Ayrshire - Kaim Hill Race success in Fairlie with 118 runners

A total of 118 runners took part in the race - the first event in the Scottish Hill Runners' Bog and Burn series, sponsored by North Ayrshire Athletics Club.

The race started at 7pm on a a short section of tarmac before heading up the Fairlie Glen, a scenic, narrow, winding trail with lots of tree roots and uneven paths underfoot to keep runners alert.

After reaching the 'kissing gate' at the top of the glen, runners had a tricky burn crossing to contend with, before a climb up a steep muddy bank to the open hillside covered with rough heather and grassy tussocks.

Kaim Hill Race is challenging and scenic (Image: North Ayrshire Athletics)

The racers then followed a quad bike track towards the summit plateau in an anti-clockwise direction to the cairn.

At the turn the descent took the competitors through a bog and back down the same route to the welcoming finishing line.

Caution was certainly required on the descent through the glen due to the many tree roots and protruding rocks.

Prizegiving, a hot drink and cake was provided at Fairlie Parish Church.

The full list of participants is as follows. 

1 Alistair Thornton Ochil Hill Runners 00:28:16

2 Harry Pulham Shettleston Harriers 00:28:20

3 Gregor Stewart Westerlands CCC 00:29:16

4 Andrew McCall Greenock Glenpark Harriers 00:30:39

5 George Phillips Westerlands CCC  00:30:53

6 Iain MacCorquodale Cambuslang Harriers 00:30:58

7 Kenny Richmond Shettleston Harriers 00:31:24

8 Niall McAlinden Westerlands 00:31:31

9 Alastair Stables Giffnock North 00:31:39

10 Alex Clarkson Shettleston Harriers 00:31:50

11 James MacLeod Garscube Harriers 00:32:05

12 Craig Houston Irvine Running Club 00:32:15

13 Arran Horne Westerlands 00:32:27

14 Robert Hamlin Westerlands 00:33:14

15 Alasdair Maciver Westerlands 00:33:27

16 Kenneth NeillAyr Seaforth 00:33:34

17 David Hatfield Unattached 00:33:41

18 Greg Lee Unattached 00:33:48

19 Adam Stark Bellahouston Harriers 00:33:54

20 Ross Anderson Westerlands 00:34:17

21 Ella Foreman Westerlands 00:34:20

22 Donnie Buglass Shettleston Harriers 00:34:23

23 Alan McMillann Unattached 00:34:25

24 Julian Warman HBT 0:34:33

25 Micky Anderson Westerlands 00:34:47

26 Gareth Brown North Ayrshire 00:35:00

27 Daniel Doherty Greenock Glenpark Harriers 00:35:25

28 Barbora Weaver Unattached 00:35:35

29 Hayden Lorimer HBT 00:35:36

30 Calum Edenborough Unattached 00:35:42

31 Ella PetersWesterlands 00:35:46

32 Jonathan Weir Unattached 00:35:53

33 Richard Harkin Unattached 00:35:55

34 Megan Stuart Westerlands 00:36:06

35 Liam Riggans Carnethy 00:36:12

36 Lee Shaw Bellahouston Harriers 00:36:18

37 Ryan Lorimer Unattached 00:36:24

38 Edward Watson Unattached 00:37:03

39 Alan SmithDeeside Runners 00:37:17

40 Ross Crawford Unattached 4000:37:20

41 Stuart Brodie Ochil Hill Runners 00:37:23

42 Helen Wood Westerlands 00:37:40

43 Patrick Osborne Unattached 00:37:49

44Edel Mooney Ochil Hill Runners  00:38:19

