THE 163rd Famous Alva Games took place on Saturday, July 13.

Athletes and spectators travelled from all over the country for 27 running, cycling, dance and heavyweight events at the Johnstone Park.

The games committee were delighted to host the 3,200m Scottish Cycling Championship while the Ochils once again provided the perfect platform for British Championship Hill Races.

Athlete of the day was Simon Bailey of Mercia, while Kyle McFarlane of Pitreavie was named the best junior athlete of the weekend.

Charles Fletcher of Grantown collected the most points in cycling events while Tullibody’s Euan Smith, who competes with Central AC, took the trophy for best local once again.

RESULTS:-

Running

90m Open

1st Euan Smith, Central AC 9.98secs

2nd Callum Letham, Stirling Uni

3rd Jack Haughton, Central AC

90m Invitation

1st Samantha Turnbull, TLJT 9.82secs

2nd John Paxton, Hawick RP

3rd Kieran Halliday, Central AC

200m Open

1st John Paxton, Hawick RP 22.43secs

2nd Daniel Paxton, Hawick RP

3rd Callum Letham, Stirling Uni

400m Open

1st Ewen Bradley, Inverness 53.02secs

2nd Daniel Paxton, Hawick RP

3rd Ruaridh Campbell, TLJT

800m Open

1st Rory Anderson, Hawick 2m 1.93secs

2nd Sean Chalmers, Edinburgh

3rd Donald Bradley, Inverness

1600m Open

1st Sean Chalmers, Edinburgh 4m 29.9secs

2nd Matthew MacKay, Rossendale

3rd Craig Bell, Forfar

3200m Open

1st Sean Chalmers, Edinburgh 10m 17.87secs

2nd Jamie Massie, Forfar

3rd Alistair Thornton, Edinburgh

90m Youths

1st Lyle Hunter, Central AC 10.39secs

2nd Brogan Russell, Orkney

3rd Kyle McFarlane, Pitreavie

200m Youths

1st Caleb McLeod, Pitreavie 24.21secs

2nd Kyle McFarlane, Pitreavie

3rd Ruairidh Elder, Pitreavie

400m Youths

1st Kyle McFarlane, Pitreavie 55.93secs

2nd Jamie Anstruther

3rd Lucy Nuttall, Anstruther

800m Youths

1st Ruaridh Elder, Pitreavie 2m 4.53secs

2nd Erin McFarlane, Pitreavie

3rd Kyle McFarlane, Pitreavie

1600m Youths

1st Archie Suttie, Anstruther 4m 37.92secs

2nd Toby Middleton, Bolton

3rd Rhys Nuttall, Anstruther

Cycling

800m Open

1st Charles Fletcher, Grantown 1m 25.16secs

2nd Ian Hepburn, Cairneyhill

3rd Stewart Burke, Limekilns

1600m Open

1st Charles Fletcher, Grantown 3m 9.03secs

2nd Stewart Burke, Limekilns

3rd James Hutchison, Perth

3200m Scottish Championship

1st Charles Fletcher, Grantown

2nd Stewart Burke, Limekilns

3rd Ian Hepburn, Cairneyhill

De’il tak the Hindmost (elimination) race

1st Charles Fletcher, Grantown

2nd Stewart Burke, Limekilns

3rd Ian Hepburn, Cairneyhill

Heavyweight Events

16lb Stone

1st Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 48' 4"

2nd David Melnicuk, Aberdeen 43' 3"

3rd Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead 39' 2"

22lb Stone

1st Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 39' 8"

2nd David Melnicuk, Aberdeen 34' 8"

3rd Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead 33' 11"

16lb Hammer

1st Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 119' 9"

2nd Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead 112' 5"

3rd Pete Hart, Glenisla 100' 7"

22lb Hammer

1st Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 94' 3"

2nd Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead 89' 3"

3rd Pete Hart, Glenisla 84' 10"

28lb Distance

1st Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead 71' 7"

2nd Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 66' 9"

3rd Pete Hart, Glenisla 55' 9"

56lb Over Bar

1st Daniel Carlin, Renfrew 13' 6"

2nd EQ David Melnicuk, Aberdeen 13' 0"

2nd EQ Stuart Anderson, Loch'rnhead

Caber Tossing

1st Stuart Anderson, Lochearnhead

2nd Daniel Carlin, Renfrew

3rd Pete Hart, Glenisla

Total Points

1st Daniel Carlin - 38pts

2nd Stuart Anderson - 33.5pts

3rd David Melnicuk - 21.5pts