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National Road Relays Saturday 31 March 2012

Race starts at 12.00, all athletes should report to their team managers at Declarations before 11.00am. If anyone wants a run and hasn't told the Team Managers, Christina Rankin and Donald Petrie, please let them know as soon as possible.

Declarations, Changing, Start and Finish at St Margaret's Academy, Almondvale, Livingston EH54 6AT

Parking is usually at the nearby Livingston Football Club, Braidwood Stadium, Alderstone Road, Livingston EH54 7DN

Alternate laps of 3.3 miles and 5.8 miles, 4 laps for Women and 6 laps for Men.
 

Results from the Round the Houses Road Race and 7th Jim Dingwall Memorial 10K, Grangemouth on Sunday 25th March 2012

30 Hayley Haining  34.55 1st Female
46 Donald Petrie    36.36 3rd M50
110 Jessica Martin 40.04
174 Cat Stewart     42.21 (pb)

photos taken by Amelia Petrie ....

Junior Development Easter Camp

The Glasgow Athletic Association are announcing the Glasgow Junior Development Spring Camp for athletes aged 13 to 18.

The camp will run during the Easter holidays from Monday 2nd to Friday the 6th of April 2012 at Scotstoun Stadium from 10am to 1pm.

The camp will be split into two disciplines: Endurance and Strength/Power groups.

The GAA will be working closely with Scottish Athletics Ltd and Glasgow Sport in the delivery of the camps. The camps are designed to offer you a chance to learn and develop as an athlete through training with your peers in sessions led by experienced coaches followed by presentations. Athletes will also have the chance to learn core strengthening routines and effective drills for improving form.

For the fee you will get ...
Entry and use of facilities of Scotstoun Stadium each day.
Experienced coaching.
Educational based sessions.
Opportunities to try new training methods and equipment

Athletes can book a place at these camps by completing the application/medical form from www.glasgowathletics.org.uk and return to gordon.phillips@glasgowlife.org.or can be posted to the address provided on the form.

Camp Costs.
GAA Access Card Holders - £40
GAA Club* members - £45
Non GAA club members - £50

National Road Race at Rouken Glen on Sunday 18th March 2012

Full details to come but congratulations to Derek Hawkins (left) who led home the Scots team for a first win in 100 years!

Photos taken by Alf Gillham

Photos taken by Kenneth Phillips of the 2012 Junior Road Championships

Congratulations to those who ran the 30th Alloa Half Marathon on Sunday 18th March 2012

Full results

John Kynaston's Race report

John Kynaston's video of the race

Photo from SAIL League Final - Sunday 11th March 2012

From Allison Simpson

scottishathletics Regional Development Manager - West

This is an urgent call for volunteers to help Giffnock North AAC in the smooth running of 2 events this coming Sunday.

Please can you ask anyone who is available either morning or afternoon or all day if possible to get in touch with me.

Many thanks in advance

Photos taken by Kenneth Phillips ...

Springburn Cup                   Schools Cross Country

Report on first day - U18/U20 National Championships - Saturday 3rd March 2012

There was gold at the Kelvin Hall in the Under 20 Men's shot putt for Andrew Cunningham, with a personal best of 12.96m - just 32cm below the club record, which will be his target when the outdoor season starts. Bronze medals  went to Jack Lochans (left) in the U20 Men's High Jump (1.85m) and to James Quinn (bottom left) in the U20 200 metres (23.40).

Sarah Glenny was very unlucky to lose out on a medal in the U20W 400m by just two hundredths of a second, and she also made the final of the 200m but had to pull out with a slight injury. Hopefully there will be more medals to report when the Under 14s and Under 16s take centre stage on Sunday 5th March 2012.

Kilbarchan Results ...

		  Eaun got a silver in the U16 HJ
Keir got a bronze in the U16 TJ
 
PB for Billy in the U20 200m
PB for Euan in the U16 60m
 
Good runs by Victoria in the U16 60MH in making the final

Full results ..

