The Telford Trail with the new start and finish at Bremner Fishing Co. was held on 2 December and full results can be found here. 

The Broubster Trail was held the following Sunday, and was the last trail of 2018, full results can be found here.

A massive thank you to the organisers, timekeepers, marshals and of course the bakers! It has been a great start to the trail season with fantastic turnouts. Next one is Dorrey Dash on New Year’s Day – we look forward to seeing you there! 

The trail points for the first three trails are now available. The first table is the pace points where you race against yourself and you start getting points after you have completed more than one trail, highest points are awarded to those who are improving on their pace. The second table is the overall championship points. 

 

NHH Statkraft Trail Series 2018-2019 Your Pace Points
Forename	Surname	Gender	No	Ballie	Olrig	J O Groats	Total Points	Current Position
kenny	macgruer	Male	107	0	96	91	187	1
David	Spencer	Male	41	0	99	80	179	2
Paul	Steven	Male	69	0	93	84	177	3
John	Budge	Male	20	0	94	81	175	4
Marcus	Brogden	Male	103	0	95	79	174	5
Malcolm	Lord	Male	56	0	97	76	173	6
Donna	Stewart	Female	1	0	100	73	173	7
Rebecca	Sinclair	Female	44	0	96	75	171	8
Nia	Bernal	Female	67	0	98	72	170	9
James	Kelman	Male	68	0	91	78	169	10
Louise	Sinclair	Female	58	0	97	72	169	11
Vicki	Teven	Female	32	0	95	70	165	12
Julieanne	Leslie	Female	17	0	99	66	165	13
Graeme	Bremner	Male	92	0	100	65	165	14
Yvonne	Richard	Female	91	0	93	68	161	15
Lee	Davies-Jones	Male	33	0	90	67	157	16
Roxane	Andersen	Female	95	0		100	100	17
Samantha	Dunnett	Female	62			99	99	18
michael	sutherland	Male	76			98	98	19
Simon	Cottam	Male	102	0	98		98	20
Graham	Douglas	Male	39			97	97	21
Kevin	Oag	Male	4			96	96	22
Richard	Hunt	Male	89			95	95	23
Sarah	armitage	Female	11			94	94	24
Chelsea	Durrand	Female	52	0	94		94	25
Neil	Dunnett	Male	97			93	93	26
David	Stockan	Male	24	0		92	92	27
Fiona	Stockan	Female	100	0	92		92	28
Murray	Mackay	Male	127	0	92		92	29
Sanders	MacDonald	Male	104	0		90	90	30
Ian	Walker	Male	110			89	89	31
Ryan	Sutherland	Male	60	0		88	88	32
paul	bremner	Male	34			87	87	33
Adam	Taylor	Male	48	0		86	86	34
Greg	Shearer	Male	9	0		85	85	35
Hannah	Paterson	Female	94	0		84	84	36
Louise	Hunt	Female	88			84	84	37
Marion	Budge	Female	21			77	77	38
Gavin	Powell	Male	23			74	74	39
John	Shane	Male	50			69	69	40
Howard	Christley	Male	74			64	64	41

 

 

NHH Statkraft Trail Series 2018-2019 Championship Points
Forename	Surname	Gender	No	Ballie Double Points	Olrig	J O Groats	Total Points	Current Position
Rebecca	Sinclair	Female	44	196	99	96	391	1
Louise	Sinclair	Female	58	192	98	95	385	2
Nia	Bernal	Female	67	188	97	92	377	3
Yvonne	Richard	Female	91	190	94	93	377	3
Donna	Stewart	Female	1	180	93	91	364	5
Julieanne	Leslie	Female	17	182	91	88	361	6
Vicki	Teven	Female	32	176	89	87	352	7
Hannah	Paterson	Female	94	200		100	300	8
Roxane	Andersen	Female	95	186		97	283	9
Chelsea	Durrand	Female	52	184	92		276	10
Fiona	Stockan	Female	100	174	86		260	11
Jayne	Klimas	Female	54	198			198	12
Julie	Richmond	Female	18	194			194	13
Marion	Budge	Female	21		95	94	189	14
Sarah	armitage	Female	11		88	98	186	15
Louise	Hunt	Female	88		90	89	179	16
Jennifer	Bremner	Female	93	178			178	17
Kerry	Macdonald	Female	99	172			172	18
Donna	Mackay	Female	136	172			172	18
Samantha	Dunnett	Female	62		85	83	168	20
Sophie	Dunnett	Female	30		100		100	21
Amy	Sutherland	Female	42			99	99	22
Nikki	Sinclair	Female	49		96		96	23
Fiona	Bremner	Female	80			90	90	24
Suzie	Anderson	Female	115		87		87	25
Claire	Helliwell	Female	149			86	86	26
Heather	Davis	Female	45			85	85	27
Alison J	Smith	Female	81			84	84	28
Debbie	Baxter	Female	146		84		84	28

