Ayr Seaforth athletes fly the flag for west

Sep 2 2011 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

AYR Seaforth athletes flew the flag for team west coast in the annual inter region match at Wishaw.

But they were unable to stop the east team carrying off the top prize in a match which also featured Highlands & Islands, Central, Tayside & Fife and Grampian.

Saturday’s results: Under 18 men: Andrew Murphy: pole vault 1st in 3m70 (pb), 1st in long jump 6m28, 2nd in 100m hurdles 15.21; Sam Revie: 2nd in 100m 11.26 (pb), 3rd in 200m in 22.65; James Armstrong: 1st in javelin in 46m67; Shaun Rennie: 2nd in triple jump in 11m92 (pb); Wallace Graham: in winning 4x100m relay.

Under 18 women: Aileen Rennie: 1st in javelin in 35m03; Hazel Jamieson: 1st in high jump in 1m65; Caroline George: 1st in 100m in 13.01, 2nd in 200m in 27.01.

Under 16 boys: Scott McAnally: 2nd in high jump in 1m70.

Under 16 girls: Carolyn Harvey: 2nd in 80m hurdles in 3.13, 3rd in 300m in 44.64 (pb).

Sunday’s results: Under 20 women: Rachel Hunter: 4th in hammer in 46m11. Meghan Logue was fourth in the 400m, was third in the 4x100 relay and second in the 4x400 relay. Rachel also competed in the 4x100m relay.

Also, on Sunday at Wishaw, a team of six boys and six girls from Ayrshire competed in an Interfacility (Stadium) Challenge from stadiums all over Scotland.

Seaforth were represented by three boys: Andrew Peck (shot putt: 7m50), Jonathan Hendry (100m) and Fraser Paterson (100m).

Girls competing were Rebecca Spence (100m) and Emily McAlpine (hgh jump). This was an under 14 team and all team members ran in a mixed /medley relay: 2x100m, 2x600m, 2x200m and 2x600m. The team finished fifth from seven teams.

No results were announced during the competition or posted up at the stadium but the Seaforth young athletes performed with great credit.

lRachel Hunter retained her title at the Cowal Games last weekend. She won the putting of the Cowal stone, shot putt, weight for distance, Scots hammer and weight over the bar (narrowly missing out on a new games record of 12ft 6).

Rachel, 18, came second in tossing the caber and was narrowly beaten by the last throw of the competition although she had been leading up until then.

This confirmed her as overall winner, beating both Scottish and international athletes. One female competitor came from Iceland.

lFixtures: on Wednesday, August 31, the final open athletic competition of the season takes place at Dam Park for all age groups from 7pm.

There are track and field events with medals for all top three placed athletes up to under 17 in all events.

The Seaforth club track and field championships will be held at Dam Park on Tuesday, September 6 and Thursday, September 8.