Our annual road race is on Sunday, March 2nd, and we need the help of friends, parents, and club members. We have 10 miles of road that need marshalling to ensure our runners are safe, heading in the right direction, and getting some vocal support. Even if you can only spare a few hours on the morning of race day, we could use your help preparing the post-race buffet or assisting with athlete registration.
We also need help in February to distribute flyers to residents living near the course, especially in Rosewell, Roslin, and Auchendinny.
Please complete the form below to register as a volunteer.
Entries are now open for the VMH Solicitors Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race which will take place on Sunday 2nd March, 2025. We’re pleased to have VMH Solicitors supporting us again this year.
Take advantage of our Early Bird offer – we’ve frozen our entry fees (£16 for affiliated runners, £18 for non-affiliated) at last year’s price until 31st December 2024. After that it will be £20/£22 until entries close on 28th February, 2025 at 11pm. Entry fee includes free refreshments for all runners. Enter Here via EntryCentral
More information about our road race can be found on the link below.
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Still dithering or pondering about whether to take part in our road race on Sunday, 2nd March Need a bit of an incentive? We’re adding a £100 prize bonus to the Mens and Womens winners if they can run under 52 minutes (Males) or under 59 minutes (Ladies).
Boxed Medals for the first Male/Female Teams (3 to count, clubs must be registered with Scottish Athletics).
Whitehill House Trophy awarded to the first Jogscotland registered runner to finish.
Individual winners can opt to take the highest prize and forfeit the age category prize, e.g. a Master or U20 winning the Senior Men’s/Women’s Race can claim the Senior Men’s/Women’s 1st prize and forfeit the relevant Master’s or U20 1st prize.
Dalkeith Campus will be closed on the 26th December and 2nd January so there will be no training on those evenings for all groups.
Multi-Events and Susan’s Sprints: final session of 2024 will be on Thursday 19th December.
Senior Sprints will be training throughout the period (please check the Teams App for timings).
Endurance sessions on Monday 23rd and Monday 30th December will be taking place as normal.
Jumps and Throws are now finished for 2024.
Normal service for all groups resumes on Monday 6th January.
We would encourage all athletes/parents/carers to use the Teams App and sign-in to help our coaches know if you’re attending training which is particularly useful when attendance is likely to be low at this time of year. It also allows us to let you know if sessions are cancelled due to bad weather. Click on the link below and search for “Lasswade Athletics Club”
The 2nd match of the SAIL Indoor League took place on Sunday 8th December at the Emirates Stadium in Glasgow with many of the athletes competing in the first match returned to compete again. They were joined by Jude, Orla C, Matthew, Luke, Isla, Leo, Eva and James who were all competing indoors for the first time.
*** The final match of the season takes place on Sunday, 12th January. Sign-up up here by the 29th December to be considered for this event. ***
There were lots of great performances. Lara and Maya tackled the 60m hurdles having only started hurdling the week before and despite competing against more experienced hurdlers managed to finish 3rd and 6th in their respective age groups.
Isla and Artii completed a 60m double in the Under 11 Girls, winning both the A and B races. Jude, on his debut, ran a great 60m race finishing 3rd overall in the B 60m race.
Finlay ran another great 600m to win his heat virtually unchallenged and recorded a new PB.
There were PBs for Ada in winning her 60m heat (3rd overall), Lara (HJ – 1.25m) and Orla (800m) in the under 13s age group with Orla taking 11 seconds off her 800m PB!
Antek took 3 seconds off his 200m PB in the U13 boys with Luke also improving on his Long Jump best. Matthew, competing in his first indoor competition, stepped up to cover the 800m and 60m races. It’s good to see athletes taking the opportunity to fill in spaces in the teamsheet and taking up the opportunity to try different events.
In the Under 15 Girls, Isla led from the front to win her 800m heat for a new PB. Esme finished 6th in the shot putt throwing just slightly less than her PB which was recorded with a lighter shot putt (so technically a new PB!) and finished strongly in the 300m which she ran for the first time.
After a great run in the Under 15 Boys 800m in Match 1, Archie stepped down in distance to run an impressive 41.48s to win his heat and finish 3rd overall. He also managed to squeeze an extra centimetre on to his Long Jump PB finishing 2nd. Harrison was delighted with his High Jump PB clearing 1.40m on his final attempt. Leo, another of our under 15 athletes who has just made the move up from the Under 13s scored valuable team points in the 200m and 800m.
