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Wishaw, Saturday 15th May 2010

Well done to the VP-Glasgow athletes who competed in the Age Group Champs on a surprisingly dry day at Wishaw! There were many excellent performances with numerous P.B.s achieved. Medal winners were as follows:-

Mhairi Patience was 2nd in both the U15G 200m and 75m Hurdles with times of 26.89s and 12.12.s respectively.

Eilidh McEvilly was 1st in the U15G Shot Putt with a distance of 9.12m.

Jamie Robinson was 2nd in the U15B 400m with a time of 53.15s.

Lewis Boyle was 1st in the U15B 800m with a time of 2.06.37s.

Steven Thistleton was 3rd in the U15B High Jump with a Height of 1.60m.

John Barnes was 2nd in the U15B Javelin with a distance of 37.13m.

John McCall was 1st and John Mulhern 2nd in the U17M 100m Hurdles with times of 14.68s and 14.88s respectively.

John Mulhern had further success in the U17M 400m Hurdles coming 1st with a time of 57.56s.

Ethan Sloan-Dennison was 3rd in the U17M 1500m with a time of 4.16.63s.

Chris Barnes was 1st in both the U17M Discus and Shot Putt with distances of 48.34m and 14.46m respectively.

Chloe Lambert was 3rd in the U17W 100m and 1st in the 200m with times of 12.80s. and 25.57s respectively.

Andrea Gaffney was 1st in both the U17W Long Jump and Triple Jump with distances of 5.55m and 11.28m respectively.

Linda Innes

VP-Glasgow are competing in Division 1 of the Young Athletes League on Sunday the 30th of May at Wishaw Stadium.  This is the 2nd of three league matches which will decide which Clubs will reach the Scottish Final at Scotstoun.

A minibus will be leaving Scotstoun at 1000 hrs on Sunday morning.  If you would like to travel, please e-mail Gordon to confirm your place on the bus.  The cost of the return journey will be £3.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

Our new Club Hoodies have arrived and will be available from Friday. 

To purchase a hoodie, you should pay by cash or cheque at the trackside to either Gordon Innes or Ros Haliday.  The cheque should be made payable to Victoria Park City Of Glasgow. 

Gordon or Ros will issue you with a receipt and you should then attend at Achilles Heel to uplift your hoodie.  If you cannot attend at the track in person, you can send a cheque to Gordon at the address listed on the contacts page.

Achilles Heel are once again very generously holding our stock but are unable to accept payment.  You must first pay the Club for your hoodie before you attend at the shop with the receipt.

The cost of the new hoodies are £18 for athletes in the U13 group and younger and £23 for athletes U15 and older.  Athletes who assisted at the bag packing and Coaches will pay £15.

Asda

As a result of our very successful bag packing day at Asda in Bearsden, Anne Hendry, the Events Co-Ordinator applied on our behalf to the Asda Foundation requesting further assistance for the Club.

The Asda Foundation have made a very generous donation of £400 for which we are extremely grateful.

Special thanks to Anne for applying on our behalf.  Hopefully we will return to Asda before the end of the current year.

VP-Glasgow are competing in Division 1 of the Central and South of Scotland Athletic League on Sunday the 23rd of May at Grangemouth Stadium.  This is the 2nd of three league matches.

A minibus will be leaving Scotstoun at 0100 hrs on Sunday morning.  If you would like to travel, please e-mail Gordon to confirm your place on the bus.  The cost of the return journey will be £3.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

The Championships were held at Wishaw Stadium on Sunday the 16th of May.  VP-Glasgow athletes were competing for West City and finished 2nd place overall.

The best of the performances from our athletes included a new Club record in the High Jump for Ray Bobrownicki when he won the event with a height of 2.14m.

David Martin returned to form when winning the 400m Hurdles in a time of 52.29s.

Calum Innes was 2nd in the 100m with a time of 11.15s and 1st in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 15.64s.

Jade McLaren was 2nd in the 400m with a time of 56.51s.

Nicola Hood was 3rd in the 2000m Steeplechase with a time of 6:51.99.

Chris Bennett was 2nd in the Hammer with a distance of 55.49m.

Thomas Campbell was 1st in the Pole Vault with a height of 3.80m.

Kirsty Barr was 2nd in the Triple Jump with a height of 10.87m.

