This year saw the 3rd running of the 5x5 relay. This was set up to mark the club’s 25th anniversary and has become a fixture in the club calendar, and in past years has been followed by assorted shenanigans at Braidhagh or at Fiona and Murray's farm.
The route starts across the Morrison's playing fields and makes its way across the bridge and up Knock Mary, with a first handover at the road down to Strowan. From there, Leg 2 winds through the woods to Auchingarrich and down to Comrie, with a handover in Laggan Park. Leg 3 is the brutal one, up to Braefordie and then on to the Turret Dam. Leg 4 is downhill all the way back to Taylor Park, with Leg 5 reprising the Crieff 10k route.
As usual, Kirsty won the prizes for best team t-shirts with variations on the royal theme, while I was reduced to recycling last years' Tony the Tiger t-shirts. This years race was won by Jayne Martin's team, with a storming run from Josh Murchie on the leg from the Balloch Road, through Auchingarrich, to Comrie, setting up Digby with a comfortable lead for the hard leg from Comrie up to the Turret Dam. Digby extended the lead even further before handing over to Peter for the downhill leg back to Taylor Park, leaving Beth with the glory leg to win with minutes to spare. Josh was definitely the star of the show, with a fantastic run. Then again, he is an international junior triathlete, or something equally impressive.
In the evening, we gathered at Braidhaugh for the annual barbeque and, for the first time, the prize presentations for the junior section of the club. The junior prize winners are:
Club Champion under 11 boys - Lewis Forsyth
Club Champion under 11 girls- Sammy Wake
Club Champion under 13 boys- Dominic Mestecky
Club Champion under 13 girls- Morgan Oates
Most improved boy- Chris Martin
Most improved girl- Catriona Roberts
Runner of the year for boys - Sol Sweeney
Runner of the year for girls - Abigail Johnstone
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