LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Grangemouth, Sunday 21st August

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.

Thursday, 8th September 7pm

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.

Our final Forth Valley League fixture of this season took place on Sunday at Grangemouth Stadium.  A slightly weakened team due to holidays, it was a good opportunity for athletes to try new events and set performances to beat at their next outing. 

In the under 11s, Zoe made her debut for the club running the 100m in 15.9s for 4^th place in the A event – a great performance for her first race and followed it up with an impressive 200m taking 2^nd place in the A event.  Unfortunately, an issue with the timing meant that no time was given but I’m sure Zoe won’t hesitate to run another 200m again.  Zoe was backed up in the sprints by Orla (100m, 17.8s) and Aoife (200m, 38.2s).  Orla and Aoife also competed in the high jump for the first time, both clearing 0.9m which is a great achievement given that they’ve both only had a couple of training sessions so far.  Laura was our only runner in the 800m, showing great determination over the last 200m, finishing 6^th in a PB of 3m05.2s. 

Our only U13 boy was Moses running in his first 100m recording 16.0s for 7^th place.  In the under 13 girls, Beth ran the 100m (5^th in 15.2s) and the 200m (4^th in 29.8s).  Lucy set a new PB in 800m running 2m58.3s and also won the Javelin with 11.08m.

There was a much better turnout in the Under 15s age group with just a couple of empty slots on the team sheet.  In the Under 15 boys, Ruairidh ran 14.6s in the 100m and recorded a PB in the long jump with 3m37s.  Lewis also competed in the 100m and long jump, getting a PB in his 100m (16.1s) and 2m47 in the long jump.  Jamie covered the 800m and 300m running 2m41.4 and 51s respectively.  He was joined by Laurence in the 800m where a tough battle down the home straight rewarded him with a new PB of 2m12.6s.

In the Under 15 girls, both Emily and Yasmin recorded new PBs in the 100m.  Emily broke 14 seconds for the first time taking a good slice out of her PB with 13.7s.  Yasmin’s fast start saw her bring her PB down to 14.2s.  Abbie had a busy day running both the 800m in 2m52.2s, the 300m in 48.3 and jumping 3m57 in the long jump for a new PB.  Emily also competed in the long jump for the first time recording 2.72m.  Bethan joined Abbie in the 800m finishing strongly with 2m28.0 for 3^rd place in the A race.

This wrapped up the Forth Valley League for 2022.  Despite being relegation from a tough Division 1 against some much bigger teams, it has been a good season for Lasswade who have suffered more than most other clubs at the hands of Covid. There are plenty of positives to take – lots of athletes enjoying competitions for the first time, lots of athletes trying new events and lots of new PBs.  All things that puts us in good stead for next season when we hope to bounce back up to Division 1.  The Forth Valley League is a great league to start competing in so hopefully more athletes will sign up to compete for their first time next season.

Thanks to the officials and helpers who assisted at this match (Ruth, Susan, Andy, Ken and Phoebe) and to all those who helped throughout the season.  There are still some open graded competitions available for those looking for more competition opportunities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Club Competition time!! On Thursday, 1st September 2022 from 6pm to 9pm we’ll be holding a competition for our Under 11s, Under 13s, Under 15s and Under 17 athletes at our own Dalkeith Campus track.

Free to enter for all our members who are 9 and above on the 1st September (please check your membership is up to date!). For any athlete who hasn’t competed before, this is a great opportunity to to put all your hard work in training in to practice.

There will be medals for all 1st place athletes in each event and awards for the highest scoring girl and boy in each age group.

Parents/Carers: Please stay to watch your athletes in action. We’ll have tea and coffee to hand.

Entry form below and provisional timetable below.
Return entry forms to competitions@lasswade-ac.org.uk by 5pm Friday 26th August.

Under 17, Under 20 and Senior athletes.

The next Scottish Joint League match takes place on Sunday 21st August at Grangemouth. A copy of the REVISED* timetable is below.
* Updated 16th August.

Events this time are –

• 110m Hurdles U20/Senior men
• 100m Hurdles U17 men/Senior & U20 women
• 80m Hurdles U17 women
• 800m – all
• 100m – all
• 300m U17 women
• 400m U20 & Senior women/ All men
• 1500m S/C U17 men
• 3000m S/C U20 Men & Sen Men
• Long Jump – all
• High Jump – all
• Shot – all
• Javelin – all
• Discus – all

Under 17 and Under 20s should email Keith Ridley (keitheac@gmail.com) by Wednesday 10th August with the following information :-

• Name 
• Male or Female
• DoB
• Age Group
• Scottish Athletics No
• Event(s) and PB.

Any Senior athletes wishing to compete, please contact competitions@lasswade-ac.org.uk

Sunday, 7th August @ Grangemouth

The last Forth Valley League competition for this season is on Sunday 7th August at Grangemouth. If you haven’t expressed an interest in competing, please speak to your coach at training or by emailing competitions@lasswade-ac.org.uk as soon as possible. This is competition is for Under 11s to Under 15s only.

Events for this round are:-

Under 11s: 100m, 200m, 800m and High Jump
Under 13s: 100m, 200m, 800m and Javelin
Under 15s: 100m 300m, 800m, (80mH ‘A’ Boys only) and Long Jump

The timetable can be found here.

Just a reminder that training for all groups continues throughout the summer holidays (unless your coaches tell you otherwise!).

Thursday, 1st September, 2022 @Dalkeith Campus Track

From 6.00pm till 9.00pm

For all athlete members up to Under 17 (free entry) including a mixed age group 4x100m relay and an Open 110m Handicap Sprint.

Entry forms will be available soon.

We hope that our “older” non-competing athletes will assist on the evening.

Joint League – Under 17, Under 20, Seniors

The next Scottish Joint League match takes place on Sunday 17th July at Grangemouth. This match was originally scheduled for Scotstoun but has been changed to Grangemouth. A copy of the provisional timetable is below.

Events this time are –

• 10,000m  (U20/Senior Men and Women)
• 300/400m Hurdles
• 200m
• 1500m
• 4 x 100m relay (let me know if you want to organise a team)
• Long Jump
• Triple Jump
• High Jump
• Pole Vault
• Shot
• Hammer

Under 17 and Under 20s should email Keith Ridley (keitheac@gmail.com) by Wednesday 6th July with the following information :-

• Name 
• Male or Female
• DoB
• Age Group
• Scottish Athletics No
• Event(s) and PB.

Any Senior athletes wishing to compete, please contact competitions@lasswade-ac.org.uk

Livingston Open Graded – Friday 22nd July

This is a self-entry competition for all age groups from U11s and above. Entries can be made using the following link.

https://www.livingstonac.com/fixtures.php?fid=3847

Closing date for entries is Sunday, 17th July.