Scotland’s Emma Murray had worked her way steadily up to second place ahead of Ireland’s Pat McLaughlin, while Northern Ireland’s Karla Borland was also involved in the mix.
Over the closing laps, McLaughlin stayed strong to comfortably take second place in 8:19:25.
Murray and Borland ended up almost in a sprint finish, Borland winning by 10 seconds with 8:26:26 to 8:26:36. With McLaughlin ineligible for the GB championships, this left Borland and Murray in silver and bronze medal positions.
McLaughin took the Irish women’s title, Borland the Northern Ireland and Ulster title and Murray the Scottish title.
For the men, Ciaran McGonigle finished seventh and claimed the Irish title. Dougie Selman, in fifth, got the Scottish crown with McKenna taking the Northern Ireland and Ulster title.
In the Anglo Celtic Plate home countries team competition, England comfortably beat Scotland and Ireland taking silver and bronze respectively. In the women’s team, Scotland had a close tussle with Northern Ireland, eventually winning out by a small seven minute interval.