kenny	macgruer	Male	107	198	100	99	397	1
David	Spencer	Male	41	184	99	94	377	2
John	Budge	Male	20	186	95	92	373	3
Malcolm	Lord	Male	56	178	91	86	355	4
Marcus	Brogden	Male	103	168	89	81	338	5
Lee	Davies-Jones	Male	33	170	87	77	334	6
James	Kelman	Male	68	164	88	79	331	7
Paul	Steven	Male	69	172	78	70	320	8
Graeme	Bremner	Male	92	150	82	73	305	9
Greg	Shearer	Male	9	200		100	300	10
David	Stockan	Male	24	194		96	290	11
Murray	Mackay	Male	127	192	97		289	12
Ryan	Sutherland	Male	60	190		95	285	13
Simon	Harrison	Male	15	180		100	280	14
Simon	Cottam	Male	102	174	92		266	15
Sanders	MacDonald	Male	104	176		87	263	16
Adam	Taylor	Male	48	158		82	240	17
michael	sutherland	Male	76		98	98	196	18
Darren	Sutherland	Male	98	196			196	18
Craig	Banks	Male	90	188			188	20
Ian	Walker	Male	110		94	90	184	21
Gordon	Smart	Male	73	182			182	22
Richard	Hunt	Male	89		90	91	181	23
Kevin	Oag	Male	4		85	83	168	24
Jamie	McCulloch	Male	14	166			166	25
Shaun	Henderson	Male	71	162			162	26
paul	bremner	Male	34		83	78	161	27
Gavin	Powell	Male	23		84	76	160	28
Michael	Ruse	Male	43	160			160	28
Howard	Christley	Male	74		86	74	160	28
Gearóid	Murphy	Male	96	156			156	31
Neil	Dunnett	Male	97		80	75	155	32
Raymond	Mackay	Male	31	154			154	33
Alan	Macdonald	Male	105	152			152	34
Phil	Cartwright	Male	38	148			148	35
John	Shane	Male	50		76	72	148	35
Graham	Douglas	Male	39		77	69	146	37
Sandy	Christie	Male	12	100			100	38
Kevin	Cormack	Male	114		100		100	38
Brian	Newlands	Male	151			97	97	40
Paul	Gaffney	Male	147		96		96	41
Kenny	Paterson	Male	47			93	93	42
Michael	Aitken	Male	51		93		93	43
Gary	Angus	Male	53			89	89	44
Colin	Baxter	Male	16			88	88	45
Alan	Mackenzie	Male	150			85	85	46
Danny	Miller	Male	7			84	84	47
Robbie	Anderson	Male	116		81		81	48
Michael	Reid	Male	113			80	80	49
Leslie	Mackay	Male	128		79		79	50
Dean	Bowman	Male	37			71	71	51

For a lot of North Highland Harriers members the Statkraft Winter Trail Series is the highlight of the runing calendar. This year we started the series at Baillie Wind Farm on 21 October. It was a cold and blustery morning for the first trail with either a 2.3 or 5.1 mile option available. Baillie is run mainly on the wind farm tracks and offers some tough hills throughout. Forty runners completed the long course with Greg Shearer finishing first in 29.28 and first female finisher was Hannah Patterson in 39.08. Three runners completed the short course with Fiona Stockan coming in first in 22.10. On the 4 November we returned to Olrig Hill, which was re-introduced last year to the trail season after some time in abeyance. The clue to what to expect is in the trail name, and in addition to the main hill offers a number of other uphill sections. This is a tough run but the view from the top of the hill on a clear, crisp autumn day was worth it. The long course was 6.7 miles with 34 runners completing this run. Kenny MacGruer came in first in a time of 42.35, with NHH’s head coach Sophie Dunnett leading the ladies in a time of 56.36. The short course of 4.6 miles was completed by 8 runners, with Paul Steven being the first finisher in 36.45 and Sarah Armitage the first female in a time of 41.56.

