The ever-popular Moray Road Runner's 10 Mile Turkey Trot, held on Sunday 15th December, enticed many of Scotland's top runners up to Lossiemouth. The event also incorporated the North District 10 Mile Champs. Cold temperatures and icy conditions underfoot, did not deter from some fast times.

Lachlan Oates of Shettleston Harriers was the overall winner in 52.53, James Wilson of Moray Road Runners was 2nd overall and took the North District title in a time of 54.34. Fiona Brian of Metro Aberdeen Running Club was 1st female overall in a time of 58.44, with Amy Hudson of Inverness Harriers finishing 3rd female overall and taking the North District female title in 60.28.

First Forres Harrier to finish was David Weir in 62.48. David was 1st M50 and 1st North District M50. James Ward took on the 10 miles with the extra challenge of running in a turkey outfit and finished in 68.56. First Harrier lady to finish was Susan McRitchie in 73.10. Jackie Nicol 76.50, finished 3rd F50 overall and North District 3rd F50. Jessica Haworth 79.10, closely followed by Paula Boon in 79.41. Kaisa Oikkonen 83.05, Andy Wonnacott 84.39. Elisabeth Smart 89.27, finished 2nd F60 overall and North District F60 title win. Elaine Bowler 90.00, Marisa Christie 90.11. Anne Docherty 92.15 and finished 3rd F60 overall. Terri Gouge 93.18.

Forres Harriers would like to extend their thanks to Moray Road Runners for hosting this successful event.

Thank you to Kellie Main of Nairn Road Runners and Paul Jamieson from MRR for the use of their photos and to Susan for the above report.

Tough conditions faced the Forres Harriers racing at Dores in the North District Cross Country Championships on Saturday 7th December. A bitterly cold wind, with rain, was an added extra to tackle on the leg sapping, undulating course.

Eva Esslemont and Sophie Howard were the first Harriers to take on the course, finishing 9th and 10th respectively, in the under 13 girls race. In the under 13 boys race, Michael Bishenden finished 4th with a strong run and was less than 20 seconds behind the eventual winner.

In the under 15 girls, Ida Oikkonen finished 15th and in the Under 15 boys, Bruce Evans had a good run and placed 7th overall

David Scott and Ewan Martin ran in the under 17 boys race and finished 11th and 13th respectively.

Moira Davie proved that she has recovered well from recent injury and battled at the front end of the Senior Women's race and took the overall win. With Siobhan Evans finishing 10th, Susan McRitchie 12th and Carrie Ann Ward 17th, the Ladies clinched the overall Team win, with the support of Frances Britain 20th, Hilary Cameron 21st, Elizabeth Barr 28th, Jackie Nicol 35th and June McIntosh 38th. The Team of Evans, McRitchie and Ward also took the Masters Team win.

The Senior Men had Raymond Hughes 29th, Colin Hall 47th, Tim Pott 57th and Gary MacFadyen 60th.

Thanks to Susan for the report and photos.

The second of this winter’s North Area training sessions took place on Saturday 30 November at Grant Park, Forres.

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First Harriers away were in the U11Boys race with Lucas Carruthers coming 15th and Austin Davis coming 20th.

In the U13Boys race Michael Bishenden had another great race to finish 5th and he was well supported by Angus Esson 17th and Fergus Kenyon 20th.

The first Harrier girls were next off in the U13Girls race. Sophie Howard came 10th, Scarlett Britain 11th and Abigail Ferry 13th.

Bruce Evans had another brilliant race to come 3rd in the U15Boys and in the U15Girls Faith Kenyon was 10th closely followed by Ida Oikkonen in 11th.

The final Juniors race was the U17Boys and in this David Scott came 9th and Ewan Martin was 11th.

Well done to all the Juniors.

The decision to start the Ladies and the Men at the same time seems to have been met with approval by all runners.

First male Harrier was Raymond Hughes in 20th followed by Colin Hall 38th, Jordan Bowler 50th and Gary MacFadyen 60th.

First Lady Harrier was Siobhan Evans in an excellent 7th and then Frances Britain 14th, Elizabeth Barr 21st, Kaisa Oikonnen 24th, Marisa Christie 29th and Shona Spencer in 31st place.

Well done to all the Harriers.

A group of Forres Harriers travelled north on Saturday to Strathpeffer for the Knockfarrel Hill Race.

 A sunny but very cold day saw tricky conditions of mud and ice round the course.

 First Harrier home and in the prizes as first F50, was Hilary. Next in was Gary closely followed by new Harrier Mark Doherty, competing in his first hill race. Tim Baxter was next Harrier making a welcome return to racing for the club. Kaisa was next in, completing her second Knockfarrel.

The usual splendid cakes were waiting for us afterwards and many thanks to HHR for putting on this great event

Thankyou to HHR for the top photo. So good I couldn't resist it.

Results

Junior Harriers Trophy Presentation  7 November 2019

Congratulations to Clare and Paul on putting together another great Brodie 10K

First home was Sean Chalmers IH in 30.53 and first lady was Amy Hudson also IH in 38.22

Leading Harrier in 14th place was Ewan Martin in a time of 40.37 followed by Jordan Bowler in 42.29 and Lindsay Grant in 43.35.

Next was the first Lady Harrier Norma Beaton 48.23 then Paula Boon 49.36, Jackie Nicol 50.07, June McIntosh 50.37, Andy Wonnacott 57.31, Kaisa Klonowska 52.03, Elisabeth Smart 54.52, Terri Gouge 56.20 and Anne Docherty 56.32.

Well done to you all.

The first of this winter’s North Area training sessions takes place this Saturday at Grant Park, Forres.

The session is a maximum of 10x3mins with 90sec recovery, juniors must take advice from their coach for number of reps.

Please be warmed up and ready to start the first rep at 10.30am at the cricket pavilion.

 Conditions were perfect, with cool conditions, blue skies and just the right amount of mud.

The races kicked off with the young females, with Forres Harriers fielding a team of very eager and speedy Juniors. Eva Esslemont had a super fast run, to hand over to Abigail Ferry, who stayed strong throughout her leg and was able to move through the teams, with the last runner, Ida Oikkonen taking the girls home in 5th.

 The Junior Boys gave it their all to finish 6th, Bill Symon ran a strong first leg to hand over to Bruce Evans, who worked his way past several teams and handed over to Ewan Martin, who was able to bring the finishing position up even more.

The Senior Men and Senior Ladies ran together, with the ladies needing 3 runners for a team and the gents 4.

 The first Harrier team to finish was the gents; Raymond Hughes, Andrew Morgan, Ian Macdonald and Colin Hall finished 13th Men's Team.

The first ladies team to finish was Moira Davie, Hilary Cameron and Jessica Haworth in 5th.

 The Vets Team of Siobhan Evans, Carrie Ann Ward and Susan McRitchie finished 8th overall and 2nd Vet Team.

 June McIntosh, Kaisa Oikkonen and Paula Boon were 11th.

 Unfortunately, the team of Ros Wright, Elizabeth Watson and Clare Nicholas did not finish due to injury.

Forres Harriers would like to extend their thanks to Moray Road Runners for their hospitality

 Thanks to Susan for the above report

Plenty of red vests on view in Inverness

In the Marathon there were five Harriers, with Robert Paterson the leading red in 3.16.54 followed by Jordon Bowler 3.37.38, Rod Wallace 3.53.07, Anne Docherty 4.54.34 and Elaine Schiavone 4.54.35.

Well done to you all.

Eight Harriers started the 10K led by Stuart Dustan in a time of 36.33. Following on were Ewan Martin 38.38, Susan McRitchie, who also had a good cross country run the previous day 43.42, Andrew Little 46.40, Clare Nicholas 47.35, Norma Beaton 47.42, Fran Russell 51.54 and Elizabeth Smart 53.29.

Once again well done all

Stirling 10K  8 September 2019

Well done to Colin Hall and Grant Symon running the Stirling 10k.

