Scottish Championships

The Scottish Championships was held at Dundee Ice Area on Sunday 24 March 2013.   The podium results are tabulated below; a full protocol can be found here PDF.

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Scottish Senior Champion 2012-13
Position Skater
First Murray Cochrane, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Second Roy Walker, Ayrshire Flyers
Third Ian Cavin, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Scottish Junior D&C Champion 2012-13
Position Skater
First Rebecca Hull, Ayrshire Flyers
Second Megan Murray, Ayrshire Flyers
Third Penny Smith, Ayrshire Flyers
Scottish 3,000m Relay Championship
Position Skater
First Dundee (Scott Anderson, Ian Cavin, Murray Cochrane, Greg Ireland)
Second Forth Valley (Alan Bowstead, Lawrence Burns, Billy McArthur, Claire Pirie)
Fitzroy Smith Trophy
Position Skater
Men Roy Walker, Ayrshire Flyers
Ladies Claire Pirie, Forth Valley
Novice Competition
Position Skater
First Joshua Davidson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Second Rachel Davidson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Third Rebecca Davidson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club

Scottish Masters, Ladies and 3km Competitions

The Scottish LadiesMasters and 3,000m Championship competitions were held at Auchenharvie ice rink on Sunday 17th March 2013.  The podium positions are shown below with the full protocol (revised) now available PDF.

3000m
Position Skater
First Alan Dobbie, Forth Valley Ice Racing Club
Second Greg Ireland, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Third Ian Cavin, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Masters
Position Skater
First Ian Cavin, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Second Alan Dobbie, Forth Valley Ice Racing Club
Third Billy McArthur, Forth Valley Ice Racing Club
Ladies
Position Skater
First Claire Pirie, Forth Valley Speed Skating Club
Second Rebecca Hull, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Third Fiona Thomson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Novice
Position Skater
First Joshua Davidson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Second Billy Mair, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club
Third Rachel Davidson, Ayrshire Flyers Speed Skating Club

The following photographs were kindly sent in by Connor Hull and Claire Pirie.

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Silver at the European Youth Olympics for Kat

KatThompsonKathryn Thomson took Silver in the 500m at the European Youth Olympics in Romania on the 18th of February.  Congratulations to her.

Scottish 500m Championship

Novices

Novices

The Scottish 500m Championship competition was held at Dundee Ice Arena on Sunday 27 January 2013. The full protocol PDF is available.

The podium places were as follows:

500m Championship
Position Skater
First Ian Cavin, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Second Greg Ireland, Dundee Ice Racing Club
Third Alan Dobbie, Forth Valley Ice Racing Club
Novice
Position Skater
First Joshua Davidson
Second Penny Smith
Third Deborah Johnston

Kathryn Thomson

photoKathryn will be competing in her first senior international championship this weekend, representing Great Britain in the relay at the European Championships in Malmo, Sweden.    We wish Kat and the rest of the team good luck and success.

Kat has a busy and exciting racing schedule ahead.   She will be competing as a senior in her first World Cup in Dresden, Germany and follow that racing as a junior at the Youth Olympics in Brasov, Romania and Europa Junior Final in Baselga di Pine, Italy.

Cheers,
Archie