered into this - the entry
form must be with Alex Jackson by 16th February. All entrants must be
members of Scottish Athletics.

Better Weather For Some.....

According to reports, the weather on Sunday 21st for the Carlsbad
(California)Marathon and half Marathon was perfect. We've yet to
hear whether Mr Rowland is acquiring a suntan but he came 48th out of
5952 finishers in the Half Marathon in a time of 1:20:43 - also 3rd in
his age category.

Well done Ian.

ANNUAL "DO"

The club has made a provisional booking of the Garvald Inn for Friday 9th February at 7:30 for our Annual Dinner.

 

Please contact Stuart to let him know if you intend to attend.

 

We will organise transport from Dunbar and back.

Black Bun Run

Last night saw the annual one and a half mile dash in Dunbar. Well
done to everyone who turned out in fairly blustery conditions. Grant
Noble was the recipient of the black bun.

Grant Noble 8:24
Ian Rowland 8:28
Jonathon Herring 8:37
Stuart Hay 9:03
Richard Taylor 9:10
Alex Noble 9:56
Graham McPheat 10:36
Sidney Trengrove 10:59
Anne Hay 11:04
Emma Taylor 11:31
Brian Davidson 12:18
Val Herring 12:52
Fay Stanton 12:58
Theresa Leslie 13:01
Alison Bowman 13:02
Sheila Kerr 14:06
Sheila Morrison 14:06

FUN EVENT

The club has recieved an email about this fun sounding event.

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Enjoy your running over the Festive period and here's hoping that
Santa brings plenty of good sports gear and some nice gadgets (for
those that like their toys).

See you on the 9th of January (unless you're at the Black Bun Run on Hogmanay).

More Cross-Country Races

Two more of the Borders Series of Cross-Country races have taken place
recently, with a number of East Lothian runners braving the conditions
to take part.

The event at Hay Lodge Park, Peebles on Sunday 3rd December took place
in heavy rain, with the 50 junior competitors and the 110 seniors
negotiating their way over some very soggy ground on a partially
flooded course. In the junior race, Bruce Lindsay of Dunbar led the
way for his club coming in 13th with a time of 11:15, followed fairly
closely by his team mate Cameron Law in 11:19. Hamish Law, Harry
Steele, Joanne Lindsay, Elliot Mullen, Martin Sparksman, Katriona
Proudfoot, Gemma Bolton and Isabelle Taylor also put in excellent
runs. In the senior race, Ian Rowland came in 6th overall, with club
mates Colin Menzies, Richard Taylor, Grant Noble and Anne Hay also
putting in a good effort on the day.

The event at Galashiels on Sunday 17th was sunny and cold with very
muddy conditions after all the recent rain. In the junior race, Alex
Noble of Dunbar came in 12th out of 49 competitors, with Bruce Lindsay
not far behind in 14th place. Team mates Cameron Law, Hamish Law,
Andrew Taylor, Cory Smith, Martin Sparksman and Katriona Proudfoot all
again had excellent runs. In the senior race Dunbar's Ian Rowland
came in 4th out of 121 runners in a time of 26:48, with Colin Menzies,
Ian Sills, Grant Noble, Anne Hay and Neil Teather all having good runs
on the day.

All the runners are looking forward to the next round of the series
which takes place in Berwick on 7th January.

Ho-Ho-Ho....

Appended below, for your perusal and your pleasure are the results of this years "Festive Half".

 

Many thanks go to, all those who took part, those who helped and even those who simply tooted their car horns at the nutters in Santa hats (or indeed Santa costumes)

 

Runner	Club	Distance	Handicap	Start Time	Finish Time	Time
Vicky Wilson	HELP	Half	02:00:00	10:00:00	11:57:59	01:57:59
George Armstrong	HELP	Half	02:00:00	10:00:00	11:58:07	01:58:07
Ruth Watson	HELP	Half	02:00:00	10:00:00	11:58:09	01:58:09
Grant	Dunbar	Half	01:26:00	10:34:00	11:59:14	01:25:14
Frank McPartland	HELP	Half	01:35:00	10:25:00	12:00:26	01:35:26
Sandy Wallace	HELP	Half	01:30:00	10:30:00	12:00:30	01:30:30
Ian Sills	Dunbar	Half	01:23:30	10:36:30	12:00:52	01:24:22
Finlay Smith	HELP	Half	01:35:00	10:25:00	12:01:26	01:36:26
Fay	Dunbar	Half	02:05:00	09:55:00	12:02:41	02:07:41
Val	Dunbar	Half	02:05:00	09:55:00	12:04:09	02:09:09
Brian Carr	HELP	Half	01:37:00	10:23:00	12:05:57	01:42:57
Ian Rowland	Dunbar	Half	01:22:00	10:38:00	12:07:20	01:29:20
Hannah	Dunbar	Half	01:45:00	10:15:00	12:07:53	01:52:53
Anne Hay	Dunbar	Half	01:45:00	10:15:00	12:08:02	01:53:02
Paddy McDonald	HELP	Half	01:37:00	10:23:00	12:11:44	01:48:44
Neil	Dunbar	Half	01:45:00	10:15:00	12:12:13	01:57:13
Therresa	Dunbar	Half	02:05:00	09:55:00	12:18:17	02:23:17
Fiona	Dunbar	Half	02:05:00	09:55:00	12:18:17	02:23:17
Colin Menzies	HELP	10K	00:45:00	11:15:00	11:55:10	00:40:10
Rona Starr	Dunbar	10K	01:15:00	10:45:00	11:57:14	01:12:14
Gordon Eadie	Musselburgh	10K	00:48:00	11:12:00	12:00:39	00:48:39
Pete Younger		10K	00:50:00	11:10:00	12:01:54	00:51:54
Emily Black	HELP	10K	00:52:00	11:08:00	12:02:19	00:54:19
Amanda	Dunbar	10K	00:55:00	11:05:00	12:03:59	00:58:59
Lucy	Dunbar	10K	00:55:00	11:05:00	12:04:16	00:59:16
Sheila M	Dunbar	10K	00:55:00	11:05:00	12:04:35	00:59:35
Shirley Lawson		10K	00:50:00	11:10:00	12:06:45	00:56:45
John Duguid		10K	00:50:00	11:10:00	12:06:45	00:56:45
Roy Menzies	HELP	10K	00:52:30	11:07:30	12:08:14	01:00:44
Mary Ennis	Dunbar	10K	00:48:00	11:12:00	12:11:44	00:59:44
Steve Pattison	Dunbar	10K	00:42:00	11:18:00	12:11:44	00:53:44