Extra kudos to Colin for bagging another PB time of 38.54

This was the last of the 3 races in the series and the overall winners were:

Adult Male - Kenny Wilson Moray Road Runners

Adult Female - Emily Andrew Inverness Harriers

Junior Male  - Bruce Evans Forres harriers

Junior Female - Rhian Cantlie Moray Road Runners.

Thanks to Sarah for another great series

Results Adults          Juniors

Nairn Half Marathon  17 August 2019

Well done to all runners.

Results

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Well done to Hilary Cameron who was in the money at the Dufftown Highland Games where she finished 5th lady and third in her age group in the 14 mile Ben Rinnes Hill race. Well done also to Harry Hurst in his first hill race who just held Hilary off in approx 3 hours. Ted Collins who has been back training with us in the last few weeks, had a great run well under the 3 hours. Really hot, tough conditions for a tough course as Gary can attest to as he only managed to get to the 9 mile mark and had to call it a day. Well done to all the very tired looking finishers.

Results

Forres Highland Games 10K  6 July 2019

A few red vests were spotted in Grant Park for the Highland Games 10K.

A disappointing field of 36 ran in this usually very popular race.

The race was won by Sunny McGrath in 33.46

First lady was Iona Craft from MRR in 44.20

First Harrier was Ewan Martin in 42.22 followed by Gary MacFadyen, Jess Howarth,

Mark Priestly, Mark Brumby, Noel Martin and Andy Wonnacott.

Well done to you all.

Thanks to the Organisers for putting on the usual brilliant day.

Results

RAM T & F Meeting  Inverness  30 June 2019

PB’s and club records at todays RAM track and field meeting at Inverness, and smiling faces, as they all had a good day.

John Scott U11, PB High Jump and PB & Club Record 600m, and just outside Pb for 80m in to very strong headwind.

First outing for Michael Bishenden, with official PB’s in 800m & 200m, in a very tricky windy conditions. He also took part in a mixed relay at the end of the meet.

David Scott had good run in 200m into a strong head wind, and PB’s and club records in 400mH and Triple Jump

Results

Junior Harriers 27 June 2019

Last Juniors until next term.

Well done everybody including senior Harriers who turn out to help, and Siobhan and Gordon who lead the group each week!

Special thanks to David who is a great role model.

Well done to the youngsters who give their all!

Club Championships 2019

Please find on Results page

please note that runners need to let Colin Youngson know of any results that they wish counted - and their DOB

Pinto 3K  race 2  26 June 2019

The sun shone again tonight on the 110 runners who ran the second of the 3x 3k series.

Once again Kenny Wilson won the race, a regular season winner.

The next and last one is on Wednesday 21st August - registration at 615 for a 7pm race start.

 Adult Results        Junior Results

Hill of Fare Hill Race 20 June 2019

Congratulations to Hamish Battle (Metro Aberdeen) and Moira Davie (Forres Harriers) for their wins at the Hill of Fare race on Thursday 20th June

Results

Roseisle Forest Run  19 June 2019

Wednesday saw the 4th  and final race of this years series.

The battle for the two junior titles were both very close.

Hamish and I first met in October 1966 when I started studying at Aberdeen University. We were both members of the AU Hare & Hounds – the cross-country running club. Consequently, we often trained together on Wednesday afternoons (the weekly club run) and travelled to races all over Scotland.

Between 1973 I taught firstly in Sweden and then for seven years in Edinburgh. However, I often came up to run the Forres Highland Games road race and saw Hamish there. When I ran for Aberdeen clubs between 1981 and 2008 we frequently took part in North District events. By then Hamish was the long-serving invaluable Forres Harriers club secretary and organiser of the North District Cross-Country League – such a series of strenuous, challenging races.

In 2009 I moved to Forres and naturally joined the Harriers. Hamish was a clubmate yet again and running better and better – as most of us slowed down, Hamish maintained fitness and became a real ‘friendly rival’ – an opponent to worry about. We both ran for medal-winning M65 Scottish teams in the annual Five Nations Masters International Cross-Country event: Belfast 2012 and Dublin 2015. Before that, in the 2014 Benromach 10k, Hamish had been too strong for me at last; and in the 2016 Scottish Masters XC Championships at Forres, when he was 69, finished a long way in front. A fine career in the M70 category seemed certain. Unfortunately, injuries prevented this, but Hamish kept very fit by cycling many days each week. In addition, he could still run when necessary, and was one of the small leading group of old graduates in the 2017 AUH&H reunion run, when the two of us finished side by side on the King’s College playing fields, which we remembered so well from the 1960s.

As a club we all remember Hamish and the work that he did for the club and local running scene over many years. As well as being a familiar face at many local races he did a lot behind the scenes. He was club secretary for many years and compiled the scores for the club championships and only stepped down from this role last year.  As well as compiling the results he also won the club championship on a number of occasions and did so as recently as 2016.

He was also the secretary for the local cross country league organising the schedules of races and checking, compiling and publishing their results.

As Colin mentions above he was a keen supporter of the cross country scene and the Masters competitions saw him competing all over the country. Colin and Anne from the club often joining him on his travels.

He was widely travelled and often took in a run or race when away – a quick look at his parkrun profile shows him running at events across this country and all around the world.  He was the first Forres Harrier to register 100 parkruns and as well as running was a regular volunteer at Elgin parkrun.

Here are  the results from the 3^rd event in this year’s Moray Forest Run Series.

I think the weather played a part in the significant drop in participants.

There was still some great racing and the team competition at both primary and secondary was very close.

The final event in the series will be in 2 weeks’ time on Wednesday 19^th June at Roseisle.

Results

A good turnout of red vests for this race in beautiful surroundings.

Well done to you all

As you are aware there was no prize giving as it has had to be classified as a Fun Run in order to allow children age 6 and over to participate. There was a group doing the results and hopefully they  are all accurate.

The next race is on wed 26.6.19 and then wed 21/8/19 - HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Thanks to Hannah Rogan for the photos

Well done to all runners

Well done to all runners

Congratulations to the team for another successful day.

Report to follow

Thanks to Siobhan and Alastair for the photos.

Well done to all runners young and old.

Plenty of red vests on show in less than pleasant conditions.

Next race is Culbin on 22 May

The event also hosts an adult race starting at 7.15pm. All races are suitable for all abilities and are a great social evening with free refreshment supplied by the organising group after each race.

If you require any more information please contact Paul Rogan: paul.rogan@moray.gov.uk

London Marathon 28 April 2019

Well done to our two runners this year.

Robert Paterson finished in 3.28.08

Anne Docherty finished in 4.41.05 and was 9^th in her category

Congratulations to you both

Northern Scot 10K Series 2019

 Series results to date.

A big caveat is that they are as accurate as far as we can tell. If there are any errors please let us know as soon as possible.

 Telling us on the day of Benromach is too late.

Please check your results to date as we are basing the series on these numbers.

First Harrier home was Clare Nicholas in 48.44 closely followed by Elizabeth Watson in 48.54. Andy Wonnacott was next Harrier in 50.46 and Nadine Williams finished in 57.18.

Congratulations to you all and thanks to Hannah Rogan for the above photos.

Well done to all runners at Miltonduff

First Harrier was Lindsay Grant in 43.33 followed by Carrie-Ann Ward who was 2nd F40 in 43.56. Nick Barr finished in 46.35 with Clare Nicholas who was 1st F50 in 48.55. Elizabeth Watson claimed 3rd F50 in 49.47  

Congratulations to you all.

For organisers, this often-innocent practice can cause huge headaches, if they either do not allow transfers, or are not at least aware of them. Problems arise most often if that runner is taken ill during an event. The back of a race number usually carries their medical information or it is certainly detailed within the race director’s database. If that does occur, the risks are very real and potentially life threatening, as has been evidenced in other countries in recent years.

It can also impact on team positions, even if an athlete does not compete in a team event, they may inadvertently have an indirect impact on finishing positions in other teams. Also, where entries are full and waiting lists have been created, you could be keeping someone away from a competition opportunity where they legitimately deserve that place.

It is also worth recognising that within Run Britain rankings or other data used within events, it does not provide accurate data on the individuals taking part.

