Jemma Reekie continued her emergence as one of Britains stars of the future at the weekend. Jemma was competing in the under 20s British Championships at Bedford, which were also the trials for the European Athletics under 20s Championships and she competed a remarkable double, against Britain’s best, winning both Read more
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
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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…)
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…)
Friday’s Throws session 26th May will be at 10:30am and not 5:00pm. Jim Green / Karen Costello
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…)
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
The West District Track and Field Championships were staged at Kilmarnock last weekend and Kilbarchan Athletic Club had a number of successes. Andrew Murphy won two senior titles, the Long Jump clearing 6.57metres, also the Pole Vault with a 4.50metres clearance, while Krishawn Aiken won the 200m in 21.4 seconds Read more
Gemma Rankin represented Scotland at the Lillebaert ½ Marathon in Denmark last weekend, having a fine run to finish 5th, 1st Brit, time 79 minutes 25 seconds. Representing Scotland in the Men’s race, Derek Hawkins, continued his comeback from injury, finishing 4th, 2nd Scot, in 66 minutes 54 seconds. Nearer Read more