The details for the service for Dave McConnell are as follows:
Venue – Mortonhall Crematorium, Edinburgh
Date – 07 June 2021
Time – 4.00pm
The number of people permitted to attend is limited to 50. Please contact Dave Hand on 0131-663-0434 if you would like to attend.
Yesterday the club received the very sad news that Dave McConnell passed away on Monday night.
Dave became involved with Lasswade Athletics Club in 1984/85 after coming along to support his young niece. He was very enthusiastic and soon became involved in coaching, officiating and committee work which he continued throughout his life. Dave coached hurdles which was his favourite event and he was a dedicated and reliable coach, official and club member always involved in anything the club did and more than happy to volunteer whatever the task. Dave officiated at both local and national level and was involved in senior athletics to international level as part of the start team. Dave was a stalwart of his club and scottish athletics and will be sorely missed by his colleagues at all levels as well as countless athletes he coached over the years.
Since the announcement on our facebook page there have been many comments from athletes, coaches, officials and parents who had the priviledge of knowing Dave. He has clearly played an important role in the development of the club and the many young athletes he has coached and will be a huge loss to Lasswade AC and Scottish Athletics.
Our condolences to his family.
Details of funeral service to be announced.
Congratulations to Lasswade AC athlete Sarah Tait who won the 3000m steeplechase at the Loughborough international today (23/05/2021).
Due to the pandemic this was Sarah’s first race over the barriers since August 2019 but she put in a fine performance tracking Welsh athlete Lauren Cooper before making a decisive move to take the lead at the bell going into the final lap. Sarah looked strong and moved clear of Lauren to take a comfortable win and set a new PB of 10.28.17 which is a great start to the season.
For full report please click here
Congratulations to Lasswade AC athlete Sarah Tait who has been selected as part of the Scotland team for the Loughborough international on 23 May 2021. Sarah is no stranger to running for Scotland as a junior athlete but this is her first selection as a senior.
Sarah will be competing in the 3000m steeplechase.
For details of the announcement and team please click here
Good luck from all at Lasswade AC – have a great race!
Hi Everyone,
Hope that you are glad to get back to training and looking forward to some competitions this summer. At the moment these are likely to be on a more local basis and we would encourage you to take these opportunities as they arise. The competition information below is for junior athletes only.
We received an email from Edinburgh AC last night and wanted to get the information online as soon as possible as it takes place this weekend.
‘I am delighted to pass on the link for any Lasswade or Moorfoot athletes, who would like to compete in the event EAC are organising at Saughton on Sunday. Please pass on to any of your athletes, who may wish to take the opportunity to compete. If you have anyone, who would like to high jump we are holding a competition on Wednesday, starting at 6.30 with warm up available from 6.15 on pit. Just ask anyone interested to get in touch. I will be putting out details of Team Edinburgh competition opportunities in the next couple of days and again I would be grateful if you could pass on to any athletes.’
Please click here for the link to the website to enter ideally they need to have this link for information.
Club Event information (This link will be useful for Lasswade to get hold of draft timetable (to be published by this evening), athlete information document, site plan and location map. Final timetable will be published on the website by Friday morning. Seeding lists will only be emailed (to athletes Friday morning).
Event registration for invited guests (non members only) – NOW OPEN FOR GUEST ENTRIES – PLEASE NOTE ENTRIES CLOSE MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY 13 MAY 2021
https://app.loveadmin.com/EventsLink/7246C62A6ADA8B92E8269AB5B9165517.htm
Reminder when paying, our preferred option of payment for this is by Credit Card (PayPal).
If anyone has any questions it would be easier if you contact Edinburgh AC direct.
Thanks
Dave McConnell is one of Lasswade AC’s most longstanding coaches and is well known throughout Scottish athletics as both a coach and official.
Prior to the coronavirus Dave was at training Mondays and Thursdays with his group and officiated most weekends at events up and down the country. Over the past year due to Dave’s own health and the coronavirus he has had to take a bit more care and was therefore unable to return to coaching.
I have found out today that Dave is currently in the Western General Hospital and is having to self isolate for a second time as one of the patients in his ward tested positive for Covid19.
All at Lasswade AC wish Dave a speedy recovery and hope to see him back at the track over the coming months.
Lasswade AC athlete Guy Learmonth has been selected to represent GB and NI over 800m at the European Indoor Championships being held in Torun, Poland from March 5th -7th. This will be the fourth time Guy has competed at a European Indoor Championships which is a great achievement.
Congratulations to Guy on his selection – great to see him winning in the Lasswade AC vest. If you missed Guy’s race last weekend then please click here
It will be fantastic to see a member of our club pulling on the GB vest and once again taking on the best in Europe. I am sure we will all be eagerly watching his race and cheering for Guy. Looking forward to a great race – good luck Guy!
John’s wife, Rebecca has been touch with Margaret Benham and has asked her to pass on her thanks to everyone for their kind messages of sympathy. Rebecca also asked Margaret to let everyone know that the service for John will take place at Mortonhall Crematorium on Friday 8th January 2021, 2.00pm.
Due to Covid restrictions numbers attending are limited to 20 and only family will be permitted inside the chapel. However, any club members wishing to pay their respects will be able to stand outside.
The club recently received the very sad news that former coach and official John Brash passed away earlier this week.
John Brash
John was involved with Lasswade AC for many years as both a coach, official and also as a parent as his son Martin was a member. John was seen regularly at training on Monday and Thursday nights where he collected subs and also coached. High Jumper, Robert Ferguson, was one of the athletes that John coached up to 2013 at which point he had won numerous Scottish Championships at age group level with a best jump at that point of 2.05. A credit to John and his coaching knowledge
John was also a qualified official and was a regular at events throughout the year both track and field and cross country competitions. In addition John and his wife Rebecca also found time to support club events preparing food for officials and volunteers who gave up their time to support Lasswade AC.
John was a great asset to the club and he took on many different roles happy to lend a helping hand wherever it was needed . He will be sadly missed by all at Lasswade AC.
Sincere condolences to Rebecca and family from all at Lasswade AC.
The second of the Lothian Cross Country series took place at Foxlake on Saturday 12th December with 21 athletes from Lasswade AC competing.
Weather wise it was overcast and wet with some heavy spells of rain throughout the day. This meant that conditions underfoot were very muddy.
It was great to have some competition and most of the Lasswade AC athletes seemed to enjoy running in the mud and rain with some fine performances.
Full results are attached 11596-Lothian_Junior_XC_Foxlake_Results
Thanks to Team East Lothian for organising and for all the officials and volunteers who helped on the day.
The next race will take place on 4/01/2021, more details to follow shortly.
