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Scottish Senior Indoor Championships and Junior
Relays.
Saturday 6th February 2010.
VP-Glasgow athletes featured highly at the above
Competition, gaining 47 points as part of LDC’s “Club
First” programme which benefited the Club with the LDC
“Club First Cup” and a cheque for £500.
Thank you to the medal winners who were as
follows:-
Derek Gibb was 1st in the Men’s 1500m with a time
of 4.08.79s
Chloe Lambert was 1st in the Women’s 200m with a
time of 25.84s and 3rd in the Women’s 60m with a time
of 8.04s.
Raymond Bobrownicki and Thomas Campbell were 1st
and 2nd in the Men’s High Jump with heights of 2.17m
and 2.00m respectively. Ray once again setting a
Club record.
Lucinda Logan was 2nd in the Women’s High Jump with
a height of 1.71m.
Andrea Gaffney was 2nd in the Women’s Long Jump
with a distance of 5.71m.
Jennifer Graham was 3rd in the Women’s Pole Vault
with a height of 3.50m.
Erin Leggate was 3rd in the Women’s 400m with a
time of 59.84s.
David Martin and Calum Innes were 2nd and 3rd in
the Men’s 60m Hurdles with times of 8.49s and 8.51s
respectively. David was 3rd in the Men’s 400m with a
time of 48.99s.
Last but not least was our U15 Girls 4 x 200m Relay
Team who were first with a time of 1.49.73s. The
winning team consisted of Eilidh McEvilly, Megan
Heafey, Paige Dickson and Mhairi Patience.
The full results are
available at this link.
Linda Innes |
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Scottish 2 and 4k Championships
The annual 4k Championships were
held at Bellahouston on Sunday the 31st of January.
VP-Glasgow athletes had an excellent day with the
highlight being team Gold for the U15 boys.
In the 2k development races, the
U13 girls team won Silver with excellent performances
from Gillian Black 4th 7:32 ; Millie Boyle 6th 7:57 ;
Emma Ferrie 10th 8:05 and Kirsty Viera 16th 8:16.
The U13 boys failed to put out a
complete team but were well represented by
Liam Turner 2nd 6:44 and
Jamie Middleton 17th 7:42.
The U15 boys finished in 1st place,
winning Gold. It was an exciting finish to the
line between Max Aitchison and Ahmed Hassan from
Shettleston for 1st place with
Max finishing one second ahead to win gold.
The times for the U15's are as
follows: Max Aitchison 1st 5:50 ; Lewis Boyle 3rd 6:01
; C raig Young 4th 6:05 and Liam McLoone 6th 6:08.
Marc Rooney 10th 6:40 ; Kieron Rafferty 16th 6:59 ;
Murray Sim 18th 7:14 and Jack Moreland 20th 7:31.
Only three athletes took part in
the 4k events. Rhian Dawes was 4th U20 to finish
with a time of 15:30.
Derek Gibb was 20th in the Senior
event with a time of 12:26 and Sean Fontana was 6th
U20 with a time of 12:50.
Congratulations to our medal
winners. The full results are
available at this link.
Michele Boyle
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Club Road Race
The 2nd of this seasons Club Road
Races was held on Thursday the 28th of January from
Scotstoun Stadium. The first athlete home was
Max Aitchison who set a PB of 9:10 for the 2 mile
course.
There was several excellent
performances on the night with numerous PB's.
