Press Release – Weds 19 Mar 2014

Euan Gillham from Bridge of Weir, had his best result of the year when he won the National Junior under 17s Road Race title at Riccarton in Edinburgh last Sunday.

Euan took the lead early on, finishing a clear winner, time 15 minutes 35 seconds for the 5200metres distance. With club mates Euan Trout 12^th and Ewan McKerral 14^th, Kilbarchan took Silver in the team event.

The Kilbarchan under 13 boys team went one better, winning team Gold, led by Scottish Schools Champion Cameron Corrigan in second place, backed up by Andrew MacAngus 5^th and Craig Kennedy 7^th.

There were Silver medals for the Kilbarchan under 15 girls, with Laura Stark winning individual Bronze, backed up by Rona Tytler 6^th and Kerry MacAngus 10^th just ahead of Iona Miller 11th and the under 15 boys team of Conor Thomson, Aidan Comerford and Sam McNair were Bronze medal winners.

Also on Sunday, at the Emirates arena, the Scottish Indoor League finals and relays were staged,

Jack Lochans was the star or the show, winning the High Jump with a 2.11m clearance, breaking his own Kilbarchan club record as well as the league record. Jack also attempted the Commonwealth Games standard of 2.17m, just missing out this time.

In the team competition, Kilbarchan under 20 men finished 3^rd overall and as well as Jack’s High Jump, there were also wins for Andrew Murphy in the Shot (13.41m) and also the Long Jump (5.91m) while Gavin McArdle won the 800metres (1.58.5) and was 3^rd in the 400m.

In the 4x200m relays, Kilbarchan under 20 girls team of Mia Shepherd, Megan Leighton, Victoria Cleer and Fionna Strong were 3^rd  and other finalists included under 17 girls 5^th (Emma Devine, Shona Ross, Erin Campbell, Stephanie Lamb) and the under 13 girls 6^th (Rachel Shaw, Kimberley Gilchrist, Emilie Drysdale McEwan and Mackenzie Cunningham).

Arthur Smith