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The medalists for last winters Road Race series are listed below.  Medals will be presented at the AGM. 

Points were awarded to finishers in the first five places of their respective age group.  Where there was a tie on points, the athlete with the fastest time was awarded the higher position.  The three athletes in each category will receive a medal at the AGM.

The AGM is on Wednesday the 24th of November within the Club Deck at Scotstoun Stadium.   The start time will be 1930 hrs.  Hope to see everyone there.

Sorry for the delay with some of these results, there had been a problem with the admin on the night.  The list is now complete and below are the medalists who will receive their medals at the Club AGM.

The AGM is on Wednesday the 24th of November within the Club Deck at Scotstoun Stadium.   The start time will be 1930 hrs.  Hope to see everyone there.

Girls U11                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Boys U11                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Girls U13                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Boys U13                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Girls U15                    Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Boys U15                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Boys U17                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Girls U17 title was not contested.

The first of this seasons Club Road Races was held on Thursday the 18th of November over the 2 mile course.  First home was Lewis Boyle with a time of 9:11.  The seniors completed the 3 and a quarter mile MacAndrew course.  This is a series of three races with points awarded for finishers in the first 5 of their age category.

Well done to everyone who took part.

Held on Sunday the 14th November, a real super race by the under 11 boys and girls, over a very tough hilly, muddy course.

GIRLS RACE:- Holly Little was 1st girl in a time of 7mins 19 sec WELL DONE HOLLY! Kirsty Elliott was 12th in 8min 37 ,Amy Bissett 13 in 8min 37,Monica Blair 15th 8min 40 and Tessa Hickey whom due to a bit of a muddle up did not get her time.

Boys:- Aaron Hickey was 22nd in a time of 8min 29sec and Jamie Therelfall 25th in 8min 36 sec. Well done boys and girls i know for some of you , this was your very first cross country race. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!

George Cummings Road Relay
Sat. 25-09-10.
Houston.

 1st. Leg. Clair McCracken.        34th.   16:05.
 2nd. Leg. Clair Thomson.         30th.   16:40.
 3rd. Leg.     No Runner.

Dumfries Half Marathon
Sun. 26-09-10.

Gerry Craig.  14th.  3rd.V40.    1:20.14.

SVHC. Half Marathon Championships
Sun. 103-10-10.
Clydebank.

Gerry Craig.   2nd.   1:21.10.   -   H/C. Position 4th.

   
SVHC. Andy Forbes 10000m Track Race
Sun. 17th Oct'10.
Coatbridge.

Gerry Craig        4th.     2ndV40.         36:48.
Tom Ord          13th.     3rdV50.         40:24.

Kielder Marathon
Sun. 17th Oct'10.
Northumberland.

Mark Ashby    33rd.  3:13.48.         ( 943Finishers)

You will soon be receiving an invite to this years Annual General Meeting and Presentation night which will be held at Scotstoun Stadium on Wednesday the 24^th of November. 

I wanted to give everyone advanced notice of a proposed change to the Club Constitution and have posted the relevant details on the message board.

The annual awards dinner was held at the Marriot Hotel in Glasgow on Saturday the 30th of October.

Sheila Baillie won the Track and Field Official of the year award and received an Honorary life membership of Scottish Athletics along with Alan Potts.

Congratulations to both of them, very well deserved.

Bag Packing - Result

The total raised by bag packing at Asda on the 30th of November was £733.84p, 5 US Cents, 9 Euros and a chocolate coin of unknown value.

Well done to everyone who gave up their time to assist.  Although the return was down on previous days, it was a great effort by everyone who took part.

We have another bag packing day planned for Saturday the 11th of December and hopefully we'll get a better turnout.

Thanks once again to everyone who helped.

The Scottish National Cross Country Relays took place in Cumbernauld on 23^rd October. The weather was far more benign than in recent years, although the course was just as gruelling as ever.

For our young athletes it was the third successive week of medals achieved, even when on occasion, key athletes were missing: a tribute to VP-Glasgow coaches, in particular Charlie Murray and his team.