U14/16's

u18/20's

Bill Geddes has been given one of the club's London Marathon places. 

Read how Bill's training is going so far.

The National Road Relay Races are taking place at Livingston on Saturday 31 March 2012

The races are open to Senior and Junior Men and Women born before 1st September 1994.

Further information

Anyone interested in running please let Christina Rankin, Donald Petrie or Arthur Smith know by 15 March 2012 at the latest. Thanks
 

Club Cross Country Championships - Sunday 26th February 2012

Some photos from Alf Gillham

Some photos from Ann Dale ...

Amended results ....

Congratulations to those who ran in the Devilla 15k Trail Race on Sunday 26th February 2012

50th (8th M50) John Kynaston - 1hr 05mins 36secs

102nd (34th M40) Neil Fowler - 1hr 10mins 22secs

161st (7th F50) Katrina Kynaston - 1hr 15mins 39secs

John Kynaston's race report

Congratulations to Elaine Green who wins a torch role

British Airways Maintenance Glasgow technical administrator Elaine Green
is one of 40 BA torchbearers who will carry the Olympic Flame on its relay.
 

Elaine was nominated by the BAMG compliance team for her work over the past 41 years and for her involvement with athletics ( Field Official), despite having MS.
 

National Cross Country Championships - Saturday 18th February 2012 at Falkirk

Photos taken by Donna Matthews

Message from Arthur Smith ....

If you have an email address but are not receiving club information by email, please email Arthur to be added to his distribution list.

Congratulations to all who took part in the Thistle League Hammer Competition on Sunday 19th February 2012

It was a cracking, crisp winter's day with everyone throwing well. Special acknowledgement goes to Iona and Katie Cleer and Andrew Costello who all achieved personal bests.

Photos taken by Gary Fawcett

National Cross Country Championships - Saturday 18th February 2012 at Falkirk

Full Results

Photos from Gary Fawcett

Photos from Alf Gillham

Photos from Jim Ogilvie ...

Great run from Claire Gibson who finished 6th in 1500m at Birmingham.

Sadly though, her pb of 4.14.79, was just outside the 4.14 she needed to qualify for World Indoor.

Full results from the Aviva Grand Prix

National Cross Country Championships - Saturday 18th February 2012 at Falkirk

Latest news sent via text from Jim Ogilvie ...

u13 Girls - 1st Laura Stark

u13 Girls team - 1st Kilbarchan - Laura Stark, Rebecca Craig, Rhona Tytler & Kerry McAngus

u15 Boys - 1st Euan Gillham

u15 Boys team - 1st Kilbarchan - Euan Gillham, Gavin McArdle, Euan Trout & Tom Murray

u15 Girls team - 1st Kilbarchan - Gwen Gillham, Sarah Demsey, Jemma Reekie & Katie Turnbull

u17 Men - 4th Callum Matthews

Top 4 places very close

Senior Women - 6th Elspeth Curran

Senior Men - 1st Derek Hawkins

Derek wins with a big gap ... so retaining his national title

From Scottish Athletics web site ...

Freya Murray and Derek Hawkins retained their scottishathletics National Cross Country titles at Falkirk today.

It was a sixth crown in seven years for Great Britain international Murray as she once again proved unbeatable in the women's senior race.

Hawkins, from Kilbarchan, also successfully defended his senior men's title with an impressive display.

Both Murray and Hawkins showed their class on their return to Scotland from altitude training in Africa through most of January.

It was a good day for Kilbarchan in the age-group levels with team titles also for the likes of Edinburgh AC, Victoria-Park Glasgow and Central AC as well. And there were poignant victories for Giffnock North lads Neil Gourlay and Luke Traynor with the club having tragically lost young athlete Ewan Murray only a week earlier.

More reports from the National Cross Country on Scottish Athletics Web Site

National Cross Country Championships - Saturday 18th February 2012 at Falkirk

All the best to all the Kilbarchan AAC Runners taking part.