The Under 17 women’s team finished 4th overall with Aoife S scoring well in the 60m (5th) and recording a new High Jump PB of 1.50m for 2nd place. Eva ran well in her 200m race for a new PB. Emma, nursing a sore ankle still managed to record a 30cm PB in the Shot Putt. Beth finished 5th in the 800m running her fastest 800m time indoors.
Ruaridh dipped under 8 seconds for the first time in the Under 17 men’s 60m for his new PB and followed that with a new PB in the long jump too. Jake S-W won his 200m heat to finish 2nd overall and Jake P finished 5th overall in the 800m also with a new PB.
Only two U20 ladies turned out this time. Both recorded PBs – Abbie in the 60m and Eloise in the 400m. Eloise’s 60.9 seconds was enough for the win and will almost certainly dip under 60 seconds this season.
The Under 20 men’s team put in some solid performances to finish 4th overall. Alec again mopped up the points with 2nd place in the high jump and PBs in the 60m hurdles and shot putt. His shot putt was an improvement of over one and a half metres which in throwing terms was massive! In the 200m, James also ran a new PB. Ramsay had a good start in his 60m race finished 5th just outside his PB. Will ran in the 400m and finished 5th.
Thanks again to our officials – John McOmish, Susan Outerson and Alison Binns and also to Gary Leek at Athletics Digital for the photos.
BOOK NOW | Calling all future track and field stars! Get ready to Run, Jump & Throw in this introduction to athletics at Danderhall Community Hub on 6 January 2025.
Book by calling any leisure centre or go online (search for run, jump, throw in courses): https://ow.ly/Tlc050UeHvZ
— We’ve been working with Midlothian Council to get Run, Jump, Throw back in Midlothian for Primary School aged kids. Initially launching in Danderhall, we hope that this will be rolled out to other parts of Midlothian in the future. There will be a clear pathway established for the kids to progress to Lasswade AC at a suitable stage of their development and when we have the space.
The Midlothian Council Sports Development team will be mentored by coaches at Lasswade AC and we hope to see them getting involved with the sessions at the club too.
Spaces are limited and are already filling up, especially in the P4 to P7 age group.
If you would like to order anything for Christmas please complete google form within the following link. If the item is for a Christmas present I will email those who have requested the item not be given out to arrange collection.
The last day for ordering is Sunday 1st December to ensure receipt prior to Christmas. All orders will be placed on Monday 2nd December
The club have added bobble hats, fleeces with full and 1/4 zip , rucksack, holdalls and stadium pants in addition to the hoodie and t-shirt that we’ve previously offered. http://www.lasswade-ac.org.uk/club/club-kit-range/
Sunday 27th October saw the return of the Scottish Athletics Indoor League at the Emirates Stadium, Glasgow. There was no league action last season due to the refurbishment work ahead of the World Indoor Championships that took place in March earlier this year. Team Lasswade also saw a bit of an “upgrade” since the last time fixture with 36 athletes turning out to compete – twice the size for the last competition in January 2023 – a great effort from our coaches getting athletes to represent the club.
Non stop action!
Competing for Lasswade for the very first time was Albie, Elkie, Sienna, Maya and Jake. Hopefully, all our athletes competing indoors for the first time enjoyed the experience of running in such a great venue – there was an audible gasp from one of our athletes as we walked into the arena as it really is one of the best indoor tracks in the country.
Despite a few nervous faces, Lasswade’s athletes acquitted themselves well with a good number of athletes winning their heats. The Under 11 girls and Under 20 men’s teams put in solid performances and finished top of their age groups.
Thanks to the parents who assisted on the day. With a team of 36, it really does need more than one team manager to help shepherd athletes to their events and calm some nerves (and not just the spectating parents!). Please do volunteer your help if possible.
The next competition is on the 8th December. Sign up here by 25th November.
We’ve been quite lucky with the mild weather recently, but as the nights are getting colder, it’s important that athletes are dressed appropriately for training. Athletes who are not suitably clothed for training may be asked to sit out the session. We are hoping that this would be a last resort but athletes should bring extra kit to cover all weather conditions.
An important thing to remember is that the temperature can drop quite quickly at Dalkeith, so whilst the weather at the start of the session maybe “OK”, by the end of the session, the temperatures can easily drop below zero. Children also lose heat much faster than adults so they can develop hypothermia much quicker.
Please look at the chart below for recommendations on what to wear.