Lasswade Club Championships 22/09/2013 Meadowbank Stadium

Posted on September 16, 2013 by johnbr

 

Lasswade AC Club Championships 22nd September 2013 Meadowbank Stadium.
Dear Parents,
As with  every club championship we are looking for your help now. Donations of filled rolls, homebaking, raffle and tombola prizes. The filled rolls and baking are sold as part of our fundraising for the club. Tea and coffee will also be sold on the day.
Donations for Tombola and Raffle can be brought along to any training night and handed to myself, Margaret Benham or Linda Smith with the food items to be brought on the day of the Championships.
Anyone willing to help on the day, please let me (Ruth Szymanski) know as soon as possible and a rota will be created. You will not miss out on your athletes perfomances.
Join us in what is always a fun filled day.
Ruth Szymanski
elkasaruma@hotmail.co.uk
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Message from Ross Matheson

Posted on September 1, 2013 by kirksm

Lasswade athlete Ross Matheson has just moved to the USA to study at the University of New Mexico,  Albuquerque. Ross will hopefully be posting regularly on our website to let us know how things are going in the states so please remember to check it out for updates. Ross is also on twitter https://twitter.com/MathesonRoss for those of you who use twitter.

In the meantime David Hand contacted Ross to see how he was settling in and Ross sent the following reply.

Arrived safely and settling in well.  The weather is good and I seem to be coping with the altitude pretty well.  I have only been doing easy runs this week to try to acclimatise,  I will do my first session next week.

Congratulations to the men’s team on the result in Aberdeen. That’s an achievement in itself to stay in division 1, hopefully with a stronger team next year we’ll see us moving into the top spots overall for the league.

I saw Guy’s result which is great. Hopefully with consistent injury free training me and Greg can join him in the run up to the games.

It was good hearing from you.

Speak soon,

Ross

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Message From Guy Learmonth

Posted on September 1, 2013 by kirksm
Lasswade athlete Guy Learmonth who recently ran a Commonwealth Games standard time in Antwerp sent the following message to the club via David Hand who had passed on a message of congratulations from all at the club.
 
Great to hear from you and many thanks for the congratulations messages!  It’s been a difficult start to the season for a few reasons but all you can do is keep knuckling down and eventually you’ll overcome them.  I have until next June to run the Commonwealth Games standard time once more and then I’ll be there.
 
Great to hear that the Lasswade  Men’s team stayed in Division One.  I am sorry I couldn’t race at any of the meetings this year but have literally been travelling all over Europe and was unfortunately never in the country when the boys were racing otherwise I would loved to done my bit for the team.  It’s great to see Ross Matheson and Greg Louden doing so well,  hopefully they can both get into the Team for Glasgow next year.  Imagine three Lasswade athletes representing Scotland at the Commonwealth Games……not bad for our club!
 
Keep me posted with everything and send my regards to everyone at the club.
 
Speak soon!
 
Guy
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Commonwealth Games Standard for Guy Learmonth

Posted on August 26, 2013 by gordonro

 

Guy Learmonth ran a Commonwealth Games standard time in Antwerp on Saturday evening when he finished in a time of 1:47.41 for the 800m.

 

That’s just inside the 1:47.50 required, and Guy will now be looking to get under that mark again – either in the remainder of this season or indoors, when one qualifying standard is allowed as per the policy.

 

‘It has been tough this year with a few obstacles but I’m getting into better form now,’ said the Lasswade AC athlete.

 

‘I feel I am one step closer to Hamdpden now with that time under my belt and it is a case of on to the next race.’

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scottish Age Group Championships

Posted on August 18, 2013 by gordonro

DSCN3602Rachel Robertson and Ellen Kristoffersen won Scottish U18 titles at the National Championships at Aberdeen Sports Village on Saturday.

Rachel took the Women’s Long Jump gold with a jump of 5.51m, before finishing runner up in the triple jump (11.10m).

Ellen won the U18 Women’s High Jump (1.60m), and also came 4th in the Long Jump (5.36m).

Rowan Marr made the final of the Men’s U18 800m, finishing 7th (2:02.90).

In Sunday’s U20 events, Robert Ferguson became Men’s Scottish High jump Champion (1.98m), Ellen Kristoffersen was second in the Women’s Long Jump (5.13m), and Jordan Charters 3rd in the Men’s Long Jump (6.38m), and 2nd in the triple jump (12.37m).

Also in the Men’s U20, Charlie Carstairs finished 4th in the 400m final in a time of 52.26s.

In the U16 Boys’ age group Henry Clarkson collected bronze in the Triple Jump (11.40m), and was 9th in the Long Jump (5.26m), and Cameron Steven 6th in the 400m final (57.62s), and 4th in his 800m heat (2:14.51).

 

Well done to all athletes who competed over the two days.

Rachel LJEllen HJ 2 Jordan LJ

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Welsh International

Posted on August 2, 2013 by gordonro

Greg Louden came up with a good performance in the 400m at the Welsh International at Cardiff on Wednesday, finishing just one hundredth of a second outside his PB with 47.57s for second place.

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International selection

Posted on July 26, 2013 by gordonro

Congratulations to Greg Louden and Rachel Robertson who have been selected to represent Scotland in International matches in Wales next week.

Greg will run in the 400m for the Scottish team at the Welsh International at Cardiff on Wednesday, before Rachel competes in the Long Jump for the Scottish U18 team on Saturday, at the Celtic Games, held at Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Well done, and good luck to both athletes for their events.

 

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Sainsbury’s British Championships, Birmingham 12 – 14 July

Posted on July 17, 2013 by gordonro

Club athletes Greg Louden and Ross Matheson produced good perfomances at the Sainsbury’s British Championships in Birmingham last weekend.

Greg set a new PB time of 47.56s as he came fourth in his 400m heat on Friday, and finished 8th in the semi-final in a time of 48.17s on Saturday.

Ross came 9th in his 1500m heat in a time of 3:49.24.

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England Athletics U20/U23 Championships & European Trials

Posted on June 18, 2013 by gordonro

Guy Learmonth and Greg Louden competed in the England Athletics U20/U23 Championships & European Trials at Bedford last weekend.

Both qualified for the final of their events, with Guy taking the U23 800m Men’s silver medal in a time of 1:50.42, and Greg finishing 5th in the U23 Men’s 400m (48.44s).

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5k Fun Run Result

Posted on June 17, 2013 by johnbr

5k Fun Run Result

Please click on link below to see amended Result.

 

5k Run Results Sheets 2013_2

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