The Baillie Wind Farm results can be found here and the Olrig Hill results can be found here.

 

 

 

Sandy has been busy compiling the points for the trail series so far. The first table is the pace points where you race against yourself and you start getting points after you have completed your second trail, highest points are awarded to those who are improving on their pace. The second table is the overall championship points. 

NHH Statkraft Trail Series 2018-2019 Your Pace Points
Forename	Surname	Gender	No	Ballie	Olrig	Total Points	Current Position
Graeme	Bremner	Male	92	0	100	100	1
Donna	Stewart	Female	1	0	100	100	2
David	Spencer	Male	41	0	99	99	3
Julieanne	Leslie	Female	17	0	99	99	4
Simon	Cottam	Male	102	0	98	98	5
Nia	Bernal	Female	67	0	98	98	6
Louise	Sinclair	Female	58	0	97	97	7
Malcolm	Lord	Male	56	0	97	97	8
kenny	macgruer	Male	107	0	96	96	9
Rebecca	Sinclair	Female	44	0	96	96	10
Marcus	Brogden	Male	103	0	95	95	11
Vicki	Teven	Female	32	0	95	95	12
Chelsea	Durrand	Female	52	0	94	94	13
John	Budge	Male	20	0	94	94	14
Yvonne	Richard	Female	91	0	93	93	15
Paul	Steven	Male	69	0	93	93	16
Murray	Mackay	Male	127	0	92	92	17
Fiona	Stockan	Female	100	0	92	92	18
James	Kelman	Male	68	0	91	91	19
Lee	Davies-Jones	Male	33	0	90	90	20
Donna	Mackay	Female	136	0		0	21
Alan	Macdonald	Male	105	0		0	21
Sanders	MacDonald	Male	104	0		0	21
Kerry	Macdonald	Female	99	0		0	21
Darren	Sutherland	Male	98	0		0	21
Gearóid	Murphy	Male	96	0		0	21
Roxane	Andersen	Female	95	0		0	21
Hannah	Paterson	Female	94	0		0	21
Jennifer	Bremner	Female	93	0		0	21
Craig	Banks	Male	90	0		0	21
Gordon	Smart	Male	73	0		0	21
Shaun	Henderson	Male	71	0		0	21
Ryan	Sutherland	Male	60	0		0	21
Jayne	Klimas	Female	54	0		0	21
Adam	Taylor	Male	48	0		0	21
Michael	Ruse	Male	43	0		0	21
Phil	Cartwright	Male	38	0		0	21
Raymond	Mackay	Male	31	0		0	21
David	Stockan	Male	24	0		0	21
Julie	Richmond	Female	18	0		0	21
Simon	Harrison	Male	15	0		0	21
Jamie	McCulloch	Male	14	0		0	21
Greg	Shearer	Male	9	0		0	21

 

 

NHH Statkraft Trail Series 2018-2019 Championship Points
Forename	Surname	Gender	No	Ballie Double Points	Olrig	Total Points	Current Position
kenny	macgruer	Male	107	198	100	298	1
Murray	Mackay	Male	127	192	97	289	2
David	Spencer	Male	41	184	99	283	3
John	Budge	Male	20	186	95	281	4
Malcolm	Lord	Male	56	178	91	269	5
Simon	Cottam	Male	102	174	92	266	6
Lee	Davies-Jones	Male	33	170	87	257	7
Marcus	Brogden	Male	103	168	89	257	8
James	Kelman	Male	68	164	88	252	9
Paul	Steven	Male	69	172	78	250	10
Graeme	Bremner	Male	92	150	82	232	11
Greg	Shearer	Male	9	200		200	12
Darren	Sutherland	Male	98	196		196	13
David	Stockan	Male	24	194		194	14
Ryan	Sutherland	Male	60	190		190	15
Craig	Banks	Male	90	188		188	16
Gordon	Smart	Male	73	182		182	17
Simon	Harrison	Male	15	180		180	18
Sanders	MacDonald	Male	104	176		176	19
Jamie	McCulloch	Male	14	166		166	20
Shaun	Henderson	Male	71	162		162	21
Michael	Ruse	Male	43	160		160	22
Adam	Taylor	Male	48	158		158	23
Gearóid	Murphy	Male	96	156		156	24
Raymond	Mackay	Male	31	154		154	25
Alan	Macdonald	Male	105	152		152	26
Phil	Cartwright	Male	38	148		148	27
michael	sutherland	Male	76		98	98	28
Paul	Gaffney	Male	147		96	96	29
Ian	Walker	Male	110		94	94	30
Michael	Aitken	Male	51		93	93	31
Richard	Hunt	Male	89		90	90	32
Howard	Christley	Male	74		86	86	33
Kevin	Oag	Male	4		85	85	34
Gavin	Powell	Male	23		84	84	35
paul	bremner	Male	34		83	83	36
Robbie	Anderson	Male	116		81	81	37
Neil	Dunnett	Male	97		80	80	38
Leslie	Mackay	Male	128		79	79	39
Graham	Douglas	Male	39		77	77	40
John	Shane	Male	50		76	76	41

