Edinburgh Athletic Club

The Christmas Ceilidh/Disco, is being held on Friday 2nd Dec at The Quay, Musselburgh.

Full details can be found here:    EAC CLUB DANCE    Please contact Yvonne ASAP at

m_and_y_jones@blueyonder.co.uk  to reserve/purchase tickets.

Scottish Athletic Awards 2011, Marriot Hotel Glasgow, Saturday 29th October
Congratulations to the following Edinburgh AC athletes and coaches on receiving your Scottish Athletics Awards and to all our members who helped win Edinburgh Track and Field Club of the year.

Scottish Athlete of the Year and Under-23 Athlete of the year: Lynsey Sharp
Under-18 Athlete of the Year: Tom Holligan
Performance Coach of the year: Keith Ridley
Services to Coach Development: Bill Walker
Track and Field Club of the Year: Edinburgh AC.

We have a rest from Cross Country this weekend, the race options being either the Park Run or the Jedburgh 1/2 or 10k, good luck to anyone taking part. On Sunday at 9.00, there will be the usual long training run from Craiglockhart Sports Centre,  meet in the top car park and we will head out on the Canal and Water of Leith paths to Balerno and beyond, with run distances of 12-16 miles mainly on paths and trails. Just turn up and join in. Have a great weekend of running.

The Edinburgh AC Performance Awards are now being given out.

These are awards based on the Thistle Awards Table and are given to athletes aged up to Under 17 who have competed for the club over the last season, including Cross Country and Indoor Track and Field.

Close to 250 athletes have attained an award and they should receive them over the next two weeks. If you have not received your award please contact your coach or Derek Cogle at Meadowbank or send a comment to this post.

So far, we have had 19 people sign up for Easy Fund Raising and £76 has been raised so far, but with over 500 members, we could do better…….  Please read the Easyfundraising Flyer  and visit their website for more information. If you purchase goods online, this doesn’t cost you anything extra and they donate money to the  club.

The Young Athletes Annual Awards will be held at Meadowbank on Tuesday 8th November at 7:30

The awards shall be presented by Tom Holligan, European Olympic Youth Games 200m Gold Medal Winner and Kimberly Reed,  Commonwealth Youth Games Hammer throw Silver Medal Winner.

It was a fairly succesful day for the club at the Scottish Relay Championships at Cumbernauld on Saturday, with the Senior Woman’s team of Sarah, Jenny and Emily returning as Scottish Champions and the Young Female’s Team of Hilary, Phoebe and Rachael picking up silver in their race. Other good results from all of our other teams and full results from the races can be found at scottishathletics 4k Relays

Photo’s from the event by Willie Lyall can be found at EAC Photos  and All Photos      Also photos from Roadrunpics at National CC Relay Champs

Stuart has already managed to update the EAC Grand Prix standings and the spreadsheets are below: (more…)

This Saturday it’s the Scottish 4k Relays at Cumbernauld. It is pre-entry only, so you should have been in contact with your Team Manager. Aim to arrive in plenty of time and report to the Team Managers at Cumbernauld High School, Assembly Hall, 1 hour before the start of your race. Full race details at Scottish 4k Relays

On Saturday night we will be meeting up in Lebowskis from 7.30pm for a post race burger and showing off any medals won       

Sunday will see the usual long run at 9.00am from Craiglockhart Tennis Centre. We meet in the top car park and head out via the Canal and Water of Leith Paths to Balerno and the Pentlands, with run distances of 12-16 miles.

Links below to the EAC results from Stirling along with impact on Grand Prix Standings:

EAC Cross Country 2011 – Male (Stirling)

EAC Cross Country 2011 – Female (Stirling)

Great results also from Young Athletes at the first league match at Stirling :
Boys Teams: 2nd u/11, 5th u/13, 1st u/15, 1st u/15
Girls Teams: 4th u/11, 1st u/13, 1st u/15/17            (more…)

12 September 2011 – British League Qualifier, Abingdon, Oxford

In the last track event of the season a very young EAC team attempted to get the senior men’s team  back into the British League. There were some reasonable results and the day ended on a high note with victory in the 4 x 400m relay. However a lack of heavy events throwers meant that we were not really in contention for a top two place – but should be worth trying again next year.
(Keith Ridley)

Full results available on:
http://www.bal.org.uk/bal/portal/main/Results/19%20Qualifier%202011/Page_1/BAL%20QUALIFIER%202011%20(amended%2019th%20September).pdf

 Edinburgh’s results can be viewed here: British League Qualifier 2011 Match Result