An EAC challenge… A Dawn to Dusk BYOB (bring your own batton) Relay, wearing club vests and everyone running 30 minutes (at any pace you wish) on the 20th June, the longest day of the year. The relay started at 5am and everyone was allocated a 30 minute slot keeping the relay going until 9.30pm.…
Masterclass for EAC today A massive 15 medal haul 11 Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze Plus a 4th place Gary Leek M55 Sprint Double Gold 100m 12.70 200m 26.51 Lewis Orr M45 4th 400m 60.27 Bronze 800m 2:14.89 Paul Forbes M60 Gold 400m 60.36 Gold 800m 2:17.72 Catriona Pennet W35 Gold 200m 27.25 Richard Clark…
Two Edinburgh AC masters athletes travelled last Saturday to Coventry to represent the Scottish Masters team at the annual Inter Area meeting. Gillian Cooke and Paul Forbes both with great performances on the day. Gillian won the Long jump 5.22m, won Triple Jump 10.68m, 2nd Javelin 25.61(SB), a win in the Pole Vault with 3.01m…
Robert Turner competing for Scotland in the 100k in the Anglo Celtic Plate in Perth was the 2nd in the British Championship, 1st in the Scottish Championship and 1st in the Masters Championship and was also part of the 2nd placed Scottish team. FacebookTwitterGoogle+Pin ItEmail
The EAC Endurance group entered 9 teams in the annual Sri Chinmoy “Self-Transcendence” 3×1 mile relays organised by Run and Become at the Meadows on the evening of Wednesday 25th July. Even with the inevitable late call offs due to work or niggles, all 9 teams completed the race. We had decided to enter mostly…
North Berwick Law Race 1st August 2018 Photo from last century 1981 perhaps courtesy of a previous winner Ian Morrison This traditional local hill race is organised by EAC in conjunction with the local athletic development Officer. An out and back course of less than 5k ,starts with a steady road climb through the town…
Warm sunny conditions greeted the 8 UK Women’s Premier League Teams, who descended on Grangemouth stadium for the 2nd fixture of this campaign, convened by Edinburgh Athletic Club. This superbly organised match was a showcase for club athletics at its very best and spectators were treated to some exciting racing and high-class field events. Edinburgh…
The club are happy to announce that full planning permission was granted today to go ahead with re development of Meadowbank. Thanks to Mark Munro today from Scottish Athletics for his excellent presentation and to City of Edinburgh Council. Extended thanks to everyone’s input who has made this possible. Gary Leek Head of Communications Edin…