The inaugural Glasgow Clyde marathon took place yesterday with a couple of road runners entering the first event as training runs for build ups to future marathon. Later in the year Norman is going stateside to take on the New york Marathon with Grant going down South at the Yorkshire Read more
A handful of athletes were competing in Bedford at the weekend with Kirsty Costello stealing the show from a Kilbarchan perspective. Kirsty Costello was competing in the AAA at Bedford on Saturday finished fourth in the Girls U15 Hammer with a throw of 53.95m (3kg) a Club & Scottish record. Scottish results from Read more
There will be no throws training session this Friday 26th August Jim Green
It was a fantastic performance by Kilbarchan’s Callum Hawkins, representing GB, to finish 9th in the Olympic Marathon in Rio last Sunday, with the world’s best marathon runners for most of the way, finishing in 2 hours 11 minutes 52 seconds. There was also a great effort from Derek Hawkins, Read more
Following a fantastic medal haul at the Senior & Under 17 championships last week it was the turn of the Under 15 & under 20 athletes to bring home the silverware this weekend in Grangemouth. Full Results Jemma Reekie enjoyed double GOLD in the U20W 800m & 1500m, Euan Gillham Read more
Away from the Rio marathon the biggest 10k in Renfrewhire took place this morning with over 2,500 taking part across the 10k and fun run events. Callum and Derek Hawkins are former winners of these races through their sparkling careers and received applause from the competitors prior to the race Read more
Incredible performance from Callum Hawkins to finish 9th in the Olympic Marathon. Everyone at the club is extremely proud of an amazing young athlete. Well done also to Derek Hawkins on his finish after a troubling build up.
There were some fine results for Kilbarchan athletes at the Scottish Senior and under 17s Championships at Grangemouth last weekend. In the Senior Championships, Andrew Murphy was 2nd in the Pole Vault clearing 4.41m and 3rd in the Discus with a 40.26m throw just ahead of 4th placed Sam O’Kane Read more
In the lead up to the next October Junior athletics camp at the ON-X Renfrewshire Leisure are looking into the possibility of running a leading athletics course for volunteers and coaches. Ideally, a course 2/3 weeks before the October holidays for all volunteers / coaches would work best. The course has a max Read more
It was a successful weekend at Grangemouth, Andrew Murphy performing well in the field with two medals and Andrew Costello bringing home the gold in the Hammer. Full Results Gold Andrew Costello Hammer U17M Silver Willie Falconer Shot Putt SM Silver Andrew Murphy Pole Vault SM Silver Anthony Young 400m Read more