Well done to Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth who were part of the Scottish Junior 4 x 400m Team that broke the Scottish Junior Record when finishing 3rd at the Birmingham Games on Saturday with a time of 3.14.25. The previous record had stood for almost 27 years !
The full team were Anthony Young, Jay Younger, Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES FOR THE BANK OF SCOTLAND U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS IS FRIDAY 30 JULY 2010
The Championships will be held at the newly renovated Scotstoun track and entry forms and information can be found on the Scottish Athletics website.
Entries are now being taken for the Pitreavie Trophy Meeting on Sunday 12 September 2010 at Pitreavie. This is always a good meeting for youngsters and would encourage as many athletes from the club to enter.
Click here for an entry form and here for information on the meeting
Bump! Dave McConnell has been chastising me for not getting our entries in…………… So a quick reminder to those of you who haven't put pen to paper yet… the nights are fair drawin in!!
Remember also, parents, that this is your chance to show your athletics prowess to disbelieving offspring. Joking aside the club championships are there to be enjoyed by all and I can honestly say (as the reigning club vet champion lol) that the more you put in …the more you get out. Get those entries in asap.
Here's what can be achieved by an hugely overweight dad watching Bubka videos nightly!! Contrast and discuss……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsHMcmPxsT4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTSF_bDfcXw
Regards
Norrie K
Entries are now being taken for the Club Championships on Sunday 26 September 2010 at Meadowbank.
Click here for an entry form.
Some of the club’s young athletes were recognised for their achievements over the past year, when they were named as winners in two categories at the Midlothian Council Sports Awards held at Midlothian House, Dalkeith, on Friday.
Greg Louden was awarded the Junior Individual Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sport, and the Under 15 Girls’ team (Erin Feeley, Megan Fleming, Amy Frankland, Ellen Kristoffersen, Fiona Matheson, Katie Purves and Rachel Robertson) were the recipients of the Junior Team Award.
Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth produced terrific performances at the English U20 Championships at Bedford over the weekend. They both qualified comfortably from Saturday's heats and semi-finals to qualify for Sunday's finals of their events.
In the 800m final, Guy ran a new PB time of 1:49.23 to finish fourth, while Greg ran a season's best time (48.45s) as he collected the silver medal in the 400m final.
Well done to both athletes.
Four teams were competing today (13 June 2010) at Grangemouth at the Junior 3 x 800m Relay Championships.
The U13 Girls team were Rachel Louden, Mhairi Kristoffersen and Rachel Hutchison and the U13 Boys team were Kyle Mackenzie, Callum Grahame and Fraser Cousin. Neither the girls or boys made it through to the final however both teams performed well and gained valuable experience at championship level.
The U15 Girls team were Amy Frankland, Amy Smith and Fiona Matheson and the U15 Boys team were Ross Henderson, Iain Lawson and Jamie Cousin. Both teams made it through to their respective finals where the U15 Girls missed out on a bronze medal in 4th place and the boys finished a creditable 6th place.
Well done to all four teams. See below for some great pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157624271745726/show/with/4699725376/
Athletes from the club collected another four medals at today's U20 Scottish Championships at Grangemouth. Callum Wilson took the gold medal in the men's Triple Jump (13.57m), Guy Learmonth won the 800m, running 1m 52s, while Greg Louden collected silver in the 400m, with a season's best time of 48.50s. Ross Matheson won the gold medal in the 1500m, and was also the winner of the Adrian Callan Trophy for middle distance runners.
The Club also had four teams competing in the 3 x 800m Relay Championships at the same venue, a report will be posted later.
A number of the club’s athletes were representing their schools at the Scottish Schools’ Championships at Grangemouth over the weekend, and returned with four gold medals.
Gareth Fleming took double gold in the Pole Vault with a new PB of 2.20m, and the Javelin with a throw of 33.68m. Gareth also finished fourth in the High Jump (1.40m).
Rachel Robertson won the Long Jump competition, beating her previous PB distance five times in a series of jumps ranging from 5.04 – 5.09m. Rachel also ran 13.63s in her 100m heat, and 27.90s in her 200m heat.
Ross Matheson claimed the gold medal in the 1500m in a time of 4:06.58.
Other Lasswade athlete results were:
Megan Fleming – Long Jump – 4.25m, 100m – 14.08s.
Fiona Matheson – 800m – 2:36.46.
Francesca Benham – Shot Put – 8.32m, Discus – 23.46m, Javelin – 20.42m
Ashley Boak – Discus – 24.06m
Michael Blackley – 100m – 12.25s, 200m – 24.61s.
Erin Feeley – Shot Put – 8.44m.
