LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Hi All,

Due to the severe weather conditions we have experienced over the last week a decision has been made by Scottish Athletics to cancel this weekends East District Cross Country Championships in Aberdeen. 

As soon as we are aware of a revised date we will let you know.

A decision will be made tomorrow at 12 noon as to whether or not this event will go ahead on 4 December 2010 and the decision will be posted on Scottish Athletic's website shortly thereafter.

The East District Cross Country Chamionships this year is at the University Playing Fields, Aberdeen on 4 December 2010.  There is a mini bus going however places will be limited.  

The closing date for entries is 20 November.   If you wish to compete can you please let either Linda Smith or Davie Hand know by Friday 19 November at the latest.  

Please also let either Linda Smith or Davie Hand know if you wish to travel by the mini bus.  The cost will be £5.00 plus £2.50 entry fee.

This is the selection race for the East athletes for the Inter District Cross Country at Edinburgh on 8 January 2011.

The second race of the East District Cross Country League is on Saturday 20 November 2010 at Broxburn.  

For those of you who have run at Broxburn before there is now a new start and finish.    Letters and information on the course will be handed out on Monday night at training.

There is a match fee of £2.00 payable by all athletes on the day.

Anyone from the club can run in the League and it would be good to see as many athletes taking part as possible. 

For more information contact Linda Smith or Davie Hand.

The National XC Relays took place today at Cumbernauld. 

Lasswade fielded four teams, one young females, two young males and one mens team.

The young females team of Rachel Hutchison, Fiona Matheson and Amy Frankland ran well to finish just outside the top 20 in 24th position.

The young male teams Kyle McKenzie, Jamie Cousin and Euan Bathgate finished 42nd and  Ronan Clelland, Iain Lawson and Ross Henderson finished 56th.

A number of people found this venue difficult to find (including me and I have been there on any number of occasions) and it was looking like we might not have a mens team as two of our athletes were late arriving but they made it safely in the end. A slight adjustment to the running order was all that was required. The team of Colin Menzies, Ross Finlayson, Ben Mitchell and Barney Phillips finished a creditable 29th.

Well done to everyone who took part.

A link to the results is attached here.

The first East District Cross Country League race took place last Saturday at Stirling University Campus.    A beautiful afternoon and a great location for the race with the Wallace monument in the background.

It was fantastic to see so many Lasswade athletes taking part, 21 in total. Let's hope that we can maintain and build on these numbers for the coming league races. 

We did lack numbers in the youngest age group with only one in the under 11 race, Ross McKenzie, who ran well to finish 21st.

In the under 13 boys race we had four runners Kyle McKenzie (21st), Ronan Clelland (24th), Fraser Cousin (35th) and Matthew Smith (36th).   Rachel Hutchison (15th) was the sole Lasswade athlete in the under 13 girls race. 

The under 15 Lasswade boys were led home by Ross Henderson (9th) followed by Jamie Cousin (13th) Iain Lawson (16th) and Calum Clark (24th). The boys were our only team to place on the day finishing 3rd team – great effort boys !!   Amy Frankland (12th) brought the under 15 girls home with Sally Redpath (39th). 

In the mens race we had nine athletes competing.  I think this is the most that I have ever seen turn out for a Lasswade mens team at a cross country event and it was great to see you all there ! Our men were led home by our youngest man Ross Matheson who finished 2nd overall (1st Junior), Niall Sheehan (10th), Barney Phillips (14th), our late starter Colin Menzies (53rd), Ben Mitchell (55th), Andrew Matheson (66th), Richard Connor (71st), Ross Finlayson (84th) and Zander Lyon (93rd). The mens team finished fourth overall which was a great effort.

Lasswade finished fourth team overall for the day which is a great result and a credit to everyone who took part. Well done to you all.

For full results please click here.

Athletes do not have to be selected for these league races and we would encourage as many athletes as possible to participate. As you can see from the results there were a few age groups where we had incomplete teams so if you would like to compete then please speak to one of the coaches at  training on Monday or Thursday as you would be a welcome addition to the team.

Please make a date in your diaries for Broxburn on 20/11/2010 and let's see if we can improve from fourth overall.