Rebecca	Sinclair	Female	44	196	99	295	1
Louise	Sinclair	Female	58	192	98	290	2
Nia	Bernal	Female	67	188	97	285	3
Yvonne	Richard	Female	91	190	94	284	4
Chelsea	Durrand	Female	52	184	92	276	5
Donna	Stewart	Female	1	180	93	273	6
Julieanne	Leslie	Female	17	182	91	273	7
Vicki	Teven	Female	32	176	89	265	8
Fiona	Stockan	Female	100	174	86	260	9
Hannah	Paterson	Female	94	200		200	10
Jayne	Klimas	Female	54	198		198	11
Julie	Richmond	Female	18	194		194	12
Roxane	Andersen	Female	95	186		186	13
Jennifer	Bremner	Female	93	178		178	14
Kerry	Macdonald	Female	99	172		172	15
Donna	Mackay	Female	136	172		172	16
Sophie	Dunnett	Female	30		100	100	17
Nikki	Sinclair	Female	49		96	96	18
Marion	Budge	Female	21		95	95	19
Louise	Hunt	Female	88		90	90	20
Sarah	armitage	Female	11		88	88	21
Suzie	Anderson	Female	115		87	87	22
Samantha	Dunnett	Female	62		85	85	23
Debbie	Baxter	Female	146		84	84	24

Next year the Castle of Mey 10k will be held on Sunday 26 May. Entry won’t open until mid February, but get the date in your diary now.

Sunday 21 October is the start of this year’s trail series at our sponsor Statkraft’s wind farm at Baillie. 

There are two course on offer, the short at 2.3 miles and the long at 5.1 miles. Registration is from 9.15am to 9.45am, with the first runners off at 10.00am.

Parking is available close to the start / finish area within the wind farm. The entrance to the wind farm is on the Shebster (back) road to Reay from Thurso. If travelling from Thurso it is a right hand turn, about a mile from Shebster, there are various signs at the entrance. After taking the right turn, drive to the top of this road and take a left towards the start / finish for the trail.

All donations of cakes and and sandwiches are most welcome. Please take them along with you on the day.

NHH membership for 2018/19 is now open at a cost of £21. See Membership under the Information tab for more details. 

The results for the Caithness Half are now available on the Caithness Half page of our website. Congratulations to all the runners on a very warm Caithness day.

Many thanks to all our volunteers today, without who the race would not happen. 

The prize winners were:

Male

1st  – Greg Shearer, North Highland Harriers, 1:18:28

2nd – Calum Faulkner, Highland Hill Runners, 1:22:13

3rd – Kenny Macgruer, North Highland Harriers, 1:24:00

1st Master – Andrew Sutherland, Maryhill Harriers, 1:32:38

1st Master Over 50 – Kevin Cormack, North Highland Harriers, 1:31:33

Female

1st  – Amy Hudson, InvernessHarriers, 1:38:12

2nd – Hannah Paterson, North Highland Harriers, 1:45:11

3rd – Marianne Wilson, North Highland Harriers, 1:46:06

1st Master and 2nd Female Overall – Allison Wilson, Inverness Harriers, 1:43:22

1st Master Over 50 – Sophie Dunnett, North Highland Harriers, 1:59:15

This Sunday North Highland Harriers are holding their first Caithness Half Marathon. The event is SA permitted and is run in and around the village of Watten.

Registration is on the day in Watten Primary School from 11.30am – 12.30pm, with a race start of 1.00pm. Costs are £10 if you are a SA member, £12 otherwise.

A custom made medal for all finishers.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!