Club Together Officer – Victoria Park City of Glasgow AC
2 year contract
 
Salary - £7,163 15 hours per week
 
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Victoria Park City of Glasgow AC for a Club Together Officer, in partnership with scottishathletics, Victoria Park City of Glasgow AC and Glasgow Sport. Club Together is a fundamental project within Scotland’s National Club Development
programme for athletics, Club Legacy 2014 that places a key focus on supporting the development of athletics clubs in the country.
 
The role will have a significant impact in the growth and development of the club and the twin aspects of our vision of increasing participation and performance sit at the heart of everything we do - neither however is possible without athletics clubs playing their part.

This part time post (15 hours per week) is funded through a partnership between Victoria Park City of Glasgow AC, scottishathletics and Glasgow Sport. Club Together is exactly that – clubs, scottishathletics and Local Authority coming together to deliver once and for all a programme that will make the athletics vision happen.
 
Application Process
Applications should be made by submitting the application form and Covering Letter to scottishathletics. The application should be marked confidential and sent to:
 
Mary Anderson
scottishathletics Ltd
Caledonia House
South Gyle
EDINBURGH
EH12 9DQOr email: mary.anderson@scottishathletics.org.uk
 
Closing date: 5pm Wednesday 15 February
Interviews will take place - TBC
Any offer of employment would be subject to a satisfactory PVG check and references.
scottishathletics is an equal opportunities organisation.

Download:  Job Description    Person Specification    Application Form    

Club Record

Congratulations to Jax Thoirs on achieving a new PB and a Club record in the Pole Vault in Gothenburg, Sweden on Wednesday the 18th of January. 

Jax (aged 18) was competing in an open graded event within the main shopping centre in Gothenburg when he cleared 5.10m.  This is the 3rd PB for Jax in as many weeks.

His next target will be the Scottish Senior record which stands at 5.16m indoors and 5.21m outdoors.

Follow this link to see the video from Gothenburg.

Max Aitchison

Max is one of 12 athletes who have been nominated for the ‘Young Athlete of  the Year’ award which is promoted by the Daily Record.

I'm sure Max will receive the backing of everyone within VP-Glasgow and the West of Scotland as he has proven to be an exceptional competitor of great character, respected and admired by his peers and an athlete who has made his Coaches rightly very proud.

You can lodge your vote up until Monday the 23rd of January with the winner to be announced on Saturday 28 January and presented at the AVIVA International Match in Glasgow which features Mo Farah.

HOW TO VOTE:
There are two ways to vote, by post or online. To vote by post simply write the name of the athlete you would like to see crowned champ on a postcard and send it to Daily Record Young Athlete of the Year, Sports Desk, One Central Quay, G3 8DA.


To vote online: Click here

Bushy Park 5k Park Run.
Sat. 17-12-11.
London.
Abby McGhee   7th.   2ndLady   17:27.

Glasgow 5k Park Run.
Christmas Day.
Rhian Dawes   10th   2ndLady   19:46.

Turkey Trot 10k.
Boxing Day.
Ayr.
Ralph Connolly   30th   14thV40   39:17.
Turkey Trot 5k.
Robyn Connolly   25th   5thLady   1stU15   22:16.
Thomas Connolly   65th   5thU15Boy   28:18.

Inter District and Celtic Nations Cross Country, with the BUPA Great Winter Run

A day of races took place in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on Saturday 7th January. VP-Glasgow Athletes achieved success at all levels, from U11 through to International runners.

Celtic Nations and Senior/U23 Inter Districts races:
Beth Potter and Abby McGhee came 1st and 3rd in 19:38 and 20:14 respectively, over the 5K course, and were part of the winning Scottish Team (3 counters).
In the Men’s race Sean Fontana came 8th in the Inter District in 21:05 over the 6K course.

U20/U17 races:
Max Aitchison was 2nd Scottish U20 in 21:06 (Max is U17) and Ethan Sloan-Dennison was 3rd Scottish U20 in 21:55, over the 6K course..
Lewis Boyle was 5th in the Inter District race in 21:52, and part of the winning West Team along with Liam McLoone who was 7th in 22:21. Craig Young was 17th in 23:35.
Sarah Potter was 4th Scottish U20 in 16:27 over 4K.
Danielle Beattie was 19th in the Inter District race in 18:43.

