Edinburgh Athletic Club

We managed to get a good group of EAC-ers along to this year’s 5k championships – particularly on the men’s side and the EAC cheer-leading squad was also out in force! Despite many of us having raced at the weekend, spirits were high before the race and I think we were all just glad that we weren’t going to have a repeat of last year’s heavy downpour. (more…)

East District Championships, Meadowbank, Sunday 13th May

The results from Sunday can be viewed here: east_results_sunday

Saturday results to follow.

The next open graded meeting at Livingston is on Wednesday 30^th May.

Online entry at: http://www.livingstonac.com/entry.php?fid=1487

“If you don’t come back with that trophy, don’t bother coming back” -  Colin McGill, 10 May 2012

In true Clarkson style, the race began a good few days earlier. Flying in the face of not a small amount of accepted thinking, I tend to perform better at a weekend race after a hard Tuesday track session; and this was certainly no exception. I went into this session knowing that I was going to work exceptionally hard, as this was my last chance to do a brutal Robertson session for the next few weeks, as a hectic race schedule took over. As I am starting to dabble in a bit of track racing, this session was going to be done in spikes – indeed, the first full session in spikes so far. The reason I bring this up is that spikes tend to encourage you to change the way you run. I have since started running up on the balls of my feet more, rather than the less efficient heavy heel strike. I will come back to this later.         (more…)

It is with deep regret that we have to report the death of Bob’s wife, Fiona Moxey.
The funeral shall take place in the Lorimer Chapel  at Warriston Crematorium, 2pm Friday 18^th May.  Family flowers only please.

Our condolences go out to Bob and his family.

The dates of birth for the Leagues, Championships and Schools Athletics can be downloaded here: age groups

Scottish National Senior Championships – Scotstoun 2nd & 3rd June
Entries for the Scottish Senior track & field championships close on Friday 18 May (post or telephone) or Sunday 20 May for online entries.
Details on http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=15322

Scottish Schools Championships – 8th & 9th June – Grangemouth
Entries for the Scottish Schools Championships close on Friday 18th May – entries can only be made by the school, individuals cannot enter themselves.
Please check with your school that they have entered you (in the correct events)

Edinburgh Secondary Schools Championships – 6th June, Meadowbank
Entries for the Edinburgh Schools Championships close on Friday 1st June. Again entries can only be made by the school. All schools have been sent entry details but if there is any problem they should contact Jane Scott (Athletics Development Officer) on 0131 458 2177.

UK School Games – Olympic Stadium, London

Congratulations to Ben Robbins and Kirsty McKean who were picked for the Scottish team at the UK School Games which took place in the new Olympic Stadium in London.
Ben finished 4th in the 200m with a new pb of 22.21 and also ran in the 4 x 100m relay team which finished 4th with the excellent time of 42.72; Kirsty was 7th in the 300m Hurdles in 47.53.

Full results available on http://www.2012schoolgames.com/2012/results/athletics/index.php

Highland Games Peffermill, Saturday 30th June..   .. HELPERS NEEDED

It is a low key  highland games for novices and a fund raiser for the Club plus a free lunch

The events are:
Short hammer,  throw Tug war… pick up rope, take strain and pull.. best of 3,   Caber,  Sprint*100 m. Starter and recorders. Short trail race**3K.. recorders and steward,   Long jump… sort them out, safety point , best of three jumps.. scoring and Events measured.    (more…)

As Chair of the Track and Field  commission I would like to thank everyone in the club, who contributed to a bit of history and reinstated the East District Championships to their rightful place on the Scottish Athletics calendar.
It was indeed a “family” affair from the organising sub committee to the many parents, officials and coaches who willingly and cheerfully gave up their time over the weekend.
Despite some fairly major “teething” problems the event elicited nothing but praise from many of the athletes, coaches and parents I spoke to and the exuberance and enthusiasm of the athletes could not fail to light up a pretty dismal day of weather on Sunday.  For many of the youngsters it was their first taste of “Championship Athletics” and my heartfelt thanks for making it such a positive one.
Moira Maguire