Whilst we will work with event organisers to try to create processes (eg swapping policies where practical), Scottish Athletics will operate a zero tolerance policy on any athletes caught behaving in this manner, and sanctions may apply.

 First Harrier to finish was Lindsay Grant in 1.35.29, followed by Robert Paterson 1.38.26, Paula Mallon Boon in a PB time of 1.42.38, Paul Hughes 1.45.26, Elisabeth Smart 1.57.15, Kaisa Klonowska 1.57.15, Anne Docherty 2.05.45 finished first F70, Elaine Schiavone 2.08.19 and Adrian Harrison 2.12.03.

 Well done all

Inverness Harriers were the dominant club on the day, with a clean sweep of all the main race prizes and the majority of the North District Championship medals also on offer.

With a strong wind challenging times the runners on parts of the course, the first Forres Harrier to finish was Andrew Morgan in 37.22, followed by Robert Patterson 39.26, Lindsay Grant 43.50, Tim Pott 43.58, Gary MacFadyen 44.55, Susan McRitchie 45.13, Jackie Nicol 48.52, Ros Wright 49.01, Andy Wonnacott 49.16, Clare Nicholas 50.14, Elizabeth Watson 50.52, Anne Docherty 56.14, Nadine Williams 56.26 and Caz Coghill 57.39.  

Now at Forres

 In the Under 13 girls race, Scarlett Britain finished 17th.  Michael Bichenden 8th and Bill Symon 26th in the Under 13 boys. 

 Isobel Howard in the Under 15 Girls ran a well-paced race to take a dominant lead and the win in her race once the course headed on to Cluny Hill.  Her strength from Orienteering really stood out.  Bruce Evans finished 7th and Scott Perry 11th in the Under 15 boys race. 

 Lucy Evans had a strong race to finish 2nd in the Under 17 girls race.  David Scott finished 7th in the Under 17 boys race. 

 There was a strong team of Forres Harrier ladies racing on home turf.  Moira Davie continues to show that she is coming back strong from injury with a 3rd place finish, supported by Hilary Cameron 8th, Carrie-Ann Ward 11th, Frances Britain 17th, Katy Beck 20th, Kaisa Oikkonen 27th, Rosalyn Carruthers 29th in her first race for Forres Harriers, Ros Wright 30th, Lauren Cameron 33rd and Shona Spencer 45th.  The team of Moira, Hilary and Carrie-Ann finished 1st team.

  In the men's race, Andrew Morgan finished 14th, Robert Paterson 20th, Tim Pott 42nd and James Hume 47th.  The men finished 5th team. 

Below are a few lines that she put together

From Jackie

"It was a very warm morning 19 degrees and a very busy start. Only 1km in and people were already walking !!

It’s an out and back route and although a lot of weaving about in the first 3km it soon spread out. Plenty of water on the course too.

A very well organised event and the £62 entry fee more than covered the fab T-shirt and goodies galore.

Defo going back next year to try and beat this years time.

48.25 official time and 1st in the age 55 group.

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Interdistrict Cross Country Champs  Stirling  12 Jan 2019

2019 brought a new venue for the Great Run International and Inter-District Cross Country, with Stirling playing the host.  The event held on Saturday 12th January, saw Stirling Castle as the backdrop for this year's races.  The course was set up on a golf course and was found to be firm underfoot and relatively flat.

 Seven Forres Harriers competed for Team North.

 First Harriers to race were the Under 15 boys; Bruce Evans finished 36th and Scott Perry 40th.  The under 15 girls were next, with Isobel Howard 18th and Faith Kenyon 40th.  David Scott finished 38th in the Under 17 boys.  Moira Davie finished 40th in the Senior/Junior Women's race.

Well done to you all  

 Lured only by the reward of a mince pie, he decided to do all 60 hills in a oner........ a total of 31miles!!!

 It was suggested that he could use the opportunity to do a wee bit of fundraising for Freestyle Swim Club, a Forres swimming club that his children attend.  Momentum and enthusiasm grew, with many Harriers turning up on the morning to run alongside James to support his mission.  Special mention to Andrew Barr who ran 43 hills with James.

 Well done Colin

Scottish Athletics Report

Congratulations to Colin Hall on running a PB of 39.34 at Stirling today.

This put him 193rd out of 672 finishers.

Well done Colin

Great run by Kenny Wilson from MRR who came 5th in 31.05

Also a brilliant run by Jenny Bannerman IH who was 4th lady in 35.59

Results

Saturday the 26th May, saw Forres experiencing the cool haar, while Stornoway basked in the sunshine. Not so perfect running conditions for the Stornoway Half Marathon though, but that did not deter Jessica Haworth from finishing 4th lady in a time of 1.38.48. Well done Jess

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Culbin Forest Run  23 May 2018

Well done to all runners tonight.

Results

Hill Running Home Internationals

Well done to the Team of Forres Harriers who travelled through to Peterhead on Sunday 20th May for the Triathlon. Splendid results for all

 In the Sprint event; Carrie-Ann Ward was 3rd female overall and 1st Female Vet,

 June McIntosh was 3rd Female Super Vet

 and Cliff Shardlow 1st Male Vintage.

 In the Super Sprint event; Ros Wright was 3rd lady overall and 1st Female Super Vet.

Dufftown Five Tops Hill Race  28 July 2018

The Dufftown Five Tops Hill Race will be celebrating its 25^th anniversary in 2018 with greater cash prizes to be won!  The race is part of Dufftown Highland Games on Sat 28^th July and sets off from the Games Park at 12noon.

Entrants must be 18yrs of age to participate in this event.  The race is not for the faint hearted as it covers a round trip of 14miles over some very rough terrain. 

Athletes make their way to the top of Ben Rinnes taking in the Little Conval and Meikle Conval along the way and back.  The race is for experienced runners only and even for them it is a challenge!

 All first placed winners will receive a bottle of whisky as well as a cash prize.

 There will be a range of age categories for both male and female with 1^st places taking away £50, 2^nd places £30 and 3^rd places £20.  The overall male/female winner will win £80, 2^nd place £50 and 3^rd place £30.  Finally the 1^st local winner home will receive £40.

 You simply register on the day to participate in this event.

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Fyrish Hill Race  19 May 2018

Well done to Hilary Cameron finishing 4th lady overall and 1st lady vet at the Fyrish Hill Race on Saturday.

This was the last in the 4 races for the Northern Scot Series.    The Mighty Reds enjoyed some fab successes in the 10K.   Kevin Schenk ran a great race, with a personal best of 34.24 coming third – just 49 seconds behind Donnie Macdonald the leader (Inverness Harriers).   James Wilson (Moray Road Runners) also had a good race and was second.

Our first lady home was Susan McRitchie with a great (43.04) – second behind Michelle Slater in the ladies’ 40+ category.   Carrie-Ann Ward ran a good race too running in precisely 44 minutes.   Jackie Nicol ran well and finished second in the female 50 category with 47.57.

Ola Odele ran an impressive 38.42, while Colin Youngson in the 60+ male category ran an excellent 46.48 and Andy Wonnacott ran in 49.04.   Andy also ran every race in the Series which gained him the overall male 50+ section trophy.  

Also some of our lady runners had good runs on a hot and humid course - Paula Boon ran 48.41, Ros Wright 50.59, Clare Nicholas 51.16 and Katy Heppell 57.42.

A great surprise was the Forres Harriers cake made by Robert Paterson’s partner – it was fantastic to see and even more fantastic to taste.   Delicious.   We had many compliments about it – so a big thank you!

Fran and Anne would like to thank all the people who helped on the day without whom the event could not have taken place – confirming that we have a great Team of The Mighty Reds!

Results 10K          Overall Northern Scot Series results 

North District Track & Field Championships

Inverness 11/12 May 2018

Silver medal U17 men triple jump For David Scott as well as Club record and pb, Friday

Well done to Scott Perry & David Scott representing club, Saturday

Pb for David in 400m,

Congratulations to you both

Results

Monaughty Forest Run  9 May 2018 

Tonight's event supported by 1st Forres Guides incorporates

 The Active Schools Trail Running Series

Well done to all runners

Thanks to Paul and all helpers.

