Gala Harrier Sara Green retains Scottish masters cross-country title at Forres

Gala Harrier Sara Green on her way to winning the 6km race for men over 65 and women at Sunday's Scottish masters cross-country championships at Forres in 24:12 (Photo: Carol Sim)

Gala Harriers over-40 Sara Green and Moorfoot Runners over-55 Carol Moss were among the winners at Sunday’s Scottish masters cross-country championships at Forres in Moray.

Green won the day’s six-kilometre race for men over the age of 65 and women in a time of 24 minutes and 12 seconds to retain the title she won a year ago in Glasgow in 23:06.

That was 70 seconds ahead of runner-up Sandy McDougall, of Dundee Hawkhill Harriers, with Sarah Attwood, of Inverness’s Highland Hill Runners, third in 25:56; Cambuslang over-65 Colin Feechan fourth in 25:58; and Edinburgh’s Claire Gordon fifth in 26:01.

Moss was 18th overall, and first in the over-55 category, in 27:50, though female over-60 Fiona Matheson, of Falkirk Victoria Harriers, got back before her, in tenth place in 27:03.

Moss’s Moorfoot clubmate Mike Goddard was second man back over 70 in 30:51, behind Fife Athletic Club’s Tony Martin, in 27:48. Goddard was 46th all told, with Martin placing 17th out of 94.

The region wasn’t represented in a field of 106 for Sunday’s eight-kilometre race for men aged 40 to 64 at the town’s Grant Park, won by East Kilbride Athletic Club’s Grant Baillie in 29:04, with Moray’s Ben Livesey second in 29:15, Aberdeen’s Jim Tole third in 29:45 and Central Athletic Club’s Ross Houston fourth in 29:50.

That event saw Baillie go one better than last year’s edition at Glasgow’s Tollcross Park as he finished as runner-up to Kelso’s Darrell Hastie that time round, crossing the line 19 seconds behind the Gala Harrier’s winning time of 28:21.