Kirstin is an Ayr Seaforth flier
DESPITE a relatively low turnout of athletes, there was some excellent racing at Ayr Seaforth's annual Christmas Handicap races.
The junior race saw only five young athletes compete over the 1½ mile course. However, there was an exciting tussle with Kirstin Oakley just edging out Robbie Henderson to win the race. Sean Rennie had the fastest time overall while there were good debuts from the under 11 duo of Lisa Rennie and Siobhan Rae.
The senior race saw Adam Mackie reap the benefits of some recent solid training. Coupled with a generous handicap, Adam romped clear of the rest of the field to win the title over the 3.8 mile course in a time of 22:53.
There was a good battle for second place with Ayrodynamic athlete Dougie Munro managing to hold off Alex Allardyce who recorded the fastest scratch time of the day of 19:24. Laurence Baker was just behind in fourth place and closely chased home by the under 15 athletes Finlay Rae, Sarah Cassells and David Carter who were in good company with senior athlete Peter Laing. The president's prize for best performance of the day went to Finlay Rae who ran an excellent scratch time of 20:52.
Junior race: 1. Kirstin Oakley (U11) 11:00; 2. Robbie Henderson (U13) 11:02; 3. Lisa Rennie (U11) 11:28; 4. Sean Rennie (U13) 12:09; 5. Siobhan Rae (U11) 12:35.
Senior race: 1. Adam Mackie (sen) 22:53; 2. Dougie Munro (vet) 23:22; 3. Alex Allardyce (sen) 23:24; 4. Laurence Baker (vet) 23:27; 5. Finlay Rae (U15) 23:52; 6. Peter Laing (vet) 24:03; 7. Sarah Cassells (U15) 24:06; 8. David Carter (U15) 24:39; 9. Andrew Rae (U17) dnf.
Club training resumes on Tuesday January 6.
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