Results

Scottish Junior Hill Running Champs 6 May 2018

Some great results at at Ben Lomond from North runners

including our own Ben Cameron.

Well done all.

Scottish 5K Championships  Edinburgh 4 May 2018

The North District again made its presence felt at tonight's Scottish 5K championships at Silverknowes, Edinburgh with silver in the women's contest for Jenny Bannerman (16:48) and under 20 gold for Anna MacFadyen (17:01) who also led home the winning Edinburgh University women's team, also featuring Rhiannon Kirk.

 Other North performances (not exhaustive, times approx) were - women - Michelle Sandison (17:16 - Shetland record) Men - Stephen Mackay (15:17), James Wilson (15:40), Gareth Jenkins (16:02), Chris Fife (16:13), Kevin Schenk (16:42), Paul Rogan (16:58).

 Kenny Wilson (MRR) finished 3rd at the Lillebælt half marathon in Denmark. Fantastic that Scottish team mate Fiona Brian (Metro) won the women’s race

RAM Track and Field Meeting  Inverness  29 April 2018

Good Day at RAM Track & Field Meet on Sunday, PB's in every event

Scott Perry 200m & 800m Pb's

David Scott 400mH Pb & Club U17m Record, (First attempt, not pretty to watch)  200m & Shot Putt Pb's

John Scott U11, First meeting, so Pb in all events, 80m, 600m & Long Jump. Club record for 80m & 600m.

Well Done Boys

An update of U11B, U15B and U17M club records can be found on the

Archives and Records link above on this website

Results and Info

Stirling Marathon  29 April 2018

Nice running by the Harrier's at today's Stirling Marathon...

Rod Wallace 3:35:15

Paula Mallon Boon 3:49:43

Grant Symon 3:45:02

Hope you've all got your feet up and enjoying a well deserved drink

Run Balmoral  21/22 April 2018

Great showing today at Run Balmoral from North District athletes including of course some Forres Harriers.

 First off was Ben Cameron finishing strongly in 4th place in the Secondary Schools race.

The 5k race saw Kenny Wilson of MRR in first place winning in 14.40 breaking Andy Butcharts course record. First lady was Jenny Bannerman of IH in 17.01, with our Anna Macfadyen second lady in 17.46. Lucas Cairns of IH was 10th overall in 16.58. Next Harrier home was James Ward in 18.35. More of him later! Last Harrier but definitely not least was Hilary Cameron in, wait for it...19.54. Finally breaking the 20 minute barrier so she thinks she never has to do a 5k again.

 Back to James who is doing the Devil O Deeside. This involves just about all the events at Run Balmoral, 5K and 10K on Saturday and then the 15mile trail run on Sunday followed by the Duathlon! James planned an easy 20 mins 5k to start, but obviously the FH race head kicked in and a 18.35 5K happened, but a sensible 42 10k followed.

Sunday saw James Ward complete the 'Devil of Deeside'. Comprising of... 5k, 10k, duathlon and 15ml trail run!! Well done on finishing 22nd overall. Speed, endurance and decent downhill mountain biking skills required if anyone fancies it next year

Results

London Marathon 22 April 2018

A super well done to all the Harrier's who ran at the London Marathon today. Looked pretty hot out there.

We are very proud of you all

Lindsay Grant 3:52:26

Jackie Nicol 4:17:54

Anne Docherty 4:41:44

Elizabeth Watson 4:53:02

Andy Wonnacot 5:12:19

Unfortunately Susan McRitchie had to pull out at half way, a wise move....she is safe and well and I'm sure she will be back next year

YDL Inverness  22 April 2018

Well done to David Scott and Scott Perry, who represented club as part of Team North in the YDL at Inverness today

PB for David in 400m

Boston Marathon  16 April 2018

Well done Carrie-Ann Ward. Conditions at the Boston Marathon today were so tough, with wind chill at baltic, very strong headwinds and torrential rain. Carrie finished in 3.46.20.

Buckie 10K  15 April 2018

Congatulations to all runners today. First Harrier was Robert Paterson in 38.05, followed by Colin Youngson and Andy Wonnacott.  First lady Harrier was Clare Nicholas.

Well done all.

Results

Miltonduff 10K   1 April 2018

     Well done to the Harriers who took part in the Miltonduff 10k.

Over £900 was raised. Brilliant.

Moray Primary Schools XC Champs   Forres 27 March 2018

Great efforts by all runners in a chilly Forres today for the Active Schools Primary Cross Country

Results

British Masters Cross Country Champs  Forres 17 March 2018

A great day for Forres Harriers.

Congratulations to all concerned.

Report and Photos courtesy of Scottish Athletics can be found HERE

Also thanks to David Aspin for the following 3 Videos

RACE 1          RACE 2          PIPER

Results

Inverness Half Marathon  11 March 2017

Well done to all runners

Results

Intercounties Cross Country  Loughborough 11 March 2018

Well done to Anna for coming 4th in the U20 race.

Looks a bit muddy!

Report and Results

Nairn 10K  4 March 2018

Well done all the Forres Harriers that ran the Nairn 10k today.

Ben Cameron did not get the best of starts in the under 15 boys race.  A fall at the start meant that he was sitting last off the gun, but Ben easily worked his way through the field and passed over 100 other runners to finish 23rd.  David Scott had a strong run to finish 43rd with his trademark sprint finish.

Anna MacFadyen running for Edinburgh University had something to prove in the under 20 ladies race.  Anna is not long back from injury and has steadily been regaining lost fitness and speed.  Anna patiently sat in the lead pack of runners for the first lap of the course.  Heading into the second lap she upped the pressure on the rest of the pack and was able to pull away for a clear victory over fellow Edinburgh University student; Laura Stark.   Anna will be running for the North of Scotland at the Inter Counties Championships/British Athletics Cross Challenge Final in Loughborough on Saturday 10th March.

Unfortunately, the Senior Ladies were not able to field a team of runners as originally hoped, but Hilary Cameron and Susan McRitchie, both put in solid performances over the challenging 10k course.  Hilary finished 103rd (48.37) and Susan 111th (49.40).

Kevin Schenk was the only Senior Man to compete and finished 151st (39.28) over the 10k distance.

Forres Harriers are now gearing towards the British Masters Cross Country Champs, which the club will be hosting at Grant Park on Saturday 17th March.

Thanks to Susan and Gordon for the photos and to Susan for the report

Results

Kinloss to Lossiemouth Half Marathon  18 Feb 2018

The MRR Kinloss to Lossiemouth Half Marathon is traditionally thought of as having PB potential if there is a tailwind.  No tailwind, at this year's event on Sunday 17th February, but runners were blessed with Spring like weather and a cooling breeze.

First Harrier to finish was Stuart Dustan in 86.28, followed by James Hume in 93.49 and Lindsay Grant in 95.03.  There was a friendly rivalry between the next 3 finishers, with Susan McRitchie catching Tim Baxter at mile 11 and then Grant Symon at mile 12.  Both gents stuck with Susan and then outpaced her on the finishing straight.  Grant Symon 95.40, Tim Baxter 95.45 and Susan McRitchie 95.50.  This was PB times for Grant and Tim.  Next Harrier to finish was Norma Beaton in 103.54, Paula Boon 108.18, Jackie Nicol 110.50 and Andy Wonnacott 111.29.

Forres Harriers would like to thank MRR for their hospitality and congratulate them on a very successful event.

Thanks to Susan for report and photos.

Results

Moray Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships

Grant Park  Forres   7 February 2017

Grant Park was the setting for the Moray Secondary Schools Cross Country 2018.

 Several Forres Harriers were competing for their school; Forres Academy.

The first race was the S1/S2 girls.  Isobel Howard led from the gun and was never caught.  Harriet Neal finished 3rd, Faith Kenyon 4th and Roslyn McRitchie 11th.  Forres Academy won 1st Team.

