Declarations are now open for Under 11 to Under 15 athletes for the final Forth Valley League fixture of the season.
Available events are:
U11s: 100m, 200m, 800m, 4x100m relay, High Jump
U13s: 100m, 200m, 800m, 4x100m relay, Shot Putt
U15s: 100m, 300m, 800m, 4x100m relay, Long Jump, Discus
Please complete this form if you wish to be considered for this event. This fixture will take place across the morning and afternoon – the timetable can be found here.
Following our AGM we have made the hard decision to increase our training fees from 1st September 2023.
The need for this has arisen due a doubling in the cost of hiring the training facilities this year, which can no longer be met by the current training fees. It is the first time there has been an increase in fees in over 12 years.
The monthly training fees will go up to £10 per month for athletes training once weekly and £20 per month for those training twice weekly. As previously there will be a 25% reduction for second and subsequent members of the same family making the fees for these £7.50 monthly for 1 session weekly and £15 monthly for twice weekly sessions.
If there any problems with the increases, please get in touch with one of the committee members in confidence.
Please can all members amend their standing orders accordingly from 1st September 2023. (N.B the club cannot alter the amounts collected so members must amend their own standing order either through online banking or by going into their bank).
Thank you very much in anticipation of your cooperation.
If yes, then we have the ideal opportunity for you. Coaching at Lasswade AC can be used for volunteering hours for those doing the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Enhancing at Personal Statement for further education or C.V. Make new friends. Have some fun…..
Scottishathletics have released the dates for the Assistant Coach Course’s for Autumn 2023. This is ideal first step on the pathway for those aged over sixteen, which would include parent helpers and/or athletes looking to give something back.
Don’t think you have time to commit? No worries. We can work out a rota around your existing commitments/training. So whatever time you can give we will gladly work something to suit.
No athletics experience? Don’t worry as this is the ideal starting point. If you aren’t sure just chat with any of our coaches.
How much does it cost? The club pays the costs
To see more of what involved in the course, dates and how to declare your interest please visit our Help at Training and Coaching page or contact Harry on cdo@lasswade-ac.org.uk on Leigh on Secretarylasswadeac@hotmail.com
Last weekend Laurence travelled to Bulgaria to represent Great Britain in the European Youth Orienteering Championships. He was selected as one of the 4 U16 boys in the 16 strong team after a good set of results earlier in the season.
The first day was the sprint distance which is a 12 – 15 minute fast paced event held in an urban and parkland environment. Laurence held his head well in his first major international competition and finished in 20th place out of 98 starters, first Brit in his age class and one of the best British results of the competition.
The next day was the long distance event which was around an hour of running over a forested hillside. This was a tough physical and technical challenge unlike any areas at home, and despite losing time on some tricky legs, Laurence pushed hard to get a solid result.
These first two results earned Laurence a place in the relay team. This consisted of three legs of about 30 mins in the forest. Unlike the individual events which are time trials where everyone runs the same course, the relay is a mass start, but with teams having slightly different courses at different parts of the race. This makes for a high pressure environment where it is easy to be distracted by other runners going in slightly different directions after a few common controls. The U16 boys acquitted themselves well finishing in 7th place, a tantalising 1 second away from 6th which earns an international diploma, and the best British result of the day.
Overall the trip was a fantastic experience and Laurence is motivated to try to achieve selection again for next year’s championships.
This will be taking place on Sunday 23rd July at Kilmarnock.
This is open to all members from Under 11s to Masters athletes. After the first two matches, it’s pretty much neck and neck between Lasswade and Corstorphine at the top of the table so it would be really good to get another strong team out to secure promotion.
If you’re interested in competing, please declare your interest using this form as soon as possible
The timetable of events is here.
Congratulations to Sarah Tait on winning the u23 English Championships 3000m steeplechase today. Sarah had already achieved the standard for the European Championships & her win today has earned her automatic selection.
Saturday saw the 2nd match of the Forth Valley League at Grangemouth Stadium. The girls turned out in force and the boys team was hit by a number of withdrawals due to injury but it was still a great day of athletics.
Lachlan, Joella, Darcy and Issy all competed for Lasswade on the track for the first time. Joella, who having turned 9 just a few days before the competition was only just old enough to compete. Well done to all of you – the first competition is always the hardest and hopefully we’ll see you on the track again soon.
PBs came from Ollie in the U13 javelin, Lara in the U11 600m, Mia in the u13 200m and Beth in the U15 1500m. A lot of the team are still new to competition and competing in new events so not too many PBs to be expected this time around.
The competition ended with the 4x100m relays and Lasswade managed to assemble 4 out of 6 possible teams. The U11 girls lead the way with a really amazing performance to romp home well ahead of the competition. Surprisingly, the U11 boys all claimed to have never done a relay, even in training and so the main objective for them was to get the baton around safely and fortunately, that was mission accomplished! The U13 girls also put in a great performance to finish comfortably in 2nd place and the U15 girls finished a very respectable 3rd against very strong teams from Livingston and Haddington.
Provisional Results. If you spot any mistakes, please let us know!
Big thank you to the parents who helped with events on the day – Grant, Rich and Dave; Liz and Ross for assisting our U11 relay teams; Officials (Ruth, Linden, Susan and John).
The final FVL competition is back at Grangemouth on August 27th but if you can’t wait until then for your next competition, then sign-up for the CSSAL League at Kilmarnock on 23rd July.
As National Volunteers’ Week draws to a close we hope you have enjoyed hearing from some of the fabulous volunteers at Lasswade AC.
Are you interested in joining them to take the club forward?
In particular we need Help at Training from athletes parents, families or friends……. Even if you can only help occasionally that would be great! Without this much needed help we will be unable to reduce our substantial waiting list.
For further info on what is involved, please see our coaching page
Is coaching is not for you? No worries, we still need your help with other areas in the club please our volunteering page. Many of these roles need no athletics knowledge
Please follow the links on these pages to declare your interest in volunteering. Or, email Harry at cdo@lasswade-ac.org.uk for a friendly chat.
A number of Lasswade athletes took part in the opening fixture of the Border Games series at Earlston at the weekend. Lasswade’s star athlete was Gregor Knight who won the 200m and was joint first in Veteran’s 90m, with 3 of his 4 races taking place in the space of less than 20 minutes. Unfortunately, none of this was captured in the video highlights below so you’ll just have to take our word for it 
.
Petter and Ramsay also qualified for the final of the 200m and a great effort from Petter, the backmarker in the final saw him finish in 2nd place behind Gregor.
The final of the 90m featured three Lasswade athletes – Keith Kong, Charlie Carstairs and Graeme Armstrong. Keith, running off a start of 13.5m finished in 3rd place with Graeme off 18.5m in 5th and Charlie, back marker off 7.5m was 6th.
Full report from the Southern Reporter
Saturday 17th June, Grangemouth
We currently have just 17 athletes declaring interest to compete:
U11s: 7 girls, 1 boy
U13s: 4 girls, 0 boys
U15s: 4 girls, 1 boy
As you can see, we really need more boys out competing and also in the upper age groups.
The timetable and available events for this fixture can be found on the club website.
http://www.lasswade-ac.org.uk/…/track-field-comps…/
After a good turnout for the first fixture at Livingston, it would be great to repeat this.
Unfortunately, we’re not able to put on a minibus for Grangemouth but if you want to compete and transport is an issue please get in touch.
