East District XC Relay Champs – Meadowmill 09/10/2010

Posted on October 11, 2010 by kirksm

The annual East District Cross Country Relay Championships took place at Meadowmill near Prestonpans on Saturday 09 October 2010.

Lasswade fielded five teams, one young females team, two young males teams and two senior mens teams. The girls finished in 18th place overall, the boys 15th and 16th and the senior men 11th and 27th. It was good to see so many athletes turn out for the club.

The senior mens race was dominated by Central who took both first and second places with Corstorphine third. After a solid start by the Lasswade men Niall Sheehan, 8th at the end of first leg and Colin Menzies also 8th at the end of leg two. The third leg saw Ross Matheson run the fifth fastest leg of the day to pull Lasswade up to 4th going into the final stage. On the fourth leg Ross Finlayson did his best to hold off the opposition finishing in 11th place.

Well done to everyone in all the teams.

The National Cross Country Relays at Cumbernauld are only a couple of weeks away and I hope to see you all there. 

Thanks to everyone who took part.

For full results please click here

              

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George Cummings Road Relay – Houston 25/09/2010

Posted on September 28, 2010 by kirksm

Several senior athletes took part in this annual road relay over a 2.7 mile course on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Houston, Renfrewshire.

We fielded both a mens and a womens team with both lead off runners getting their respective teams off to a great start. Barney Phillips was 3rd (13.30) on the first leg in the mens race and Keira Murray was 3rd  woman (15.06).  There was a solid performance on the second leg from Niall Sheehan who finished 5th (13.52) in the mens race and Wilma Kerr (19.29) kept the women in the top 6.  On the third leg for the men with another good performance was John  Murray (14.04) who finished 7th. Lorna Rice was the final runner in the womens team with a solid run (20.11) bringing the women home in around 13th place (not easy to identify womens teams from the results).

Unfortunately, the mens team was incomplete as our fourth runner cancelled at the last minute. However, at the end of the third leg we were within 20 seconds of 4th spot so who knows what could have happened. The womens team was complete as it was teams of three. 

For full results click here

Thanks to everyone who raced, I hope that you enjoyed it and that we can put together some more teams for similar events.  

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Thursday Nights – Winter Endurance Training

Posted on September 28, 2010 by kirksm

Winter training for the endurance squad will now take place at Bonnyrigg Public Park from Thursday 30 September 2010. 

Meet at the Pavillion at 6.30pm until 8.00pm.

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Club Disco and Presentation Night

Posted on September 28, 2010 by gordonro

Click on the link below for details of the Club's Disco and Presentation Night on Friday 29 October.

LAC A5 Flyer

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National Junior Athletic League Final

Posted on September 15, 2010 by gordonro

It was a successful day for the club’s athletes who were competing for Team Edinburgh in the National Junior Athletic League final at Derby on Sunday, with all three athletes coming first in their events.

Callum Wilson won the B Triple jump (13.46m), Ross Matheson came first in the 800m A (1:54.03) and was also part of the winning 4 x 400m relay team (3:18.77). Greg Louden took first place in the 400m A (48.19s), ran in the 4 x 400m relay team as well, and collected the Male Track Athlete of the Match award for his performances.

Team Edinburgh finished third overall, only 13 points behind the winners Blackheath & Bromley.

Well done to the athletes on the day, and to the club’s other athletes who competed in the Junior League matches leading up to the final.

The club also had a good representation of young athletes at the Pitreavie Trophy meeting on Sunday where some good performances, PBs and medals were collected.

The results for the Trophy Meeting will be available on the Scottish Athletics website at a later date.

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Club Championships

Posted on September 1, 2010 by ruthsz

As you will no doubt be aware our annual Club Championships will be held on the 26th  of this month and as in previous years the generosity of members, parents and family is always appreciated.

Donations are required of filled rolls, home baking etc that can be sold on the day. Tea, coffee, juice, crisps and sweets will also be available for sale.

Fresh produce for sale should be brought along on the morning of the competition.

Donations are also required for the Tombola and Raffle.These can be handed to myself or any of the coaches from now until the championships.

All monies made will be go straight back to the club to help pay for travel expenses, equipment and the like.

Finally, if anyone is able to spare some time on the day to help with the above please let me know and duties can be handed out on the day. Thank you Ruth Szymanski Membership Secretary Lasswade AC. 01968 678326  (or you can send me an email via the contact form within the "Contact Us" page).

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Lasswade Athletes Rise to Challenge

Posted on August 19, 2010 by kirksm

Read the full report on the last Scottish Mens League Match by clicking here

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Senior Road Relays

Posted on August 19, 2010 by kirksm

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. 

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U13 Girls Superteams

Posted on August 14, 2010 by gordonro

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.

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Forth Valley League Final

Posted on August 7, 2010 by gordonro

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! 

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