U15s 4K races:
Gillian Black was 3rd in 17:37 and was part of the winning West Team.
Fraser Glass and Craig Jardine were a close 13th and 14th, with 16:13 and 16:14 respectively and Euan Urquhart was 27th in 17:22. Again Team West won.

U13s 3K races:
Jamie MacKinnon was 3rd in 12:32 and was part of the winning West Team along with Aidan Johnson who was 7th in 12:52 (6 counters). Ewan Rae was 26th in 13:35, Lewis Serpell was 28th in 13:46 and Andrew Moreland was 31st in 13:58.
Holly Little was 3rd in 13:16 and was part of the winning West Team. Robyn Connolly was 25th in 14:40.

BUPA Junior Great Winter Run (2.4K)
Jenna Little was 3rd in the girls aged 7-10 race and Amber Jardine was 7th. Thomas Connolly was 14th in the boys aged 7-10 race, with Jack MacKinnon 23rd and Tom Rae was 77nd. Calum Fergus was 37th in the boys aged 11-14 race.

Pictures can be found at this link.

Lynn McGarry

Scottish Athletics Indoor League (Match 2)
 
The 2nd Match of the Scottish Athletics Indoor League took place in the Kelvin Hall on Sunday 11th December.
 
In the boys, the U11s were 4th in the Match and now stand 3rd equal in the league. The U13 “A” team was 2nd to maintain 2nd place and the “B” team was 5th moving up to 7th equal. The U15 “A” team was 2nd, so is now equal 1st, and the “B” team was 4th to move up to 8th overall. There was no change in the U17 table with the “A” team maintaining 1st and the “B” team maintaining 3rd.
 
In the girls, the U11s were 3rd moving up to 6th equal. The U13 “A” team was 2nd equal, to move up to 2nd and the “B” team was 7th, so is now 6th in the league, equal with 3 other teams. The U15 “A” team was 3rd to move up to 5th, and the “B” team was 11th equal, dropping to 7th overall. The U17 “A” team was 2nd to move up to 2nd equal and the “B” team was 4th to move up to 4th in the league. The U20 team of one person was 6th and 6th overall.
 
For the U11 boys, Aaron Hickey was 1st in the 600m with 1:58.8 and Edan Webb was 1st “B” in 2:07.8. For the U13 boys, Aidan Johnson won the 800m in 2:29.1 and Andrew Moreland was 3rd in 2:38.6. Cameron Wray was 2nd in the 60m Hurdles with 11.08s, James Stewart was 2nd in the High Jump clearing 1.45m and 3rd in the Shot Putt with 5.94m. Daniel Sinclair was 3rd in the 60m with 9.15s and 3rd in the Long Jump clearing 3.77m.
In the U15 boys, Jamie MacKinnon won the 800m with 2:24.5 and Calum Wray won the 60m Hurdles in 9.76s. Ben Chan won the Triple Jump with 10.48m and Ewan Hoy was 2nd with 9.98m. Ben was also 3rd in the 60m with 8.22s. Euan Urquhart was 3rd in the 400m with 60.3s and Aidan McMahon was 3rd in the High Jump clearing 1.45m.
In the U17 men Ross Maxwell won the 60m in 7.34s and the 200m in 23.5s. Jamie Robinson won the 400m in 53.4s and Fraser Glass won the 800m in 2:14.0 followed by Liam Turner in 2:15.3. Matthew Jordan was 2nd in the Shot Putt with 8.20m and 3rd in the 60m Hurdles with 10.00. Patrick Clark was2nd in the Triple Jump with 11.17m and 3rd in the High Jump clearing 1.60m.
 