There is a really good interview with Senior Champion Derek Hawkins with Runners Life on line.

Help needed .....

Giffnock North AAC are hosting 2 prestigious events on the Sunday 18th March 2012 in Roukenglen Park.

The first is the Home Countries Cross Country International consisting of 4 races with a max of 30 athletes per race. The 2nd is the National Junior Road Race Championships U13-U17. Selection for the London mini marathon will be based on the results of the road race.

More details of how you can help

Master and Relays at Kelvin Hall Sunday 12th February 2012

Indoor 60m Masters with Lindsay Scott (lane 7, M70) and Tony McManus (lane 4, M75) both setting age group 60m records in the same race !!

Our boys finished fourth in Relay but broke the club record by 3.7 seconds.

Squad was James Quinn, Connor Henderson, Nishant Puri and Tony Daffurn.

Video of both races ...

Sunday 19th February 2012 Run ..

'We will be meeting this Sunday at Erskine Sports Centre at 10am. 

The route we plan can be adjusted to whatever distance you would like to do.'

Anji Carson

From Scottish Athletics Web site....

Claire Gibson won her first UK title on Sunday but now needs to find another race quickly in her bid to post the qualifying time for next month's world indoor championships in Turkey.

The Kilbarchan athlete dominated the 1500 metres in Sheffield with a superb display of front-running to set a new personal best of 4:17:38.

But now the 29-year-old Great Britain international must hope a slot opens up in the AVIVA Grand Prix in Birmingham to give her the kind of competition she may need to reach the selection standard.

'I’ve got to be realistic. I know I can do it, but it’s so hard on your own,' she said. 'I’ve got a week left so it depends what kind of race I can get into. There’s no point in going through that again. I need someone to help me.”

News from the Irish Championships in Belfast, Saturday 11th February 2012

Keir 1st in Long Jump with 5.06m & 4th in 60m

Vicky 2nd in 60m Hurdles missing gold by 0.02s

Megan, Mia, Vicky & Fiona 3rd in Relay.

Sunday morning run with Anji Carson ...

'We are meeting at 9am on Sunday 12th February 2012 at the Fox and Hounds in Houston for an approx 10 mile run

if anyone would like to join us.'

Renfrewshire AAA Road Race Championships, Battery Park, Greenock at Sunday 5th February 2012

Photos taken by Donna Matthews

Photos taken by Alf Gillham

Results            under 11 results

Scottish Masters (Vets) Cross Country Championships at Kilmarnock on Saturday 4th February 2012

Full results

Scottish Masters (Vets) Cross Country Championships at Kilmarnock on Saturday 4th February 2012

Results Kerry-Liam Wilson 1st in 28:35, 2nd Robert Quinn in 28:44 and 3rd Kenny Richmond in 28:47

Robert was 1st in the V45 category

Full results to come

Renfrewshire AAA Road Race Championships, Battery Park, Greenock at Sunday 5th February 2012

Changing and declarations at the Battery Park Leisure Centre Greenock, from 11am. 

The organising club, Inverclyde AC, will post race maps in the changing and declaration areas

Race start times

Boys u11 ie 9-10 on 31/8/11  1mile    12 noon

Girls u11 ie 9-10 on  31/8/11  1mile   12.05pm

 NB u11s must be minimum age 9 years on the day of the race

u13 boys and girls  ie 11-12 on 31/8/11  2 miles  12.20

u15 boys and girls  ie 13-14 on  31/8/11  2 miles 12.40              

u17 men and women ie 15-16 on 31/8/11 3 miles  1.05

Senior Men miles and Senior Women (incl u20s) 5 miles  1.30 pm

(Note .. Age categories – age at 1^st September 2011).

Declarations will close 30minutes before each event.

Presentations .. young athletes 1.45 - 2pm .. Seniors 2.45  - 3pm

Congratulations to Kilbarchan athlete Claire Gibson who represented Great Britain for the first time at 29 in the women’s 800 metres at Kelvin Hall on Saturday 28th January 2012

Report from Scottish Athletics web site...

