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Tortoises on Tour

The last few week’s have seen the Troon Tortoise running vests out and about in strong numbers at all the local 10k races with runners venturing further afield at Perth and the Aberdeen Half Marathon. The 10k season started in earnest at Dundonald where nine Tortoises were on the road with age grade podium finishers […]

AGM Tuesday 22nd August

This years meeting will be held in the main building at Marr College at 7pm We ask all members to try and make the meeting as this is where the new committee will be chosen for the 2017/18 season, The meeting should last around 30 minutes followed by a short run for those who wish […]

Dundonald 10k

Ten Tortoises made the short journey to run the Dundonald 10k, Lewis Wison was first male Tortoise home in an impressive 42.24 despite stopping and doubling back to find his hat that he had dropped, First Lady was Anne Noble with an excellent 49.39 time, this is always a tough race night and we now […]

Quadrathlon Loch Tay

Well done to Chris Mullan who completed The Quad on Saturday 8th July in 14 hours 24 minutes consisting of Swim 0.8 miles Run 15 miles Kayak 7 miles Bike 34 miles it puts my parkrun struggle on Saturday into perspective Massive Kudos Chris

Summer School Holidays change of venue

Please note that for the school holidays we are moving from the Walker Hall to the Scout Hall next to Troon train station. No change to training nights Tuesday and Thursday 7pm Darrell

Troon 10K 2017 Prizewinners

Pos Num   Forename Surname Cat Cat/Pos Club ChipTime Female Overall 19 661 Avril Mason F35-44 (001/228) Shettleston Harriers 00:36:32 32 725 Jill Smylie F35-44 (002/228) Giffnock North AAC 00:37:25 44 583 Laura Wallace F35-44 (003/228) Ayr Seaforth AAC 00:38:30 Female Junior 180 1315 Abigail Middleton F J (001/005) 00:44:15 349 472 Caitlin Chilton F […]

10k and Half Marathon Season

Now that the full marathon season is over with Loch Ness the last big calender event, attention turns to the 10k and half marathon season , last Wednesday saw the Land Of Burns 10k in Ayr with eleven Tortoises taking advantage of the excellent weather to produce some great times, below are other local races where we would […]

2017 Club Championship Update Men

Here is the latest men’s 2017 club championship leader board. The club championship consists of the following five distances, Club 5k monthly run, 10k,  half marathon,10 mile and marathon, the run needs to be an official event so that the distance has been verified, so you cannot include any social run with your friends !! You recieve points […]