Local success as top runners contest Babcock Helensburgh 10k race

Shettleston’s Daniel Bradford won the Babcock Helensburgh 10k, with local runner Sophie Canty taking victory in the women’s race.

Bradford was immediately to the head of the field churning out sub five minute miles with his closest challengers being Inverclyde’s Gregor Yates and clubmates Fred Davies and Fergus Donnelly.

Bradford who ran 30 minutes 11 seconds in the Scottish 10km track championships on April 28 was never seriously challenged and eased home 33 seconds ahead of Gregor Yates in a repeat of their result in the Jim Dingwall Round the Houses 10k last month.

He clocked a time of 31 minutes and seven seconds to Yates’ 31.40 with Fred Davies completing the podium in 32.54.

The women’s race was by comparison much closer with local girl Sophie Canty prevailing over Kristina Greig of Bellahouston Harriers. Canty was cheered on by her friends as she came home in 38 minutes and 45 seconds, just eleven seconds ahead of Greig.

The previous week Canty had triumphed in the Dunbartonshire AAA track 5,000m championships. Victoria Riddell of Shettleston completed the podium in 39.45.

Canty led her Dumbarton team mates to victory too, backed up well by Hollie Rae in twelfth and Melissa Wylie in fourteenth. Garscube and Cambuslang were second and third.

Andrew Osborne of Greenock Glenpark in tenth overall was first over forty in 34.35 just five seconds ahead of Stuart McGeachy from Cambuslang and twice former winner, Paul Sorrie not far behind on 34.51.

Rob Soutar was first over fifty in 37.06 only just ahead of Dave Thom from Cambuslang who ran 37.22 to win the over sixty prize. Lewis McGuire was first male under twenty in 41.27 and first female was

Mary Senior of Garscube was first over fifty but managed to beat all of the