'Claire looked set for fourth place but was pipped towards the last few metres with her time logged at 2.08.16.

‘I really need to do a bit more speed work,’ said Claire, who took the invitation to run when Jenny Meadows pulled out.

‘My plan was not to run an 800 metres indoors  - I am going to run the 1500 metres at the World Indoor Trials in Sheffield in February.

‘But I simply could not turn down the opportunity to run for Great Britain for the first time. The crowd at the Kelvin Hall was absolutely brilliant.

I just wish I could have done a little bit better for them.’

Full story

Congratulations to Claire Gibson who has landed a Great Britain vest for the AVIVA International match at the Kelvin Hall on Saturday 28th January 2012.

The 29-year-old will run in the 800 metres with Jenny Meadows having pulled out of an event

which sold out a fortnight ago.

See the story on Scottish Athletics website

Sunday Training Run ...

Message from Anji Carson .... 'On Sunday 29th January 2012 we will be meeting at 10am at the Kilbarchan Pavilion and aim to do between 10-12 miles, probably the 11mile course that the club ran on New Years Eve. Anyone is welcome'

If anyone else arranges a long run at the weekend and wants company please email John Kynaston jkynaston00@hotmail.com

and I'll post it on the web site.

Congratulations to those who ran at County Antrim in the latest McCains Cross Country Races on Saturday 21st January 2012

SAIL Match 3 - Sunday 8th January 2012

Provisional Results             Top Athletes 2011-12            Performances and Grading from afternoon session

HAMMER AND SHOT DATES

Club Cross Country Championship is proposed for Sunday 26th February 2012 at Milliken Estate

all start at 2pm  .. for all age groups

If anyone would like our Club Badge stitched onto their hoody please give it to Donna Matthews

with £5 to cover the cost.

Cross Country events coming up ....

Master Cross Country at Kilmarnock - Saturday 4th February 2012

The deadline for entries is the 21st January 2012 so we would need names by the 18th January 2012

at the latest to Arthur Smith or Donald Petrie.

Information about the race

National Cross Country at Falkirk - Saturday 18th February 2012

If you want to enter please give your name to your coaches, Donald Petrie, Christine Rankin and Arthur Smith by  24th January 2012
 

Information about the race

Holyrood Park on Saturday 7th January 2012

Photos taken by Donna Matthews ...

Holyrood Park on Saturday 7th January 2012

A couple of photos from Lynne ...

News from Holyrood Park on Saturday 7th January 2012

Photos taken by Alf Gillham

Photos taken by Jim Ogilvie ....

Taken from scottishathletics web site ...

East District claim Women's Senior team title

The East made a flying start thanks to better strength and depth in the Women's Senior race and despite Beth Potter and Abbey McGhee taking first and third for the West.

Beth, from Victoria Park-Glasgow, won by ten seconds from Emily Stewart and McGhee but the East proved victorious with their counters Keira Murray, Jennifer MacLean, Gillian Palmer, Sarah McCormack, Fiona Matheson and Tessa Hill. Scottish Universities were second.

Next up were the Under-15 girls with Gwen Gillham of Kilbarchan the winner over 4k in a tight finish from Kirstin Oakley of Ayr Seaforth. Gillian Black was third and with West taking the top four places there was a clear overall winner.

The East District struck back in the Under-15 boys, again over a 4k distance. Josh Kerr from Edinburgh took the title in this one, easing beyond Aidan Thompson of Pitreavie with Inverclyde’s Jonathon Glen in third place.

When it came to the Under-13 girls, the West were back on top of the podium largely thanks to claiming the first three places.

Giffnock’s Erin Wallace won this one in a dramatic finish with Kilbarchan’s Laura Stark as Holly Little from VP-Glasgow claimed the bronze.

