Junior success

Karen Maxwell British Champion

Douglas Tullie received the good news last week that he’s been selected for the British Team going to the Junior World Championships being held in Australia this July. This was the event in 2006 where Douglas lost several contact lenses during one race so he’ll be keen to show the rest what he’s really capable of this time around.  Douglas is also selected for the 2008 JWOC training camp taking place in Sweden in August.

 

Only 4 Reivers made the 350 mile round trip to South Wales for the British Championships but it was certainly worthwhile for one of them.  Karen Maxwell triumphed in W12A and said that the Scotjos training must have helped because she hadn’t found it that difficult – despite the tricky mining works and high undergrowth.  The rest of the family had mixed results – Eileen had a steady run but Ian and Kirstin weren’t quite so happy.

Well done to both.

Summer Series 2007

Roxburgh Reivers’ summer series kicks off next week with the first event at Bowmont Forest, near Kelso, on Wednesday evening.

The fortnightly events are ideal for newcomers and runners looking for a new challenge, with three different courses on offer (Yellow, Orange and Light Green). Starts are from 17:00 to 18:30.

For more details, please see the event details for each event:

For more details on RR’s summer series generally, please contact Robin Sloan.

Summer Series 1

Event information

What: RR Summer Series 1
Where: Bowmont Forest, Kelso (NT729288)
When: 17:00, Wednesday 2 May 2007
Getting there: Parking signed from the sawmill, on the minor Kelso to Eckford, road connecting the B6436 to the B6401.
Courses: Yellow (very easy), Orange (some experience advisable) and Light Green
Start times: 17:00 to 18:30
Entry Fees: Seniors: £2.00
Juniors: £1:00
More information: Carol Boyd
Telephone: 01434 250422

JK 2007 Forest of Dean

Photo: John TullieA good turnout of Reivers enjoyed the lovely Forest of Dean over Easter Weekend. The sun shone and both Assembly areas were nice. Day 1 was definitely a route-choice sort of day with a deep-sided valley and lots of path options. The majority of the forest was very pleasant but there were bits of bramble and brashings to slow down the short-legged runners. Day 2 was even nicer with large sections of flat beech forest but a tricky section on most courses early on caught a few people out.

Photo: Douglas TullieThere were mixed fortunes for the club but Douglas T and John managed to rise above the dross to finish 2nd on M20E and 3rd on M50L respectively. Douglas H had a good run on Day 1 but his sore foot gave him some trouble on Day 2. James had a reasonable run on Day 1 but twisted his ankle on Day 2. Jim admits to having jogged round “most” of Day 2 as it was so nice underfoot. Andrew got disqualified for not punching the last control properly on Day 1. Ian Maxwell managed to do something similar on Day 2. Who hates Emit ? There were huge queues at download on Day 1 as the generator kept breaking down. At least it was warm and sunny in the queue. Andrew also managed to pick up 2 gigantic blisters on his feet on Day 2 despite having had his innov8’s for over a year.

Jim and I went for a walk on the Monday so we missed the Relays but our two teams of Sarah, Karen, Kirstin and Eileen, Ian, Rob did well. The girls were 6th in the women’s –48 class and the seniors finished 18th from 100 teams on Ad Hoc.

Results here