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 CSSAL
- Wishaw - 4th June
Victoria Park had a very
successful day at Wishaw on Sunday 4th June. The club finished the meeting
in 1st place and are now equal in points with Dunfermline and West Fife who took
the honours at the first meeting.
Everyone who turned out did their
very best to give the club an excellent chance to gain promotion to Division 2
when the clubs next meet on Sunday the 6th of August at Linwood.
The icing on the cake was when
Alison Rodger broke the Senior Womens League record for the Shot Putt with a
throw of 12.81 metres.
 Martin Hayes set the tone for the
day when he won the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 10.93.
Jax Thoirs won the U15 80m
hurdles with Rory Stewart picking up maximum points by winning the B race.
Calum Innes and Stewart Booth
repeated the feat for the U17 men in the 100m hurdles.
Neale Kelly won the Senior 110m
hurdles in a time of 16s before suffering from a hamstring injury in the 200m.
Hopefully Neale will be fit again soon.
Davis Martin won the U11 80m in a
time of 12s and Steven Thistleton won the B race in 12.7s.
Ross McCall won the U17 200m B
race in a time of 25s and David MacDonald won the Senior mens 200m B race in a
time of 25.3s.
Charlie Murray won the Masters B
200m race in a time of 27.1s.
 Paul
McFarlane had one of the performances of the day with a fine win in the U13
1500m in a time of 5:14.9. Paul led from the start of the race to the end,
he was spurred on by the prospect of achieving a better time than his cousin who
was competing in the same event at Scotstoun at the same time. Grant
McConnachie made sure of maximum points with a fine win in the B race.
Steven Thistleton won the U11
long jump with a distance of 3.87m and Michael Gray picked up maximum points
with his win in the U15 long jump.
In the U13 high jump, Victoria
Park again picked up maximum points with wins for Sam Andrew A and Lewis Wilson
B.
The boys and men completed their
day with wins in the U11 4x100m, U13 4x100m, U17 4x400m, and Senior 4x400m
relays.
Caitlin Welsh was 1st in the U13 hurdles B race in a time of
14.7s.
Melanie Rankin was 1st in the 100m hurdles with a time of
16s.
Sarah McDonald was 1st in the U11 80m with a time of 13.4s in
a very close finish.
Iona Wilson won the U11 800m B race in a time of 3:13.6.
Abbey McGhee finished 1st in the U17 1500m in a time of
4:58.2.
Catriona Donald was 1st in the Senior womens B Shot Putt with
a throw of 8.74m.
 Alison
Innes won the U15 B Shot Putt with a distance of 6.74m.
Alison Rodger won the senior womens Discus with a distance of
38.46m with Catriona Donald winning the B event with a distance of 28.84m and
guaranteeing maximum points.
Eve Dunlop won the U11 B Long Jump with a distance of 2.96m.
Alison Rodger was 1st in the Senior Womens B Javelin with a
throw of 22.29m.
Rebbeca Kay was 1st in the U17 Shot Putt with a throw of
7.54m with Katie Riches winning the B event with a throw of 6.67m.
Caitlin Welsh was first in the U13 girls High Jump with a
height of 1.4m.
Victoria Park's U17 women won their 4x100m relay in a time of
53.1s. The Senior relay team won their 4x400m in a time of 4:30.2.
The full unscrutinised results
can be found here.
The unscrutinised points totals
are as follows:
| Victoria Park AAC |
690.5 |
| Dunfermline and
West Fife |
483 |
| Corstorphine |
475 |
| Nithsdale |
397.5 |
| Dunbar |
383 |
| Perth |
332 |
| Helensburgh |
162 |
| Stewartry |
122 |
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Victoria
Parks senior men were in action at Pitreavie on Sunday 25th of June. There
was a vast improvement since the first meeting at Wishaw where the men suffered
from lack of numbers.
Chris
Watson was 2nd in the A 800m in a time of 1:57.4. 
Calum
Innes was 2nd B in the Long Jump with a distance of 5.78m. 
Lewis
Wilson
The
age group championships were held at Scotstoun on Sunday the 18th of June. 
Martin
Hayes (pictured left) was 1st in the U20 2000m Steeplechase in a time of
6:31.96.
The
U17 men finished in second place in the final of the 4x400m relay in a time of
3:34.82. Excellent performances from all four of the team that included
Lorn Menzies, Niall Murray, Calum Innes and Gregor Innes (pictured right).
Relay
Championships - Scotstoun - 18th June
Womens League -
Team West - 25th June
Mens League -
25th June
Victoria
Park was well represented in Team Glasgow on Sunday 11th June at the latest
meeting of the National Junior League which is for under 21's.
Other
notable performances included Aisling McGhee who was 2nd in the 400m in a time
of 59.6s and was a member of the 4x400m relay team along with her sister Abbey
McGhee and Moira Burton that finished 2nd in an identical time to the winners
Team Edinburgh.
Five
of the seniors were in action in the 3rd of the Polaroid 10k series.
Joanna
Ross once again set a new Club record on Saturday evening 10 June at the BMC
Grand Prix at Watford and picked up a winners cheque for £400.
Martin
Hayes was 21st overall and 1st Junior home in a time of 34:27 which is a new PB
for Martin.
Day
two of the Scottish Schools Championships brought yet more medals to Victoria
Park Athletes.
Chris
Bennett had the performance of the day by winning the U17 Hammer with a throw of 58.04m. Well done Chris.
Calum Innes won the U17 100m hurdles in
a time of 14.62s and set a new PB in the process.
Victoria
Park athletes were representing their schools at Grangemouth on Saturday the 3rd
of June.
Max
Martin picked up a winners medal while representing Glasgow Academy in the U14
final with a combined time of 52.21s.