The Boys team of Euan Urquhart U13 9:45, Lewis Boyle U15 8:49 and Max Aitchison U17 8:25 were the winners in a time of 26:59.  A tremendous result as over 80 teams took part in this race.

The B team of Callum McCormack U13 9:47, Marc Rooney U15 9:40 and Ethan Sloan-Dennison U17 9:02 finished in 4th place.

The Boys C team of Scott McKay U13 10:18, Fraser Glass U15 9:47 and Mark Austin U17 9:20 finished in 11th place in a time of 29:25.

The Boys C team of Jay Van Den Hoven U13 9:49, Kieron Rafferty U15 10:13 and Hugh Mackenzie U17 10:50 finished in 26th place with a time of 30:52.

Jamie MacKinnon U13 completed the 1st leg unsupported with a time of 10:18.

The Girls team of Robyn Connolly U13 10:46, Paige Dickson U15 10:34 and Deborah Hannah U17 11:05 finished in 2nd place out of 70 competing teams with a combined time of 32:25.

The Girls B team of Emma Ferrie U13 11:16, Anya Morrison U15 11:19 and Danielle Beattie U17 11:05 finished in 12th place with a time of 33:40.

The Girls C team of Abigail McInnes U13 12:25, Ellie Hutchison U15 12:08 and Maria Milliken U17 11:16 finished in 29th place with a combined time of 35:49.

The Girls E team of Millie Cunningham U13 13:19, Millie Boyle U15 12:02 and Tatiana Quick U17 11:19 finished in 39th place with a time of 36:40.

The Girls D team of Nicole Waters U13 13:00, Kirsty Viera U15 13:05 and Amy MacLellan U17 11:27 finished in 50th place with a combined time of 37:32.

VP-Glasgow's senior women's team of Jo Moultrie 15:53, Claire Thompson 19:06 and Claire McCracken 16:19 finished in 14th place with a combined time of 50:18.

The Women's B team of Sarah Potter 18:00, Jacqueline Thomson 17:20 and Kirsty Baird 18:18 finished in 24th place with a time of 53:38.

Christine Catterson ran a 1st leg unsupported in a time of 20:13.

VP-Glasgow's Men team of David Vernon 13:23, Allan Ramsay 14:32, Derek Gibb 13:42 and Sean Fontana 13:52 finished in 13th place with a time of 55:29.

The Mens B team (all vets) of Derek Watson 15:36, Gerry Craig 15:47, David McCormack 15:36 and Ralph Connolly 17:17 finished in 66th place with a time of 1:04:16.

The Mens C team of Tom Ord 17:15, Jason Boyle 15:20, Kenny Mitchell 16:02 and Peter Ramsay 17:34 finished in 76th place with a combined time of 1:06:11.

The Mens D team of Duncan Thomson 17:14, Peter Dawes 18:19 and Kenny McVey finished without a 4th leg athlete.

Well done to everyone who took part.  The above results are from the Scottish Athletics website, please inform them of any errors.

Congratulations to VP-Glasgow boys: Jamie MacKinnon, Ewan Rae and Andrew Moreland who won first team Gold (P7), representing Jordanhill Primary, in the Scottish Primary Schools Road Relays in Grangemouth on Saturday 30th October.

There was also a particularly notable performance from Holly Little who gave Mosshead Primary a substantial first leg lead. Around 15 VP-Glasgow athletes took part in the competition. Well done to everyone.

Lynn McGarry

The Club has accepted an offer to take part in a bag packing fundraiser at Asda in Bearsden on Saturday the 30th of October. 

We will be within Asda from 11am till 5pm although we appreciate that not everyone can stay for the full session.

We need as many volunteers as possible to guarantee a good return.  Unfortunately Asda only allow bag packers who are 14 years of age or over.

If you are able to assist, please contact Theresa Ferrie on 0141 944 1619 to confirm.  If anyone needs a lift from anywhere in the West end, call Lynn McGarry on 0777 6116 408 and we will do what we can to help.

As well as bag packers, we do also need some parents to assist with supervision, training, counting money and providing lifts.  We will be very short handed on the day so please give a few hours to help Linda and the team.

