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| Welcome home to Hamilton |
Cross-country running returned to Hamilton Park Race Course on 13th October 2013 for the first time in 45 years. In the late 70s I had attended Bell College, which was across the road, and had lived for a while in the nearby Hamilton College Halls of Residence, but this was my first time in the Race Course itself. It would have been good to have been racing in such a wonderful setting but I had to settle for supporting and taking a few photos too. Unfortunately I missed most of the Women's Race but I did get to see all of the Men's event.
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| Elspeth Curran makes it look so easy |
There were some great performances on the day in both races but the unsung hero was Clare Barr,
convenor of the West District Road Running and Cross-Country
Commission who, along with recently retired Shettleston’s chairman Bob Porteous, and
host club Shettleston Harriers coach Tommy Paterson, who had done a lot of work in the background to return Cross Country running to its former home. The Scottish National Cross-Country Championships were first held
at the course in 1889!
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| Men's Race gets Underway |
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| The going was tough as host club Shettleston's Marc McColl's expression shows |
My photos are here
Results are here
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