The S1/S2 boys were next, with David Spencer confidently leading from start to finish.  Bruce Evans finished 3rd, Scott Perry 4th, Aidan Matthews 16th and Callum Robertson 17th.  Forres Academy won 1st Team.

Lucy Evans was the only Harrier S3/S4 girl and finished 3rd.

David Scott showed his sprinting prowess in the S3/S4 boy's race, to finish 2nd, just ahead of Ben Cameron in 3rd.  Ewan Martin finished 8th and Forres Academy boys finished 1st Team.

Lauren Cameron was the only Harrier S5/S6 girl and finished 4th.

Thank you to Active Schools for supporting this event and providing the results.

Results

Carnethy 5 Hill Race 10 February 2018

Well done to Andrew Barr and Iain MacDonald on their runs at the Carnethy 5 on Saturday

Results

RUN 4 IT North District Cross Country League

Forres 10 February 2018

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Underfoot conditions were perfect and the weather favourable for the 5th and final North District Cross Country League race, hosted by Forres Harriers at Grant Park.

The first race of the day was the Under 11 girls.  First Harrier to cross the finish line was Scarlett Britain in 12th position, closely followed by Olivia Dawson in 17th.

 Next off was the Under 11 boys.  Michael Bichenden had a strong run to finish 4th overall.  Michael was supported by Oscar Dawson in 15th, Angus Esson 17th, Matthew Bichenden 28th and John Scott 29th, to finish 2nd team.

Isobel Howard committed from the gun in the Under 13 girls race to finish 3rd.  Roslyn McRitchie finished 20th.

 In the Under 13 boys race, Bruce Evans worked hard to finish 3rd, with Ryan Curran 23rd.

 For Isobel and Bruce, this finishes off a rather successful week of Cross Country running, with Isobel winning her race confidently in the Moray Secondary Schools competition and Bruce making his 3rd placing at the same event look very easy.

Harriet Neall was the only Harrier Under 15 girl racing and finished 8th overall.

 In the Under 15 Boys Ben Cameron made light work of the hills in Cluny to finish 2nd overall.  Ben was supported by David Spencer 11th, Scott Perry 18th and David Scott 20th, to finish 2nd team.

 During the week, all the boys and Harriet had also been competing at the Moray Secondary Schools competition.  David Spencer dominated his race from start to finish.  David Scott and Ben Cameron battled it out in their race, with David using his sprint finish to steal 2nd place from Ben.

Lauren Cameron was the only Harrier girl to run in the Under 17 girls and finished 8th overall.

 Ryan Harris finished 7th in the Under 17 men's race.

GB Orienteer and Harrier; Jess Tullie continued to show great form with a convincing win in the Ladies race.  Jess was supported by Hilary Cameron 7th, Jessica Haworth 9th, Susan McRitchie 11th, Fran Britain 18th, Helen Webster 27th (Paula Boon retired from the race with injury) to finish 2nd team to Moray Road Runners.

Kevin Schenk travelled from Edinburgh to race and was rewarded with a strong run to finish 7th overall, followed by Andrew Morgan 20th, Mark Page 40th, Tim Pott 49th, Tim Baxter 51st, Colin Hall 53rd, Grant Symon 54th and Jamie Watson 58th.  The men finished 5th team.

After the racing was finished, it was back to Forres Town Hall for the overall league winners presentation.

 Bruce Evans was rewarded for his consistent performances with 3rd overall in the Under 13 boys.

 Ben Cameron has shown his strength in cross country running over several age groups now and was again in the overall medals with 2nd place in the Under 15 boys.

 Keeping it in the family, his mum Hilary Cameron finished 1st F40 and wins a place in a race of her choice at the Run Balmoral race weekend.

 GB International; Anna MacFadyen only had to turn up and run one race for Harriers; Keith Cross Country, which she won easily, to claim the Under 20 girls trophy.

 Colin Hall, coming back from injury, battled hard over the season to be justly rewarded with 3rd M50.

 Forres Harrier Ladies had their commitment and hard work throughout the season rewarded with 2nd Ladies Team overall, only 20 points separated them from the strong team of Ladies from Moray Road Runners.

Although the league is over, there is still more cross country racing to be had, with the Scottish National Cross Country in Falkirk on Saturday 24th February and Forres Harriers, hosting the British Masters Cross Country on Saturday 17th March.

Thanks to Susan for the above report and photos.

Results

Medal winners 2018          Overall Results 2018

Tarawera Ultramarathon 10 February 2018

Well done to former Forres Harrier Kyle Greig  on finishing 5th at the Tarawera 102.4K Ultramarathon

 in New Zealand in 9.20.28.

 Awesome result

Torremilenos Half Marathon  4 February 2018

Report by Tim Baxter

Torremilenos 1/2 Marathon this morning. A real game of thirds.

 First all down hill, second flat and third mainly up,

 Much prefer first and third to be the other way around.

Aim was to be under 1hr45m, got 1hr38m,

 Happy days, time for Guinness.

Scottish Masters Cross Country Championships

Kilmarnock  3 February 2018

Susan McRitchie, Colin Knox and Colin Youngson travelled to Kilmarnock.

Conditions underfoot were very tough, making the course very challenging.

Well done to Colin Youngson on winning silver in the M70 age group.

Thanks to Susan for report and photos

Results

RUN 4 IT North District Cross Country League

Thurso 27 January 2018

Scarlett Britain was the first Harrier to run in the under 11 girls race and finished 6th overall.  Fergus Kenyon finished 9th in the Under 11 boys.  Isobel Howard continued to show her strength over cross country with a 4th place finish in the under 13 girls, with Faith Kenyon 13th.  In the under 13 boys, Bruce Evans was 9th and Aidan Matthews 16th.  Harriett Neall was 9th in the under 15 girls.  In the under 15 boys, Ben Cameron had a strong race to finish 2nd in a very competitive field, supported well by David Spencer in 7th.  

Colin Hall was the only senior man to make the journey North and finished 34th.  GB Orienteer, Jess Tullie, dominated in the senior ladies race, to finish over 40 seconds clear of her nearest rival.  Jess was well supported by Carrie-Ann Ward in 9th, Jess Haworth in 10th and Lil Kenyon 14th in her first ever cross country race for the club.  The ladies finished joint first team with Inverness Harriers.  This result should make the last league race of the season, which will be held in Grant Park, very interesting, with Forres Harriers and Inverness Harriers hoping to challenge current leaders, Moray Road Runners for the trophy.  

Results

 North Endurance Training Session 20 January 2018

Another fantastic turn out of 70 athletes in Grant Park this morning for the North area training session. Although temperatures were well below zero underfoot conditions were perfect. It really is good to see athletes of all abilities coming along and supporting the sessions.

 Thanks to Carol and George for timing and Hannah for looking after the teas.

 Due to cross country league races the next North session will be Saturday 3rd February in Grant Park with the first rep starting at 10am. There may be a few less oldies that day due to the Scottish Masters down at Kilmarnock

Scottish Inter District XC Championships

Edinburgh 13 January 2018

Six Forres Harriers made the journey to Edinburgh to compete for the North of Scotland at the Inter-district Cross Country on Saturday 13th January.  The event held at Holyrood in the shadow of Arthur's Seat, gives selected club runners the chance to compete against the best in Scotland and the North of England in the morning, then the chance to view the televised International races later in the day. 

Conditions on the day were favourable for the runners.  The first Harriers to race were the Under 15 boys; Ben Cameron in a strong run finished 15th overall.  A sprint finish saw David Scott 39th and David Spencer 40th.   Next off were the Senior Ladies; with Jessica Haworth finishing 53rd and Siobhan Evans 55th.  The last Harrier to compete was Bruce Evans in the Under 13 boys, finishing 37th. 

It was announced on the day that this would be the last time that this well-respected event will be held at Holyrood.   A suitable venue to host this event in the future is being sought

Thanks to Susan for the report and photos.

Results

GAA/SA Miler Meeting  7 January 2018 

Well done Colin Youngson on winning the Scottish 3000m title (V70) at the GAA Miler Meet

at the Emirates Arena in a time of 13.24.64

Quote from Scottish Athletics facebook page;

"From the very youngest competitors to the evergreen Colin Youngson, a V70 from Forres Harriers,

 it was another example of ‘event specific’ scheduling working well."

