CARLY & DANIEL BEATTIE

CARLY  & DANIEL BEATTIE  A one minute silence will be held at the Scottish Womens League Match at Meadowbank on Sunday 19th June, at 12.25pm. In the memory of  Carly and Daniel Beattie who were both members of Edinburgh Athletic Club. The brother and sister were killed in a plane crash in Florida on 9th June.…

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18th June 2011

Weekend Results

Lynsey Sharp ran 2 seconds under her previous best time to win the  800m at the British Milers Club Grand Prix in Watford, with a time of 2:02.48 Greg Turnbull won his first Major Handicap Sprint with a prize of £1000 , with a photo finish in the 110m Handicap at the Hawick Border Games. In…

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14th June 2011

Scottish Schools Championships

Scottish Schools Championships 10-11 June 2011  –  Grangemouth Edinburgh athletes had a great couple of days at the Scottish Schools Championships. Although for once the wind kept down, it wasn’t particularly warm and there were several showers on Saturday. Top performance came from Kimberley Reed who set a new UK and Scottish record in the…

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13th June 2011

Carly Beattie

CARLY BEATTIE It was a tremendous shock when I received a phone call today (Friday) to inform me of the death of one of my sprinters. Carly Beattie was a regular sprint member during her career in athletics with Edinburgh AC. She was selected for EAC teams / Leagues for all the age groups and…

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12th June 2011

Club Records

Club age group records These performances cover Edinburgh AC (current), City of Edinburgh AC, Edinburgh Southern Harriers/Woolen Mill and Edinburgh AC (original). I think the older age groups (U17 and U20) are fairly accurate but it was more difficult to get comprehensive information on the U13 and U15 age groups particularly for the 1980s and…

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9th June 2011

British Athletic League

Edinburgh AC  –   British League Edinburgh AC is attempting to qualify for the British League. This is a UK wide league for senior men (under 20s are also eligible). The BAL has 5 divisions with 2 clubs demoted and 2 qualifying each year. The bottom division (National 4) has 6 teams – other divisions have…

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8th June 2011

UKWAL Match 1, Leigh Sports Village-Manchester, Saturday 4th June 2011

The UK Woman’s Athletic League Premiere Division got underway at a windy Leigh Sports Village in Manchester on Saturday.  The team pulled together to finish a credible 5th with 155.5 points, one place better than this time last year.  The match was won by current league holders City of Manchester with 206.5, with Birchfield in…

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6th June 2011

Tom makes the Grade

Tom Holligan achived the Commonwealth Youth Games standard in the 200m as he recorded 21.70 (+1.0) (subject to ratification) at the Grangemouth Open. It is the third time this season that Tom has gone under the 21.80 standard but the first occasion with a legal wind speed. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin ItEmail

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5th June 2011

Commonwealth Junior Athlete of the Month

Kimberley Reed is the  the Commonwealth Youth Games Scotland athlete of the month. Kimberley was nominated by Scottish Athletics as their most outstanding athlete and was up against some pretty stiff opposition from other sports. The Scottish Commonwealth Games Newsletter announcing the award winners can be viewed here: Countdown16 FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin ItEmail

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3rd June 2011

Easy Fund Raising

The club received it’s first cheque of £38 today from “Easyfundraising” Thank you to the 17 members who have joined the scheme and helped raise the club funds. How much more could we raise if more members used “Easyfundraising” when buying on line. With easyfundraising. You can shop online with 600+ well known retailers and every purchase you…

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2nd June 2011
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