Mob Match 2023

🌳 Last Saturday saw the eagerly anticipated Mob Match between 💙 Bellahouston Harriers and 💜 Bellahouston Road Runners held at Pollok parkrun. This was the 7️⃣th running of the event and provides the opportunity for club members to participate in a 5k run and thereafter go back to Cartha for some coffee and rolls. ☕🥐

🦠 The event survived the pandemic by adopting a virtual approach, and this was the second post-Covid run. An incredible 1️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ participants entered, with Bellahouston Road Runners fielding 69 to Bellahouston Harriers 62.

📊 The unique feature of the Mob Match offers an advantage to the club that provides the most participants as they can discard more of their slower-paced runners. Bellahouston Road Runners were the winners of the event. Well done to the RR’s 🫶

💪The event encourages each club to try their best and allows individuals to try to beat their competitors from the opposing club. No matter how quick or how slow, there is a welcome place for you at this unique run. Some interesting statistics were thrown up by the Mob Match, and some of them are shown below:

• The first 5 males were 2 Bellahouston Road Runners and 3 Harriers: Calumn Borthwick BRR, Bryan Mulgrew BRR, Fraser Armstrong BH, Nick Holtum BH & Scott Mason BH.
• The first 5 females were Jenny Brown BH, Kristina Greig BH, Jane McNeilly BRR, Ann Robin BRR & Claire Helen Wharton BRR.
• The average time of all competitors was BRR 24:45 and BH 24:47.
• The average time of counting competitors was BRR 23:38 and BH 24:06.
• In terms of age-graded performance, there were 3 Harriers and 2 Road Runners in the top 5. They were Pauline Henderson BH, Jenny Brown BH, Claire Helen Wharton BRR, Al MaCLachlin BRR, & Scott Mason BH.
• 13 Harriers got a PB: Fraser Armstrong, Nick Holtum, Adam Stark, Jenny Brown, Kristina Greig, Alastair Munro, Iain Muirhead, Iain Buckley, Becky Simmister, Carys Mitchell, Michael McNamara, Mags Meehan, Deirdre Parkinson. 3 Road Runners also got PBs: Jane Mcneolly Bryan Kerr, & Douglas Mason.
• 2 Bellahouston juniors participated: Alastair Munro, who earned a PB, & Lexie Speirs.

🙌🏻 A special thank you to all volunteers, Pollok Parkrun volunteers and participants. 📷 - Kevin, Mark and others 📈 - Matthew