Bump! Dave McConnell has been chastising me for not getting our entries in…………… So a quick reminder to those of you who haven't put pen to paper yet… the nights are fair drawin in!!
Remember also, parents, that this is your chance to show your athletics prowess to disbelieving offspring. Joking aside the club championships are there to be enjoyed by all and I can honestly say (as the reigning club vet champion lol) that the more you put in …the more you get out. Get those entries in asap.
Here's what can be achieved by an hugely overweight dad watching Bubka videos nightly!! Contrast and discuss……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsHMcmPxsT4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSF_bDfcXw
Regards
Norrie K
Entries are now being taken for the Club Championships on Sunday 26 September 2010 at Meadowbank.
Click here for an entry form.
With 13 call offs before the Grangemouth Meeting on Sunday David Hand and I sat down with some trepidation to short out our final team sheet. “I think 6th maybe 5th at best is all we can expect”, said David and I agreed with his thinking. We had put together a team riddled with half fit but totally committed athletes and perhaps it is appropriate that our team Captain Ross Finlayson is training to be a doctor.
We started with the Pole vault with veteran John Grant and rookie Fergus Nimmo looking resplendent in the midday sunshine with his new red, white and blue kit. 20 points captured between them and we were off.
It reminded me of the young spitfire pilots in WWII with mission after mission. “Never have so many owed so much to so few”.
Leading team player Colin Menzies exemplified this who after a change of socks and a quick rub down with Vaseline Intensive Care threw himself in to the 110m hurdles just 10 minutes after competing in the 3000m steeple chase. This inspired the rest of the team as the other athletes time after time doubled up in the events and bit by bit the points rolled in.
Great displays from hay fever torn Ross Matheson and stomach cramped Niall Sheenan followed. Dan Mulhare was superb in his 1500m and 5000m races and surely will be the Athlete of the Meeting. Let us not forget we blooded 4 of our 15 and 16 year olds. Robert Ferguson – High Jump, Charlie Carstairs and David Hall – Sprints and as we mentioned Fergus Nimmo in Pole Vault. The future looks bright.
Our Dads Army section Eddie Kopystynski and Tony Weir with trapped nerves and multiple athletic supports battled in the throwing events defying old Mother Time. Ever faithful 2nd claim athletes from Livingston Danny Nicol and Alistair Dalgleish played their part picking us up much needed points.
It must have been England’s lacklustre display in the World Cup that motivated Englishman James Wyman to super effect in the Javelin. Calum Wilson pulled out a season’s best in the Triple Jump with damaged big toe and our Marine Commando debutant Graham Wyatte did well in the Steeple Chase. Finally Zander Lyon had to wait till the last event of the meeting, the 4 x 400m Relay to strut his stuff and support a depleted relay squad.
Well done Guys. We may not run the fastest or jump the furthest or highest but we pull together the hardest.
Andy Sobik Team Manager
Some of the club’s young athletes were recognised for their achievements over the past year, when they were named as winners in two categories at the Midlothian Council Sports Awards held at Midlothian House, Dalkeith, on Friday.
Greg Louden was awarded the Junior Individual Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sport, and the Under 15 Girls’ team (Erin Feeley, Megan Fleming, Amy Frankland, Ellen Kristoffersen, Fiona Matheson, Katie Purves and Rachel Robertson) were the recipients of the Junior Team Award.
Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth produced terrific performances at the English U20 Championships at Bedford over the weekend. They both qualified comfortably from Saturday's heats and semi-finals to qualify for Sunday's finals of their events.
In the 800m final, Guy ran a new PB time of 1:49.23 to finish fourth, while Greg ran a season's best time (48.45s) as he collected the silver medal in the 400m final.
Well done to both athletes.
Four teams were competing today (13 June 2010) at Grangemouth at the Junior 3 x 800m Relay Championships.
The U13 Girls team were Rachel Louden, Mhairi Kristoffersen and Rachel Hutchison and the U13 Boys team were Kyle Mackenzie, Callum Grahame and Fraser Cousin. Neither the girls or boys made it through to the final however both teams performed well and gained valuable experience at championship level.
The U15 Girls team were Amy Frankland, Amy Smith and Fiona Matheson and the U15 Boys team were Ross Henderson, Iain Lawson and Jamie Cousin. Both teams made it through to their respective finals where the U15 Girls missed out on a bronze medal in 4th place and the boys finished a creditable 6th place.
Well done to all four teams. See below for some great pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157624271745726/show/with/4699725376/
Athletes from the club collected another four medals at today's U20 Scottish Championships at Grangemouth. Callum Wilson took the gold medal in the men's Triple Jump (13.57m), Guy Learmonth won the 800m, running 1m 52s, while Greg Louden collected silver in the 400m, with a season's best time of 48.50s. Ross Matheson won the gold medal in the 1500m, and was also the winner of the Adrian Callan Trophy for middle distance runners.
The Club also had four teams competing in the 3 x 800m Relay Championships at the same venue, a report will be posted later.
A number of the club’s athletes were representing their schools at the Scottish Schools’ Championships at Grangemouth over the weekend, and returned with four gold medals.
Gareth Fleming took double gold in the Pole Vault with a new PB of 2.20m, and the Javelin with a throw of 33.68m. Gareth also finished fourth in the High Jump (1.40m).
Rachel Robertson won the Long Jump competition, beating her previous PB distance five times in a series of jumps ranging from 5.04 – 5.09m. Rachel also ran 13.63s in her 100m heat, and 27.90s in her 200m heat.
Ross Matheson claimed the gold medal in the 1500m in a time of 4:06.58.
Other Lasswade athlete results were:
Megan Fleming – Long Jump – 4.25m, 100m – 14.08s.
Fiona Matheson – 800m – 2:36.46.
Francesca Benham – Shot Put – 8.32m, Discus – 23.46m, Javelin – 20.42m
Ashley Boak – Discus – 24.06m
Michael Blackley – 100m – 12.25s, 200m – 24.61s.
Erin Feeley – Shot Put – 8.44m.
Congratulations to the 3 Lasswader's who competed today at a scorching Grangemouth Stadium. They were a credit to their respective schools (and their club) in the way they conducted themselves.
Quote of the day was from Gareth "Some of these guys have got more facial hair than my Dad!" Say no more Paul eh? Gareth, however, will be back for at least another year and he will benefit from the experience gained today. It was great to see someone who enjoys the sport so much and obviously gets a great buzz from competing. Well done also to Erin F who managed no less than 4 pb's on her multi-eventing debut. Great points at Hurdles, HJ and 800m never mind the second place at Shot Putt! All resulted in an eighth in Scotland total, not too shabby for a first attempt!!! Ellen's highlight of the day was the much feared 800m, she needed to make up 5 seconds on Victoria Park's Mhairi Patience for gold. It was not to be but still pushed her to a new pb which has been 2 years in the waiting. Sorry to Gareth for the lack of a photo if you look closely you can see Erin and Ellen lining up in a field of 15 in the 800. Ps Well done also to Fraser C who I am pretty sure ran the last leg for the winning Primary schools 4 by 100m relay team. Sorry to anyone I didnt spot.
