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To cap off a day he will probably never forget, 2010 International Snowdon Race winner Robbie Simpson went live on BBC 5 Live Weekend News last night. The unassuming young Scot was interviewed following his win earlier on Saturday…. Read more…
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This may not be breaking news, but its big news. Scots youngster Robbie Simpson has been heralded on this site for some time now, but the Deeside athlete ingrained his name in Snowdon Race folklore on Saturday, as he became the youngest ever winner of the race… Read more…
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The Scottish team heading down to Wales this weekend looks very useful. It is a team of bright young things including Robbie Simpson, Catriona Buchanan and Andrew Fallas, coupled with the experience of Alasdair Anthony and Matthew Sullivan… Read more…
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The future of British fell running looks likely to be safe in Scots hands after youngsters Robbie Simpson and Catriona Buchanan shone at the this weekend’s European Mountain Running Championships. Ahmet Arslan of Turkey made it 4 in a row in the senior mens event… Read more…
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Heaps of news from north of the Border on a busy weekend. Wins for teenage sensation Robbie Simpson, Andy Symonds, Jamie Stevenson and Claire Gordon, amongst others. Some great results for Scottish athletes at the Euro Trials in Keswick too (more to follow on that…) Read more…
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Prasad Prasad took a commanding win on Ben Lomond today. The Clydesdale man soundly defeated young-gun Robbie Simpson – some feat when you consider Robbies recent form on the domestic scene… Read more…
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After his fantastic fourth place at the recent British Championships race in Northern Ireland, teenager Robbie Simpson continued to demonstrate why he is being tagged as a future British champion after a convincing win at Stuc a’Chroin on Saturday… Read more…
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A lot going on north of the border this last weekend, with big wins for teenage sensation Robbie Simpson, the return of Angela Mudge at Tarmachan, where Brian Marshall posted an impressive win. Full details now online at the SHR site… Read more…
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Plenty going on in Scotland this last weekend, some great coverage coming from the Scottish Hill Runners of the Criffel, Chapelgill and Craig Dunain races. Well known for their short-distance tussles in 2009… Read more…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
