The main event of the Scottish Cross Country season takes place on 20/02/2010 at Callendar Park, Falkirk.
Lasswade hope to field strong teams at this event so would endurance athletes please confirm to your coaches (Linda Smith or David Hand) on Monday at training if you intend to compete.
Full details can be found by clicking on the attached link:
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=11645
Injuries — that’s the main story of this year’s indoor relay championships!
After two weeks of chopping and changing the teams due to call offs, mainly because of injury, we had four teams selected up until Friday night, when we had to cancel the U15 Boys’ team. Then, on the day of the championships, Ellen injured her hamstring during the warm up, meaning the U15 Girls’ team had to withdraw as well.
The two teams left(U13 Boys and U13 Girls) competed well, with the boys finishing 4th in their heat. The girls went one better, finishing 3rd, despite Rebecca having to incorporate a bit of hurdling into the race to avoid another athlete lying in her lane!
The athletes all competed well, gained good experience and enjoyed the day, especially those taking part in the Hide and Seek Warm Down!
Teams:
U13 Girls — Jenna Richards, Rebbecca Smith, Lisa Robertson, Rachel Louden.
U13 Boys — Kirk Kennedy, Fraser Cousin, Matthew Smith, Aidan Gallagher.
U15 Girls — Rachel Stoakes, Megan Fleming, Ellen Kristoffersen, Rachel Robertson.
Four athletes from the club competed at the Scottish Senior Indoor Championships on Saturday. Guy Learmonth won the Men’s 800m final, with Ross Finlayson also qualifying for the final and finishing fifth.
In the 400m event, Greg Louden won his heat, and finished fifth in the final, while Dean Philip was fourth in his heat.
Under 16 Girls
Francesca Benham – Shot Putt – 7th
Erin Feeley – Shot Putt – 8th
Amy Frankland – 1500m – 7th in Heat
Ellen Kristoffersen – Pole Vault – Silver, High Jump – 4th, Hurdles – 2nd in Heat
Fiona Matheson – 1500m – 4th in Heat
Katie Purves – Hurdles – Gold
Rachel Robertson – Long Jump – Bronze, 300m – 6th
Katherine Szymanski – High Jump – 6th
Over 16 Girls
Lesley Campbell – 60m – 4th, 200m – Semi Final
Under 16 Boys
Ross Henderson – 800m – 4th in Heat
John Wyse – 60m – DNS
Over 16 Boys
Michael Blackley – 400m – 5th in Heat
Ryan Gilhooly – 400m – 3rd in Heat
Ross Matheson – 1500m – Gold
Full results are available on the Scottish Schools Website.
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A number of the club’s athletes were representing their schools at the Scottish Schools’ Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall this week. There were some terrific performances and quite a few medals collected by our athletes.
A list of the athletes and the events they competed in, will be posted once the full results are available.
Well done to everyone who took part.
Lasswade Athletics Club’s top young track and field athletes travelled to Glasgow recently to compete in the Scottish Closed Indoor Championships held over two days at The Kelvin Hall.
In the Under 15 Girls’ events Katie Purves won the 60m Hurdles, and finished runner up in the 60m sprint. Rachel Robertson claimed the silver medal in the long jump, and also finished fourth in the 200m final, while Ellen Kristoffersen took the gold in the Pole Vault. Megan Fleming competed in the long jump and recorded a personal best in the shot putt. Gareth Fleming competed well in the U15 Boys’ Long Jump and 60m Hurdles.
In the Under 17 Girls events Francesca Benham won gold in the shot putt, and Sarah Szymanski finished second in her 300m heat, while Katherine Szymanski finished 7th in the high jump.
It was a good weekend for Lasswade’s athletes who now face a busy month in February with the Scottish Open Championships, Relay Championships and Scottish Indoor League matches as well as Scottish Schools Championships coming up.
Good luck to all club athletes competing in the Scottish Schools Indoor Championships on 3 and 4 February 2010 at Kelvin Hall.
For athletes selected to run in our U13 Girls/Boys and U15 Girls/Boys teams in the Junior Relays at Kelvin Hall on Saturday 6 February 2010 please make your own way to the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow for 11.30am as the club has no organised transport to this event. .
The intention is to sit where we normally sit for the Indoor League matches which is at the top left hand corner of the arena.
Please remember to bring a packed lunch and drinks with you. There are drinks machines but nowhere in the Kelvin Hall to purchase food. Remember to make sure you have no more than 5mm spikes in as these will be checked by officials.
If for any reason you are unable to run please contact Gordon or Linda as soon as possible.
For a timetable and athlete information please click on links below:-
http://lasswade-ac.org.uk/club/wp-content/uploads/JUNIOR RELAY INFORMATION – Indoors 2010 (2).doc
Welcome to the new Lasswade Athletics Club website.
We hope that you like it and that you will appreciate it is a work in progress. There are still gaps and we apologise for these but we need your input to help fill these gaps. Please let us know what you think of the site and if there is anything you would like to see added. We do still have a few ideas of our own and these will appear as the site evolves.
WELL DONE to Ross Matheson who represented Scotland by stepping up to the under-20 age group at last weekend's Celtic Cross Country International, incorporated within the Antrim International Cross Country (Saturday 23 January) where he finished a excellent third place.
