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!
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.
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 |
Several of the club’s athletes were competing for their schools at the Scottish Schools’ Championships on Thursday. Top performers on the day were Ellen Kristoffersen who won Gold in the Over 16 Girls’ High Jump, with a clearance of 1.65m, Rachel Robertson who claimed the gold medal in the Over 16 Girls’ Long Jump (5.50m – PB) and Gareth Fleming with double silver medal wins in the Under 16 Boys’ Pole Vault (3.00m – PB) and Long Jump (5.36m).
Ellen also came fourth in the Over 16 Girls’ Long Jump (5.15m – indoor PB), Gareth finished sixth in the Under 16 Boys’ Hurdles final and Rachel was the only 4th year girl to qualify for a tough Over 16 Girls’ 200m final where she finished 5th.
Unscrutinised results available here:
The club has accumulated a number of pairs of used shoes (Spikes, Trainers and Fell shoes) that have been handed in by parents of athletes who the shoes no longer fit. The shoes vary in condition and I have listed them below:
Spikes
Trainers
If you are interested in any of these shoes then please speak to Linda or Kirk.
Ellen Kristoffersen was part of the Scottish Senior team who won the Celtic Indoor Cup at today’s (29.01.12) International Match held at Cardiff.
Ellen finished 3rd in her event – High Jump – jumping 1.61m.
Well done Ellen and the rest of the Scottish team.
For full results click here: http://www.welshathletics.org/competitions…indoor-cup.aspx
Congratulations to Ellen Kristoffersen who has been selected for the Scottish Senior Women’s team for this weekend’s Celtic Indoor Cup match at Cardiff.
Ellen will compete in the High Jump.
Good luck and well done from everyone at the club.
Some of the club’s top athletes were competing in the Scottish Athletics National Indoor Open at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on Saturday.
On the track, Guy Learmonth won the Men’s 800m, clocking 1:51.03. Cameron Steven ran 2:30.64 in his 800m heat, and Greg Louden finished fourth in heat 1 of the Men’s 400m, in a time of 50.10s.
Over at the jumps, Under 18 Women Ellen Kristoffersen and Rachel Robertson had the crowd jumping, as Ellen took first place in the High Jump with a new PB of 1.66m, while Rachel recorded a double, winning both the long jump with an indoor PB of 5.36m, and the Triple Jump with another PB of 10.80m.
Katherine Szymanski was also competing in the triple jump, jumping 9.98m.
Well done to all athletes.
The final East District League Match of the season took place at Broxburn on Saturday 14/01/2012. It was great to see so many Lasswade athletes taking part, in total there were twenty four running.
The first race of the day was the under 11 age group and we had seven boys and one girl in the race. Lasswade got off to a fantastic start with Magnus Tait finishing 2nd, Josh Grahame 5th and Fraser Judge 10th to complete the Lasswade ‘A’ team. Craig Gallagher led the ‘B’ team home in 34th with Adam McDonald, Euan McAllister and Angus Cousin finishing 55th, 57th and 58th respectively. The ‘A’ team finished 2nd on the day and 3rd overall in the league this season. The ‘B’ team finished 14th on the day.
In the girls race Sarah Tait was the only Lasswade athlete and ran a great race to finish in 6th position. The team finished 11th on the day and 8th overall for the season.
The next race was the under 13 age group. In this race we had four boys and two girls competing. Cameron Steven led the Lasswade athletes home finishing in 15th, Thomas Snodgrass was 17th, Matthew Smith 28th and Ross McKenzie 40th. The boys finished 7th team on the day and 5th overall for the season.
In the girls race Lauren Dickson ran another good race to finish 7th with team mate Lauren Wilkie finishing well in 27th. The team finished 10th on the day and 11th over the season.
Two Lasswade athletes competed in the under 15 boys race. Iain Lawson finished in 23rd place followed home by team mate Kyall McKenzie in 28th. The team finished 11th on the day and 7th overall for the season.
In the girls combined u15/u17 race we had two girls competing. Amy Frankland ran a strong race to finish 5th under 17 (7th overall) and Sophie Miller finished 17th under 15 (31st overall). The team finished 12th on the day and 7th overall for the season.
Calum Clark was the only Lasswade athlete in the under 17 men’s race finishing in 19th place. The team finished 9th on the day and 8th overall for the season.
Unfortunately, we had no women running today, Keira who won here last year has a bit of an injury and Lorna Rice intended to run but went to the wrong venue. The team was 26th overall this season.
The final event of the day was the men’s race and we had five athletes running. It was a good race at the front of the field for the first couple of laps with about six athletes in contention including two Lasswade runners Ross Matheson and Barney Phillips. It was just before the start of the final lap that the gaps began to appear and Ross and Barney began to drop off the pace, however they had a little battle between themselves for 5th and 6th position with Ross proving too strong finishing in 5th and Barney 6th. Our next counter was the fastest finisher in the field Martin Gore in 41st, Richard Connor finished in 73rd and Brian Wilson was our final runner in 204th. The men finished 16th team on the day and the same position overall for the season.
Lasswade finished 6th in the league for the males (all age groups) and in the females (all age groups) we were 10th.
Well done to everyone who competed today and in the other league matches over the cross country season.
For full results click here
Scottish Indoor 4 x 200m Junior Relay Championships — Kelvin Hall, Glasgow
U14 & U18 — Sunday 12th February, 2012
U16 — Sunday 19th February, 2012
The club are considering entering teams for the above events, but need to know how many athletes are interested in competing before we submit the entry forms.
There will be no team bus for these events, so athletes will need to make their own way to the Kelvin Hall. The start time for the heats is approximately 1pm, so you will need to be at the Kelvin Hall for 12 noon to register and warm up. If your team qualifies for the finals, these will be held around 3.30pm. All times will be confirmed before the day of the competition.
If you would like to be considered for selection for any of these events please contact Gordon — Tel: 01875 821120, Mobile: 07958 595790 or
email: rtbhq1@googlemail.com before Friday 20th January.
