Weather Warning – Training Thursday 8 December 2011

Keep an eye on the website tomorrow as severe winds are forecast for tomorrow afternoon and into the evening.  This may make travelling to and from and training dangerous and therefore may result in training being cancelled.

 

Good luck to the Lasswade athletes travelling to Aberdeen on Saturday for the East District Cross Country Championships.  Details of the races and parking etc are on Scottish Athletics website.

 

Reminder that the bus for Sunday’s SAIL meeting at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow  leaves Lasswade High School at 11.30am.

 

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SIAB Pentathlon

Lasswade AC athletes Ellen Kristoffersen and Gareth Fleming were competing for the Scottish Schools’ teams in the SIAB Pentathlon match at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday.

Ellen was part of the U18 Girls’ team who finished fourth, with Ellen in 12th place overall with a points total of 2819 (High Jump – 1.56m, Long jump – 4.86m, Shot Putt – 6.43m, 60m Hurdles – 9.71s and 800m 2:42.73).

Gareth was competing for the U16 Boys’ team who also finished fourth, with Gareth in 14th place overall, scoring 2390 points (200m – 27.29s, Long Jump – 5.45m, Shot Putt – 10.77m, 60m Hurdles – 9.78s and 800m – 2:25.58).

 

Click on the link for the full results – http://www.ssaa.co.uk

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East District Cross Country League Match 2 – Livingston 20/11/2011

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

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SAIL Results 13 November 2011

The results are now available for the first SAIL match which took place on 13 November 2011.  Click on the links below to read the results.

The second meeting is in two weeks time (11 December 2011) and athletes will be contacted next week to advise who has been selected.

PM SAIL RESULTS 13 NOVEMBER 2011

AM SAIL RESULTS 13 NOVEMBER 2011

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SIAB Pentathlon

Congratulations to our club athletes Gareth Fleming and Ellen Kristoffersen who have been selected for the Scottish Schools’ team for the SIAB Pentathlon at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday 3rd December.

Gareth is in the Under 16 Boys’ team, while Ellen will compete in the Over 16 Girls’ event.

Well done and good luck to both athletes.

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“Dates for your diaries”

East District Cross Country League – 20 November 2011 – Livingston

Open to anyone in the Club wishing to run. 

Times of the races are as follows:-

1.00pm – U11 Girls/Boys

1.15pm – U13 Girls/Boys

1.35pm – Sen/Jun/Masters Women & U17 Men

2.10pm – U15Girls/ Boys and U17 Women

2.30pm – Sen/Jun/Vet Men

 

East District Cross Country Championships – 10 December 2011 – Aberdeen

Open to age groups U13 to Senior.  Closing date for entry 26 November 2011.  Contact Linda or Kirk Smith before the closing date if you wish to be entered.

 

Scottish Athletics Indoor League – 11 December 2011 – Kelvin Hall, Glasgow 

U11 to U20 age groups.  Linda Smith or Margaret Benham will contact you to advise if selected.

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Lasswade 30th Open Cross Country – Gore Glen, Gorebridge – 6 November 2011

Last weekend saw the thirtieth running of the Midlothian based open cross country event staged by Lasswade Athletic Club at the Gore Glen course which has become so popular with Scottish runners and attracts athletes from all parts of the country.  Once again the main sponsor was John Noble (Electrical) Ltd. and again a large entry of class runners turned out for this popular event.  The youngest age group was 9 years to 11 years and the first race which was for these potential young stars started at 12.30 on a bright sunny day when the girls race set off over the mile course.  In an exciting finish Mairi Wallace of Moorfoot Runners edged ahead of Ishbel Strathdee of Edinburgh and Sarah Calvert of Livingston with the team prize going to Moorfoot’s top three runners.  Best for Lasswade were Caroline McKinlay and Demi Cherubini.  The under eleven boys event over the same distance was similarly close and resulted in a win by young Jake Gumbrelli of Helensburgh with Stephen Addison of Corstorphine second and Taylor Stewart of Giffnock in third place.  The winning  team were Airdrie and as well as Fraser Judge in 6th , Lasswade had Craig Gallacher 23rd, Euan McAlister 24th and Euan Donaldson 26th

In the under 13 girls two mile race Leah Davie (Pitreavie) proved too strong for the opposition who were led by Hilary Lewin (Edinburgh) 2nd. And Regan Binnie (Law and District) 3rd.   For the host club Lauren Dickson 6th brought home Rachel Hutchison and Lauren Wilkie to sixth team position.  In the same age group for boys Connor Morris (Pitreavie) triumphed over Adam Scott (Fife) and Ross Little (Larkhall) with Ross McKenzie and Lewis Donaldson best for Lasswade.

Eilidh MacCorquodale (Central) won the under 15 girls from Hannah Addison (Corstorphine) and Pamela McNicol (Law) while Sophie Miller was top Midlothian runner.  Edinburgh took the first two places in the boys event through Josh Kerr and Robert Bough with Pitreavie’s Aiden Thompson coming in third, just ahead of Lasswade’s Jamie Cousin who lead Iain Lawson and Kyle MacKenzie to second team place.  Callum Grahame was the fourth Lasswade runner.

Amy Frankland of the home club was a runaway winner in the under 17 women’s race with the nearest opposition coming from her team-mate Amy Smith.  Katie Watson (Edinburgh) was third and the winning Lasswade team was completed by Fiona Matheson supported by Katie Logan.  The host club’s Euan Bathgate ran a strong race in a tough under 17 men’s race which was well won by Dundee Hawkhill’s Jamie Crowe from Law’s Andrew Lawler and Ben Potrykus (Pitreavie).

In the final two races over respectively three and three quarter and six miles the Lasswade club’s senior runners came into their own.  First of all Temple’s Keira Murray destroyed the opposition in the senior women’s event winning by two and a half minutes from Rowen Bell-Scott and Kate Jenkins and leading the team of Wilma Kerr and Karen McKinlay to third place with Lorna Rice the fourth Lasswade runner.

In the men’s six miles, young Lasswade internationalist Ross Matheson was equally dominant leading from start to finish to win from Corstorphine’s Keith Hood and Robbie Idle of Ireland. The Lasswade team of Matheson, Martin Gore and Ben Mitchell were good winners and club Chairman Brian Wilson ran strongly in support.

Prizes were presented by Councillor Lisa Beattie and councillor and MSP Colin Beattie (who intimated their pleasure at being involved in an enterprise which reflected so well on Midlothian in national terms) and Greg Louden, Lasswade AC Great Britain junior internationalist.     

 

Dave Hand

Lasswade AC

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Scottish Athletics Indoor League – Kelvin Hall, Glasgow – 13 November 2011

The timetable for the first SAIL meeting on Sunday 13 November 2011 is available by clicking on the link below.  Please note that the meeting is scheduled to start at 1.45pm this year.

 

 SAIL TIMETABLE

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Training Monday 7th November

No Hall on Monday

We have been advised by the Campus that we will not have the hall on Monday 7th November,

All Athletes should report to the track for training starting at 7pm

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Club Hoodies

Anyone wishing to order Club Hoodies can you please contact Heather Fleming at heatherjfleming@aol.com.

Orders for Santa need to be with Heather within the next 10 day to guarentee delivery.

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