Edinburgh Athletic Club

JSB Plumbing Forth Valley League, Grangemouth 18thMay
The results from the second meeting held at Grangemouth are available to download, the weather was terrible, cold with torrential rain, the high jump and the afternoon javelin were moved to the inside arena, thanks to all officials and the groundstaff for enabling the meeting to carry on.
We were first in both Division I and Division II, we have now won the first two meetings in the League and we now look forward to the final on the 3rd of August.
Div I Sat 18th May
Div II Sat 18th May

Firstly can we thank everyone who makes a financial contribution to the Club.

As we are sure you will appreciate the “running” (forgive the pun) costs of the Club are growing year on year particularly in regard to entering competitions and travelling to compete in them. In 2011 we spent approximately £24,500 in this regard, this increased to approximately £38,200 in 2012. We do not anticipate 2013 being any lower than this and in the circumstances it is clear to see that fund raising is a priority for us all.          (more…)

Congratulations to the Edinburgh Athletes who were competing for the Scottish and the British University teams at the Loughbourgh International

Kathryn Christie 7th 100m 12.27
Kirsty Yates 3rd Shot  15.10m
Susan McKelvie 4th Hammer  62.13m (CWG 2014 Qualifying Standard)
Laura Dunn 7th 3000m 9:58.81
Tom Holligan 7th 100m 10.85
Jayne Nisbet 1st High Jump 1.84m (Guest) (CWG 2014 Qualifying Standard)
Emma Nuttall 3rd High Jump 1.78m
Emily Stewart 2nd 3000m Steeplechase 10:10.83 (BU)

Full results can be found here:   Loughborough International

Livingston AC are organising an open graded meeting on the evening of Wednesday 29 May.
Open graded meetings are where you enter an event and will be seeded so that you compete against athletes of a similar standard. Any athlete aged from 9 years up to seniors/masters can take part. This is an ideal chance to get a time, distance or height, particularly if you missed the Lothian Trials. Your results will go into the club ranking lists which help team managers to pick teams for the league matches. It also gives you the opportunity to experiment in events that you don’t normally do.

Entries must be made online -   Closing Date Sunday 26^th May. http://www.livingstonac.com/open

Full entry details and a timetable are in the flyer.  2013_Livingston_Open_Meeting_Series

Div 1 and Div II have switched times, Div II are now in the morning session and Div I in the afternoon.  It would be good if everyone could be there for the start of your competition  to support your team, you should be there an hour before your event to allow warm up time. It is also useful because if you are there early, you may be able to compete in an event should someone be unable to attend at the last minute.
Timetables
Div I Sat 18th May       Div II Sat 18th May

You will find instructions on how to get to Grangemouth Stadium under the ‘fixtures and direction’ tab on this site. I will bring vests and red shorts/pants for girls on the day for anyone who does not have kit yet – £10 each. We won Match 1 – so bring on Match 2!

Yvonne Jones

Here are the latest rankings compiled by Keith: Young_Rankings 2013

There is some confusion on the Age Groups for the East of Scotland Championships.

This competition is open to Under 14’s and above. The Under 14 age group is for those who were born before January 2002
The National Championships, Leagues and the Scottish Schools, all use different age groupings.
A sheet with all the age groups can be downloaded here: AGE GROUPS for TRACK 2013

Congratulations to all the Edinburgh AC athletes who won medals at the BUSC Championships in Bedford.

Emily Stewart won gold, as she took a second off her PB in the 2000m steeplechase with victory in 6.36.45. That’s the third-best of all-time by Emily for the 2000m steeplechase. Jake Wightman, was second in the 1500m in a time of 3.43.74. which is inside the Euro Under-20s qualifying standard.

We had three  bronze medal winners, in the 800m Emily Dudgeon, in the 200m Tom Holligan  with a time of 21.63 and Sarah Warnock in the long jump with another jump over 6:00m with 6.03m.

Further to the post on the East District Championships to be held at Meadowbank -
 parents we are calling on you again to assist at the event for the 6 hour stint you signed up for via the parent’s code of conduct. We are looking in particular for an admin team for the event – if you can help please let Pat know asap if you have not done so already – we will keep you right. Others can help out on the track or field – we will not put you in anything you would not feel comfortable doing.  The club is run entirely by volunteers so Your club needs you!   (more…)

All track athletes should be looking to enter the East District Championships – the competition is at Meadowbank so for most of you there is not much travel involved. This is your chance to pick your event(s), get good competition and go for a new personal best.
Age Groups  -  U14, U16, U18 U20 and Senio

Closing Dates: Postal and Telephone Closing date: Friday 10 May 2013, Online Closing date: Sunday 12 May 2013, Online and postal is the preferred method of entry. No late entries will be accepted. 

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