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Please note that training will resume THURSDAY 5th JANUARY.
2016 has been another successful year for the Club. This has been achieved through excellent individual performances and good team spirit, demonstrated in the many leagues and events in which we participate. This involvement is wide ranging and includes Cross Country, Track and Field and Indoor Athletics.
The Club also organises three major events. The Road Race in March, Club Championship in September and the Cross Country in October. These events have been part of the LAC calendar for many years and are a testament to the host of volunteers who assist each year.
Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone connected with the Club. Our Volunteers and Scottish Athletic Officials who make everything possible. Our Coaches who dedicate many hours each week to ensuring all our Athletes gain every opportunity to have fun and reach their full potential in athletics. Our Athletes who support the Club and help to grow our status within the Athletics and indeed the wider Community. Our partners (Scottish Athletics and Midlothian Council) and our Sponsors who support the Club year in and year out.
A very Merry Christmas to everyone and best wishes for a happy and peaceful 2017.
Lasswade Athletic Club Committee
Lasswade Athletics Club are delighted to announce the appointment of their new Club Development Officer.
No stranger to Lasswade the successful candidate is our young athlete coordinator Craig Morton.
As well as this role which is carried out in conjunction with Active Schools and Midlothian Council, Craig also provides coaching at the club on a Monday and Thursday evenings, is Team Manager for Forth Valley and CSSAL leagues and is an active committee member.
All in all a fine pedigree to take the club forward.
We wish Craig every success in the post
https://www.entrycentral.com/Lasswade-Road-Race
Entries are now being taken for the next Lasswade 10 mile Road Race in March 2017. You can enter view www.entrycentral.com
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/vacancy/lasswade-ac-club-together-officer/
Lasswade AC have a part time vacancy for the attached post
Organisation: Lasswade AC
Closing Date: 23 November 2016
Lasswade AC – Club Together Officer
Contract Length – 3 Years 9 months
Salary – £5,368 – 12 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Lasswade AC for a Club Together Officer, in partnership with scottishathletics and Midlothian Council.
Club Together is a fundamental project within Scotland’s National Strategy for athletics, Perform when it Counts, placing a key focus on supporting the development of athletics clubs in the country.
The role will have a significant impact in the growth and development of the club and the twin aspects of our vision of increasing participation and performance sit at the heart of everything we do – neither however is possible without athletics clubs playing their part.
This part time post (12 hours per week) is funded through a partnership between Lasswade AC, scottishathletics and Midlothian Council.
Club Together is exactly that – clubs, scottishathletics and Local Authority coming together to deliver once and for all a programme that will make the athletics vision happen.
Application Process
Applications should be made by submitting the application form and Covering Letter to scottishathletics. The application should be marked confidential and sent to:
Dawn Allan
scottishathletics Ltd
Caledonia House
South Gyle
EDINBURGH
EH12 9DQ
Or email: dawn.allan@scottishathletics.org.uk
Closing date: 5pm Wednesday 23 November 2016
Interview Date: Tuesday 29 November 2016
Please find the scrutinised results from last week’s cross country event
https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlZql6ch7UVwzFLUStgS8wJVc-wA
The National Short Course Cross Country Championships took place at Renfrew this year.
This was a new venue for the event having been at Bellahouston park in previous years. The weather was sunny and dry, however there was quite a strong cold wind to challenge the runners over the flat and open course.
A total of 15 athletes from Lasswade entered for this event with 12 athletes competing on the day.
In the under 15 girls we had two athletes competing. Abby McGlone who has been consistently improving was our first finisher in 47th place followed by team mate Lauren Meikle in 84th place.
The highlight of the day for us was the under 17 womens race where Lauren Dickson ran strongly over the two lap course to finish an impressive 3rd overall picking up the bronze medal. Team mates Sarah Tait And Ailsa Innes both also had impressive runs finishing 13th and 18th respectively. This meant the girls finished 3rd team and picked up the bronze team medal. (Unfortunately Sarah is not in the picture below as she was unwell after the race).
Our under 17 men also did well with Magnus Tait our first finisher in 11th place overall, followed by team mates Christian Graham (32nd), Euan Hood (50th) to finish 7th team overall. In the same race Jamie Darling was 54th and Daniel Kelly 69th.
In the mens race we had two runners, Matthew Smith (u20) who finished 24th (77th overall) and Andrew McGlone (M45) who was 51st (218th overall).
A great event and again an opportunity for the young athletes to watch an Olympic athlete show their class as Laura Muir ran away with the women’s race. It was also good to see Freya Ross-Murray running well to finish 10th in the women’s race a few weeks after running 2.37.50 in the Chicago marathon.
For full results click here
The National Cross Country Relay Championships took place at Cumbernauld on Saturday 22/10. Lasswade AC fielded two young male teams and an incomplete senior men’s team.
After a strong performance by our young males in the recent East District Cross Country Relays at Livingston we believed we could be in the hunt for the medals at the Nationals.
Harry Henriksen (u13) on our first leg had another fine run finishing over 30 seconds in front of the next finisher to give Jamie Kinghorn (u15) a good lead. Jamie ran well to hold the lead as long as possible and hand over in 4th place to our final runner, Magnus Tait (u17). Magnus ran a strong final leg and was in a small pack fighting for the bronze medal eventually just missing out by a few seconds to finish 5th.
Photograph: Courtesy Mark Kinghorn
In our other team Jamie Watt (u13) in his first cross country race had a good run to hand over in 38th place to Angus Cousin (u15). Angus ran well to hand over to our final leg runner Christian Graham (u17). Christian one of our newer members ran a strong race to pull back 7 places and bring the team home in 50th place.
Eighty five complete teams finished the race and there were quite a few incomplete teams. I think this highlights how well all the boys did, a great team effort! Well done to you all!
It was a great event and fantastic for the young athletes to see two Olympians showing their class on the country with both Calum Hawkins and Andrew Butchart in the senior men’s race.
The first of this season’s East District Cross Country league matches took place at Stirling on 15 October 2016. It was a very wet and muddy day but Lasswade AC got off to a great start with some fine individual and team performances. We managed to field complete teams in all age groups with the exception of senior men and women where we picked up some penalty points for the incomplete teams.
Some of the highlights:
Individual:
U11 Girls – Olivia Meikle 5th
U11 Boys – Ross Wolfenden 3rd
U13 Boys – Harry Henriksen 1st
U15/17 Women – Lauren Dickson 3rd
U17 Men – Magnus Tait – 6th
Photo : Courtesy Mark Kinghorn
Team Placings after Match 1:
U11 Girls – 3rd
U11 Boys – 2nd
U13 Girls – 12th
U13 Boys – 10th
U15/17 Women – 6th
U17 Men – 3rd
Women and Men both in 23rd place but we can improve this just by having complete teams and not picking up penalty points.
Well done to everyone who competed for the club yesterday and thanks for turning out on such a wet day!
For full results please click here