The full address for this Asda store is 80 Milngavie Road, Bearsden, G61 2TX.

If there is any additional information or changes to the plan, it will appear on the message board.

The AGM of the GAA will be held this year at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday the 22nd of October.  VP-Glasgow would like to see as many people as possible present on the evening, taking an interest in the progress of the GAA.

For the more willing, volunteers will be required to stand for election to the executive committee for the next year.

The AGM will be held on the Club deck at Scotstoun, starting at 7pm.

Daniel Cairns (left) receives his award for Division 2 Track Athlete of the Season 2010 from Scottish Athletics League Chairman David Low at their AGM on 17 October. Daniel was voted top for his excellent performances over 200 metres.

Hugh Stevenson, Men’s Team Manager said, ‘I’m delighted for Daniel, as this is his first season competing for us in the league, and his sprinting has been sensational. We had other great performances from our athletes, which secured the Division 2 championship and earned us promotion back to Division 1 for season 2011’.

VP-Glasgow had an exceptional day at the DAAA XC relays on October 16th, which took place in a fine sunny day at Helensburgh’s Duchess Woods and Lomond School sports facilities. The course was rough and hilly and produced a fair number of cuts and bruises. There was a fantastic turnout from VP-Glasgow’s young athletes who came away from the competition with an amazing medal haul! Both the young male and female A, B and C teams won Gold, Silver and Bronze; also collecting 5 out of the 6 fastest lap medals!

Gold: (Boys A) Calum McCormack U13 (9:15), Marc Rooney U15 (7:54), Max Aitchison U17 (7:01).

Gold: (Girls A) Gillian Black U13 (8:25), Eliza Chiswell U15 (9:15), Paige Dickson U15 (9:10).

Silver: (Boys B) Jamie MacKinnon U13 (8:45), Liam Turner U15 (8:23), Ethan Sloan-Dennison U17 (7:44).

Silver: (Girls B) Robyn Connolly U13 (9:23), Melanie Chiswell U15 (9:25), Anya Morrison U15 (9:45).

Bronze: (Boys C) Scott McKay U13 (8:42), Liam McKeown U13 (8:49), Fraser Glass U15 (8:24).

Bronze: (Girls C) Emma Ferrie U13 (9:26), Eilidh McEvilly U15 (9:45), Jude Sloan-Dennison U15 (10:33).

The girls D team of Nicole Waters U13 (11:05), Kirsty Breckenridge U13 (13:10) and Katie Ord U15 (10:18) was 13th. Fastest laps went to Gillian, Scott, Paige, Marc, and Max. A special mention goes to Gillian who gave her team a 58s lead, to Scott and Calum who both sustained injuries en route, and to Kirsty and Katie who got thrown in at the deep end to make up a last minute team.

For the u11 girls Holly Little came 1st (07:16) and, along with her team mates Amy Bissett (8:24) and Kirsty Elliott (8:51), won 1st team Gold.

Well done also to all our other young athletes, most of whom ran their first cross country race. U11: Beth Gibbons, Anna Breckenridge, Sophie Jordan, Natasha Shaw, Emily Callaghan, Annie MacDonald, Natalie Anderson (who was also injured), Thomas Connolly. U13: Carrie Kiddie, Jennifer Lewis, Amy Callaghan, Eve Mouat, Luke Keogh and Ewan Hoy.

In the Men’s race, VP-Glasgow A won silver: Derek Watson (15:14), Alan Ramsay (14:33), Derek Gibb (14:03), Sean Fontana (13:28). Sean won the fastest U20 lap, which was the fastest overall. The B team was 6th (1st Vets team) with David McCormack (15:22), Gerry Craig (15:16), Ralph Connolly (16:41) and Peter Ramsay (17:05). The C-team was incomplete with Tom Ord (16:44), Chris Sheridan (16:46), Kenny McVey (18:40).

A fantastic day for the club.

Lynn McGarry

West District Cross Country Relays

The first Cross Country of the winter season took place in Rouken Glen Park on Saturday 9^th October. The event consists of 4 relay races.

