Edinburgh Athletic Club

Endurance Squad Weekend Workouts – 24/05/13

Garry — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:39:18 +0000

A big weekend of racing with the Edinburgh Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 10k and 5k, and we have a large pack heading overseas to the Leiden Marathon, 1/2 Marathon and 10k! Also a Scottish Trail race at Falkland and a bunch of fairy’s heading for the Edinburgh Park run (I’m sure photo’s will appear later!).

Add in Richard and Gail’s wedding reception on Saturday night and on Sunday we may be down in numbers, but if anyone is still looking for a long run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, meet in the top car park at 9.00 and head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond.

JSB Plumbing Forth Valley League

derek — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:22 +0000

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

Volunteers Required

Garry — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:33 +0000

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.

In terms of Subscriptions Brian Nisbet, is doing a fantastic job in gathering subscription fees and thank you to all of you who have paid this year’s fees. Subscriptions however cover less than 30% of our costs so we need to seek revenue from as many sources as possible. We get a great contribution from the 200 Club organised by Marion Donachie and we also get excellent revenue from the various events we stage throughout the year both on the track and road, again thanks to all concerned.

A further important form of fund raising for us is via Matched Giving Schemes, for example last year we received donations totalling £1,500 from Lloyds Banking Group. These donations have been made in respect of volunteering work that club members have undertaken in respect of club events.

It is important therefore that we look all avenues possible to fund raise and in particular those that are available as a consequence of our charitable status. The Club Executive have been looking at how best we can maximise our fund raising going forward. The track and field events and road running events will continue to be a mainstay of the promotions we put on during the year to raise funds however going forward we are looking for volunteers to will participate in two initiatives.

Parents Group

Yvonne and Gail have been responsible for some great fund raising activities over the years. We are looking to build on this by asking for more volunteers to join them. The idea would be have more events that have a social/fun side to them which will have the dual effect of raising money but also helping build the social side of the club. For example bringing us altogether at social events like the Christmas Dance.

If you would like to be part of the Parents Group, then please contact either Yvonne or Gail via email at: m_and_y_jones@blueyonder.co.uk

Finance Group

This will be chaired by Ian Cunningham (or any other interest party) with a view to looking at ways to maximise our charitable status via for example gift aid, matched giving, grant funding etc.

If you would like to be part of this Group please contact Ian Cunningham on:

Phone – 0131 339 1602

Mobile – 07948381921

Email – cunnie@blueyonder.co.uk

Many thanks

Yvonne, Gail and Ian

Loughbourgh International Meeting 9th May 2013

derek — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:18:47 +0000

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

Loughborough International

Garry — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:23 +0000

Good luck to all of the EAC athletes selected to run for Scotland at Loughborough this weekend, hopefully a stepping stone to the 2014 Commonwealth Games for all of them. Loughborough Preview

Livingston Open Graded Meeting

derek — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:44:21 +0000

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

JSB Plumbing Forth Valley League – Grangemouth Saturday 18th May

derek — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:35 +0000

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

Endurance Squad Weekend Workouts – 17/05/13

Garry — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:43:38 +0000

This is a quiet weekend for races so there is a speed session planned for Saturday morning at Saughton track. Meet at 9.30 for the warm up, drills, strides, then the session will be 2 x 2 miles tempo, then 4×800, 4×400 and 1×200.

On Sunday, we have our usual training run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre, meet in the top car park and head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-24 miles, mainly on paths and trails. A range of distances and a range of speeds, all welcome, just turn up and join in.

Young Athletes Rankings

derek — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:19:45 +0000

Here are the latest rankings compiled by Keith: Young_Rankings 2013

Latest Endurance Results – Early May

Garry — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:26:09 +0000

On Sunday we were targetting the East District 10k championships at Gala and didn’t they do well….. We now have both male and female East District 10k Champions in Bryan Mackie and Sue Ridley (Sue was also 1st Vet), Stuart Johnston picked up senior bronze with Karen Dobbie and James Mittra also picking up prizes. Jamie Crawford was 5th overall to ensure EAC would easily pick up 1st Team.