45 Helen Gordon Westerlands 00:38:26

46 Don Reid Westerlands 00:38:33

47 Mark Caldwell Ayr Seaforth 00:38:39

48 Marc Roper Westerlands 00:38:48

49 Ivor Normand HBT 00:39:01

50 Sophie Philbrick Westerlands 00:39:12

51 Ian Garnett Unattached 00:39:24

52 Rodrigo Reis Shettleston Harriers 00:39:33

53 Kenneth MacMahon Unattached 00:39:37

54 Paul McGreevy Unattached 00:39:46

55 Duncan Campbell Westerlands 00:40:26

56 Kal Sandhu Westerlands 00:40:37

57 Nicola Dawson Westerlands 00:40:41

58 Ian Easton Westerlands 00:40:50

59 Andrew Carson Unattached 00:40:54

60 Phil MurwillShettleston Harrier 00:40:59

61 Kerry Cunningham Westerlands 00:41:14

62 Tommy Begley Irvine Running Club 00:41:41

63 Rachel Findlay-Robinson Westerlands 00:41:46

64 Stuart Muir Ayrshire Trail Runners 00:41:47

65 Jason Ward Unattached 00:41:48

66 Chris Furse Westerlands 00:41:52

67 Tom Partington Westerlands 00:42:05

68 Daniel Nixon Westerlands 00:42:07

69 Gordon Telfer Unattached 00:42:26

70 Roderick Pugh Kilmarnock Harriers 00:42:48

71 Rhona Atkinson Unattached 00:43:00

72 Hazel Dean Ochil Hill Runners 00:43:23

73 Alistair BoyerWesterlands 00:43:32

74 Emma Rogerson Bellahouston Harriers 00:43:33

75 Gaby Macbeth Westerlands 00:44:00

76 Craig Wigzell Unattached 00:44:12

77 Iain Pettigrew Ayr Seaforth 00:44:19

78 Graham Kelly Westerlands 00:44:31

79 Billy Mathew Unattached 00:44:54

80 Calum Hannah Ayr Seaforth 00:45:04

81 Collette Ashworth Ochil Hill Runners 00:45:18

82 Pat Fitzpatrick Ochil Hill Runners 00:45:29

83 Murdo MacLeod Westerlands 00:45:41

84 Arthur Mulholland East Kilbride 00:45:47

85 Benjamin Blain Unattached 00:45:50

86 Fiona Kelsall Ochil Hill Runners 00:46:30

87 Alan Bainbridge Unattached  00:47:23

88 Drummond Bone Unattached 00:47:27

89 David Scott Ochil Hill Runners 00:47:33

90 Marianne McKay Greenock Glenpark Harriers 00:47:38

91 John Hendry Unattached 00:47:50

92 Susan Lindsay Ochil Hill runners 00:48:11

93 David Duncan Ochil Hill Runners 00:48:13

94 Gavin Finbow Shettleston Harriers 00:48:24

95 Sylvia Mulholland Ron's Runners 00:49:39

96 Kay McGreevy Unattached 00:49:56

97 Veronika Kozlikova Unattached 00:50:07

98 Rebecca Beveridge Westerlands 00:52:20

99 Wiebke Lammers Westerlands 00:52:56

100 John Hannah Ayr Seaforth 00:53:44

101 Anne Noble Troon Tortoises 00:53:51

102 Luke Merrick Unattached 00:53:57

103 David Osborne Unattached 00:53:58

104 Andrew Fullwood Westerlands 00:55:06

105 Pamela Porteous Ron's Runners 00:56:03

106 Rachel Hunt Westerlands 00:56:43

107 Alex King Ochil Hill Runners 00:58:18

108 Ruth Mckenna Unattached 00:58:53

109 Melanie Scott Unattached 00:59:06

110 Lucy Addison Unattached 00:59:07

111 Graeme Hawker Unattached 00:59:34

112 Doug Kington Unattached 00:59:40

113 Karen Adams Ayr Seaforth 01:04:27

114 Susan Rhodes Irvine Running Club 01:04:27

115 Nathalie Smith Greenock Glenpark HarriersF 01:05:43

116 Elaine Grier Unattached 01:08:33

117 Elaine Kean Unattached 01:08:41

118 Antonio Di Carlo Ayr Seaforth 01:10:08