For the U11 girls, Mia Kennedy was 2nd in the 600m with 2:09.5 and 2nd “B” in the 60m with 10.35s (Lucy Williamson 4th “A” string, 10.12s). Sophie Urquhart was 2nd in the “B” Standing Long Jump with 1.56m (Lucy Williamson “A” string, 1.58m).
For the U13 girls Holly Little won the 800m in 2:37.5. Isla Henderson was 2nd in the 60m Hurdles with 11.64s and Maria Buckulcikova was a close 3rd in 11.66s.
For the U15 girls Gillian Black won the 800m in 2:36.0. Ivy Hill was 3rd equal in the High Jump clearing 1.40m.
In the U17 women, Mhairi Patience won the 60m in 8.23s. Paige Dickson won the 800m in 2:35.8 and Eliza Chiswell was 2nd in 2:41.5. Eilidh McEvilly won the Shot Putt with 8.94m and Katie Ord was 3rd with 7.93m. Carla Godsman was 2nd in the High Jump clearing 1.50m. Caroline MacKinnon was 3rd in the 60m Hurdles in 9.97s and Melanie Chiswell was 3rd in the 300m with 46.3s.
In the U20 women Ieva Klimiviciute won the Shot Putt with 8.35m.
 
Lynn McGarry

IAAF Lotto Cross Cup
 
Congratulations to Max Aitchison and Lewis Boyle who came 1st and 2nd in the IAAF Lotto Cross Cup cross country race in Brussells on Sunday 18th December. In a close finish they completed the 4Km course in 14:07 and 14:08 respectively, competing for Team Glasgow.
 
Lynn McGarry

Christmas Road Race - CANCELLED

The Christmas Road Race has had to be cancelled due to snow and ice on the route.

This is the 2nd year in a row that the race has had to be cancelled due to snow although it is also only the 2nd time in the last 40 years.

I'm sure our younger members will be able to find alternative sport which is more practical in the prevailing conditions.

Gordon Innes

Endurance Round Up

GB. Vets Open CC Race.
Sat. 26-11-11.
Bellahouston Park.
Gerry Craig       19th.  8thV40.  24:30.
Joe    Doyle       37th.  16V50.   26:30.

 McCain UK CC Challange.
 Sat. 26-11-11.
 Liverpool.
 Sen. Men.
 Sean  Fontana    79th.  31:57.
 Alex Potter        235th. 38:19.
 U17 Men.
 Max  Aitchison    11th.  18:15.
 Sen. Women.
 Abby  McGhee    32nd.  29:24.
 U20 Women.
 Sarah  Potter     37th.  17:02.

 Glasgow 5k. Park Run.
 Sat. 26-11-11.
 Liam  McKeown     8th.  1stJM14.  18:20 (PB)
 Hollie  Young       10th.  1st.Lady  1stJL.  18:34.
 Ralph  Connolly   12th.  1stV45.  19:11.

 Glasgow University 5ml. Road Race.
 Sat. 2-12-11.
 Garscube Estate.
 Ralph Connolly     47th.  14thVet.  31:38.
 Rhian  Daws        61st.  2ndU20Lady. 32:47.  (Glasgow Uni.)

 Strathclyde 5k Park Run.
 Sat. 3-12-11.
 Tom  Ord        11th.  2ndV50.  20:23.

West District Cross Country Championships

Saturday 10th December saw the inaugural appearance of the new VP-Glasgow tent at the West District Cross Country Championships which took place in Irvine.

The U17 men won team gold with Max Aitchison taking an impressive individual gold, completing  the 6.4Km course in 21:13. The drama of the day was provided by Lewis Boyle who came 4th (21:29) having run most of the race with concussion following a spectacular fall on his head. Liam McLoone was the 3rd counter finishing 7th in 22:07. Craig Young was 13th and Liam Johnson was 19th.
 
The U13 boys won team gold with an individual bronze for Jamie MacKinnon who completed the 3.2Km course in 11:22 with Aidan Johnson 4th in 11:32 and Lewis Serpell 11th  in 12:09. Andrew Moreland was right behind in 12th, Ewan Rae was14th and Adam Brady 17th.
 
The U15 boys won team silver with Craig Jardine continuing his recent excellent form completing  the 4.4Km course in 15:43 to come 5th, ahead of Fraser Glass in 6th (15:46) and with Euan Urquhart 10th (16:07). Liam Turner was 26th and Calum McCormack was 28th.
 
Another team silver went to the U15 girls with Gillian Black finishing 6th over the 4.4Km course, in 17:33; Emma Ferrie 12th in 18:36, and Melanie Chiswell 14th in 18:58. Eliza Chiswell was 26th and Anya Morrison 32nd.
 
