The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
ALONSO WINS BACK-TO-BACK LE MANS 24 HOURS
CROWE WINS BLACK ROCK RACE
Dundee athlete Jamie Crowe headed a cast of 1,134 finishers at the Black Rock Race leading Central AC to team victory. Crowe – on summer leave from Lamar University, Texas – finished a clear winner over the 4.5-mile race across Pettycur Beach, clocking 22 minutes 04 seconds, 38 seconds clear of runner-up James Donald (Dundee Hawkhill). Former winner Neil Renault (Edinburgh AC) was third while Paralympian Derek Rae was fourth as he spearheaded Fife AC’s second team effort. Scottish 5km Road Race champion Morag Millar made it a double success for Central AC as she finished 17th/1st female in a new female course record of 25 minutes 23 seconds and also led Central to team victory. Kirkcaldy athlete Steph Pennycook was 22nd overall/second female as she helped Fife AC to the second team prize. Results: 1 J Crowe (Central AC) 22.04,
2 J Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 22.42,
3 N Renault (Edinburgh AC) 23.22, 4 D Rae (Fife AC) 23.24, 5 J Eykelbosch (Edinburgh Univ.) 23.55, 6 S Livingston (Corstorphine) 23.57, 7 R Lafferty (Fife AC) 24.16, 8 S Brember (Central AC) 1st veteran. 24.16, 9 K Cooper (Unatt.) 1st junior. 24.18, 10 H Putnam (Edinburgh AC) 24.24, 11 R Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 2nd junior. 24.45, 12 S Green (Central AC) 24.52….36 N Cameron (Central) 1st over
50. 27.32, 48 D Petrie (Kilbarchan) 1st over
60. 28.01, 507 G Orr (Westerlands) 1st over 70. 40.10. Teams.1 Central AC 37, 2 Fife AC 56, 3 Corstorphine 104, 4 Hunters Bog Trotters 129, 5 PH Racing 132, 6 Lothian RC 222.
Women. 1 M Millar (Central AC) 25.23 record, 2 S Pennycook (Fife AC) 25.59, 3 N Stewart (Central) 27.30, 4 C Jackson (Dartford H.) 28.01, 5 N Duncan (Race Fitness) 28.11, 6 M Bruce (Dundee RR) 28.16, 7 K Maxwell (Gala H.) 28.50, 8 M MacLean (Edinburgh AC) 1st veteran. 29.00, 9 K Lownie (PH Racing) 29.03, 10 M McClelland (HBT) 29.07, 11 R Van Rensburg (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 29.30….17 H Brown (Fife AC) 1st junior. 30.53, 18 P Gardiner (Unatt.) 1st over 50. 31.27, 101 J Horsburgh (Linlithgow) 1st over 60. 37.30. Teams. 1 Central AC 220, 2 Fife AC 291, 3 HBT 515, 4 Race Fitness 527, 5 PH Racing 584, 6 Edinburgh AC 660.
Joseph Wright of Deeside Runners retained his White Tops Hill Race title, with the event promoted by Dundee Hawkhill from Kirkton of Auchterhouse. Wright finished the 10.4km Sidlaws circuit in 46 minutes 09 seconds – 43 seconds ahead of runner-up Andy King (Unatt.).
Dundee athlete Andrew Merry (Glasgow Univ.), second last year, had to settle for third on this occasion in 47.15. Strathkinness over-40 veteran Heather Anderson (Fife AC) followed up her win at last week’s Hill of Tarvit race with yet another female victory as she finished 11th overall in a course record 51 minutes
11 seconds and Kirriemuir athlete Tracey Morgan (Forfar RR) was 12th overall in 52.21.
Results: 1 J Wright (Deeside) 46.09, 2 A King (Unatt.) 46.52, 3 A Merry (Glasgow Univ.) 47.15, 4 M Stewart (Dundee Hawkhill) 47.39, 5 R Dunlop (Dundee RR) 47.58, 6 S Pringle (Deeside) 1st veteran. 48.43, 7 B Bonnyman (Westerlands/Forfar RR) 2nd veteran. 48.49, 8 V Stewart (Dundee RR) 49.00, 9 C McCormack (Dundee Hawkhill) 49.50, 10 K Liddell (Dundee Hawkhill) 3rd veteran. 50.59….17 D Sheridan (Deeside) 1st over 50. 53.26, 33 T Scott (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 61.30. Team: Dundee Hawkhill. Women. 1 H Anderson (Fife AC) 1st veteran. 51.11 record. 2 T Morgan (Forfar RR) 52.21, 3 S Proven (Deeside) 53.22, 4 E Omand (Dundee RR) 56.41, 5 M Sheehan (Forfar RR) 2nd veteran. 62.12, 6 J Massie (Dundee RR) 62.25, 7 H Ritchie (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 62.39, 8 A Gelly (Dundee RR) 2nd over 50. 62.50, 9 F Canavan (Dundee RR) 63.32, 10 F Callaghan (Dundee RR) 63.58….22 J Scott (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 70.28. Team: Dundee Road Runners. 94 finished.