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M/F |
Time |
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1st |
Max Aitchison |
U15 |
M |
9:10 |
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2nd |
Ethan Sloan Dennison |
U17 |
M |
9:19 |
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3rd |
Lewis Boyle |
U15 |
M |
9:29 |
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4th |
Liam McLoone |
U15 |
M |
9:54 |
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5th |
Craig Prior |
U17 |
M |
10:17 |
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6th |
Mark Rooney |
U15 |
M |
10:26 |
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7th |
Paul MacFarlane |
U17 |
M |
10:52 |
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8th |
Murray Sim |
U15 |
M |
11:09 |
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9th |
Ewan Urquhart |
U13 |
M |
11:10 |
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10th |
Gillian Black |
U13 |
F |
11:12 |
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11th |
Maria Milliken |
U15 |
F |
11:37 |
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12th |
Jack Moreland |
U15 |
M |
11:54 |
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13th |
Holly Little |
U11 |
F |
12:03 |
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14th |
Robyn Connolly |
U11 |
F |
12:26 |
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15th |
Iona Wilson |
U15 |
F |
13:20 |
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16th |
Daniel Sinclair |
U11 |
M |
13:50 |
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17th |
Michael Dunn |
U13 |
M |
13:50 |
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18th |
Marcus Macintyre |
U11 |
M |
15:10 |
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19th |
Nicole Waters |
U11 |
F |
15:14 |
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20th |
Scott Goodman |
U11 |
M |
16:59 |
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21st |
Georgia Dunn |
U11 |
F |
17:31 |
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2
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1st |
Ralph Connolly |
Sen |
M |
18:03 |
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2nd |
Sandra Branney |
Vet 55 |
F |
18:09 |
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3rd |
Allan Hamilton |
Sen |
M |
19:40 |
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4th |
Kenny McVey |
Vet 60 |
M |
19:41 |
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5th |
Rab Daly |
Vet 65 |
M |
21:06 |
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LSK
Supplies Scottish Veterans Road Relay
VP-Glasgow athletes took part in the Vets Road Relay
races on Sunday the 24th of January. The women's
team of Sandra Branney, Kirsty Baird and Clair
McCracken finished in first place and Clair had the
2nd fastest lap.
The women's team led from start to finish with
Sandra completing the 3rd fastest lap in 23:15.
Kirsty ran leg 2 in 24:30 before Clair finished in
22:48.
The mens team finished in 16th place overall.
Mark Ashby completed leg 1 in a time of 21:49, Peter
Ramsay ran leg two in a time of 25:55, Ralph Connolly
completed leg 3 in a time of 23:58 and Kenny McVey
finished in a time of 25:27.
Rab Daly ran as part of a composite team and
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Daily Record - Young Athlete of the Year
Two members of
VP-Glasgow have been nominated for the Young Athlete
Of The Year award. Both
Jax Thoirs and
Andrea Gaffney are in
the running and in need of votes.
If you follow the
link below, you can vote for your favourite. The
voting is about to close but you can still make a
difference.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/athletics-news/
Good luck to Jax and Andrea.
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Celtic Cross Country International
VP-Glasgow
athletes were involved in the International event and
round four of the McCain UK Cross Challenge in Antrim
on Saturday the 23rd of January.
Abbey McGhee was
2nd in the U23 competition and 19th to finish among
the senior women with a time of 20:51. Nicola
Hood was 4th to finish in the U23 competition and 25th
overall with a time of 21:27. Abbey and Nicola
were part of the winning Scottish team.
Hollie Young was
7th to finish among the U20 women with a time of
14:26.
Max Aitchison was
4th in the U17 international event and 12th overall
with a time of 19:20.
Liam Turner was 4th
in the U13 event with an excellent time
of 6:43.
Well done to
everyone who took part. The full results are
available at this link.
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Scottish Inter Regional Championships
The Championships
were held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of January
at the Kelvin Hall and many VP-Glasgow athletes were
in action representing West City. West City
finished in 4th place overall.
Dianne Ramsay was
1st in the 200m with a time of 26.41s and 2nd in the
400m with a time of 60.49 while her brother Allan was
3rd in the 800m with a time of 1:53.65.
David Martin was
2nd in the 400m with a time of 48.94s and Calum Innes
was 2nd in the 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.44s.
 Ray
Bobrownicki was 1st in the High Jump with a height of
2.08m and Lucinda Logan was 1st in the women's High
Jump with a PB height of 1.73m.
Jax Thoirs was 2nd
in the Pole Vault with a height of 4.20m and Jennifer
Graham was 2nd in the women's Pole Vault with a height
of 3.40m.
