Esme Dougall Out in Front
Greenock for the Road Races .Photos courtesy of David Chong and Dudley Walker
Good day out for our young Athletes on Sunday
The Under 11s [Road & XC Age Groups] were at the Renfrewshire Road Race Championships at the Battery Park in Greenock and took the Gold Team medals for both the boys and the girls
In fact it was a clean sweep for Giffnock North across all the younger age groups
in the U11 Boys Adam Chamberlain was 3rd , Mark McInnes 4th Calan Chong 5th , Lachlan Nelson 8th , Alex Chamberlain 9th and then Mathew Murphy
| Pos | No | Time | Runner | M/F | Cat | Club |
| 1 | 91 | 06:00 | Ryan Knights | M | U11 | Kilbarchan AAC |
| 2 | 83 | 06:09 | Harris Morrison | M | U11 | Inverclyde AC |
| 3 | 58 | 06:11 | Adam Chamberlain | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 4 | 59 | 06:18 | Mark McInnes | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 5 | 65 | 06:22 | Calan Chong | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 6 | 736 | 06:24 | Andrew McNair | M | U11 | Helensburgh AC |
| 7 | 89 | 06:26 | Alistair Gordon | M | U11 | Kilbarchan AAC |
| 8 | 69 | 06:30 | Lachlan Nelson | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 9 | 57 | 06:32 | Alex Chamberlain | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 10 | 79 | 06:34 | Keir Arthur | M | U11 | Inverclyde AC |
| 11 | 54 | 06:36 | Mathew Murphy | M | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
An even more decisive clean sweep for the U11 Girls saw Esme Dougall , Kirsty Wylie and Sarah Stewart in 1st 2nd & 3rd place taking the prize. As below we also took 4th with Hazel O’Donoghue 5th with Emma McLennan, 7th with Lucy Cree and 10th with Scarlett Scott . Well done to all the Under 11s !!
| 1 | 2 | 07:00 | Esme Dougall | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 2 | 3 | 07:10 | Kirsty Wylie | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 3 | 14 | 07:13 | Sarah Stewart | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 4 | 8 | 07:15 | Hazel O’Donoghue | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 5 | 7 | 07:17 | Emma McLennan | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 6 | 50 | 07:22 | Sara Lyle | F | U11 | Kilbarchan AAC |
| 7 | 12 | 07:23 | Lucy Cree | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
| 8 | 33 | 07:30 | Millie Paton | F | u11 | Inverclyde AC |
| 9 | 39 | 07:32 | Caitlin Mackenzie | F | U11 | Kilbarchan AAC |
| 10 | 13 | 07:36 | Scarlett Scott | F | U11 | Giffnock North AC |
In total we had 27 of our Under 11s racing in the Park . Thankfully, the weather was much kinder than it was last year when torrential rain and cold dampened everyone’s enthusiasm and contributed to some injury woes.
Congratulations to the full 27 many competing at their first race for the club and some still Under 11 next year for Road and XC 
The Under 13 girls with the Gold Team prize were
| 1 | Giffnock North AC | Ren | 13 | 2 | 1 | Eva Chong |
| 5 | 12 | Anna Young | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Niamh McWilliams |
Under 13 Boys With Harris, Jacob and Cameron getting the Gold
| 1 | 57 | 11:03 | Harris Paterson | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 2 | 53 | 11:11 | Jacob Luc | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 3 | 69 | 11:23 | Robert Gray | M | U13 | Inverclyde AC |
| 4 | 51 | 11:26 | Cameron Green | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 5 | 54 | 11:36 | Aaron McGillivray | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 6 | 55 | 11:48 | Ross McIntyre | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 7 | 64 | 11:49 | Cameron Patton | M | U13 | Greenock Glenpark Harriers |
| 8 | 70 | 11:51 | Lewis Hainey | M | U13 | Inverclyde AC |
| 9 | 58 | 12:02 | Hugh Shiels | M | U13 | Giffnock North AC |
| 10 | 76 | 12:14 | Michael Murray | M | U13 | Kilbarchan AAC |
Under15 Boys also took the 1/2/3 for Gold
| Giffnock North AC | Ren | 6 | 1 | 40 | Ethan Carolan |
| 2 | 41 | Murray Fotheringham | |||
| 3 | 43 | Eoghan O’Donnell |
And a 1/2/4 for the Under15 girls for the Gold Team prize
| Giffnock North AC | Ren | 7 | 1 | 1 | Heather Barnes |
| 2 | 4 | Helen Chong | |||
| 4 | 2 | Jill Carswell | |||
See the full results at the link below https://kilbarchanaac.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/ren-road-race-2017-provisonal-results.xlsx
And Senior women with Jill Smylie , Allie Chong and Nina Farmer taking home a well
deserved bronze [ so 3 + 2 Medals for the Chong household ]
| Giffnock North AC | Ren | 36 | 4 | 163 | Jill Smylie | Sen | 30:14 |
| 11 | 160 | Allie Chong | W40 | 31:40 | |||
| 21 | 162 | Nina Farmer | Sen | 34:59 |
5th Place for Senior Men
| Giffnock North AC | Ren | 182 | 6 | 54 | Andrew Bonner | Sen |
| 24 | 59 | Oliver Watson-Sweeney | U20 | |||
| 33 | 52 | Scott Wilson | M40 | |||
| 35 | 47 | Luke Chamberlain | M40 | |||
| 39 | 49 | Ted Gourley | M50 | |||
| 45 | 57 | Chris Marsh | Sen |
Meanwhile at the Emirates ……