At the North District 10k, Emma Dunnett was 1st with Oonagh Dunnett 2nd. Graeme Taylor was 4th. Also some good results at non championship events by Jenny Maclean winning the Loch Leven 1/2M and Sarah Benson 2nd in the Glasgow womens 10k.

With so many races in May, Kirk has gone for a mid month update, see below for all EAC results from the first 2 weeks of May :-

Self Transcendence 5k Scottish Championship Road Race 1 May 2012

Bryan Mackie 15:09

Jamie Crawford 16:35

Laura Dunn 16:45 (2nd F)

Jenny MacLean 17:04

John Morris 17:24

Janet Dunbar 18:01

Ken Mortimer 18:15

Keith Dunlop 18:17

Chris Payne 18:53

Sue Ridley 19:05

Stewart Walters 19:32

Chris Creegan 19:54

Andy Latham 20:05

Karen Dobbie 20:37

Brian Howie 21:38

Scottish Veteran Harriers Club Snowball Race 4.8 Miles 1 May 2013

Sharyn Ramage 32:38 (3rd F)

Edinburgh Parkrun 4 May 2013

Roy Mitchell 18:14

Jim Buick 19:46

Lyndsey Violet Fraser 20:09 (2nd F)

Rik Smithson 20:41

Alex Connolly 21:53

Dave Steele 22:28

Mark Connolly 22:47

Inverness Parkrun 4 May 2013

Dan Clarkson 17:30 (1st M)

Stag Princess Richard Meade 18:41 (3rd M)

Stuart Johnston 18:42

Colin McGill 18:42

Iain MacDonald 20:00

Edinburgh to North Berwick 20 Mile Road Race 4 May 2013

Neil Renault 1:49:05 (1st M and Course Record)

Chris Poxton 2:04:09

Martin Ferguson 2:08:06

Jo Thom 2:27:10

Nigel Munro 2:36:35

Eddie Follan 2:39:53

Brian Howie 2:45:04

Sarah Cadenas 2:54:20

Pam Armstrong 3:08:01

The Stuc a’ Chroin 5000 Hill Race 4 May 2013

Graeme Taylor 2:48:52

Scottish Veteran Harriers Club Walter Ross Open Masters 10k Road Race 5 May 2013

Ken Mortimer 38:23

Sharyn Ramage 42:11 (3rd F)

Edinburgh Parkrun 11 May 2013

John Morris 17:56

Nigel Munro 19:25

Andy O’Neill 21:32

Dave Steele 22:24

John Kerr 23:43

Alison Broadhurst 23:47

Falkirk Parkrun 11 May 2013

Kirk Ollason 21:05

Loch Leven Half Marathon 11 May 2013

Jenny MacLean 79:53 (1st F)

Lee Robertson 1:47;15

Penicuk 10k Road Race 11 May 2013

John Blair 35:36 (3rd M)

Joel Enoch 38:51

Jean-Francois Jouan 43:33

Rik Smithson 43:40

Brian Howie 45:29 (1st M60)

Eric Stevenson 47:47

BUPA Great Women’s 10k Glasgow 12 May 2013

Sarah Benson 35:11 (2nd F)

Jessica Wilson-Young 40:03

Lyndsey Fraser 40:23

Sharyn Ramage 41:56
Castle Of Mey 10k 12 May 2013

Graeme Taylor 36:14

Emma Dunnett 41:13 (1st F)

Oonagh Dunnett 42:35 (2nd F)

Gala Harriers 10k 12 May 2013

Bryan Mackie 32:55 (1st M)

Stuart Johnston 34:31 (3rd M)

Jamie Crawford 35:35

James Mittra 35:44

Sue Ridley 39:27 (1st F)

Scott MacKenzie 39:44

Karen Dobbie 41:21

Emma Laverie 41:39

Keith Sambrook 41:40

Chris Creegan 42:16