There was a welcome return after a 3 year covid enforced break for our popular 3 x 1 mile relays on Wednesday 6th July .

53 teams towed the start line with Corstorphine AAC’s Tom Martin leading the way after leg 1 in 4.24 from Lasswade’s Junior team led off by Alistair Scott in 4.35 and EAC’s Mark MacDermot in 3rd, 4.36.

Jack Eykelbosch maintained CAAC’s lead after leg 2 with 9.06 cumulative (4.38 split) from EAC’s Gavin Cooney 9.16 (4.40 split) with Jamie Greig bringing Fife into third in 9.24 (4.44)

Ewan Brown with a 4:39 split anchored Corstorphine home in 13:45.
In a sprint finish for 2nd EAC’s Ross Dewar (4:42) just held off Fife’s fast finishing Ryan Lafferty ( 4:34 split )

In the women’s race Nancy Scott brought EAC’s Merry Milers home on leg 1 (5:14 from CAAC’s Kirsty MacAaulay (5.24).

Anise Macaulay-Orr maintained EAC’s lead with a 5:07 split Kirstin Maxwell with 5:24 kept Corstorphine in second with a 5:26 leg .

Leg 3 saw Katie Johnson run a 5:22 split to bring EAC home in 15:43 comfortably ahead of Corstorphine who Beth Garland home in 16.07 with a 5:17 split; The TRI works team were 3rd in 16:43,

1st U/20 team Lasswade AC :  Alistair Scott ,Sam Kitchin and Andrew McWilliam. 14:37

1st V/50 Men’s team Edinburgh AC : Malcolm Parry , Dave Cross and Michael Fullerton. 6:32

1st V/50 Women’s team Edinburgh AC: Elaine Davies, Sharyn Ramage and Janet Dunbar 19:07.

1st V/60 Men’s team Edinburgh Ac: Eric Stevenson, Kenny Gunn Russell and Eric Stevenson, 22:57
Note Eric (the Mouse) Stevenson, at 70 plus was allowed to run twice to make up the V60’s team

1st V/70 Men’s Lothian RC Alec Agnew, Mike Murray and Mike Lieberman 26:10

!st Mixed team Edinburgh AC: Jesse Mungo Cumings, Victoria Barthelmers,Lewis Orr.

 2^nd Mens team Edinburgh AC : Mark MacDermot, Gavin Cooney and Ross Dewar

Thanks to Alex MacEwan for his support and Richard Clark for collating in advance where necessary EAC teams , Keith Dunlop on the night for managing and  Sandy Cameron did his quiet guidance

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO TURNED UP TO HELP – YOU WERE FANTASTIC.

photos Janet Dunbar