Photo by Bobby Gavin

  Christmas and New Year Training 2017/2018 

North Endurance Training Session 28 December 2017

Forres Harriers would like to say a big thank you to Paul Rogan for organising today's North Endurance Training Session.

It was great to see the training so well attended by all age groups and mixed abilities.

It is a great opportunity for the North of Scotland clubs to train together, run with those of similar abilities and in turn push and pull each other along.

Thanks also to George Sim for timing the session and being encouraging throughout.

Nairn Turkey Trot 26 December 2017

Once again thanks to Nairn Road Runners for everyone's favorite race of the year.

A brilliant turnout of a record 322 runners.

Results  

Lossiemouth 10 mile Turkey Trot 17 December 2017

 Plenty of Red vests in the MRR 10 mile Turkey Trot (incorporating the North District 10 mile champs).

 Age group winners David Weir 2nd M50 and 1st M50 in ND, Susan McRitchie 2nd F40 and 2nd F40 in ND.

 PB times for Kenny Douglas and Jessica Haworth.

A stunning route around the island. The course was a mix of boggy marshland, beautiful beaches, waterlogged trails and road. The weather was challenging.

 Paula finished in 71st place (out of 192) & 16th lady in a time of 7.02. Tony finished in 9:32:41.

Well done both, awesome achievement

Gordonstoun Triathlon 10 September 2017

There was a strong presence of Forres Harriers at the Gordonstoun Triathlon on Sunday 10th September. Hosts; Moray Firth Triathlon Club. Competitors could cover the Novice and Sprint distances as individuals and teams. There were many prize winners within the Harriers.

Andrew Morgan finished 9th in 1.25.27. Jamie Watson 1.34.09. Carrie-Ann Ward was 1st Senior Lady in 1.29.30. Nadine Williams was 1st F50 in time of 1.38.19. Closely followed by Shirley Anne Feaks in 1.38.29, then Ros Wright in 1.40.49.

Some of our Juniors competed in the Novice Event. Ben Cameron (Hilary Cameron) finished 4th overall and 2nd boy in time of 35.11. Eden Inklesharpe and David Spencer (Chris Spencer) competed in a team with one other, but due to some issues with the chip timing, still awaiting confirmation of how they got on.

This was a well organised event and it was great to see so many Harriers taking part. Thanks to Moray Firth Triathlon Club for being such great hosts

Jungfrau Marathon  9 September 2017

Well done to Forres Harriers; Moira Davie and James Hume on completing the Jungfrau Marathon today, in what James describes as "Scottish Conditions"....... I think that means rain

Well done to Mark Kinge and Shirley Feaks on completing the 36.5 mile Speyside Way Race.

 Mark completed it in 5.56 and Shirley 6.28 and finished 3rd female veteran.

Results

Pinto 3  16 August 2017

Tonight was the final of the 10th series and there were 89 runners in Cooper Park. 

Series winners - Blair Milne (Junior male),  Zara Gill (Junior Female),  Grace Whelan (Female),  Kenny Wilson (Male)

Profits go to Pinto's Sport moray fund to provide children with financial support for sporting activities.

Well done to all runners and once again thanks to Sarah for another great series.

  Results Adults          Juniors

Cademuir Rollercoaster Hill Race 12 August 2017

On Saturday, Ben Cameron travelled to Peebles to run the Cademuir Rollercoaster hill race, a deciding race for the Junior Scottish Hill Running Champs.

 Ben finished 2nd in his race, making him overall Boys under 15 Scottish Hill Running Champion

Strathpeffer Hill Race  12 August 2017

A strong team of hill loving ladies, travelled to Newtonmore for the Creag Dhubh hill race.

 Anna Macfadyen was 3rd lady, Kirstie Rogan was 4th and Siobhan Evans was 6th.

 Well done ladies

Results

Viewpoint Challenge  2 August 2017

Overall win for Kenny Wilson of MRR. Forres Harrier, Robbie Paterson 2nd.

 Forres Harrier Anna Macfadyen 1st lady. Simon Dobbs of MRR was first veteran.

 Thanks to Alex Ross for organising and to all the other volunteers who helped out

Results

Ben Rinnes Hill Race  29 July 2017

James Hume was the only Harrier to run the tough Ben Rinnes 5 Tops Hill Race, using it as training prep for the Jungfrau Marathon.

 James finished in a very respectable 2.47.36

Results

Fort William Marathon  29 July 2017

Well done Paula Mallon Boon. 10 minute course PB in less than favourable weather and underfoot conditions against her.

The race was won by Kenny Wilson with a pb of 31.11

First Harrier was Robert Paterson in 40.07

First lady Harrier and 3rd overall lady was Kirstie Rogan in 41.12

Results

Pinto 2  June 28 2017

Well done to the 90 runners tonight.

Congratulations to Kenny Wilson who broke his own course record with 8.37

Results Adults          Results Juniors

Roseisle Forest Run 21 June 2017

Well done to Kirstie Rogan and all the volunteers that helped out at last night's Roseisle Forest Run. This was the 4th event in a series of 4. Each one offering young and old the chance to run and challenge themselves over some great courses, from Monaughty, Culbin, Quarrelwood and Roseisle. These events also act as fundraisers for some local charities and nearby village halls. Numbers entering this year show there is a great passion for running and the outdoors in the Moray area. Looking forward to next year's series already

Results          Series Results

Highland Cross 18 June 2017

While Forres was basking in sunshine, 4 Forres Harriers headed off to the West coast to take part in the Highland Cross 2017. Typical West Coast weather of rain, but thankfully a tailwind helped the four ladies across the Kintail Way to Glen Affric on foot and then from Glen Affric to Beauly on bike. Conditions on the run were tough, with a lot of slippy rocks and water to cross.

 First lady to finish was Shirley Anne Feaks in 5.23 (not bad after running the Lochalsh Durty 30 one week before). The team of Susan McRitchie, Jackie Nicol and Clare Nicholas "Chafing the Dream" finished together in 6.05.

A tough event, but well worth the challenge as it raises a lot of money for local charities.

 Hopefully now that we have had a team of Harriers taking part this year, it may open the door for other Harriers to take part.

Ythan Challenge 18 June 2017

Well done to Norma Beaton who finished 3rd lady overall at the Ythan Challenge

World 50K Trail Champs Italy 10 June 2017

Word reaching us from Italy on strong Scottish performances with GB and NI at the World 50K Trail Champs.

Looking at 26th place and 1st Brit for KYLE GREIG with 4.55.49 and a 27th place in the Women's race, and 3rd Brit, for HELEN BONSOR with 5.42.24.

Quarrelwood Forest Run  7 June 2017

Results

Weekend of Sat 3 and Sun 4 June 2017

A team of Forres Harriers travelled to the Cairngorm area on Saturday 03/06/17 to "race the train" from Boat of Garten to Aviemore. June McIntosh finished 1st veteran lady.

Carrie Ann Ward and James Ward ran the Grantown 10k and both finished 2nd in their races.

Sunday saw the running of the 14th biennial Elgin Rotary Marafun. Many Forres Harriers took part in various teams. First off were the juniors running for Applegrove School (with the largest turnout from any of Moray Primary School). Strong running from all the juniors, with Olivia Dawson and Roslyn McRitchie finishing high up the field. Next off was the main event. The team (captained by Douglas Cowie) of Hilary Cameron, Gary Macfadyen, Paul Rogan, Robbie Paterson and Kirstie Rogan finished 2nd team overall and 1st mixed team.

A win today for Anna MacFadyen in the Uphill Trials for the European Mountain Running Championship means automatic selection for TEAM GB at the European Championships in Slovenia on 07/07/17

At the Stirling Triathlon, Bruce Evans finished 4th boy in the Tristar 2 Category, with his mum Siobhan Evans, finishing 4th lady overall and 3rd Veteran in the Sprint event.

