Jemma Reekie travelled South again this weekend to head for the Bedford track at the U20 British Championships which also hosted as the European Athletics U20 trials. Jemma enjoyed double gold in both the 1500m and 3000m events to cap a memorable weekend of tough track racing. In the 1500m Read more…
Callum Hawkins and Elspeth Curran both ran out dominant winners at the Brian Goodwin 10k in Pollok Park last night. Callum broke the course record in a chip time of 29:12, Luke Traynor (Giffnock North) was neck and neck with Callum at halfway but pulled away midway through and won Read more…
The West District 10k championships were hosted down in Kilmarnock this year at the second running of the Roon the Toon 10k which saw over 1200 finishers complete the race.
Stuart Kerr and Ryan Waldron race fairly closely the whole way round, Stuart finishing 27th in 37:54 and Ryan 29th in 38:12.
Elaine Eadie was the only female competing for Kibarchan and finished 106th in 42:45.
Closely followed by Steven Hill (42:57) in 112th and Gavin Highgate (43:03) in 122nd.
Jemma Reekie travelled to Gothenburg, Sweden at the weekend to take part in the Folksam Challenge over 1500m.
In a stacked race Jemma pulled out a massive PB in 4:15.90 to finish 7th overall. This puts Jemma 3rd U20 over 1500m in the 2017 UK rankings. (more…)
Now in it’s 3rd year the Milngavie trail race continues to be a popular choice for some Kilbarchan athletes, the mixed terrain course offers a tough challenge with some big climbs early on and technical terrain thereafter using the trails around the West Highland Way and Mugdock Country Park.
Jennifer Rooney & John Kynaston both returned for the 3rd year in a row with Jennifer looking to defend her title and course record. (more…)
GAA MILER MEET and SCOTTISH 3000M CHAMPS U20/U17(C)Bobby Gavin
The GAA Miler Meet for races over 3000m & 800m took place on at a sunny Scotstoun in Glasgow on Friday evening.
Callum Matthews had a strong run in the 800m C heat running a PB of 1:58.17 for 2nd place.
Jemma Reekie was 3rd in the 800m women’s E race running 2:07.65, impressive racing once again as Jemma has been busy recently following her 4:20.49 1500m PB at Sportcity last weekend where she broke her own U20 club record. (more…)
The annual Chisholm took place on the Greenock esplanade on Tuesday evening, the shortest race in our Summer Championship league. Elspeth Curran was involved in a strong battle at the front of the women’s race, narrowly losing out to Inverclyde athlete Shelby Morrison clocking 4:56, with Shelby home in 4:55. Read more…
A number of Kilbarchan athletes competed in the annual representative match at Loughborough at the weekend.
Martin Lipton beat his own Kilbarchan club record for the 400M Hurdles, time 51.33 seconds with Connor Henderson also having a fine run, time 52.47 seconds. Anthony Young ran a speedy 48.55 seconds for the 400m and Jemma Reekie, representing GB Juniors, ran close to her best for the 3000metres, time 9.30.82. (more…)
The first Stirling Marathon took place yesterday and we had 4 runners competing and all performed exceptionally well. Sharon Hastie made her marathon debut with an impressive 3:28:52 to finish 410th. Giovanni Pagliocca had a really solid run in 3:47:15, while Martin Dougall & Katrina Kynaston both finished in 3:49:19.
Jemma Reekie made her GB international debut at the Loughborough International Athletics hosted at the Paula Radcliffe Athletics Stadium on Sunday. Impressive early season form saw Jemma don a GB vest for the first time (but certainly not last) and put in an good performance to finish 4th in the women’s 3000m. Read more…