The girl’s A-team of Robyn Connolly U13, Paige Dickson U15 and Danielle Beattie U17, won Gold, with individual times of 10:25 (3^rd), 10:26 (1^st), and 10:30 (1^st) respectively. This was Danielle's first appearance for VP-Glasgow since she moved to the club from Nithsdale AC at the end of the summer, and it was Paige’s first ever cross country race! The girls B-team of Emma Ferrie U13 (11:26), Eilidh McEvilly U15 (11:36) and Maria Milliken U17 (11:03), were 12^th and the C-team of Millie Cunningham U13 (11:54), Jude Sloan-Dennison U15 (12:55) and Amy MacLellan U17 (11:09), was 27^th. There were a total of 54 teams in the race.

In the women’s race, the A-team of Jo Moultrie U20, Hollie Young U20 and Claire McCracken Snr, won Bronze with individual times of 15:39 (2^nd), 16:41 (2^nd) and 16:08 (3^rd) respectively. The B-team was 7^th, with Claire Thompson Snr (17:18), Kirsty Baird Snr (18:32) and Susan Finch Vet (17:17). There were 32 teams in the race.

The boy’s A-team of Euan Urquhart U13, Liam Turner U15 and Max Aitchison U17, were 4^th, with an individual 1^st place for Euan in 9:25 and an equal 1^st fastest overall time of 8:18 for Max. The B-team of Calum McCormack U13 (9:31; 3^rd), Fraser Glass U15 (9:42) and Ethan Sloan-Dennison U17 (8:55) was 7^th and the C-team of Jay Van den Hoven U13 (9:33) Jack Moreland U15 (10:07) and Andrew McCormack U17 (10:02) was 17^th, in a total field of 54 teams.

In the men’s race, the A-team finished 7^th, with David Vernon U20 (13:33; 3^rd), Derek Gibb Snr (14:13), Kenneth Mitchell Vet (16:14) and Sean Fontana U20 (13:51).The B and C teams were both Vets teams, with the B-team of Derek Watson (15:53), Ralph Connolly (16:40), Gerry Craig (16:06) and Tom Ord (18:12) finishing 34^th; and the C-team of David McCormack (16:06), Peter Ramsay (17:22), Kenny McVey (19:13) and Peter Dawes (19:01) finishing 47^th. David was the 3^rd member of the McCormack family to run on the day! There were a total of 58 men’s teams.

Well done to all those who took part.

Lynn McGarry

As the date of the AGM nears, can I ask all of last years winners to return their trophies to their coach or a member of the Committee.

The AGM will be held at Scotstoun Stadium on Wednesday the 24th of November.

The Club has accepted an offer to take part in a bag packing fundraiser at Asda in Bearsden on Saturday the 30th of October. 

We will be within Asda from 11am till 5pm although we appreciate that not everyone can stay for the full session.

We need as many volunteers as possible to guarantee a good return.  Unfortunately Asda only allow bag packers who are 14 years of age or over.

If you are able to assist, please contact Linda on 0141 563 7013 to confirm.  If anyone needs a lift from anywhere in the West end (speak to Linda) we will do what we can to help.

As well as bag packers, we do also need some parents to assist with supervision, training, counting money and providing lifts.  We will be very short handed on the day so please give a few hours to help Linda and the team.

The full address for this Asda store is 80 Milngavie Road, Bearsden, G61 2TX.

The Dunbartonshire Cross Country Relays will be held this year in the Duchess Woods in Helensburgh on Saturday the 16th of October.

The registration will be within the Games Hall of Lomond School, Rhu Road Upper, Helensburgh.

U11's will compete over a 1500m course.  Declarations close at 1445 hrs and the race will start at 1300 hrs.

The U13's, U15's and U17's will compete over a 2,500m course.  Declarations close at 1300 hrs and the race will start at 1310 hrs.

U20's Seniors and Vets will compete over a 4,000m course.  Declarations close at 1335 hrs and the race will start at 1350 hrs.

