LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Several of the club’s athletes were competing in the JSB Forth Valley President’s Select Match on Saturday, and collected an impressive haul of medals between them.

Results available here http://www.jsbplumbing-forthvalley.fsnet.co.uk/

Both Robert Ferguson and Ellen Kristoffersen competed in their events today at the UK School Games in Sheffield.  Robert jumped 1.93m, finishing 4th in the High Jump, narrowly missing out on the bronze medal, which was also won with a jump of 1.93m.

Ellen Jumped 5.11m, to finish seventh in the long Jump.

Well done to both athletes.

Full results here http://www.ukschoolgames.com

Two of the club’s athletes Robert Ferguson and Ellen Kristoffersen travelled down to Sheffield today as part of the Scottish team for the UK School Games.  Robert has been selected for the High Jump with Ellen competing in the Long Jump.

Good luck and best wishes from everyone at the club.

Following on from the East Region's success in the U16/U18 Inter Regional match on Saturday, the East Region once again collected the trophy at the U20/Senior Match at Wishaw on Sunday.

Lasswade athletes played their part in the victory with some impressive performances.  Greg Louden won the men's 400m (49.67s), and came second in the 200m (22.55s), while Ross Matheson took first place in the1500m (3:59.53).   Scott Anderson finished 4th in the 800m (2:01.86), and Niall Sheehan won the 5000m B race (15:38.14).

Greg and Scott were also part of the winning East 4 x 400m Relay team.

Several of the club’s athletes were part of the winning East Region team in the Inter Regional Match at Wishaw on Saturday.

Highlights of the day were the gold medal winning performances from Rachel Robertson – U16W Long Jump (5.29m), Katie Purves – U16W 80m Hurdles (12.08s), Sophie Elder – U18W 300m (42.15s), and Gareth Fleming – U16M Javelin (41.04m).  Gareth also collected a bronze medal in the U16M Pole Vault (2.80m) and finished 6th in the Shot Putt (10.09m), while Rachel and Katie claimed another first place when they both ran in the winning U16W 4 x 100m relay team (52.08s).

Collecting silver medals were Jordan Charters – U18M High Jump (1.75m), and Katherine Szymanski – U18W Triple Jump (9.93m).  Katherine also finished 2nd B, and 7th overall in the Javelin (20.86m).

Also competing for the team were Amy Smith – U18W 800m, Sophie Collins – U16W 1500m, Jack Learmonth – U18 Triple Jump, Frankie Benham – U18W Javelin, Shot Putt and Discus, Jamie Cousin  – U16M 400m, and Erin Feeley – U16W Hammer and Discus.

The club had two teams in the U14 Superteams competition at Grangemouth Stadium today. Both teams performed well with lots of PBs gained in the various events.

Each athlete had to do each of the three events, and run in the 4 x 100m relay. In the relay, the boys’ team finished second in their heat in a time of 59.99s, with the girls coming home fourth, clocking 59.7s.

The athletes’ results for the 200m, Long Jump and Shot Putt are below:

Ronan Clelland – 32.39s, 3.64m, 4.68m

Aidan Gallagher – 28.89s, 3.83m, 6.43m

Matthew Smith – 31.99s, 3.08m, 4.16m

Fraser Cousin – 29.99s, 3.53m, 7.44m

Rachel Louden – 31.04s, 3.37m, 4.36m

Lisa Robertson – 32.75s, 3.72m, 4.60m

Rachel Hutchison – 31.95s, 3.44m, 4.88m

Bethany Murray – 30.12s, 4.11m, 4.95m