Edinburgh Athletic Club

A selection of photos are now in the gallery courtesy of Garry Robertson.

other photo’s can be found here:
U13 Boys/Girls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157614292423950/

U15 Boys/Girls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157614211679377/

U17 Boys/Girls
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157614293195388/

Senior Men/Women & U20 Men

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlyall/sets/72157614215782473/

Emma Lowry missed out on the Scottish title in the under 20’s by one point finishing second on 3149 points.

In her first year in this age group, Kirsty McKean was 6^th in the Under 17′s with 2257 points.

Ben Black was 8th in the Under 15 Boys.

Full results can be found here:
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=7563
and
http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=7561

There has been some good running from our athletes who are studying at Butler University, Indianapolis, USA.

Kris Gauson, after more than a year of injury problems, set a personal best in the mile, just failing to get under 4 minutes with a time of 4m 00.53s at an indoor meeting in Seattle on 15 February. Marbeth Shiel set a new university record for the 5000m with a time of 17m 59.97s. Also running was Stephen Lisgo who set a PB of 8m 05.83s for the 3000m.

Kris’s brother Darren, who used to study at Butler, is now Assistant Coach for Track and Field at the university.
(Keith Ridley)

More details on:
http://butlersports.cstv.com/sports/c-track/recaps/021509aaa.html

Celtic Indoor International – Cardiff, 22 February 2009

 At the Celtic international the following athletes represented Scotland :
 Jayne Nisbet               1^st        High Jump                   1.72m
Ashleigh Kennedy        4^th        400m                           58.49s

 And in the Under 16 Schools International:
Kieran Kivlin               4^th        60m                             7.45s PB
Tom Holligan              2^nd        200m                           23.43  
Cameron Goodall       2^nd        60m Hurdles               8.74

 Full results on :
http://www.welshathletics.org/results/welsh-international-results-2008-2009/celtic-cup-2009/

Gillian Cooke – World Champion!

 Congratulations to Club Captain Gillian Cooke who won the Women’s bobsleigh world championship at Lake Placid, NY, USA.  

Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke of Great Britain won the Bauhaus FIBT Women’s Bobsleigh World Championship at the Olympic Sports Complex. It was the first British World Championship gold medal for the British since 1965.

The British Team left no doubt about their status on Saturday, posting the fastest times in both the third and fourth heats, easily overtaking Shauna Rohbock, who held a .04 second lead entering the third heat. Minichiello and Cooke posted times of 56.96 and 57.17 and finished the four heat competition with a total time of 3:48.22.

For more details go to http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=528&tx_ttnews[backPid]=2&cHash=b888c82d1b   or http://www.fibt.com/ or
http://www.teamminichiello.co.uk

Scottish National Cross Country Championships – Falkirk, 21 February 2009
Excellent results at the National Cross Country Championships with 2 Gold and 2 Silver individual and 5 team medals (1 Gold and 4 Silver). Top performance came from Freya Murray who won the Senior Women’s race by almost one and a half minutes. Our other individual winner was Jake Kerr who won the Under 13 Boys championship by 11 seconds.

The Womens/Girls teams also won the A T May’s trophy for best overall team and the Mens/Boys team were second.

Full results are available on http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=7495
 

Individual Medallists:
 U13 Boys       1^st        Jake Kerr
U15 Girls        2^nd       Rachael Dunn
U17 Women    2^nd       Emily Dudgeon
Sen Women     1^st        Freya Murray             

EAC had a fairly successful end to the cross country season by picking up a large number of individual and team prizes at the Scottish Championships on Saturday. The results are available from the SA website. All of the senior results have now been added to our cross country results spreadsheet and the final points for both the Grand Prix and the EAC Men’s Championship, have been included.

Full listings at: eac-seniors-cross-country-results220209

Grand Prix:

This was based on a total of 18 cross country races between October and February; it therefore not only highlights our best runners, but the stalwarts who have been representing the club ‘week in week out’ throughout the entire season.

In the Men’s event, Adam (114 points) used the final race to jump from second to first place and take the title from Roger (102), with Owain (95) in third place. In total, 53 men represented the club this season and all of the unsung hero’s are also listed on the spreadsheet.

In the Woman’s event, it was a much closer contest with only 4 points between 1^st and 3^rd place; Jenny (43) just edging Jo (41) and Lianne (39). With a total of 20 women counting across the entire season.

EAC Men’s Championship:

Roger has been compiling the Men’s Championship standing and since he is currently in Lanzarote, I have followed his rules and added the details. I have a few queries over the vet’s results but nothing which affects the top 3.

The Champions are:

Senior

1^st Owain Bristow

2^nd Roger Alsop

3^rd Matt Bell

Masters (Over 35)

1^st Roger Alsop

2^nd Lars Ottemoller

3^rd Neil Thin

Super Masters (Over 50)

1^st Willie Gallagher

2^nd Brian Howie

3^rd Alex McEwan

Congratulations to all the winners and indeed all who took part.

Dear All,
 
We have entered  a big squad ( nearly everybody who features in EAC
grand prix) and a strong team. This is the biggest XC of the season and
we have had a reasonable if not good season in the league and district
champs which play to our strength:  depth of numbers. We should pack well
but we have to have leaders. I hope your colds are over and you have got
permission to be there!
 
 To get  a team medal we need all out not just our best six.. so do not
be complacent.. we need a lot of vests up there. As Captain Fergie points
out.. every EAC position pushes down another club’s runner.. points
count. Lets see how many we can get in the top 60. Last year we were
fifth.
 
Our full squad is listed on the SA website

http://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/index.php?p=80&itemType=fixtures&itemId=7495

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From Chris Quine
I am a member of the Isle of Man Easter Running Festival 10th-12th April organising team and we would be delighted to welcome a group from Edinburgh AC to this years event.
Should anyone need more information on the festival please e-mail me at  chrisquine@manx.net

Social Club Facilities

 EAC have now arranged to share the use of the Edinburgh City FC (Social) facilities.
Fund Raising Social events will be organised by the club. Regular Social events are currently organized by the Football section on Saturdays, which members are welcome to attend. Updates for all events will be posted on the Web.
EAC members can join the Social Club for an annual fee of £10.  The Social Club have Pool and Snooker tables and a Fishing Section.

 Location:
The ECFC (social) is at 7 – 8 Baxter Place, at corner of Leith Walk and London Road, down from Playhouse. You go up a flight of stairs to the doors.

There is a metal archway at the bottom of the stairs, with an “ECFC” metal design on it. It is one up from the “Planet” Bar.
Application Forms are available from either Yvonne Jones, Gail Vita or Bill Walker