Club Championship

Great club day out at the Scottish National Cross Country Championships in Callendar Park Falkirk, well done to everyone who took part and a big thanks to the marshals and organisers. Full results here: Scottish National XC Championships 2016 – Full results

The Renfrewshire AAA 5 mile road race took place at Battery park in Greenock on 7 Feb 2016. The wind is always a challenge for this Club Championship race, but this year high winds and heavy rain had caused the approach road to Greenock to be blocked causing long travel delays. Just getting to the start line was therefore a major achievement and unfortunately not everyone made it, with several turning back or arriving after the race had started. Battery Park had its own flooding problems with 30m long puddles, knee deep in places, a major obstacle for runners not expecting “cross country on the roads” as one competitor put it. In the latter stages of the race, submerged kerbs in these water features were tripped over causing a number of runners to fall and one competitor even broke his ankle. Although the rain held off for the race, the wind was particularly brutal this year. On re-entering the park after the out-and-back along the esplanade the gale force wind was like a solid wall slowing everyone’s progress. Well done to everyone who took part but particularly well done to Ann, Claire and Katie who took Bronze medals in the ladies competition, with Claire coming 2nd V40. The men’s team were 4th for the second year running. Full results Runbritain Rankings Photo by Gordon Goldie

A wet and windy Glasgow University Hares and Hounds 5 mile race took place on Saturday, with 16 Bellas running as part of the Club’s Winter Championships. The race was one by Deeside’s Robbie Simpson in 24:34 with Garscube’s Lesley Chisholm first lady home in 29:09. Provisional results are available here A video of the event by Gordan Curran is available here:

Bella Results from the Jimmy Irvine Bella 10k on 8th November 2015 are shown below. Full results available here  

Congratulations to all those who completed this years club championships!:

There was a fabulous turnout of 79 Bellas at the Great Scottish Run events today. 49 took part in the Half Marathon, 10 were in action in the 10k and a further 20 volunteered to marshal the start. Conditions were ideal for running and there were a number of big PB’s. The Half marks the last race in the Club championship for this year. Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you for all the support.

There was “Sunshine on LeithMusselburgh” last Sunday for the second ever Scottish Half Marathon, and the penultimate race in the Club Championship. Nine Bellas took part and earned themselves possibly the biggest race medal ever created. After spending some time scouring the provisional results, the times are shown below. Well done to everyone who took part. Do let us know if we’ve missed anyone or you need a PB trophy added. Full results will appear on http://www.runbritainrankings.com after a week or so. Photo from Maddie

Sunday 13th September 2015 must be one of the busiest days of the year for athletics, with a cornucopia of races organised. The Round Cumbrae 10 mile race, a new 7 mile trail race in Helensburgh and the opportunity to run with Mo Farah (and a few others) in the Great North Run were all on offer today. Even the Bellahouston Road Runners Club Championship schedule had a choice of the Kilmacolm Half marathon or the Stirling 10k to choose from. Weather forecasts earlier in the week had us expecting hail and wintery showers this morning, but with barely a cloud in the sky, and the sun shining it felt more like July than September. 15 Bellas were running in Stirling and there were a number of big PBs. Well done everyone and thanks to those who came to support. Full results here: Sportssystems – Stirling 10k 2015 Photos: Helen Craig and Garry Porch

11 Bellas took the trip down the coast to Girvan for this Club Championship Half Marathon today. The race was well organised and marshalled so a big  thank you to Girvan Athletic Club for putting this on. It was a productive afternoon with Bruce Carmichael and Debs Gray 1st Male and 1st Female respectively and the ladies team prize went to Debs, Hayley McCrorie and Maree Shepherd.  Congratulations and well done team! Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to those who PB’d on a challenging course. Results below:

Hosted by neighbours Bellahouston Harriers, last Friday was the Brian Goodwin memorial 10k at Cartha Rugby Club. The course is two laps of Pollok park followed by beer and a burger at the finish. This Club Championship race is usually very popular and this year was no exception with a good turn out from the Club. Well done to everyone who took part and thanks to the Harriers for a well organised race. Bella results below: Photo by Rose McRobert