The U13 girls won team bronze with and individual bronze for Holly Little who completed the 3.2Km course in 12:23; Robyn Connolly was 14th (13:23) and Tessa Hickey was 25th (13:57). Emma Williams was 35th, Kirsty Elliott was 53rd, Nicole Waters was 56th and Kenna Francis was 58th.
 
In the U17 women’s race (4.4Km run along with the U15 girls) Danielle Beattie and Maria Milliken came 6th and 7th in 19:00 and 19:08 respectively.
 
In the Senior/Junior women’s 6.4Km race, the team of Sarah Potter, Hollie Young  and Rhian Dawes was 3rd overall and 1st Junior Team. Sarah was 3rd overall and 1st U20, in 23:53, Hollie 7th (2nd U20) in 24:42 and Rhian 21st in 26:30. Amy MacLellan, also U20, was 62nd.
 
In the Senior/Junior men’s 10Km race, Ethan Sloan-Dennison, Marc Austin and Peter Anderson were first Junior Team with Ethan as 3rd placed U20. In the overall men’s teams, there are 6 counters to a team. VP-Glasgow’s men came 4th with Sean Fontana (Sen) 8th in 31:20, Ethan Sloan-Dennison (U20)  21st in 32:29, Alan Ramsay (Sen) 26th in 33:13, Marc Austin (U20) 28th in 33:23, Peter Anderson (U20) 63rd in 35:53 and Crawford Little (Vet) 82nd in 37:00. Alex Potter was 92nd ahead of Duncan Thomson  in 93rd. Crawford Alex and Duncan were the 7th Vets Team. Kenny Mitchell was 99th, Mark Ashby 130th, Tom Ord 131st, Ralph Connolly 134th, Peter Ramsay (Vet) 147th and Kenny McVey was 186th (all Vets).

Pictures are available at this link.
 
Lynn McGarry

Dunbartonshire AAA Cross Country Championships
 
The Dunbartonshire AAA Cross Country Championships took place in Posties Park in Dumbarton on Saturday 26th November.
 
The U15 boys dominated their 3 mile race, filling the top eight places. In a close finish, Euan Urquhart won in 19:30 and Craig Jardine was 2nd in 19:31. Fraser Glass was 3rd in 19:51 to complete the winning team. The 2nd placed team was Liam Turner , 4th in 19:59, Calum McCormack,  5th in 20:16 and Paul Harper,  6th in 20:52. Ritchie Austin was 7th in 21:23 and Nathan Merchant was 8th in 21:36.

The U13 boys competed over a 2 mile course with similar success. Jamie MacKinnon was  1st (12:00), Aidan Johnson 2nd (12:11), Ewan Rae 3rd (12:26), Lewis Serpell 4th (12:36), Andrew Moreland 5th (12:49), Adam Brady 6th (13:01), Simon Fraser 9th (13:16) and Calum Fergus 25th (19:21). Jamie, Aidan and Ewan took 1st team prize and Lewis, Andrew and Adam were 2nd team.

In the U17 men, the top 3 places were claimed by VP-Glasgow to win 1st team. Lewis Boyle was 1st over the 3 mile course, in 17:33, Liam McLoone was 2nd in 17:49 and Craig Young was 3rd in 19:02.
 
The U13 girls won 1st team with an impressive performance from Holly Little coming almost a minute ahead of the rest of the field, over 2 miles, in 13:07. Robyn Connolly was 2nd (14:03) and  Emma Williams was 9th (15:01), to take 1st team. Kirsty Elliot was 18th (16:12), Niamh Curran was 19th (16:14),  Kenna Francis was 21st (16:42) and Nicole Waters was 24th (17:11). Kirsty, Niamh and Kenna were 4th team.
 
In the U15 girls 3 mile race, Gillian Black won convincingly in 20:45 and Emma Ferrie was  2nd 21:58.
 
The U11 girls won 2nd team, with Amy Bissett  3rd, over the 1 mile course, in 8:06, Amber Jardine 8th in 8:52 and Adrienne Murray 13th in 9:27. Mia Kennedy (14th in 9:28), Caitlin Keegan (20th in 10:22) and Amy McTaggart (23rd in 10:59) were 5th team.