BOWLS
CITIES & COUNTIES – City of Dundee 103 Northern Counties 156 (Dundee skips first) – S Stewart 17 KJ Ross 23, I Smith 20 S Harrigan 36, J Watson 17 D Frew 24, I Bell 19 K Mackay 27, A Crighton 15 I. Penwright 21, A Moir 15 MJ Ross 25. City of Dundee BA/Bon Accord BA on Saturday August 22 at Fairfield BC, 2pm, D Hogan, K Smith, J Duncan, L Hunter, K Taylor, W. Nelson, J Beattie, S Stewart, R Kyle, I Stirton, E Mason, A Crighton, A Murray, W Short, B Morris, I Bell, D Morrison, G Cairns, D McMillan, A Moir, J McMillan, G Prophet, B Smith, I Smith. Reserve – R Garnham. All players to meet Fairfield BC 1pm. If unable to play contact J. R. Duncan 01382612264/07807446521 as soon as possible. HAMILTON TROPHY – teams to play Northern Counties Bowling Association at Rattray Bowling Club on Saturday at 2pm. M McNaughton, R Grant, C Middleton R Anderson; G Barclay, L Wilson, I Hodge, R Fairlie; L Clark, Gav. Grant, D Lambert, J Baptie; S Ross, J. Ewan, G Turpie, D Hendry; G Lennon, S Gordon, R Brown, G Kean; A Strachan, S, Sabbath, S Frogley, I Miller. Reserves – I Nicol, S Blues, K Smith. Players to meet at Rattray no later than 1.30pm. Any call-offs phone
G Stewart on 07419111676.
● Perthshire 88 Bon Accord 151 (Perthshire skips first) – J Baptie 19 S Thomson 22; R Anderson 12 E Gallan 31; G Kean 23 A McKay 23; I Miller 7 A Thomson 24 R Fairlie 19 R Henry 20; D Hendry 8 K Harper 31. TAYSIDE LADIES BOWLING ASSOCIATION – semi-finals – Singles – Newgate 18 Inchture 21, Kirriemuir 12 Longforgan 21. Pairs – Inchture 13 Kirriemuir 19, Maryfield 8 Strathmartine 28. Triples – Monifieth 7 Barnhill 19, Muirhead BH 20 Abbey 9. Fours – Abbey 14 Carnoustie 8, Monifieth 16 Craigie 6. 2 Bowl Pairs – Strathmartine 8 Carnoustie 23.
WEBSTER OPEN PAIRS – The Webster Open Pairs Tournament was held at the Boyle Park, Forfar, with 24 teams taking part. Results: Semi-finals – C Baxter & R Smith (Forfar BC) 7 D Blackie and B Mackie (Boyle Park) 1, I Craig & N Craig (Forfar BC) 8 S Donald & I Donald (Newgate/Forfar BCs) 1. Final – C Baxter & R Smith (Forfar BC) 11 I Craig & N Craig (Forfar BC) 0. The trophy and prizes were presented by Kevin Webster on behalf of sponsors Vista Properties.
CRICKET
MURGITROYD TROPHY
FALKLAND 174/6 in 20 overs (H Cooray 92 not out, C Haresign 47 not out, C Robertson 3 for 16) v FORFARSHIRE
178/5 in 17.2 Overs (C Wallace 93 not out, C Garden 30).
GOLF
BLAIRGOWRIE LADIES – SGL Medal
7 & Queens Jubilee Plate – Div 1 – S Hebden (8) 73, E Aird (5) 73, G Wallace (7) 74. Div 2 – C Dracup (26) 78, L Ridsdale (33) 80, G Tissell (25) 85.
DUNKELD & BIRNAM – Gents Open (CSS members: 68, CSS visitors: 70 R/O) – Scr-8 – R Lambie, D&B, 68, M Ramsay, D&B, 69bih, R MacDonald, Blairgowrie 69nett 9-14 – S Klatschak, D&B, 67BL6, G Borrie, D&B, 67, S Wilson, Balbirnie, 70.15-20 – C Grant, Braehead, 69, D Sewell, Peebles 70, I McPherson, D&B, 71bih. 21-28 – A Robertson, D&B, 75, M Devine, D&B, 79 3 A Taylor, D&B, 85. GRANGE AND BROUGHTY LADIES –
Stroke (CSS 71 r/o) – I Doig (17) 81.
GRANGE AND BROUGHTY – Craig MacLachlan hit a hole-in-one at the 14th hole on Monifieth Medal course. He used
a 7 iron and his playing partners were Ray Young and Graeme Waghorn.
Medal Course (CSS72) – Section 1 – M Thomson (3) 67, G Keith (6) 68, J Watt (1) 68, D McGreal (7) 69. Section 2 – E Gourlay (13) 69, A Orr (14) 71, D Findlay (11) 72, R Schiavetta (18) 72, K Norrie (12) 72. Section 3 – I Martin (20) 70, J O’Donnell (23) 72, A Wood (19) 72. Ashludie Course (CSS65 All one section) – S Hutton (18) 51pts, N Stewart (12) 38, J Hay (8) 38.