And the Under-13 boys saw another team title heading West with that district enjoying a 1-2-3. Ryan Gray from Inverclyde was an impressive winner over the 3k distance with Tyrone Ryan of Ron Hill Cambuslang in second and Jamie MacKinnon of VP-Glasgow in third.

Kiprop joy in Edinburgh as Callum beats Bekele ....

Olympic 1500 metre champion Asbel Kiprop claimed cross country glory in Edinburgh – as Kenenisa Bekele found it all too tough.

The Kenyan was a clear winner but it was the fate of the favoured Ethiopian, the reigning Olympic champions at 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, which stunned on-lookers in the capital.

Bekele eventually trailed home in 11th place and the Scottish trio of Callum Hawkins, Cameron Boyek and Mark Mitchell all had him in their sights at various stages.

Britain’s Johnny Hay claimed second place behind Kiprop with Eliud Kipchoge squeezed into third.

And Hawkins actually beat Bekele in a marvellous run by the young Scot on a day when Great Britain won the overall team races from United States and Europe. Callum was seventh with Mitchell 13th and Boyek 16th in a field of 19 runners.

‘I didn’t expect to beat someone like Kenenisa Bekele and I was a bit stunned when I ran beyond him,’ grinned Callum Hawkins later.

‘It is not every day you beat an Olympic champion and it does not matter what was going on with him because he is clearly still a superb athlete. Having said that I actually felt I could have run better. I've been a wee bit under the weather over the past fortnight. But now my focus will be on the indoor season in the United States and this was great preparation.'

European cross country champion Fionnaula Britton proved her quality in the Women’s 6k race. The Irishwoman has made a big impact in recent months and she held off a challenge from Gemma Steel

Britton had insisted in the day before the race that she expect a big challenge from the best of British women but the response was terrific and she pulled away from Steel in the second-half of the race.

‘You sense that Britton is enjoying a real purple patch in her career,’ said BBC pundit Brendan Foster.

‘She delivered a very impressive performance and what a way for her to start her Olympic year. She has applied herself over the years and she is now being mentioned in the same breath as Irish athletics legends like Sonia O’Sullivan.’

Britton posted a time of 21.32 and won by a 20-second margin.

‘I felt an awful lot of pressure for this race as it is huge event,’ said Britton.

‘I also knew everybody was looking at chasing me after Slovenia and I didn’t know what kind of shape I was in really. It has been hard to measure training recently because it is so windy and so on so it was great to put in a strong performance here. I will look to the Olympics now. I have been told for some years now that I need to move up a distance so I will maybe accept it now and look at 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Freya Murray finished fifth with a very decent effort but Steph Twell was a little disappointed with her ninth-place finish as she comes back from that long spell out injured last year.

Rosie Smith was 18th on her GB debut and Amy Campbell was 23rd as Britain won the team race.

European athlete Ayad Lamdassem - a Spaniard - edged out the field in the men’s 8k race as he beat Bobby Mack from the United States and European champion Atelaw Bekele.

That gave Team Europe success ahead of Team GB with the United States placed third.

Scottish cross country champion Derek Hawkins finished 18th in a quality field with the Kilbarchan athlete posting 26:50 for the 8k race around Holyrood Park.

In the Junior Women’s 4k race, Emelia Gorecka claimed victory for Britain with the 17-year-old now looking towards World Junior Championships this summer rather than the Olympics.

Gorecka, coached by Mick Woods, won the European Junior title in Slovenia and impressed again in Edinburgh as she won from two Americans, Aisling Cuffe and Molly Seidel. Laura Muir from Dundee Hawkhill finished 10th in her GB vest but was pipped by Louisa Stewart.

Further down the field in that race there were good runs for the likes of Edinburgh AC pair Emma and Oonagh Dunnett, Sarah Potter of VP-Glasgow and Catriona Graves of Garscube Harriers.

More results and news to come

scottishathletics are developing a plan to help recruit and develop volunteers in our sport. As part of this plan we would like to raise the profile of officiating opportunities in athletics to all parents, coaches, athletes and other potential volunteers.

