Race: 4th July 2008

The Fife coast was bathed in sunshine as 117 runners completed the Ship Inn Shell Bay Sandy Slither 6.1 mile race splashing their way along the shore from Lower Largo to Elie.

Northern Ireland steeplechase internationalist Steve Cairns (Hunters Bog Trotters) took an early lead ahead of fife duo Chris Russell and Brian Cruickshank teasing out a 62 second advantage at the Ship Inn finish clocking 36 minutes 58 seconds. Russell followed in 38 minutes with Cruickshank a further eighty-eight seconds adrift in third.

Claire Ward made it a double celebration for HBT placing 16th overall to win the female award timed at 44 minutes 02 seconds followed by Jennifer Macmaster (Fife AC) 24th and Amanda Henderson (Portobello) 31st.

Results: 1 S Cairns (HBT) 1st veteran. 36.58, 2 C Russell (Fife AC) 38.00, 3 B Cruickshank (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 39.28, 4 D Burgess (Anster Haddies) 39.49, 5 B McIntosh (Teviotdale) 3rd veteran. 39.34, 6 C Watson (Telford) 41.10, 7 P Buchanan (Portobello) 4th veteran. 41.17, 8 S Reid (Fife AC) 41.21, 9 T Mitchell (Fife AC v45) 5th veteran. 41.52, 10 N MacLachlan (Pitreavie) 42.18, 11 M Mitchell (Fife AC V40) 42.21, 12 M Frishour (Bellahouston H. V45) 42.38, 14 R Summers (Beacon R.) 43.24, 15 M Grierson (Portobello) 43.26, 16 Claire Ward (HBT) 44.02, 17 J Sharp (Unatt.) 44.20, 18 W Jarvie (Portobello) 1st over 50. 44.28, 19 R Moreland (Anster Haddies) 44.33, 20 S Ferguson (Portobello) 44.51, 21 J Knox (Anster H. V40) 45.00, 22 J Gilfillan (Fife AC V50) 45.24, 23 C McIntosh (Unatt. V40) 45.42, 24 Jennifer Macmaster (Fife AC) 45.47, 25 T Lillico (Anster H. V45) 45.52.

26 W Law (Unatt.) 45.54, 27 B Logan (Portobello V50) 45.55, 28 D Sleigh (Fife AC V40) 46.06, 29 R Shaw (Fife AC V50) 46.14, 30 A Clugston (Kilbarchan) 46.50, 31 Amanda Henderson (Portobello) 47.31, 32 K Brereton (Anster H. V40) 47.34, 33 I Shaw (Ferranti V40) 44.46, 34 S Pennycook (Fife AC V45) 44.50, 35 P Weeks (Lothian RC V50) 44.55, 36 Erica Christie (Bellahouston H. LV50) 44.57, 37 Nicola Ross (Unatt. LV35) 48.03, 38 P Edwards (Portobello V40) 48.08, 39 Susan Thomson (Fife AC LV35) 48.40, 40 J Baillie (Fife AC V45) 48.57, 41 P Mallet (Lomond HR V40) 49.03, 42 R Horsburgh (Unatt. V45) 49.07, 43 S Barnett (Anster H. V40) 49.10, 44 J Lowe (Anster H. V40) 49.21, 45 Isobel Knox (HBT) 49.22, 46 Sarah Plint (MMM) 49.35, 47 D Pentland (Fife AC V40) 49.37, 48 S Keys (Unatt.) 49.38, 49 Lorna Sibbett (Fife AC LV40) 49.54, 50 M Lynch (Carnethy HR) 50.25.

