Lasswade Athletics Club

Thanks to Ruth Szymanski for spotting this.

 http://edinburghac.org.uk/?p=4747

Well done Kenny!! I liked the ruthless grin part and could almost have been there by the image it left me with.

 

Here's another courtesy of Dave McConnell

http://www.edinburghrunningnetwork.co.uk/Lasswade10MileRoadRace.RosewellMidlothian.Sunday7March2010..htm

NEW COURSE RECORD IN LASSWADE AC’s MIDLOTHIAN 10 MILE RACE

 

A strong class field and ideal running conditions led to a new course record being established in the 26^th running of the Lasswade AC “Midlothian 10” mile road race which was contested on Sunday. The course started at the west end of Rosewell and undulated through Roslin Glen to Roslin, Auchendinny, Firth Mains, Rosslynlea and home via Whitehill Golf Course to Ferguson Park, the home of Whitehill Welfare FC.

At exactly 12:00 noon starter Kenny Marshall set the 340 athletes on their way and with the sunny weather bringing out many interested locals there was plenty of support as the mass of athletes made their way to Gourlaw cross roads where, thanks to excellent support from Lothian and Borders Police, they were successfully swung right towards Rosslynlea and through the Glen.

Already as the leaders completed the steep climb to Roslin and headed via the landfill site to the Auchendinny road it was obvious that a fast race was on the cards with a large leading group of 15 athletes showing runners from Central AC, Cambuslang and LothianRC prominent amongst them.

Down into Auchendinny and as the large group of race marshals were settling into their duties, suddenly the leaders were on them and even the lead vehicle was being pressurised. However the long tough climb over the next mile to Auchendinny Mains thinned out the race significantly to a lead group of 8 runners and as the west breeze hit their backs this group strode out back to Rosewell, via Rosslynlea, at an even faster pace.

As they left the water station at 6 miles Ross Houston of Central made a fast break but was only just ahead of Robert Gilroy (Cambuslang) and Al Anthony (Central). This was the order as they passed the second water station at Rosedale and as the swung into Thornton Road the leader made a surge to open up a large lead on his pursuers – a lead he increased in the final mile to finish in a record time (for this course) of 51 minutes 30 seconds with Gilroy 2^nd in 53min 43 secs and Anthony 3^rd in 54min 07secs.

Winner of the Women’s race was the consistently highly placed Kate Jenkins of Hunters Bog Trotters in 63min 26secs from Rhona Anderson (Dunbar) 66min 10secs and Melanie Henderson (Portobello RC) in 66min 56secs.

Winners of the GEORGE HAY THISTLE and ROSE for 1^st Veterans were Stuart Campbell (Arbroath) 6^th overall and Kate Jenkins (Hunters Bog Trotters) 35^th overall while 1^st Midlothian Woman, winning the Midlothian Council Trophy was Mandy Whittaker (172^nd) and the 1^st Midlothian Man, winning the GARY CLARKE TROPHY was Ross Milne (4^th). The winning Men’s team was Moorfoot Runners while the Women’s team race was a victory for Portobello Running Club.

Prizes and trophies were presented by LASSWADE AC chairman Brian Wilson, himself a participant in the race, and a large crowd of runners and helpers were present at Ferguson Park to admire medals and congratulate prize winners and each athlete on finishing a tough race.     Full results are available in the Lasswade 10 Results section

Dave Hand tells me that we are a bit short of volunteers for this weeks Lasswade 10. It would be great to hear from anyone who could spare a few hours on Sunday to help out at this important club event.

If you can't help out on the day then maybe you could consider doing some home baking!

Please call Dave on 0131 663 0434 to "sign up"  

Following on from their success at the Celtic Internationals at Cardiff recently, Guy Learmonth and Katie Purves picked up medals at the AAA Championships in Birmingham at the weekend.

 

Guy broke the Scottish record yet again, and also set a new championship record as he took the U20 men's 800m gold in a time of 1.50.25 secs.

 

Katie clocked 9.24 secs, to claim the bronze medal in the U15 girls' 60m hurdles.

 

Well done to both athletes.

Congratulations to Guy Learmonth who broke the Scottish Junior Indoor record for the fifth time this season. Competing in the Celtic Cup last weekend in Cardiff he led from the gun to win the mens race in a time of 1:50.57. Guy received the Men’s outstanding performance award for his efforts.  

 

Well done to all Lasswade athletes who competed in last weekends National Cross Country Championships in Falkirk.

Particular mention goes to Ross Matheson who won the U17 boys race – Congratulations Ross !!

 

 

Name	Position	Time
Jamie Cousin (U13 Boys)	48	14:29
Kyle Mackenzie (U13 Boys)	75	15:21
Ross McEwan (U13 Boys)	110	17:08
Euan Bathgate (U15 Boys)	67	15:50
Amy Frankland (U15 Girls)	31	17:32
Fiona Matheson (U15 Girls)	57	18:26
Ross Matheson (U17 Boys)	1	22:32
Niall Sheehan (Sen Men)	22	40:24
Barney Phillips (Sen Men)	74	43:53
Andrew Matheson (Sen Men)	108	45:34
Richard Connor (Sen Men)	165	47:26
Alan McFadden (Sen Men)	368	56:10

 For full results click on the attached link:

http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=11645

 

  Lasswade Athletics Club  -  working towards Clubmark Accreditation.

  

The aim of Clubmark is to help clubs achieve a set of nationally recognised minimum operating standards which  will compliment  the good practice that already exists within Lasswade Athletics Club.

 

Achieving Clubmark will help the club to grow and build a sustainable future, as well as becoming nationally recognised as working towards a ‘safe , effective and child friendly club ` environment.

 

Clubmark has 4 key areas

 

1. Club Management

 

2. Duty of Care and Welfare

 

3. Sports Equity and Ethics

 

4. The Coaching and Competition Programme

 

 

Successful completion of the accreditation procedure will ensure Clubmark status for a period of 3 years after which re assessment will be required.

 

A working group has been formed to lead this project  and its remit will include consultation with club members as and when required.  Members are equally encouraged to contact the group at any time through the Club Secretary.

 

Clubmark Working Group membership

 

David Hand, Pat Frankland, Mike Murray , John Gillespie (chair)

 

The group will endeavour to keep all Club members regularly updated.

 

More information about Clubmark here 

  

Katie Purves travelled to Cardiff at the weekend with the Scottish U-16 Schools’ team to compete in the Celtic Schools International. 

 

Katie had won the U-16 girls’ Scottish Schools 60m Hurdles title at the Kelvin Hall earlier this month to qualify for the team.

 

Despite having to adjust to the different hurdles spacing at the U-16 age group, Katie finished 3rd in a new PB time of 9.22 secs.

 

Well done Katie!