John McCafferty who
was representing West Coast finished in 3rd place in
the Shot with a distance of 13.23m, 3rd in the High
Jump with a height of 1.95m and 3rd in the Pole Vault
with a PB height of 4.20m.
The full results
are
available at the this link.
Open
the day 2 PDF.
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U15
and U17 Closed Championships
The Championships
were held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of January
at the Kelvin Hall and as expected VP-Glasgow athletes
were among the medals.
Chloe Lambert was
2nd in the U17 60m with a time of 7.97s and was 1st in
the 200m with a time of 25.92s.
Andrea Gaffney was
1st in the U17 Long Jump with a distance of 5.84m.
Eilidh McEvilly was
1st in the U15 Shot with a distance of 9.90m, 1st in
the High Jump with a height of 1.50m and 3rd in the
60m Hurdles with a time of 9.70s.
Robbie Pollock was
3rd in the U15 60m Hurdles with a time of 10.42s.
John Mulhern was
2nd in the U17 60m Hurdles with a time of 8.77s.
Chris Barnes was
1st in the U17 Shot with a distance of 15:39m.
Congratulations to
all of our medalists.
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Induction Group
- Newsletter
Ros Halliday
has circulated the latest version of the Newsletter
for new U11 and U13 athletes. A copy is attached
here for the information of parents and potential
recruits.
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George Gandy And Barry
Fudge Seminar
The Glasgow
Athletics Association, Endurance Sub Group have
organised a seminar with George Gandy and Barry Fudge
on the evening of 29th January 2010, the evening
before the AVIVA International athletics match takes
place in the Kelvin Hall ISA.
The GAA would
like to invite coaches and athletes to attend the
Seminar, being held in Glasgow. It promises to be an
informative session and you will have time to ask
questions regarding these coaches personal
philosophies and the work that they carry out which
has created a centre of excellence in Loughborough.
Times and venues
will be confirmed to coaches and athletes who book a
place at the seminar. Places will be limited and will
be allocated on a first come first served basis.
This is an
opportunity for you to meet two of the UK's best
Endurance coaches and to ask questions of them. Please
respond to
brian.donaldson@csglasgow.org
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Scotstoun Stadium
The
new facility was officially opened by HRH Princess
Anne on Thursday the 14th of January. She was
accompanied by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant Sir Kenneth
Calman (convenor of the Calman Commission on Scottish
Devolution). Sir Kenneth was heard remarking
that he had been a member of Victoria Park back in
1954 when he lived in Danes Drive.
The Stadium is now fully open although much of the new
equipment (hurdles etc) that has been ordered is still
to arrive.
The cost of entry meantime is £1.95 for athletes 16
years and under and £3.90 for athletes 17 years and
over.
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Club
Record
Congratulations to Ray Bobrownicki who on Wednesday the
30th of December set a new Club record for the High
Jump.
Ray was competing at the Glasgow Indoor Championship
at the Kelvin Hall when he set a new Club indoor
record of 2.09m. Ray has a PB of 2.16m set in
Philadelphia, USA in 2006.
Ray is a Canadian citizen currently studying in
Glasgow. He recently completed his level 1
coaching course.
The existing outdoor record of 2.07m was set by
Crawford Fairbrother in September 1964 at Scotstoun.
Crawford represented Scotland and GB during a very
successful career.
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Scotstoun Stadium
The official opening of the new Stadium will take
place on Thursday the 14th of January. The
facility is being opened by Princess Anne and will be
open to the general public from Saturday the 16th.
Our U11 and U13 group return to Scotstoun on Tuesday
the 19th of January and revert to their traditional
training nights of Tuesday's and Thursday's from 7pm.
The Middle Distance group, the Sprint Group, the
Combined Events group and the U15's and U17's group
will all return to Scotstoun from Tuesday the 19th.
Discussions are still ongoing with Culture and Sport
about the introduction of a Club swipe card but in the
meantime entry will be by cash at the door.
I would suggest that coaches who have not yet had a
tour of the facility arrive early on Tuesday to
familiarise themselves with the layout.
