Scottish Borders Hill Race Series Inaugral Year Final Placings

 

Scottish Borders Hill Races Series Trophies and Tankard

Overall Champion was Andrew Cox won the series with very solid and consistent results throughout always being there or there abouts. Lucas Cheskin had to settle for 2nd in the Senior Male category while Susan Ridley from Peebles (who runs for Edinburgh AC) won the prize for the first female Borderer, as well as being the first F50. The overall woman’s title went to Edinburgh’s Jill Stephen who runs for the Hunters Bog Trotters club.The prize giving took place straight after the Penchrise with the awards being made by Scottish Borders Councillor for Hawick and Hermitage, David Paterson.

 

Scottish Borders Hill Race Champions 2016 -  Andrew Cox & Jill Stephens

 

The Series class winners and top 3 (where 3 or finishers) were:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Name	Club	Cat	Pts
Jill Stephen	HBT	1st F Overall	88
Susan Ridley	Edinburgh AC	1st F50 and 1st Borderer	113
Pauline McAdam	Teviotdale Harriers	1st F60	385
Andrew Cox	Moorfoot Runners	1st M Overall and 1st Borderer	15
Lucas Cheskin	Moorfoot Runners	2nd M Senior	41
Craig Freshwater	Westerlands	3rd M Senior	43
Brian Marshall	HELP	1st M40, 3rd M Overall	40
Neil Pendrich	Carnethy	2nd M40	167
Paul Lockie	Teviotdale Harriers	3rd M40	194
Mike Andrew	Carnethy	1st M50, 2nd M Overall	32
Keith Murray	Teviotdale Harriers	2nd M50	72
Tim McCall	Norham RC	3rd M50	76
Frank Birch	Teviotdale Harriers	1st M70	249

 Full results can be found here 

Thanks to the kind sponsorship James Jones and Sons Ltd and timber contractor active throughout southern Scotland there was no additional fee to enter the series.

Series Co-ordinator Colin Williams, Club Secretary of the Moorfoot Runners, said

"For faster runners there has been a bit of prestige to compete for, but overall the idea is to promote the different races throughout the beautiful Scottish Borders in an increasing busy calendar and hopefully motivate to get out and enjoy the hills. 

The series has been a real show case for what the region has to offer. The races stretch all across the Borders ranging from the Pentlands by West Linton in the west, to the Cheviots by Yetholm in the east and with other venues including Peebles, Earlston, Melrose and Selkirk. All the races saw an increase in entries and in total 500 individuals took part in at least one of the 10 races, with 22 runners gaining a series placing with local Borders clubs Teviotdale Harriers, Moorfoot Runners and Lauderdale Limpers well represented."

Borders Hill Race Series 2016 - Inaugural Year

The Scottish Borders Hill Race Series consists of 10 short to medium races throughout the Borders in Spring and Summer. Participants will have to complete a minimum of 5 races to qualify for a series placing. If you do more races then your 5 highest finishes will count.

There is no additional fee or registration required to enter the series. To take part you simply need to enter the participating races as normal which are mainly Entry On the Day (EOD) except the Eildons and Baddinsgill which are pre-entry only.

The races for 2016 will be:

 

Race	Location	Date 2016	Organiser details /Event Website	Entry
Chapelgill	south of Broughton	Sat 19 March	Robin Morris robin@rlmorris.co.uk	Entry On Day
Gypsy Glen	Peebles	Wed 18 May	Mike Pearson mike@kingsmeadows.co.uk Moorfoot Runners www.moorfootrunners.co.uk	Entry On Day
Yetholm	Town Yetholm	Sun 5 June	Les Turnbull les1984@btinternet.com Norham AC	Entry On Day
Eildons	Melrose	Sat 25 June	Gerry Moss president@galaharriers.co.uk Gala Harriers galaharriers.co.uk	Online: www.entrycentral.com
Black Hill	Earlston	Tues 5 July	David Young david@youngsfamily.plus.com www.facebook.com/blackhillrace	Entry On Day
Philiphaugh	Selkirk	Sun 7 August	Sheila Cochrane cochrane68@sky.com Selkirk Fund Runners www.facebook.com/selkirkfundrunners	Entry On Day
Cademuir	Peebles	Sat 13 August	Gregor Nicholson gjn@macsinsport.co.uk Moorfoot Runners www.moorfootrunners.co.uk	Entry On Day
Baddinsgill	West Linton	Sun 28 August	Nick Brown nick@caac.org.uk Corstophine AAC www.caac.org.uk/Baddinsgill_Round	Online: www.entrycentral.com
Devils Beef Tub	north of Moffat	Sat 3 Sept	Willie Gibson willie.gibson@btinternet.com Carnethy HRC  carnethy.com/ri_beeftub.htm	Entry On Day
Penchrise Pen	south of Hawick	Sun 18 Sept	Paul Lockie paullockie@btinternet.com Teviotdale Harriers teviotdaleharriers.org.uk	Entry On Day

 All the race details are found on www.scottishhillrunners.uk and scottishhillracing.co.uk. Please contact the individual race organisers with queries about specific events.

The Borders Hill Race Series will have prizes for the following categories:

• 1st overall male and female winners
• 1st M + F Borders resident/ club member (if not the overall winner)
• 1st Vet in categories where three or more finishers

Prize giving will take place after the last race in the Series, the Penchrise Pen.

Series Flyer for download here 

Any queries please contact Colin Williams colin.m.williams@talk21.com