Lucinda Logan was 3rd in the High Jump with a height of 1.68m and Jane Scott was 2nd in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.69m.

The full results are available at this link.

The first meeting of the SYAL was held at Grangemouth on Sunday 4th May 2010 with VP-Glasgow convening the meeting. There were several excellent performances with Male and Female Athletes of the Match both awarded to VP-Glasgow athletes – namely Andrea Gaffney and Chris Barnes who turned in excellent Grade 1 performances. Well done to them both. We are presently 4th with a score of 438 points with Ayrshire Harriers lying in 3rd with 459.5 points and Shettleston 5th with 434 points. All notable performances are listed below.

Andrew Lynch was 2nd in the U13B 75m Hurdles with a time of 16.11s.  Gillian Black was 1st in the U13G 1200m with a time of 4.05.35s (Grade 1).

The U15 age group had a particularly impressive day with the following results.

Russell Findlay was 3rd in the U15B 100m and 2nd in the 200m with times of 12.70s and 25.98s respectively.

Lewis Boyle was 1st in the U15B 1500m with a time of 4.19.50s (Grade 1).  Jamie Robinson was 2nd in the U15B 400m with a time of 57.49s (Grade 4).

Marc Rooney was 3rd in the U15B 800m with a time of 2.13.24s (Grade 3).  Steven Thistleton was 1st in the U15B Long Jump with a distance of 5.10m (Grade 4).

John Barnes was 2nd in the U15B Shot Putt with a distance of 10.12m (Grade 4).

The U15B 4 x 100m Relay team consisting of Russell Findlay, James Couper, Jamie Robinson and Patrick Bowman were 3rd in a time of 50.98s.

Mhairi Patience was 1st in the U15G 100m with a time of 12.83 (Grade 2).  Mhairi was also 1st  in the 75m Hurdles with a time of 12.41s (Grade 3).

Paige Dickson was 3rd in the U15G 200m with a time of 27.84s (Grade 4).

Eilidh McEvilly was 1st in the U15G Discus with a distance of 22.13m (Grade 3) before unfortunately having to withdraw from her other events due to injury.

John Mulhern was 1st “A” and John McCall 1st “B” in the U17M 100m Hurdles with times of 14.40s (Grade 3) and 14.80s (Grade 4) respectively. John Mulhern was also 1st in the U17M 400m Hurdles with a time of 58.03s (Grade 2).

Max Aitchison was 3rd in both the U17m 400m and 800m with times of 55.17s and 2.02.46s (Grade 3) respectively.

Chris Barnes was 1st in both the U17M Discus and Shot Putt with distances of 44.67m (Grade 1) and 14.12m (Grade 1) respectively gaining him the award of Male Athlete of the Match.

The U17M 4 x 100m Relay team consisting of Marcos McCurley, John McCall, Chris Tabor and John Mulhern was 3rd in a time of 47.30s.

Deborah Hannah was 3rd in the U17W 1500m with a time of 4.54.28s (Grade 4).

Andrea Gaffney was 1st in the U17W Long Jump with a distance of 5.69m (Grade 1) which gained her the Female Athlete of the Match award.

The full results are available at this link.

The first meeting of the CSSAL was held at Linwood on Sunday 25th April 2010. We are presently in 6th place with 729 points but this is due to a lack of U17 athletes who were competing in the NJAL which takes priority over the CSSAL. Notable performances are listed below.

Stuart Ross was 1st in the Senior Mens 400m with a time of 50.4s.  Calum Innes was 1st in the Senior Mens 100m with a time of 10.9s.

Gerry Farrell was 2nd in both the Senior Mens Discus and Shot Putt with distances of 34.2m and 9.44m respectively.

Lucinda Logan was 1st in the Senior Womens High Jump with a height of 1.73m. Jane Scott was  1st in both the Long Jump with a distance of 5.21m and the 100m with a time of 13.6s.

Ethan Sloan-Dennison was 3rd in the U17M 800m with a time of 2.06.4s.

The U17M 4 x 100m Relay team consisting of Marcos McCurley, Michael Murray, Paul MacFarlane and John McCall was 2nd in a time of 48.00s.

Charlotte Chambers was 3rd in the U17W Long Jump with a distance of 4.40m.

Russell Findlay was 3rd in the U15B 400m with a time of 59.9s and was 1st in the U15B High Jump with a height of 1.55m.