2012 is going to be a catalyst for athletics through the Olympics in London and looking two years down the line we welcome the Commonwealth countries to Glasgow. There no better time to get involved in the No.1 Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport than now.

More information

From scottishathletics web site ....   Four Scots are bound for Africa

'Four Scottish endurance athletes head for Kenya after this weekend with London 2012 looming on the horizon.

Specialised altitude training in Africa will be perfect for the likes of Olympic hopeful  Steph Twell, while Freya Murray will use this opportunity as preparation for her first marathon in London this spring.

Scottish cross country champion Derek Hawkins and Beth Potter are the other two Scots who will make the month-long trip.

Kilbarchan athlete Derek, 22, had to persuade his lecturers at Glasgow University that the chance was too good to miss.

‘We head to London on January 9 and then fly to Kenya the following day,’ he told the scottishathletics website.

‘We will be out there for a full four weeks and I am looking forward to it. It was advertised through the UK Athletics website and I wanted to see if we could put something together for me to go out there.

‘Thankfully scottishathletics have made that happen after I expressed an interest. I was told when I was in Liverpool for the Euro Cross Country trial.'

Read the rest of the article

We wish Derek a great trip and look forward to seeing the results!

Saturday 31st December 2011 .. Donald Crawford Cup 11mile Handicap

There was a slight mix up with the some of the results from Saturday's race.  So here is the corrected amended results...

Results on excel

For anyone interested ....

taken from scottishathletics web site ...

Learn from Scottish endurance legends

scottishathletics are pleased to confirm the next Endurance Development Squad Day, less than 24 hours after the Great Edinburgh Cross Country (incorporating the Scottish Inter District Cross Country races.

It will take place on Sunday 8 January 2012 at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, from 10am till 3pm.

The day will be based around round coach & athlete workshops with Scotland’s best male cross country runners of the 1990s,

Tommy Murray (Inverclyde AC), Bobby Quinn (Kilbarchan AAC) and Chris Robison (Inverclyde AC).

More details

Saturday 31st December 2011 .. Donald Crawford Cup 11mile Handicap

John Kynaston's head cam video of the race ...

scottishathletics NATIONAL MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

If you are interested in entering ....

More information         Men's entry form       Women's entry form

Saturday 31st December 2011 .. Donald Crawford Cup 11ml and Ballot team race

Revised results with splits

Saturday 31st December 2011 .. Donald Crawford Cup 11ml and Ballot team race

Congratulations to Alastair McAngus who won the Handicap race

More photos taken by Alf Gillham

Saturday 31st December 2011 .. Donald Crawford Cup 11ml and Ballot team race

.. meet 1pm at Kilbarchan pavilion  .. first runner off at approx 1.30pm     .. a good way to end the old year ..

Club Christmas Relays - Boxing Day 2011

I took some extra video clips from various points around the route but it was too time consuming to put them

within the video below but if you'd like to see them I've put them on YouTube

Video of the race ...

Club Christmas Relays - Boxing Day 2011

Results ...

Congratulations to Claire's Christmas Crackers who were first home.

Team photos ....

More photos and video to come!

Winter 2011 Major Cross Country and Road Races

Sunday 4th March 2012 - 'Down by the River' 10k Road Race, River Clyde Walkway

Saturday 10th March 2012 - Springburn Cup 10k Canal Towpath Race, Bichopbriggs

Saturday 17th March 2012 - Clydebank 5k Road Race, Clydebank

Saturday 24th March 2012 - Nigel Barge 10k Road Race, Maryhill

Sunday 25th March 2012 - 'Round the Houses' 10k Road Race, Grangemouth

Saturday 31st March 2012 - Scottish Road Relay Championships - Livingston

Sunday 8th April 2012 - Tom Scott 10 Mile Road Race, Strathclyde Park, Hamilton

Sunday 15th April 2012 - Balloch to Clydebank 1/2 Marathon

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