Renault and Garry win Inaugural Edinburgh AC Road Race Grand prix

The Inaugural Edinburgh AC Road Race Grand Prix drew to a close last weekend with the Parkrun races in Edinburgh and the Great Scottish Run Half Marathon.

The provisional final results are now available and barring appeals, mistakes or failed drug tests, Neil Renault has won the men’s championships with 717 points and Charlotte Garry has won the women’s championship with 477 points. Well done to both of you.

All prizes will be awarded at the EAC Christmas Night out on Saturday 12^th December – Further details of this to follow!

Men’s championship

In the men’s championship a fantastic 21 completed five qualifying races.

Neil Renault left it to the very last race to complete his five qualifying races and with a fantastic run at the Great Scottish Run (GSR) overtook long time series leader Bryan Mackie, who finished the season in style with a PB and a superb 69minute GSR to secure the runners-up spot. Stuart ‘Disco Stu’ Johnston rounded out the podium following another PB performance at the GSR.

Adam Rouse also left it to the last race to secure his fifth qualifying run, but it was enough to help him take the V40 championships ahead of Colin McGill.

In the V50 category, David Cross won the championship with despite the efforts of Chris Creegan who finished a strong second, and Eric Stevenson once again proved that age is a barrier to nothing in powering to the V60 championships.

The final table of results listed below are:

Position	Athlete	Age Category	Total
1	Neil Renault	Sen	717
2	Bryan Mackie	Sen	695
3	Stuart Johnston	Sen	672
4	Adam Rouse	V40	658
5	Leon Johnson	Sen	654
6	Nicholas Wolverson	Sen	619
7	Colin McGill	V40	600
8	Richard Cockbain	Sen	594
9	Ross Murray	Sen	573
10	Owain Williams	Sen	570
11	Madis Osjamets	Sen	566
12	Keith Dunlop	Sen	561
13	John Mowbray	Sen	549
14	Robert Hamilton	V40	542
15	Andrew Latham	V40	533
16	Neil Jack	Sen	532
17	David Cross	V50	528
18	Malcolm Parry	V40	515
19	Iain Craven	Sen	505
20	Chris Creegan	V50	502
21	Eric Stevenson	V60	309
V40	Adam Rouse	V40	658
V50	David Cross	V50	528
V60	Eric Stevenson	V60	309

The full tables can be viewed here: 10_08_15 EAC-Road-Race-Championship-Male (Final 2015)

Please scrutinise your results and if you have any queries then please email Richard Meade on richardmeade13@hotmail.com

Any queries must be lodged by the 31^st October. The final results will be verified and published in November.

Women’s Championship

It may have taken a bit of time for the women’s championship to get going, but in the end there was lots of great competition for both the overall title and the V40 championship, which was great to see. Six women managed to complete the five qualifying races to secure an overall position, but there were another seven who completed four races, so still quite a bit of interest.

Long-time leader, Charlotte Garry, lodged a final Parkrun on Saturday, and despite the best efforts of Hannah Waugh at the GSR on Sunday Charlotte remained clear on points to win the championships.

Karen Dobbie rounded out the podium following a great run at the GSR and also in the process edged past Elaine Davies to secure the V40 championship.

Position	Athlete	Age Category	Total
1	Charlotte Garry	Sen	477
2	Hannah Waugh	Sen	457
3	Karen Dobbie	V40	427
4	Elaine Davies	V40	380
5	Sarah Cadenas	Sen	189
6	Holly Ennis	Sen	60
V40	Karen Dobbie	V40	427

The full tables can be viewed here:  10_08_15 EAC-Road-Race-Championship-Female (Final 2015)

Please scrutinise your results and if you have any queries then please email Richard Meade on richardmeade13@hotmail.com

Any queries must be lodged by the 31^st October. The final results will be verified and published in November.

Finally

Thanks to everyone for taking part and making it such a good competition. I hope everyone has enjoyed it.

It will definitely be back next year.

If you have any suggestions, comments or feedback I would be very interested to hear it. We will be reviewing this year’s championships and making any improvements for next spring.

Please email me any and all thoughts: richardmeade13@hotmail.com