Cambuslang Harriers athletes' joy at West District Championships success

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Several Cambuslang Harriers athletes did well in the West District Cross Country Championships at Kilmarnock last month.Ross Barclay was 17th and Jack Gillon 22nd in the under-13 boys’ race, while Olivia McNicol finished ahead of Martha Fleming in the under-15 girls’ race, and in the corresponding boys’ event, Daibhidh Kinnaird took fifth spot, clinching an automatic berth in the U15 West team for the Inter District Championships in January.Lewis Cook and Euan Reid added their support, helping Cambuslang finish fifth in the team competition.Harriers were represented by Grace Ferry, Lucy McGrandle and Eilidh Kennedy, in the combined U17 and 20 ladies’ race.Likewise, the U17 trio of Sam McCarthy, Finlay Robb and Chris Black lined up beside the U20 duo of Lewis Roddis and Theo Carter.McCarthy, Robb and Black did well to land the bronze medals, and McCarthy sealed his place in the West’s Inter District team, while Roddis finished ahead of Carter.A club record of nine Masters athletes turned out for the senior event.Sixth-placed Eve Mackinnon led Hannah Addison, Kirsty O’Brien and super vet Jacqui Thomson to fourth in the team standings.They were followed home by Catriona Bain, Kathleen McLachlan, Erica Christie, Julie Reid and Rachel Wardrope.Thomson, McLachlan and Christie secured seventh place for the Master ladies, and Mackinnon became the third Harriers athlete to gain automatic qualification for the West Inter District team.The final race of the day saw 24 senior and Master men compete.Harriers won bronze in the senior team competition, and gold in the M40 championship.Gavin Smith, Fraser Stewart and Jamie Mackinnon in fifth, eighth and 14th spots spearheaded the Cambuslang challenge, and were supported by Iain