KINGHORN LADIES – Ping Mixed Foursomes – J Clar /L Clark 35pts bih, A McMeekin/B Doig 35, S Abernethy/N Abernethy 34. KING JAMES VI LADIES – Morgan Shield 4BBB – F Farquharson/S Macgregor 45pts, A Manattini/D Whytock 38. LADIES PANMURE MONIFIETH –Medal (CSS 76) – E Miller 78, L Young 81. Ashludie Quaich CSS 71) – Div 1 A Houston 75. Div 2 – E Hunter 81. 9 holes M Campbell 17pts.
LEVEN GOLFING SOCIETY LADIES – Saturday Medal (CSS76) – A Ker (6) 74, J Moyes (20) 80bih.
LUNDIN LADIES – Lady Gilmour Cup (Scr) – A Bremner (13) 82, A Dobie (19) 83, F Mcintosh (13) 85. Cancer Relief (hcp) – A Dobie (19) 64. 9 Hole Sweep – Z Moir (12) 18pts, S Nicholson (8) 18 (after countback) 3 K. Duncan (18) 16.
MONIFIETH – Saturday Medal Course (CSS72 ) – Div 1 – D Rose (8), J McLennan (3) 68. Div 2 – D Sheridan (15) 69, T Colwill (19) 71. Gilroy Trophy winner – C Hutcheon 133. JR Philip Trophy winner – D Paterson 132. Ashludie Course – S Barnett (6) 64, R Leslie (14) 65, I Kelly (10) 66.
ST MICHAELS LADIES – G Gardner Stableford (CSS69) – F Robertson (17) 37pts, T Mullen (13) 36, M O’Neill (23) 34.
ST REGULUS LADIES – June Nine Hole Competition (Strathtyrum Course) – J Cooper (10) 24pts, J Cotter (10) 22, S Clark (14) 21.
HOCKEY
Grove Menziehill’s Cammy Golden scored twice as Scotland men beat Singapore 5-0 in the second game of the FIH Series finals in France.
Other strikes came from Ed Greaves, Kenny Bain and Andy Bull. Scotland lost their opening match 4-2 against Ireland, with Scotland goals coming from Duncan Riddell and Bain. Scotland’s third Pool A match is against Egypt tomorrow.
HOMING
ARBROATH RPS – Three members sent 32 birds to Maidstone. K Murphy 1607, L McKay 1604, C&G Cameron 1567.
GLENROTHES & LESLIE PC – Four members sent 48 birds to Berwick-upon -Tweed. B Kinnear 1574.351, 1487.249, 1486.865, 1466.398, 1465.278, 1463.414. Turpie & McCord 1519.984, 1470.915, 1470.161, 1466.406, 1462.670. David Ferguson 1432.948. R Wilson 1056.120.
GOURDON AND DISTRICT – Two members sent 13 birds to Maidstone. 1, 5, 7, 8 W Dorward 1584.47, 1227.53, 1057.09, 1049.80; 2, 3, 4 and 6 D&D Hay 1489.06, 1419.45, 1302.57, 1206.28. KENNOWAY HOMING SOCIETY –
Berwick (2). B Chalmers 1655, 1654,1651, 1650, 1640, 1639.8, 1639.3, 1639, 1638, 1630.Melton Mowbray – B Chalmers 1477, 1417, 1391, 1381, 1374, 1349; T Laing 1381.04, 1380, 1349.6, S Diamond 1370. D Hay wins the Peggie Pryde trophy. B Chalmers wins the Norrie Smith Memorial trophy .
LOCHGELLY HOMING SOCIETY – Berwick 2. C Wright 1605.55; C Wright 1589.02; W Stark 1574.63; J Doig 1530.51; M Henderson 1522.55; W Stark 1505.36; J Brockie 1495.73; C Wright 1492.01; W Stark 1486.62; M Henderson 1477.67; R Farmer 1453.86; M Jarvis 1444.94; J Beveridge 1440.06; J Farmer 1414.71; H Ireland 1397.68. MONTROSE RPC – Members sent seven birds to maidstone. M Wallace and son 1606.15, 1293.17, 1255.93; G Campbelll 1564.95, 1160.44.
ROSYTH – Nine members sent 72 birds to Ripon. 1 L Mitchell. 1518; 2 L Mitchell 1508; 3 J&J Greenhorn 1475; J&J Greenhorn 1474.
SPORT ON TV
CRICKET: Cricket World Cup, West Indies v Bangladesh – Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Cricket World Cup 10am.
FOOTBALL: European Under–21 Championship, Serbia v Austria – Sky Sports Football 5.25pm, Germany v Denmark – Sky Sports Football 7.55pm.
TENNIS: WTA, The Nature Valley Classic – Eurosport 1 11.30am; The Fever–Tree Championships, Queen’s Club – BBC Two England 1pm; WTA, Mallorca Open – BT Sport 2 1pm, 5.30pm.
CYCLING: Mont Ventoux – Eurosport 2 12.15pm.