The U11 boys  were 2nd team, on the same course, with Arron Hickey 6th in 7:41, John Lowe 9th in 7:59, and Thomas Connolly 17th in 8:35. Finn Johnson was 21st in 8:56.
 
Ethan Sloan-Dennison won the 6 mile senior men’s race in 34:24, Derek Watson was 17th in 39:28, closely followed by Duncan Thomson (39:32) and Kenny Mitchell (39:46) in 19th and 20th places to take the 3rd placed team prize. Mark Ashby was 27th in 41:33 and Peter Ramsay and Tom Ord were 36th and 37th, both in 43:02.
 
Lynn McGarry

SSAA Secondary Schools' Road Relay Championships
 
The Scottish Schools’ Road Relay Champs took place on Saturday 12th November in and around Grangemouth Stadium. Approximately 20 VP-Glasgow Athletes took part, with the highlight being a win in the S1 boys’ race for the Jordanhill School Team of Andrew Moreland, Ewan Rae and Jamie MacKinnon.

Well done also to Calum McCormack who was part of the 3rd placed Lenzie Academy’s medley boys (mixed ages) relay team.
 
Lynn McGarry

Scottish Athletics Indoor League
 
The first Indoor League match of the winter was held at the Kelvin Hall on Sunday the 13th of November.
 
In the boys/men: the U15s and U17s were 1st, the U13s were 2nd, the U11s were 4th, and the U20s were 5th.
In the girls/women: the U13s and U17s were 3rd, the U15s were 6th and 7th out of 22 teams, the U20s were 6th and the U11s were 10th.
 
For the U20 men, Andrew McFarlane won the 400m with a time of 52.2s, John Mulhern was 2nd in the 200m with 23.8s and Michael Murray was 3rd in the Long Jump clearing 5.19m.
 
For the U17 men, Ross Maxwell won the 60m in 7.38s and the 200m in 23.5s. Lewis Boyle won the 800m in 2:08.5 and Liam Turner was 2nd in 2:11.8. Patrick Clark was 2nd in the Long Jump with 5.01m and 3rd in the High Jump clearing 1.70m. Matthew Jordan was 2nd in the Shot with 8.13m and Russell Findlay was 3rd with 7.81m. Matthew was also 3rd in the 60m Hurdles in 10.05s.
 
In the U15 boys, Euan Urquhart was 1st in the 800m with a time of 2:21.1 and Calum McCormack was 2nd in 2:26.7.  In the 60m Hurdles, Calum Wray was 1st in 10.09s. Aiden McMahon was 2nd in the High Jump clearing 1.45m and Ben Chan was 3rd in the 400m with 62.2s.
 
For the U13 boys, Cameron Wray was 2nd in the 60m Hurdles with 11.21s. Andrew Moreland was 3rd in the 800m with 2:38.9.
 
For the U11 boys Aaron Hickey was 1st in the “B” string 800m with 2:05.1 and 3rd in the “B” string Standing Long Jump clearing 1.64m. Edan Webb was 3rd in the “B” string 60m with 10.16s.
 
For the U20 women, Ieva Klimaviciute was 1st in the Shot with a distance of 8.79m.
 
For the U17 women, Eilidh McEvilly was 1st in the Shot with 9.61m (a AAA Grade 2 performance) and Katie Ord was 3rd with 8.74m. Juliet Gold was 2nd in the 200m with 28.6s and Abbie McFarlane was 2nd in the Long Jump with 4.26m. Caroline MacKinnon was 3rd in the 60m Hurdles with 10.32s, Sophie Coghill was 3rd in the 300m with 46.2s and Paige Dickson was 3rd in the 800m with 2:30.5
 
In the U15 girls, and Gillian Black was 1st in the U15 800m with a time of 2:32.6 and Erin Crichton was 2nd in the High Jump clearing 1.35m.
 
In the U13 girls, Maria Buckulcikova was 1st in the 60m Hurdles with 11.94s. Isla Henderson was 2nd in the Long Jump clearing 3.68m. Kirsty Elliott was 2nd in the 60m with 9.41s and Nerea Rodero was 3rd in 9.46s.
 
Lynn McGarry