David Scott & Scott Perry were Harrier representatives at RAM T&F field meeting, Scott ran 1500m and David tried some different events, 80m Hurdles, shot put and Triple Jump. Triple jump turned out to be good event for David, with club record on his first ever jump, which he extended to 10.30m.

David Spencer won the M18 title at the Moray and Highland Junior Orienteering Champs at Dulnain Bridge. This is a fantastic achievement considering he is 12 years old.

Well done Moira Davie on finishing 1st lady at Sunday's Scolty Hill Race.

Well done all

Pinto 1  31 May 2017 

Adult Results          Junior Results

Culbin Forest Run 24 May 2017

Well done to all runners

Results

Stirling Marathon  21 May 2017

Well done to the Forres Harriers who ran the inaugural Stirling Scottish Marathon 2017 on Sunday 21st May. The race started at Blair Drummond Safari Park and made it's way through the village of Doune, Dunblane, Bridge of Allan, Stirling University, finishing with tough 2/3 laps of Stirling City centre. Crowds were amazing enroute. Topped of with the chance to run with the great Liz McColgan and Zola Budd.

Club Record for Anna in 5000m 17:13.56 U20W Gold.

 Club Record and Gold for David Scott in U15b 300m in a time of 40.53, and silver in Long Jump

Well done to Kevin Schenk 2nd 1500m

Results

Monaughty Forest Run  10 May 2017

Report to follow

Results

Benromach 10K  7 May 2017

Well done and thanks to Anne Docherty and Fran Russell for again organising the Benromach 10k, the last of 4 races in the Northern Scot 10k Series. A big shout out to all the volunteers who helped to make this go as smoothly as possible and to Benromach Distillery for supporting Forres Harriers to host this race.

 Congratulations to all the runners that took part, you all did great.

First Forres Harrier to finish and 1st M50 was Stan MacKenzie, followed by Robert Paterson 38.26, Susan McRitchie 5th Lady in 42.06, Tim Baxter in PB time of 42.18, Ross MacLeod 43.00, Grant Symon in PB time of 44.01, Tim Hurst 45.32, Andy Wonnocott 46.03, Ros Wright 48.11, Jamie Watson 49.03, Jackie Nicol 50.47, Cliff Shardlow 51.09, Nancy Hurst 51.23, Hamish Cameron 51.30 and Shona Spencer 52.56.

Thanks to Alastair for the photos above.

Results          Overall Series Results

Scottish Junior Hill Running Championships  6 May 2017

Well done to the Scottish team in Denmark, especially our North Scotland athletes.

Our own Mark Mitchell 7th and Jenny Bannerman of Inverness Harriers 6th

Glen Affric duathlon  6 May 2017

Well done to Andrew Morgan in the above race 

Results

Scottish 5K Championships  Silverknowes 5 May 2017

News from the Scottish 5k Champs at Silverknowes. Kevin Andreas Schenk in PB time of 17.08, Anna MacFadyen in PB time of 17.11 (3rd under 20 female) and Jon Hollingdale  17.58.

 Well done all

Results

Archiestown 5K  30 April 2017

Largest ever turnout at Archiestown 5k on Sunday 30th April.

This just goes to prove what a great wee race this is with proceeds going to the local nursery.

Well done to the Forres Harriers running;

David Weir 18.48, David Spencer 18.55 and joint 2nd under 14 boy, Paul Hughes 23.03, Shona Spencer 27.04 and Jennifer Spencer 32.51

Results

Moray Clubs Track and Field meeting  Elgin 29 April 2017

Well done to all the athletes who competed at the Moray Track and Field event at Morriston playing fields.

Results for Harriers past and present

Ben Livesey  2.19.54

Kyle Greig  2.29.54

Paul Rogan  2.42.54

Wayne Dashper  3.12.53

Carrie-Ann Ward  3.30.19

Becky Rank  3.53.49

Lindsay Grant  4.01.43

Jessica Haworth  4.04.54

Anne Docherty  4.25.40

Also this weekend

Although London Marathon was the main event today, we had Forres Harriers cycling the Etape Lochness.

 Well done to Nadine Williams, Ros Wright, Jackie Nicol, Frances Russell and Steve Sharpe.

 There sure are some talented runners in the North East of Scotland at the moment

Thanks to Scottish Athletics for the following article and photo

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE:

'I joined Forres Harriers at the age of nine and now, at 31, I've landed a GB vest for the World Trail 50K Champs. As a young kid you dream about making the Olympics. Well, maybe I was never going to make the Olympics but this is the next best thing for me - representing GB and NI at a World Champs event.'

A special day for Scottish Trail champion KYLE GREIG, now with Metro Aberdeen, as he lands selection for Italy alongside fellow Scottish athletes HELEN BONSOR and JOASIA ZAKRZEWSKI. Many congratulations to all three on all the hard work over the years!

*What a week for Forres Harriers - with Anna Macfadyen making the GB team for the World Cross and now local stalwart Greig adding to their international 'hall of fame'. Brilliant and absolutely sure many clubs will understand their pride.

First GB Vest for Anna Macfadyen  14 March 2017

Thanks to Scottish Athletics for the following post

Great news this morning as British Athletics confirm the lineup for the IAAF World Cross in Uganda - with places for two young Scots in the Junior Women's team.

Anna Macfadyen of Forres Harriers and Gillian Black of VP-Glasgow have made real progress in recent years and it's brilliant to see that hard work paying off and being rewarded.

Congratulations to both athletes and their families and coaches, as well as the clubs involved in their development

Inverness Half Marathon  12 March 2017

Great running from Forres Harriers at the Inverness Half Marathon.

 First Harrier to finish and 2nd overall; Mark Mitchell in time of 1.08.11. Wayne Dashper finished in 13th place overall to claim 1st M40 in time of 1.15.30. Stan MacKenzie's time of 1.18.16, gave him 1st M50 and sealed 2nd male team placing.

 Ist Lady Harrier home was Jessica Haworth in PB time of 1.31.00, followed by Robert Paterson 1.34.24, Susan McRitchie in PB time of 1.35.01, Norma Beaton in PB time of 1.35.35, Grant Symon in PB time of 1.39.32, Becky Rank in PB time of 1.40.31, Andrew Little 1.40.52, Mark Priestly 1.43.14, Paul Hughes 1.43.54, Paula Paula Mallon Boon 1.48.07, Clare Nicholas 1.51.07, Anne Docherty 1.59.57 and Sarah Louise Grigor 2.18.41.

 Well done all.

 Thank you to Paul Jamieson of MRR for letting us share his great photos

Results

British Athletics Cross Challenge incorporating the Inter-County championships and IAAF World Cross Country Championship junior trials

 Loughborough  11 March 2017

What a moment in Loughborough in the U20 Women's race as ANNA MACFADYEN and GILLIAN BLACK finish 1-2 in the Inter-Counties.

 With some notable performances in the perfect race conditions.

 David Spencer ran a super fast time in the 5k, to finish 2nd overall in time of 19.49.

 In the 10k, 1st Harrier to finish and 1st M50 was Stan MacKenzie, in time of 35.00.

Thanks to Douglas Cowie, Andrew Morgan and Paul Rogan (Active Schools) for setting up the course. Thank you to all the ladies helping on registration, finish line and results. Alex Ross, you did a great job as starter :-) Biggest thanks goes to our hardy hare and previous winner of the p6/7 boys race, David Spencer.

Big shout out to all the parents standing in the rain shouting support.

Results to be posted on Forres Harriers website shortly. Overall winners;

Primary 4/5 boys; 1st Ben Ross (Applegrove), 2nd Oscar Dawson (Applegrove), 3rd Grant Rhind (Kinloss).

Primary 4/5 girls; 1st Abigail Ferry (Andersons), 2nd Sophie Howard (Andersons), 3rd Scarlett Britain (Andersons).

Primary 6/7 boys; 1st Bruce Evans (Applegrove), 2nd Aidan Matthews (Applegrove), 3rd Samson Janousek (Andersons).

Primary 6/7 girls; 1st Roslyn McRitchie (Applegrove), 2nd Faith Kenyon (Applegrove), 3rd Lily Avenell (Andersons).