51 A Irvine (Unatt.) 50.30, 52 D Gunstone (Fife AC V55) 50.37, 53 D Jablonski (Lomond HR V50) 50.43, 54 I Hawkins (Fife AC V45) 50.45, 55 J Close (Fife AC V50) 50.53, 56 Robert Kinnaird (Portobello) 51.13, 57 Mary Hunter (Portobello LV40) 51.36, 58 J Woodburn (Fife AC V40) 51.45, 59 Judith Dobson (Kinross RR V50) 52.05, 60 P Harris (Unatt.) 52.15, 61 Margaret McLaren (Fife AC LV50) 52.47, 62 A Gibson (Anster H. V55) 53.01, 63 P Brown (Beacon) 53.09, 64 J Grieve (Anster H. V40) 53.24, 65 Fiona Walker (Fife AC LV40) 53.27, 66 I Burke (Bellahouston H.) 1st over 60. 53.36, 67 Gillian McKelvie (Portobello V45) 53.40, 68 I McConnell (Anster H. V45) 53.42, 69 I Hill (Bacon V40) 53.58, 70 C Clark (Fife AC V55) 54.06, 71 M Hughes (Motherwell) 54.15, 72 Innes Bracegirdle (Fife AC LV50) 54.20, 73 Isobel Pollard (MMM LV45) 54.46, 74 A Anderson (Anster H.) 54.47, 75 K Wallace (Beacon V40) 54.49.

76 D Shepherd (Fife AC V40) 54.50, 77 K Moons (Portobello V45) 54.51, 78 Lynne Stephen (Fife AC LV50) 54.59, 79 Sharon Taylor (Bellahouston H. LV45) 55.00, 80 G Laycock (Fife AC V40) 55.08, 81 D Stewart (Unatt. V45) 55.11, 82 T Cullen (Unatt. V40) 55.12, 83 G Porteous (Portobello V50) 55.15, 84 C Prowse (Unatt. V50) 55.22, 85 C Drysdale (Anster H. V45) 55.23, 86 B Smith (Unatt. V45) 55.30, 87 A Stephen (Unatt. V50) 55.40, 88 A Gall (Central V50) 55.46, 89 B Gault (Central V60) 55.48, 90 Gillian Brooker (Jog Scot. LV45) 55.50, 91 M Gall (Unatt.) 55.51, 92 Ally McAdam-Smith (Fife AC LV40) 55.56, 93 Jayne Easson (MMM LV45) 56.00, 94 G Christie (Unatt. V40) 56.32, 95 B Thornton (Fife AC V50) 56.36, 96 A Wright (Fife AC V65) 56.51, 97 P Leask (Beacon V40) 57.13, 98 Monise Durrani (MMM) 57.18, 99 E Foster (Portobello V50) 57.41, 100 Caroline Horsburgh (Fife AC LV45) 58.19.

101 B Stark (Fife AC V65) 58.29, 102 Vivian Fraser (Unatt. LV40) 58.41, 103 J Duffy (Shettleston V40) 58.42, 104 Tracey Chalmers (Anster H.) 58.49, 105 C Mackie (Fife AC V65) 59.41, 106 D Harcourt (Unatt.) 60.31, 107 J Scott (Fife AC V65) 60.38, 108 M Kassyk (Lothian RC V50) 61.25, 109 Nina Morris (MMM) 61.45, 110 Patricia Whitelaw (Beacon LV500 62.22, 111 A Robertson (Fife AC V65) 62.35, 112 Tricia Wallace (Unatt. LV40) 62.48, 113 E Nachman (Fife AC V55) 64.13, 113 Adele Osborne (Beacon LV40) 65.01, 115 Susan Gourley (Fife AC LV50) 65.12, 116 R Morrison (Fife AC V60) 65.13, 117 Mary Williams (Unatt. LV55) 66.02.

Leading Women. 1 C Ward (HBT) 44.02, 2 J Macmaster (Fife AC) 45.47, 3 A Henderson (Portobello) 47.31, 4 E Christie (Bellahouston H.) 1st over 50. 44.57, 5 N Ross (Unatt.) 1st veteran. 48.03, 6 S Thomson (Fife AC) 2nd veteran. 48.40, 7 I Knox (HBT) 49.22, 8 S Plint (MMM) 49.35, 9 L Sibbett (Fife AC) 3rd veteran. 49.54, 10 M Hunter (Portobello) 4th veteran. 51.36, 11 J Dobson (Kinross RR) 2nd over 50. 52.05, 13 M McLaren (Fife AC) 3rd over 50. 52.47, 14 F Walker (Fife AC) 5th veteran. 53.27, 15 G McKelvie (Portobello) 6th veteran. 53.40.

Thanks go to Eleanor Gunstone, Peter Bracegirdle, David Smyth, Stewart Davidson, John Kay, Carole Fraser, Andrew Lemoncello, Frank McLaren and Ann Morrison who all helped to make the night a success.

Graham Bennison