Masters Track & Field Update

Masters Track & Field Update

Masters Track and Field Update
New Scottish Masters best performances have were set in January by Darren Scott (St. Helens Sutton) in the M50
60m recording a time of 7.52s at the Sale Harriers Open in Manchester eclipsing the late Alasdair Ross’s 7.61s from
2004 and Paul Forbes (Edinburgh) broke Alastair Dunlop’s M60 800m best of 2m 20.19s from 2015 with a time of 2m
18.84s at the Scottish National Open at the Emirates Arena on 18
th
January after narrowly missing it at the World
Indoors in Poland last year.
Alastair Walker (Teviotdale) was the only athlete to set a Championship best at the National 3000m Championships at
the Emirates on 3
rd
January when he won the M60 race in a time of 9m 51.36 bettering Andy Brown’s 9m 54.02s from
1993.
There was some success for Masters athletes at the Scottish National Championships at the Emirates on 26
th
January
with W35 Mhairi Porterfield (VP Glasgow) winning the shot with a throw of 13.10m, W35 Philippa Millage (VP
Glasgow) placing second in the 800m in a time of 2m 08.54s and W35 Gillian Cooke (Edinburgh) winning bronze in
the pole vault with a clearance of 3.14m
Scottish Masters Track and Field Championships and Combined Events Championships
Five Scottish Masters best performances and 15 Championship bests (with another being equalled) were recorded at
the very competitive Masters Championships held in the Emirates Arena over the weekend 1
st
/2
nd
February.
Masters bests were set by George Black (Fife) winning the M80 800m in 3m 32.03s and the 1500m in 7m 17.64s, Bob
Masson (Aberdeen) won the M70 pole vault with 2.67m, and Linzie Marsh (Pitreavie) won the W40 high jump with
1.44m. Bobby Stevenson (Ayr) won the M65 long jump with 4.87m which, if ratified, betters John Charlton’s British
record of 4.86m. George, Bob and Bobby’s performances were also Championship bests.
Other Championship bests were set by Mary Barratt (Loughrea) with 11.71s in the W60 60m hurdles, Ian Horsburgh
(Central) with 7.28s in the M40 60m and 22.48s in the 200m, Kathleen Stewart (North Shields) with 40.90s in the
W80 200m and 1m 32.56s in the 400m, Ian Broadhurst (Wrexham) with 63.75s in the M65 400m, Andrew Lewis
(Harrow) with 5.97m in the M50 long jump, Paul Guest (Yeovil) with 5.36 in the M55 long jump, Frank Stewart (Derry)
with 9.64m in the M80 shot, Peter Fryer (Derry) with 1.68m in the M35 high jump and Melanie Garland
(Kidderminster) with 9.09m in the W55 triple jump. Melanie also equalled the existing cbp with 1.30m in the W55
high jump.
In the combined events competition M55 Ron Todd (Central) won the Steedman Medal as best Scottish male placing
second in the Masters heptathlon with 4245 points behind M60 Peadac McGing (Dundrum) with 4489 points. W45
Amanda Broadhurst (2690 points) won the pentathlon from W40 Katheen Ballard (North Ayreshire) with 2306oints.
Well done to all competitors with my apologies to anyone I have missed.
Updated best performance lists are published in the Track and Field section of this site. Any new record
performances should be notified to me (
mikeclerihew@yahoo.com
). No documentation is required as I undertake
my own

New Scottish Masters best performances have were set in January by Darren Scott (St. Helens Sutton) in the M50 60m recording a time of 7.52s at the Sale Harriers Open in Manchester eclipsing the late Alasdair Ross’s 7.61s from  2004 and Paul Forbes (Edinburgh) broke Alastair Dunlop’s M60 800m best of 2m 20.19s from 2015 with a time of 2m 18.84s at the Scottish National Open at the Emirates Arena on 18th January after narrowly missing it at the World Indoors in Poland last year.

Alastair Walker (Teviotdale) was the only athlete to set a Championship best at the National 3000m Championships at the Emirates on 3rd January when he won the M60 race in a time of 9m 51.36 bettering Andy Brown’s 9m 54.02s from 1993.

There was some success for Masters athletes at the Scottish National Championships at the Emirates on 26th January with W35 Mhairi Porterfield (VP Glasgow) winning the shot with a throw of 13.10m, W35 Philippa Millage (VP Glasgow) placing second in the 800m in a time of 2m 08.54s and W35 Gillian Cooke (Edinburgh) winning bronze in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.14m

Scottish Masters Track and Field Championships and Combined Events Championships

Five Scottish Masters best performances and 15 Championship bests (with another being equalled) were recorded at the very competitive Masters Championships held in the Emirates Arena over the weekend 1st/2nd  February. 

Masters bests were set by George Black (Fife) winning the M80 800m in 3m 32.03s and the 1500m in 7m 17.64s, Bob Masson (Aberdeen) won the M70 pole vault with 2.67m, and Linzie Marsh (Pitreavie) won the W40 high jump with 1.44m.  Bobby Stevenson (Ayr) won the M65 long jump with 4.87m which, if ratified, betters John Charlton’s British record of 4.86m.  George, Bob and Bobby’s performances were also Championship bests.

Other Championship bests were set by Mary Barratt (Loughrea) with 11.71s in the W60 60m hurdles, Ian Horsburgh (Central) with 7.28s in the M40 60m and 22.48s in the 200m, Kathleen Stewart (North Shields) with 40.90s in the W80 200m and 1m 32.56s in the 400m, Ian Broadhurst (Wrexham) with 63.75s in the M65 400m, Andrew Lewis (Harrow) with 5.97m in the M50 long jump, Paul Guest (Yeovil) with 5.36 in the M55 long jump, Frank Stewart (Derry) with 9.64m in the M80 shot, Peter Fryer (Derry) with 1.68m in the M35 high jump and Melanie Garland (Kidderminster) with 9.09m in the W55 triple jump.  Melanie also equalled the existing cbp with 1.30m in the W55 high jump.

In the combined events competition M55 Ron Todd (Central) won the Steedman Medal as best Scottish male placing second in the Masters heptathlon with 4245 points behind M60 Peadac McGing (Dundrum) with 4489 points.  W45 Amanda Broadhurst (2690 points) won the pentathlon from W40 Katheen Ballard (North Ayreshire) with 2306oints. 

Well done to all competitors with my apologies to anyone I have missed. 

Updated best performance lists are published in the Track and Field section of this site.  Any new record performances should be notified to me (mikeclerihew@yahoo.com).  No documentation is required as I undertake my own check.


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New Scottish Masters best performances have were set in January by Darren Scott (St. Helens

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