LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

The final match in this season’s East District Cross Country League takes place on 14/01/2012 at Broxburn.

It would be great to get as many runners out as possible for the last league match of this cross country season to try to improve the current overall position of the club in the league. To view the results from match 2 please click here . You will see that some of the age group teams are currently sitting in fourth or fifth position overall, it would be a great result if we could finish in the top three so please make every effort to support the club by competing at this event. 

For event information and map/timetable please click here. 

If you require further information please speak to Linda or Kirk Smith.

Congratulations to Lauren Dickson (U13 Girls), Amy Frankland (U17  Women), Keira Murray (Senior Women), Barney Phillips and Niall Sheehan (Senior Men) who have all been selected for the East District Team at the Inter District Match on Saturday 7 January 2012 at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh. 

Well done to to you all and good luck from everyone at the Club.

For anyone interested in going to support your club team mates please click here for information and times.

The East District Cross Country Championships took place in Aberdeen last weekend. The number of entrants on the whole was down and that was reflected in the number of Lasswade athletes taking part with only 13 athletes making the trip north. Unfortunately, this meant that we had no complete teams in any age group.

The conditions on the day were very cold and the ground was hard underfoot.  In the Under 13 girls which was the first race of the day, Lauren Dickson got the club off to a great start with a fine run to finish 6th overall.  In the next race, the Under 13 boys, Matthew Smith finished 22nd and Cameron Steven, who has had injury problems, had to pull out.

Amy Frankland who has been running consistently well this cross country season ran a good race to finish 9th in the Under 17 women’s race with team mate Amy Smith pulling out.  The next race was the Under 15 boys with Jamie Cousin the only Lasswade runner competing.  Jamie who had been running well in recent league races was well up on the first lap in 4th place but dropped back on the second lap to finish 20th.

In the women’s race Keira Murray who had won the most recent league match ran well to finish 2nd overall just 10 seconds adrift of winner Jennifer MacLean. Our next Lasswade woman Lorna Rice finished in 70th place.     

The final race of the day was the men’s race with five Lasswade athletes competing. Ross Matheson who has had a few injury problem’s this year had a solid run to finish 7th overall (2nd Under 20) with Barney Phillips running well to finish 9th. The fast uphill finishing Martin Gore was our next runner home with a good run to finish 42nd, followed by Richard Connor in 61st and Ben Mitchell in 67th. 

Well done to everyone who took part and good luck to those of you selected for the inter district match in January.

For full results click here

The second match of the East District Cross Country League took place last weekend in Livingston and there were 25 Lasswade athletes competing. It was great to see so many young athletes from Lasswade taking part in this event.

In the boys under 11 age group there were five boys taking part with Josh Grahame leading the way with a strong run to finish 5th overall. The rest of the team were led home by Fraser Judge 13th, Craig Gallagher 34th, Euan McAllister 35th and Adam McDonald 39th. Demi Cherubini the only Lasswade girl in the under 11 age group ran well to finish 26th in only her third cross country race.   

In the under 13 boys race Cameron Steven was our first finisher in 17th place closely followed by Matthew Smith in 19th, Ross MacKenzie was our next finisher in 36th with Jamie Darling just behind in 37th.  Lauren Dickson was the first Lasswade girl in the U13 age group running a strong race to finish in 9th place with team mate Nancy Stewart finishing 39th.

The next race was the under 15 boys with Jamie Cousin running well to finish 8th overall, team mate Iain Lawson was not too far  behind in 12th and Kyle MacKenzie finished completing the team finished in 30th place.

The under 15 girls and under 17 women run in the same race and Lasswade had five runners. Amy Frankland ran very well to finish 4th, Amy Smith was next Lasswade runner in 24th, followed by Sophie Miller 31st, Fiona Matheson 33rd and Katie Logan 39th.

Calum Clarke was a solo performer in the U17 men finishing 26th in his first race for sometime after having been injured.

Following  her recent victory in the Lasswade Open Cross Country Keira Murray, the only Lasswade woman competing,  put in another fine performance with a convincing win over Gillian Palmer.

The final event of the day was the mens race and we had three athletes running. Martin Gore led the men home in 52nd, with Richard Connor and Ben Mitchell close behind in 56th and 61st respectively.

Well done to and thanks to everyone who took part.

The final league match takes place on 14 January at Broxburn and some of the age groups still have the opportunity to finish in the top three teams in the league. However, to do this we really need our endurance athletes to take part so please put this date in your diary and make every effort to compete.   

For full results please click here