There are a number of short road and cross country relays in September and October. It would be good for the club to enter a few senior teams in these. Details can be found by clicking here
If interested please contact Kirk Smith or David Hand.
The club's U13 Girls' team gave a good account of themselves today at the Scottish Superteams competition at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow.
In the first event of the day, the 100m, all four girls ran new PB times. Beth Murray (15.42s), Rachel Louden (15.82s), Lisa Robertson (15.94s) and Rachel Hutchison (16.10s). More PBs were to follow in the long jump for Beth (3.82m), and Rachel Hutchison (3.16m), while Lisa jumped 3.57m and Rachel Louden 3.31m.
The third event (Shot Put) saw all four girls register PBs again, as Beth threw 4.53m, Rachel Louden 4.06m, Rachel Hutchison 3.87m and Lisa 3.73m.
The girls rounded of a fine day's work by running very well in a tough medley relay (2 x100m, 1 x 200m & 1x 800m), finishing fifth.
The team all performed well on the day, produced new PB performances, and gained valuable experience. Considering they were the youngest and smallest team in the competition, they did very well, and will all be eligible for next year's competition.
Despite being missing a number of regular competitors due to injuries and other commitments, the club’s young athletes produced some fine performances at Grangemouth today to finish third overall in the Forth Valley League Division One for the season.
A lot of athletes were asked to compete in events which they don’t normally do, but they all rose to the challenge to earn valuable points for the team.
Well done to all the athletes, coaches, officials, parents and helpers. It was a real team effort, and the feelgood factor nearly led to Davie Mac sharing his chocolates on the bus home!
July has been a busy month for some of the club’s track and field athletes as they competed in top level competitions in Scotland and England.
Guy Learmonth, Greg Louden, Colin Menzies, Ross Matheson, Ross Finlayson, Scott Anderson, Niall Sheehan and Callum Wilson all competed in the Scottish Senior Championships, held at Pitreavie Stadium on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July.
Greg and Guy both qualified from their heats on the Saturday to progress to the finals of their events on Sunday. In Sunday’s finals, Greg produced a season’s best run of 48.43s as he finished fifth in the 400m, and Guy collected the bronze medal in the 800m with a time of 1:53.79. Also in the 800m, Ross Matheson finished 4th in the semi-final (1:58.79), and Scott Anderson (2:04.43), and Ross Finlayson (2:05.25), ran in the heats.
Colin Menzies was among the medals as well, as he took the bronze in the 3000m Steeplechase (10:19.29).
Niall Sheehan finished 13th in the 5000m final (15:21.97), and Callum Wilson produced a jump of 13.38m, as he finished 5th in the triple jump.
The following Saturday, Greg Louden and Guy Learmonth were selected to compete for Scotland at the Birmingham Games in the U20 4 x 400m relay team. The team set a new Scottish Junior record time of 3:14.25, breaking the previous record which had stood for 27 years.
The next day saw Greg join club team mate Ross Matheson, as they competed for Team Edinburgh in the National Junior League at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow. Greg won the 400m, and finished 4th in the 200m in a new PB time of 22.05s. He was also a part of the winning 4 x 400m relay team (3:23.32).
Ross registered an impressive treble of victories, winning the 800m in 1:56.89, the 1500m in 4:07.76, and running in the 4 x 400m relay team.
Team Edinburgh won the match overall, and finished top of the league for the season, they have now qualified for the league finals which take place at Derby on the 12th of August
The club’s younger athletes were also in action during the past month, competing in the usual leagues and championships. Earlier in the month, Ellen Kristoffersen was runner up in the Scottish U15 Girls’ Pentathlon competition with a total of 2608 points. Ellen, along with Rachel Robertson and Gareth Fleming, was also part of the U15 Edinburgh Select team who won the Scottish Schools’ Super 8 Challenge match at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, on 7th July.
The club were also represented by two teams in the recent Scottish Junior 4 x 100m Relay Championships at Pitreavie Stadium. The U13 Girls’ team (Beth Murray, Lisa Robertson, Rachel Hutchison and Rachel Louden) were sixth in their heat, while the U15 Boys’ team (William Hutchison, Jamie Cousin, Iain Lawson and John Wyse) finished 6th in their final.
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.
