Posts tagged with: robbie simpson

Carnethy 5 Hill race

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 11 Feb '10
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The first real ‘big one’ of the 2010 Scottish scene is almost upon us. The Carnethy 5 Hill race is a classic in many ways (route – 2500 feet total climb over 5 summits, race history, past winners). There are 610 entered for this weekend’s race, and the men’s field is pretty nicely loaded… Read more…
Festive Scottish hill racing

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 29 Dec '09

Those Scots are a hardy bunch. With temps well into the minus’ the traditional races at Cruim Leacainn and Law Breaker went ahead as planned on Boxing Day. As the SHR site puts it “40 brave or stupid runners started and finished” at Cruim Leacainn… Read more…
Simpson continues to amaze

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 17 Nov '09

18 year-old Deeside athlete Robbie Simpson easily beat the Druim Fada hill race course record near Fort William, on Sunday. The Banchory runner covered the 6.5-mile course, with 1,200ft of elevation in 42:57. Read more…
Andy Symonds caps off a great year

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 04 Nov '09

As the Scots’ hill season draws to a close, three of the main protagonists of 2009 continued to dominate the men’s event at last weekend’s Meall a Bhuachaille race. Youngster Catriona Buchanan had a storming run to upstage another dominant force in 2009 women’s hill racing, Clare Whitehead… Read more…
Buchanan wins big at British Juniors

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 05 Oct '09

Scotland bagged two individual prizes in the U18 boys and girls races at this weekend’s Junior Home Internationals at Sedbergh. Robbie Simpson took the u18 boys race by a sizable 40 seconds, with fellow Scot Catriona Buchanan easily winning the corresponding girls race… Read more…
Junior Home Internationals

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 01 Oct '09

This weekend see the Open British and Irish Junior Fell Running Championships take place in Sedburgh on Sunday. All 5 ‘home’ international countries of England, Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and Ireland will be sending teams… Read more…
Fish lands the Pike

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 28 Sep '09

The classic Scafell Pike race took place on Saturday, starting in Wasdale, Cumbria. The race is a 4.5m/3000’ straight up and down race with a great atmosphere. As with much of the country this weekend the weather was superb for the race. Read more…
Simpson - "I’ve nothing to lose"

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 18 Sep '09

Banchory’s Robbie Simpson is the youngest runner competing in the inaugural Commonwealth mountain running championships near Keswick which got under way yesterday and run until Sunday. Read more…
Scottish news round-up

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 20 Aug '09

Plenty of activity over the last week in Scotland with great wins for youngster Robbie Simpson, veteran Colin Donnelly and Veronique Oldham amongst others. Read more…
Grice and Ingram book Worlds places

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 17 Aug '09

Adam Grice and Katie Ingram were convincing winners of the men’s and women’s races at yesterdays World and Commonwealth trials race in Cumbria. Strong junior runs from Scots teenage sensation Robbie Simpson and local lass Mel Hyder also secured their berths on the plane to Italy next month… Read more…
Scottish news

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 06 Aug '09

Better late than never! Since the MST Welsh mountain running holiday a lot of Scottish water has run under the bridge, still here is a nice round up courtesy of Scottish Hill runners and Scottish Hill Racing – with wins for Robbie Simpson amongst others. Read more…
Robbie entertains at Kilpatricks Hill Race

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 05 Jun '09

On Wednesday night Scottish teenager Robbie Simpson showed just why he could well be the next big thing in UK fell racing over the next decade or so. Beating Kenny Richmond by over two minutes Simpson took a record that had stood for over ten years, set in 1997 by Ian Murphy. Read more…
Tuesday - it's the new Saturday!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 16 Apr '09

Up and down the country it seems that Tuesday night fell racing is bigger than ever. With 100 turning up (in pouring rain) the to first Great Arette Midweek Series in North Wales, and similar numbers this week at round 2 (Foel Lus), by the looks of it... Read more…
Saab Salomon head to Mourne

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 02 Apr '09

This weekend sees the opening round of the British Fell Running Championships in the beautiful Mourne mountains, Northern Ireland. The race at Slieve Bearnagh is only 4 miles in length but still has 2690ft of climbing. Read more…
Prasad wins Chapelgill

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 23 Mar '09

Dumfries hosted the PMS Criffel hill race on Sunday (22nd), with Andrew Wright and Catherine Niblock winning. At the Chapelgill races on Saturday it was a very close affair as Prasad and Robbie Simpson continued their battles… Read more…
Robbie Simpson joins Saab Salomon

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Sun 08 Mar '09

The Saab Salomon Outdoor Team have once again shown vision – and the determination to build a great team of mountain runners – by signing mountain running star Robbie Simpson. Still only 17, Robbie has taken the Scottish scene by storm in 2009, winning 4 races in the last couple of months. Read more…
Teenage sensation Simpson wins again

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 03 Mar '09

Deeside athlete Robbie Simpson scored yet another win over his older contemporaries at the Bishop Hill race in Fife on Sunday. Robbie was treating this as tester event for the Slieve Bearnagh race (part of the British fell champs) in the Mourne Mountains on the 4th of April. Read more…