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
Training has been cancelled tonight due to the severe wind.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
U11 to U20 age groups. Linda Smith or Margaret Benham will contact you to advise if selected.
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