The U15B 4 x 100m Relay team consisting of Russell Findlay, James Couper, Ivan Muanze-Bengono and Jamie Middleton was 2nd in a time of 54.9s.

Paige Dickson was 1st in the U15G 100m with a time of 13.5s and Kyle Thomson was 3rd in the U13B 100m with a time of 15.2s.

Jude Sloan-Dennison was 3rd in the U15G discus with a distance of 13.44m and Ivy Hill was 1st in the U13G High Jump with a height of 1.40m.

Jamie MacKinnon was 3rd in the U13B 800m with a time of 2.35.4s and Leah Thompson was 3rd in the U11G 800m with a time of 3.03.4s.

VP-Glasgow are competing in the Young Athletes League on Sunday the 2nd of May at Grangemouth Stadium.  This is the 1st of three matches which will decide which teams qualify for the Scottish Final at Scotstoun Stadium.

A minibus will be leaving Scotstoun at 0930 hrs on Sunday morning.  If you would like to travel, please e-mail Gordon to confirm your place on the bus.  The cost of the return journey will be £3.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

Scottish Women’s Athletic League – Match 1

The first meeting of the SWAL was held at Grangemouth Stadium on Sunday 18th April. A big thank you to all the athletes who competed in very cold and often wet conditions. Unfortunately, due to a very poor turnout at some age groups, VP-Glasgow came last with a disappointing total of 215 match points. There were, however, several excellent performances which are noted below.

Gillian Black was 1st “B” in the U13 800m with a time of 2.41.14s

In the U15 age group, Eilidh McEvilly was 2nd “A” and Mhairi Patience 1st “B” in the 75m Hurdles with times of 12.4s and 12.7s respectively. Eilidh had further success coming 1st “A” with her team-mate Katie Ord 1st “B” in the Shot Putt with distances of 8.59m and 7.25m respectively. Eilidh then rounded off her day coming 3rd “A” in the Javelin with a distance of 19.02m.

Mhairi was also 2nd “A” and Juliet Gold 3rd “B” in the 100m with times of 13.3s and 13.8s respectively.

Paige Dickson was 3rd “A” in the 200m with a time of 28.1s.

Mhairi Hendry was 2nd “A” and Eliza Chiswell 3rd “B” in the 800m with times of 2.29.42s and 2.41.72s respectively.

Eilidh, Paige, Juliet and Mhairi were 1st in the 4 x 100m Relay.

In the Senior age group, Diane Ramsay was 2nd “A” in both the 100m and 200m with times of 13.1s and 26.1s respectively.

Jane Scott was also 2nd “A” in both the 100m Hurdles with a time of 16.0s and the Triple Jump with a distance of 10.41m.

Linda Innes

Scottish Athletics League – Division 2 – Match 1

Allan Ramsay was 1st “A” in both the 400m and 800m with times of 52.99s and 2.00.19s respectively.

John Mulhern was 2nd “B” in both the 100m and 200m with times of 11.6s and 23.91s respectively.

Ethan Sloan-Dennison was 3rd in the 1500m with a time of 4.22.25s.

Gerry Farrell was 1st “A” and 2nd “A” in the Hammer and Shot Putt with distances of 33.82m and 9.83m respectively.

Matthew Hester was 2nd “A” in the Javelin with a distance of 34.25m.

And last but definitely not least – Martin Hayes who was very busy with the following performances:- 1st “B” in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 63.82s, 2nd “A” in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 20.14s, 3rd “A” in the 3000m with a time of 10.12.49s, 2nd “A” in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.45m and 2nd “B” in the Javelin with a distance of 30.25m. It must be pointed out that Martin contributed 74 match points to the total of 232 which put VP-Glasgow in 3rd position. We’re surprised that Martin had the strength to get back on the bus unaided!

Linda Innes

Club Training Tops

The Committee have agreed to buy a stock of the Nike Hoodie training tops in the Club colours (pictured right).

The cost will be £18 for athletes up to and including U13's and £23 for athletes U15 and over.  A special price of £15 is available to athletes who assisted with the bag packing on Saturday the 27th of March.

Before we place an order, can athletes or their parents specify in an e-mail to Gordon the number of tops required and the anticipated size.

Please place your order as soon as possible if you would like to be supplied from the first batch.