Larkhall Harriers runners out in force for Christmas Novelty Handicap Race

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Larkhall Harriers were out in force for the Harriers Christmas Novelty Handicap Race which was the second race of the 2023/24 Road Race Championships.The Christmas Novelty race is the oldest race in the club having been run as early as 1933, over a longer course which went behind the Radstone Hotel and crossed where the M74 motorway now stands.These days the course has been adapted and shortened and the seniors now compete over a shorter, hilly 2.25 mile course within Larkhall, although the race still begins and ends in the same place as it has for the last 90+ years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Taking home the trophies In the Senior race was Dean Hill who was the fastest male with a scratch time of 15.45 and Julie Hill was the fastest female completing the course in 16.51.The winner of the Senior handicap Race was Willie Thompson with a handicap time of 14.14.

In the Junior race, the fastest overall boy was U15 Aaron Scott in a time of 5.38 and fastest girl was U13 Lacie McNulty in 6.19. *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire.