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Great to see some Lasswade teams at the Relay Championships today. The U15 and U17 girls ran well in the 4x100m and had solid baton but unfortunately did not progress beyond the heats.
The U17 Men qualified for the final of the 4x100m as 5th fastest and improved to 4th against strong competition. The eventual winners from Shettleston would have finished 3rd in the Senior Men’s final. Aaron and Kieran made their debut for the club, with Kieran stepping up from the U15s age group to allow the U17s to field a team.
The Senior Men’s team also faced tough competition in the 4x400m relay which included the exact same Kilbarchan team that won the title last year. The team chased hard and left everything on the track to finish 5th. It’s fair to say that there wasn’t much appetitive to pose for photos after their race so this is the closest we got to a team photo!
Well done to all who turned out for Lasswade today and hopefully we can get some more teams out next year.
Any juniors from U13 and above fancy trying a hill run. Megan (multi-events coach) is organising a junior hill race on Sunday 25th September. The event will be a low key event and a good opportunity to experience hill running.
Entry details can be found on the Scottish Athletics website events page here
The first day of Autumn turned out to be a lovely one and perfect for our Club Competition, the first for quite a few years. One of the aims of the Competition was to encourage our young athletes to compete again after we lost some momentum due to Covid as well as the loss of a number of Coaches. We were delighted with the turn out of around 70 x U17 athletes and most of them entered the maximum 3 events, some trying events for the first time. They all put 100% effort into everything which was wonderful to see and resulted in some fantastic performances which also bodes well for the future. We hope some have found a new “favourite“ event or at least another event they’re not afraid to try again. Congratulations to them all.
There were some very exciting close finishes on the track, none more so than the 110m Invitation Handicap which went right to the wire and all of which provided fantastic viewing for the spectators. Likewise in the Field Events, in particular the Long Jump where there were quite a few tussles for top spot.
Fifteen Relay Teams made up of all age groups, all running to clock the fastest times was an amazing way to finish the Competition. The medal presentation, with a beautiful sunset as a backdrop, was a moving experience for the Coaches as it was wonderful to see the Athletes all together, celebrating their own success and of those around them. We were delighted to welcome David Hand, the Club founder, who continues to support the Club at every opportunity, and was happy to present the medals and trophies. It was great to see so many spectators cheering on the Athletes and helping to create a warm, friendly and encouraging atmosphere.
We could not run an event like this without the voluntary support of the Officials and those who helped them, so a huge thank you to them. We must also acknowledge the hard work of the Coaches who again give up so much of their time to prepare the youngsters for the events like this. Thanks to Leigh for setting up her little cafe providing much needed hot drinks as the evening air cooled. A special thanks to Andy, Keith and Susan for the huge amount of work they put in beforehand and on the evening .
There is no time to rest as we now look ahead to the Scottish Relay Championships on Saturday 10th at Grangemouth where we have entered a number of teams running distances from 100m to 800m . The Indoor Track and Field season starts soon and will take place over a number of weekends throughout the autumn and winter at The Emirates in Glasgow.
Our own Cross Country Competition will take place on Sunday 30th October at Gorebridge and there will be numerous events over the autumn and winter too. Please keep checking the website for further information on the above.
So a final thank you to everyone, including athletes who helped make our Competition such a success. See you next year!
Due to the club competition being held on Thursday 1st September, there are no training sessions for any group. The competition is for entered athletes only.
Any seniors who are are available to help out with the event, please email competitions@lasswade-ac.org.ok
Important information for our club competition on Thursday should be arriving in your email inbox! Please check your junk/spam email folders if you can’t find it and email competitions@lasswade-ac.org.uk if you’ve entered but not received anything.
Good luck to all our athletes competing and let’s hope the weather’s good to us!
Under 11 Girls – 12.30 pm – 1 mile Under 11 Boys – 12.35 pm – 1 mile Under 13 Girls – 12.40pm- 2 mile Under 13 Boys – 12.50 pm – 2 mile Under 15 Girls – 1 pm – 2 mile Under 15 Boys – 1.10 pm – 3 mile Under 17 /U20 Women – 1.30 pm – 3 mile U17 Men/Senior & Vet Women – 2.00 pm – 3.8 miles Senior Men/Vet – 2.30 pm – 6 miles
The club are looking for volunteers to help on the day and in the build up to the event. Please email info@lasswade-ac.org.uk if you are able to help out.
The final Joint League fixture saw a good turn out from Lasswade’s U17 and U20 athletes. There would have been lots of PBs but the gusty wind meant a lot of the sprint races were over the allowable limit for PB purposes.
Fresh from winning the 100m and 200m in the Bute Highland Games the day before, Ramsay would have recorded a considerable PB in the 100m (11.71s) but with the windspeed recorded at 3.1m/s his first (legal) sub 12s clocking will have to wait. Petter (11.80s), Keith (12.48s), Lauren (13.59s) also fell foul of the wind and would have had PBs too.
Earlier in the day, Elena recorded a PB in the 100m hurdles with 16.01s. Now hurdling over 80m, Lauren and Chiara recorded times that were faster than their 75m Hurdles times so technically, another 2 PBs in the bag. Lauren also landed another PB in the long jump with 4.38m.
Fortunately, there were some who managed to get PBs – Erin’s strong finish saw her bring her PB down to 14.25 and Evie, who’s last race was into a -5.6m/s wind ran 14.24s with a almost perfect +1.9m/s wind. Phoebe recorded a season’s best with 14.84s and Amber, in her first race for a few seasons ran 13.90s.
Sophie in her debut for Lasswade ran 15.58s and followed that up with 2.74m in the long jump and 1m24.22 in the 400m.
More PBs followed from our athletes in the endurance group. Olivia moved down in distance to clock 2:25.84 in the 800m and Will continued his great season with an 800m PB of 2m15.28 and a new 400m PB of 58.14s.
Andrew, who took 20 seconds off his 1500m PB last weekend at the Scottish U17 Championships, unsurprisingly managed to take a large chunk out of his 800m PB running 2m03.93.
In the high jump, Alec couldn’t quite match the PB he set in the Scottish U17 Age Group champs last weekend in Aberdeen but still recorded a solid 1.56m.
To round up the day’s results, Chiara also tackled the 300m coming home in 51.44.
Once again, thanks to all our athletes, coaches and to Leigh for providing some photos. Good performances and PBs don’t just happen without hard work by the athletes and dedication of our coaches.
As this age group are not yet eligible to compete in our main competition, we have organised a mini games session for them. This will be held on Thursday 8th September from 7pm ’til 8:15pm with an award for the winner.
Those who only come to training on Monday are invited too.
Look forward to seeing you then and thank your your support.
