SAIL Finals and 4 X 200m Relay Championships

The club had four teams in the SAIL Finals on Sunday (11th March), and four teams in the 4 x 200m Relay Championships.

In the league finals the teams were U20 Men, U20 Women, U17 Men and U17 Women.  The Under 17 Women’s team (Katie Purves, Rachel Robertson, Ellen Kristoffersen, Amy Smith, Erin Feeley & Amy Frankland) were runaway winners, winning six out of the nine events to claim the title.  This is the third time the team has been crowned Indoor League champions, having previously won the event in the U13 and U15 age groups.

The club were represented in the relays at U15 Boys, U15 Girls, U17 Men and U17 Women.  Fielding really young teams at U15, both teams ran well, but didn’t qualify for the finals.  The U17 Boys’ team (William Hutchison, Ross Henderson, Iain Lawson & Gareth Fleming) collected bronze medals in their final.

In an exciting race in the U17 Women’s event, the team of Rachel Stoakes, Katie Purves, Amy Smith and Rachel Robertson ran a fantastic race to claim another gold medal, and finish their indoor season in style.  It was also a fitting way to end the last event at the Kelvin Hall for the club.

Well done to everyone who competed yesterday, and throughout the indoor season, and also to all the club’s officials, coaches and team managers.

 

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment

UK School Games 2012

Congratulations to Ellen Kristoffersen and Rachel Robertson on their selection for the Scottish Schools’ team for the UK School Games which are being held at the Olympic Stadium, London, in May.

Ellen has been selected for the High Jump, and Rachel for the Long Jump.

Dave Finlayson has also been selected as an official for the games.

Well done from everyone at the club.

    

 

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment

GB Selection for Keira

Congratulations to Keira Murray who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European Standard Distance Triathlon Championships in Israel on Sunday 22 April.

 

 

Posted in News and Info | Leave a comment

Impressive medal haul at Scottish Age Group Championships

The club’s athletes were in fine form at the weekend’s Scottish Age Group Championships at the Kelvin Hall, collecting seven medals and many PBs along the way.

In the U18 Women’s events, Amy Smith collected a bronze medal and recorded a PB in the 800m, while Katie Purves (60m Hurdles) and Ellen Kristoffersen (High Jump) both took home silver medals, with Katie setting a PB in her heat, before recording another in the final.  Rachel Robertson claimed two medals, winning gold in the Long Jump, and setting a new PB in her Triple Jump as she took the silver medal, only missing another gold by 2cm.

Robert Ferguson also collected gold in the U18 Men’s High Jump.

On Sunday at the U16 Boys’ Championships Gareth Fleming took the silver medal in the Pole Vault.

Well done to all the athletes from the club who competed in the championships.

Click here for full results: http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk

 

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment

BUCS Gold for Guy Learmonth

Guy Learmonth retained his 800 metres title at the British Universities Indoor Championships at Sheffield today (Sunday 26/02/12). Guy clocked 1:49:29 to win in impressive style as his sparkling indoor season form was maintained.

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment

National Cross Country Championships – Falkirk 18/02/2012

The National Cross Country Championships once again took place at Callender Park in Falkirk on 18 February 2012. Lasswade Athletics Club had twenty athletes competing in various different age groups. 

The weather looked promising when we left midlothian but no sooner had we arrived in Falkirk when the snow started. Thankfully it was not too heavy but there were snow flurry’s throughout the day. There had also been rain overnight which made the course quite muddy and heavy in parts. 

The under 13 boys was the first race of the day with 99 boys taking part.  Thomas Snodgrass was Lasswade’s first finisher coming in 38th with Ross Mackenzie 85th place.  It was the turn of the under 13 girls next with Lauren Wilkie finishing 74th of the 111 starters. Lauren was  the only Lasswade girl competing.

We had two boys in the under 15 race, Iain Lawson who finished 57th and Kyle Mackenzie who only recently got the cast off his broken wrist finishing 104th.  Sophie Miller in the under 15 girls and finished 46th of the 71 starters.

The under 17 and under 20 women ran in the same race which was the next to start. We had two runners Amy Frankland who finished 13th and Amy Smith who was 28th. Ross Henderson and Callum Clark were our runners in the under 17 men. Callum Clark finished 60th but Ross unfortunately had to pull out injured. 

It was the turn of the ladies next with Keira Murray finishing a fine 6th in a very close finish with Sarah Hood of Edinburgh.  Next to finish for the ladies was one of our veterans Wilma Kerr in 159th followed by Karen McKinlay in 197th. 

The penultimate race of the day was the under 20 men with Lasswade’s Ross Matheson looking for another National Cross Country title. Luke Traynor, Giffnock North opened a lead on the first lap with Ross in second place. Ross running one of his better cross country races this season looked like he may close the gap,  however the Giffnock North runner rallied and the positions at the finish remained the same with Ross finishing a brilliant 2nd!      

The last race of the day was the men’s race with 505 runners, which was one of the biggest fields assembled for a number of years. Lasswade had seven runners competing.  Barney Phillips who has been in good form over the winter finished 27th with the  fast finishing Martin Gore in 72nd, Ben Mitchell was our next runner in 172nd followed closely by Richard Connor in 184th. Our next finishers were David Ramage  285th,  Alan Cummings 324th and Brian Wilson 460th.

Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to Ross on his second place. 

For full results please click here

Posted in Cross Country | Leave a comment

RUN and BECOME Are Moving

New location for the Edinburgh Store

Run and Become shop on Dalry Road is closing on the 5th March, and moving to new premises.

With a Grand Opening on Wednesday 7th March at 9.30am, at the address below

Run an Become

20 Queensferry Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4QW

Tel: 0131-313-5300

Posted in News and Info, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

National Cross Country Championships – 18/02/2012

This seasons National Cross Country Championships takes places at Callendar Park, Falkirk on Saturday 18/02/2012.

This is the finale to the domestic cross country season in Scotland. .

For directions, timetable etc please click here

If anyone who asked to be entered is now unable to compete please let Linda or Kirk know.

Good luck to all Lasswade Athletes competing!

 

Posted in Cross Country | Leave a comment

UKA Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships

Guy Learmonth finished second in today’s 800m final at the UKA Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships at Sheffield.  Guy had won his heat on Saturday in a time of 1:50.43, and clocked 1:49.63 as he finished runner up today.

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment

U16 Boys’ Combined Events

Following on from his silver medals at the Scottish Schools’ Championships on Thursday, Gareth Fleming gained another silver medal when he finished runner up in the U16 Boys’ Combined Events Championships at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday.

Gareth’s results are below.

Points Total

2433

High Jump 1.54m Hurdles

 9.88s

Jong Jump 5.46m Shot Putt

 11.35m

800m

2.23.04

Posted in News and Info, Track and Field | Leave a comment