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England
Athletics - AAA's
John McCafferty finished in 4th place among a strong
field at the Indoor Combined Events Championships at
the EIS, Sheffield on the 9th and 10th of January.
John's results were as follows, 7.57s for the 60m,
6.03m for the Long Jump, 13.97m for the Shot and 4.20m
for the Pole Vault on day 1.
On day two he achieved 8.95s for the 60m Hurdles,
1.84m for the High Jump and 2:54.03 for the 1,000m.
His total points score was 4,825 which was a new
Scottish U20 heptathlon record.
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Inter
District Cross Country
The Bupa Edinburgh International Cross Country and
Inter District Cross Country Championships were held
within Holyrood Park, Edinburgh on Saturday the 9th of
January. Several athletes were selected for West
District and performed admirably in the snow and ice.
Gillian Black was part of the winning West District
U13 team, finishing in 6th place with a time of 12:21
for the 2,600m course.
Liam Turner was 1st to finish among the U13 Boys with
a time of 10:39 for the 2,600m course and was also
part of the winning West District team.
Max Aitchison was 2nd among the U15 boys with a time
of 9:49 for the 2,600m course. Max was also part
of the West District team that finished 2nd overall.
His club-mate Lewis Boyle finished in 6th place with a
time of 10:08.
Hollie Young was 5th to finish in the U17 event.
She completed the 3,900m course in a time of 17:24.
 Hollie
was part of the West District team that finished in
2nd place. Her club-mates, Deborah Hannah
(17:46) and Sarah Potter (18:51) were also part of the
same team.
Nicola Hood was part of the West District team that
finished 3rd in the Senior/Junior Womens race.
She finished in 20th place with a time of 24:26 for
the 5,800m course. Rebecca Finch was 28th to
finish in a time of 25:01.
Allan Ramsey was 46th to finish in the Senior/Junior
Mens race with a time of 36:23 over the 9,000m course.
Well done to everyone who took part in what must have
been horrendous conditions and congratulations to all
of our medal winners.
The full results are
available at this link.
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Club
Record
Congratulations to Jax Thoirs who on Wednesday the
30th of December set a new Club record for the Pole
Vault.
Jax was competing at the Glasgow Indoor Championship
at the Kelvin Hall when he set a new PB of 4.63m.
Jax improved on his PB by .03m on the day.
Jennifer Graham is still the holder of the Womens
record with a best of 3.95m which she achieved in
Manchester in July 2007.
Well done Jax.
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Indoor
League - Cancelled
The Indoor League meeting on Sunday 3rd of January at
the Kelvin Hall has been
cancelled because of the deteriorating Road
conditions.
Please pass this information on to everyone who was
planning on attending.
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West
Highland Way
Many thanks to Peter Wilson who posted a link on the
Message Board to a well edited video from 1987.
The occasion was a successful relay attempt at the
West Highland Way and included many familiar names and
faces including Neil Hogg, Tony Malloy, Peter Wilson,
Barry McKay, Stuart Barnett (speedo), Jason Logan,
David Innes and Robert Blair.
The video itself is dedicated to the memory of
Wallace Crawford 1940-2000, a past Secretary of
Victoria Park who remained in post for more than 25
years.
Follow this link to see the
full 15 minute video. |
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Clubmark
Good news received on Friday the
18th of December from Scottish Athletics, the Club has
successfully completed the Clubmark accreditation
process.
This is just one
more step in providing a safe, effective and
child-friendly environment for our members.
The objectives of the Clubmark Programme are to:
- Guide clubs to
achieve a set of nationally recognised minimum
operating standards
- Modernise club
infrastructures
- Assist with club
development planning
- Help clubs identify
their aims and resource requirements
The focus of the changes within the Club have
included 'Management', 'Care and Welfare' and
'Coaching'.
A great deal of work was involved in changing many
of our procedures and we are very grateful to Ros
Halliday who worked tirelessly to achieve our
objectives.
The standards now set by the Club will continually
be monitored by the Committee and it's hoped this will
drive everyone on to greater success. |
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