Applegrove Primary School were the overall winners

Results

Scottish National Cross Country Champs Falkirk 25 Feb 2017

Great show of red vests at the Scottish National XC at Falkirk.

 It was a challenging course, with mud, mud and some more mud.

 

 1st off was under 13 boys, with David Spencer finishing well up field in 23rd and Bruce Evans not far behind in 38th. Roslyn McRitchie in under 13 girls, did not finish. Unfortunately her shoe came off at start of race and failed to finish. Lucy Evans missed the start of under 15 girls race, but bravely ran anyway to finish 103rd. Ben Cameron was spiked at the start of the under 15 boys race, but managed to work his way through field to finish 37th. A strong run from  David Scott, saw him finish 69th.

 

 A nervous start to Anna's MacFadyen's race, due to shoe v mud worries, didn't get in the way of her putting in a strong performance to finish 2nd in the under 20 ladies.

 

 The ladies were running the 10k distance at the Nationals for the 1st time, which was rather daunting considering the mud, but this didn't stop the ladies putting in a great performance; Kirstie Rogan 50th, Jess Tullie 56th, Hilary Cameron 118th, Siobhan Evans 129th, Susan McRitchie 137th and Shona Spencer 267th. The ladies finished 11th Team out of 29.

Highest team placing ever for the Lady Harriers at the Nationals.

 In the Men's race Kevin Schenk finished 134th, Gary MacFadyen 520th. Mark Mitchell failed to finish.

 A tough day of running, but well done all that put themselves on the start line

Results

  

 

Gordonstoun Primary Schools Cross Country 23 Feb 2017

 

Well done to our Junior Harriers that ran at the Gordonstoun Cross Country today.

 Some notable performances, with Ben Ross winning the Primary 5 boys race. Olivia Dawson 4th and Kelsey Martin 6th in Primary 6 girls race. Lewis MacKenzie 9th and Michael Bichenden 10th in Primary 6 boys race. Faith Kenyon 5th and Roslyn McRitchie 6th in Primary 7 girls race. Bruce Evans 2nd in a hard fought race, supported by Luca Abbate in 8th, in the Primary 7 boys race.

 Fantastic running all.......the training is paying off

Kinloss to Lossiemouth Half Marathon 19 Feb 2017



Well done all the Forres Harriers that ran the Kinloss to Lossiemouth Half Marathon today.
 Lots of PB times with Kenny Douglas first Harrier to finish in PB time of 1.26.03. Norma Beaton 1.37.27, Elizabeth Watson 1st F50 in PB time of 1.40.35, Andrew Little 1.42.17, Paula Boon in a PB time of 1.43.59, Ros Wright 3rd F50 in time of 1.45.36, Andy Wonnacott 1.46.11, Paul Hughes 1.53.46, Elisabeth Smart 1.58.20, Anne Docherty 1st F70 in 1.58.56 and Sarah Louise Grigor 1.04.32.
 Well done all

Results


 

 Anna Macfadyen ran a 3k PB time in Armagh and broke the 10 minute mark with a time of 9.56. This time breaks a junior record that has stood for 10 years.

 Kevin Schenk, ran in the Open 3k and just dipped under the 10 minutes, in 9.59.

 Also, strong running from Jenny Bannerman of Inverness Harriers, finishing just ahead of Anna. Kenny Wilson of Moray Road Runners broke his 5k PB time and ran under 15 minutes. Steven MacKay of Inverness Harriers was the winner in the Men's 3k event.

 Well done to all the North athletes competing in Armagh

Results

Forres 11 February 2017

Big shout out to all that helped with today's XC races. From the early risers setting up the course, those on the finish line, marshalls, course tidy uppers, those on refreshments and the cleaners at the end. A great day.

Well done to all those Harriers that ran for the club today.

It was particularly great to see so many juniors running.

Ben Cameron ran a brilliant race to clinch 2nd place overall

Forres Harrier Ladies nearly cleaned up on the medals. Anna MacFadyen 1st Senior lady, Moira Davie 2nd. Siobhan Evans 1st F40, Hilary Cameron 2nd, Susan McRitchie 3rd. Elizabeth Watson 1st F50, Jackie Nicol 2nd and Ros Wright 3rd. Ladies took the team title for only the 2nd time in the league history

Results          Overall Results          Medal Winners

Scottish Masters Cross Country Champs  Dundee 28 Jan 2017

Fantastic day out for the Forres Harriers who travelled to Dundee for the Masters XC.

 It was a great day and topped of with Anne Docherty clinching THE F70 gold medal.

Thank you to Dundee Hawkhill Harriers for hosting this race

Results

Celtic Nations XC and British Cross XC Challenge

Cardiff 22 January 2017

Well done to Anna. This is a quote from the Scottish Athletics website.

Anna Macfadyen is starting to make a real impact at U20 level in British terms and her terrific performance took British Cross Challenge and Celtic Nations XC gold.

Congratulations from us all

Event and Results link

RUN4IT North District Cross Country League Race 4 of 5

Evanton 21 January 2017

Thank you Ross County Athletics, for putting on a great Cross Country course today.

Some notable strong performances from the Juniors; Isabelle Howard 4th in under 13 girls, followed strongly by Harriet Neal. 3rd place for David Spencer in the under 13 boys and managing to break up the strong Inverness Team. 3rd place finish for Ben Cameron in the under 15 boys.

Well done all.

Results

Scottish Inter District Cross Country Championships 7 Jan 2017

Ladies Team North, with 4 Forres Harriers running.

 Anna MacFadyen ran a stormer and finished 3rd overall and 1st under 20.

Very well done to all the Harriers running young and old.

A great experience competing against the best.

Also watching world class athletes run.

Results

Forres Harriers Xmas/New Year Training 2016/17

The Stubborn Scotsman by Don Ritchie

Below is a short article by Colin Youngson

I have known Don Ritchie (the most famous Forres Harrier ever) for almost fifty years and used to run against him up to marathon distance. When he suddenly became an ultra-distance world record breaker, I was puzzled about how this had happened! Now that I have read his autobiography ‘The Stubborn Scotsman’, which is now on sale on amazon.co.uk, I understand completely!

During his fantastic racing career, Donald could be described as follows. Quiet, modest, calm, charitable, friendly but private. Self-motivated, determined, dedicated, ambitious. Stoical, masochistic, amazingly tolerant of pain, resilient. Obsessed, addicted to training and racing. Seldom allowing time for rest or recovery. Secretly passionate, foolishly optimistic, occasionally crazy.

To fight through extreme difficulties and win must be tremendously satisfying. Donald Ritchie M.B.E. broke world records for distances including: 50 km, 40 miles, 50 miles, 100 km, 150 km, 100 miles, 200 km and 24 Hours Indoor, and also set many new age-group standards. He won most of the classic ultra races in Britain and Europe, as well as events in the United States.

Donald’s autobiography covers, in considerable detail, his early life, running apprenticeship, training, peak performances and veteran highlights (he was still racing for Great Britain senior teams until over 50 years of age). Blood, sweat, pain and triumph, but no tears from this most uncomplaining of Scotsmen.

Buy a copy – and marvel!

Nairn Turkey Trot  26 December 2016

Well done to all runners on a cold but dry day.

First Harrier was Robbie Paterson 6th in 17.28.

First lady Harrier was Kirstie Rogan 19th in 19.43

Thanks to NRR for organising this great event.

Results

Forres Harriers Christmas Handicap 17 December 2016

Results from today.  5 mins separating all 13 teams made for some exciting racing!

Nairn  12 November 2016

Great turn out of red vests at 3rd Run4it XC league race, hosted by Nairn on the ever challenging but enjoyable course at the East Beach.

Inverness Harriers are the hosts and the course is at the beautiful setting of Dores.

 If you want to run,

 Ladies get your names to Susan McRitchie,

 Gents to Gary MacFadyen

 Juniors to Hilary Cameron.

Junior age groups start at under 13.

RUN4IT North District Cross Country League Race 2