61^st Tom Scott Memorial Road Races, (including National 10-mile Championships), Strathclyde Country Park, Sun 30 March 2025

With extremely challenging conditions for the athletes having navigated a howling headwind blowing from the north side of the loch, although in the latter stages of the race the sun appeared to welcome the athletes through the finish.  Congratulations to all who competed with our athletes taking Gold in the team event.

• 3rd:       Callum Hawkins – 48:42
• 5th:       Lewis Hannigan – 49:19
• 9th:       Jack Heathwood – 51:47
• 20th:    Ewan McKerral – 53:51
• 66th:    Euan McCracken – 59:46
• 122nd: Ryan Waldron – 1:05:03
• 145th: Elliot Jack – 1:07:49

Tom Scott Memorial Round the Loch 6K

• A good run for V45 Scott Hannigan with a time of 26:13, well done.

Press Release 25 Mar 2025

• Congratulations to U17 Alistair Street who will be representing Scotland at the London Mini Marathon on 26 April 2025.

Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon, London, Sun 23 March 2025

• Well done to Euan Carrick (V45) who ran in a time of 1:19:06.

scottishathletics 6/4 Stage Road Relays, Livingstone, Sat 22 Mar 2025

• Kilbarchan ‘s senior men win gold with a superb team effort in a special moment as they repeated their 2014 victory.  Landing the gold medals were Jack Patton, Lewis Hannigan, Robbie Ferguson, Jack Heathwood, Fraser Gilmour and Callum Hawkins. The wining time 2:14.27 to Central’s 2:14.33 with Callum at 28:36 for the long leg last lap, the team dedicated the win in Arthur Smith’s memory.

• The March 2015 winning team – Callum Matthews, Derek Hawkins, Gavin McArdle, Euan Gillham, Scott MacAulay and Callum Hawkins.

Barcelona Marathon, Sun 16 Mar 2025

• A well done to Matt McGurk who completed the Barcelona marathon in a new PB of 2 hours 46 minutes!

Podium 5k Festival, Leicester, Sat 15 Mar 2025

• Well done to Lewis Hannigan who ran a new PB of 14:07.79, (net time 14:05.10) in the Elite Male A race.

scottishathletics Young Athletes Road Races, East Fortune, North Berwick, Sat 15 Mar 2025

• Silver medal for Alistair Street with a PB run, and selection to represent Scotland at this year’s London Mini Marathon, congratulations to all who competed.  In the Teams Competitions U13B 5^th, U15G 10th and U17M 5^th.

Place	Bib	Name	Cat	Cat Pos	Time
U13 G
26	78	Kira MITCHELL	U13G	26	09:46
37	76	Lara ARNOTT	U13G	37	10:11
U13B
22	151	Tyler MCMEEKIN	U13B	22	08:46
30	150	Noah KERR	U13B	30	09:12
32	148	Angus FARLEY	U13B	32	09:18
40	149	Oran FEELY	U13B	40	09:43
U15G
27	225	Amelie KERR	U15G	27	15:49
43	224	Daisy DE LANGE	U15G	43	17:00
58	223	Masie BAIN	U15G	58	19:03
U15B
39	303	Finlay MITCHELL	U15B	39	14:55
46	302	Jay JENKINS	U15B	46	15:53
U17W
31	363	Olivia COOPER	U17W	31	20:57
U17M
2	416	Alistair STREET	U17M	2	14:59
22	413	Joshua MUNGIN	U17M	22	15:55
39	415	Lewis STEVENSON	U17M	39	17:28

scottishathletics Spring Long Throws, Crownpoint Glasgow, Sat 15 Mar 2025

• A perfect sunny spring day for the first Throws competition of the year with a strong turnout from the Kilbarchan Throws Hammer Team. PBS from under 15 boys (4kg) Harry Muir 35.24m, Alexandros Dimitrolakis 28.70m, Max Fulton 23.53m. Under 15(3kg) girls Megan Cowan 30.82m. Under 13 Boys (3kg) Isonas Dimitrolakis 20.44m, and Under 13 Girls(3kg) Monika Pencheva 16.93m.

Inverness Half Marathon 2025, Inverness, Sun 09 Mar 2025

• Congratulations to Ewan McKerral 32^nd 1:12:34, Euan McCracken 125^th new PB 1:21:08, and Robbie Ferguson 128^th 1:21:23.

Down-by-the river 10K, Cambuslang, Sun 09 Mar 2025

• A good run for Ryan Waldron with a time of 39:53.

4J Studios scottishathletics National Indoor Senior/U17 Championships, Sun 09 Mar 2025

• Congratulations to U17M Alastair Street on winning gold in the 1500m with a time of 3:57:20. There were also golds for U17M Joshua Mungin in the senior men’s 800m 1:49:96 and for Scott Connal in the senior men’s 60 hurdles 08:15.  Fantastic performances, congratulations to these athletes and their coaches
• A strong performance from Amelie Kerr in the U17 women’s 1500m, running a time of 5:13.77.  Finally, in the senior men’s 1500m, Jack Heathwood made his Kilbarchan debut finishing 4th, with Josh McKinlay finishing just behind in 5^th.  Photographs of the event can be found on club members’ Facebook pages.

05 March 2025

• The club was saddened at the passing of Arthur Smith.   Arthur, who was a founding member of the modern club and very much-loved coach who was one of our longest serving coaches and was a permanent fixture at the track in all weathers looking after the girl’s middle-distance group until well into his eighties.  Arthur coached hundreds of athletes over his 50 years at the club and the very warm words that have been expressed by all the athletes, coaches and parents who knew Arthur.

UK Winter Long Throws Championships, Loughborough, Eng, Sat 01 Mar 2025

• Congratulations to Dawn Russell, third in the women’s senior javelin with a throw of 41.96.

4J Studios scottishathletics National Indoor Age Group Championships, Emirates Arena, Sat 01 Mar 2025

• In the U20M 800m a first for Josh Mungin with arun of 1:51.27 very close to the championship best (held at 1:51.11 and set in 1994).  Congratulations to Rosie Stein, bronze in the U13G 60m with a time of 8:55.

President Richard’s vote for photograph of the weekend goes to Sean Rafferty in the shot put, beautiful technique a PB and 5th place on the day. One for the photo album.

• There were also PBs for Rosie Costello in both the 60m and the 200m, for Camilla Dixon in the 60m, Isabella Mason in the 200m and Jude Sangha in the shot put.
• In the middle-distance events Kira Mitchell posted a PB on 2.36.56 in the 800m taking an impressive 9 seconds off her previous time. Kira finished 7th overall in a big field continuing her great form over the winter period.
• Well done to all the young athletes who competed on the day

Big 12 Championships (i), Lubbock TX, USA, Sat 01 Mar 2025

• M 3000 8rB Oliver Patton U20 8:10.57

Allan Scally Road Race Relay (including the Scottish Students Championships), Glasgow Green, Sat 01 Mar 2025

• With a mix of U17, U20 and Senior Road Runners all combined in a great club day out with our best placed team finishing 38th overall, congratulations to all who competed with personal bests on the way.