The course is an undulating mix of trails, playing fields, the odd stream crossing and ditch. Studs, ripples or trainers with good grip are recommended.  Spikes are not suitable. 

Additional information, including directions is available on the attached word doc.

Entries are excepted on the day.  VP-Glasgow will have team managers in attendance and will welcome everyone who can manage along. 

Don't wait for a personal invite, this event is open to everyone.  Remember to wear a Club Vest.

Congratulations to Holly Little on a great result on Sunday the 19th September.  Holly was 1st girl home overall in a time of 11min 31sec.  She also won her age group category.

Holly was presented with a glass trophy and medal for her efforts and her picture was taken by staff from the Greenock Telegraph.

Well done Holly,

The stock has been replenished at Achilles Heel.  If you haven't already done so, you should pay Gordon or Ros for the Hoodie and they will issue you with a receipt to take along to the shop.

The cost of the Hoodies are £18 for U11's and U13's and £23 for U17 upwards.

Club training tops are £11 and £15.

VP-Glasgow successfully hosted the 71st annual MacAndrew Road Relay Race on Saturday the 2nd of October.  The full results can be found at this link.

Glasgow University Hares and Hounds "A" won the mens race in one of the closest finishes in years from last years winners Shettleston Harriers.  The team of Lachlan Oates, Kerrick Hesse, Mathew Gillespie and Michael Deason finished in a time of in a time of 1:06:13.  Shettleston Harriers finished 1 second behind the winners and Ronhill Cambuslang Harriers "A" a further 5 seconds back.

Tewoldeberhan Mengisteab of Shettleston Harriers set the fastest lap for the 2nd year in succession with a time of 15:36.  Craig Ruddy of Inverclyde AC was 2nd in a time of 15:45 and  Michael Gillespie of Shettleston Harriers was 3rd in a time of 16:01.

Calderglen Harriers Vets "A" won the mens Vets race with a time of 1:12:46 and David Millar of Irvine A.C. won the individual award with a time of 16:09.

Mathew Gillespie of Glasgow University Hares and Hounds set the best time for a junior with a time of 15:50.

VP-Glasgow won the women's race, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Shettleston Harriers.  The team of Jo Moultrie, Claire Thompson and Claire McCracken finished in a time of 59:07.  Garscube Harriers "A" Vets finished in 3rd place in a time of 1:00:02.

Jo Moultrie of VP-Glasgow set the fastest lap with a time of 18:47.  Lindsay MacNeill of Shettleston Harriers was 2nd with a time of 19:16 and Avril Mason of Shettleston Harriers was 3rd with a time of 19:39.

VP-Glasgow Vets won the women's Vets race with a time of 1:00:04 and Kirsty Husband of Garscube won the individual award with a time of 19:27.

Hollie Young of VP-Glasgow set the best time for a junior with a time of 20:03.

Thanks to the 25 officials who gave up their time to assist with a variety of duties and the 30 plus Marshals who remained at their posts until the last athlete was safely home.

Special thanks to Katie Alexander of Achilles Heel for once again supporting the event and Julie and Gordon McGhee for the supply of cakes and buns and the transport of the  signs and cones.

The full results can be found at this link.

Club Kit

Katie at Achilles Heel reports that we have run out of Hoodies in Small and Medium child sizes.  I'll place an order this week and I'll update the website when they are back in stock.

Katie also asked me to inform our younger members that the popular Canterbury tracksuit bottoms are now back in stock.

Hoodies and Club training tops can be bought from Ros Orr and Gordon Innes at training nights.

The Junior Club Champs were held on Thursday the 16th of September at Scotstoun Stadium.  Over 100 athletes aged between 7 and 16 took part and performed to a very high standard.  Points were awarded for each performance and the totals will appear here in the near future.

The full results will follow when we have them, but in the meantime, we have identified our medalists for 2010.  The following athletes will receive their medals at the Club AGM in November.

Girls U11                     Number        Run          Jump        Throw       Total

Boys U 11

Girls U 13

Boys U13

We are still collating the results for the U15's and U17's.  We will post them here as soon as possible.