Indoor Track & Field Champs – Feb 2024

Scottish Indoor Championships : Grangemouth Grangemouth saw the finals of the National Indoor Championships on the 16-18th February and a healthy contingent of TEL athletes put in some great performances leading to medals, personal bests and season’s bests. A fantastic gold medal went to Ben Anderson in the u15 long jump, winning the event by…

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Scottish National Indoor Championship Qualifiers – Feb 2024

With the Emirates closed for the winter season, TEL athletes have been travelling the length and breadth of the country, to the qualifying heats at Ayr, Pitreavie and Aberdeen.  It has been fantastic seeing TEL so well represented. Congratulations to the following athletes who qualified for the finals of the Scottish National Indoor Championships on…

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Alister’s Heptathlon High – Jan-2024

TEL multi-eventer, Alister Mackay had a hugely successful indoor heptathlon competition at the English Senior Combined Events championships in Sheffield on the 6th and 7th January. Finishing with 5 individual event PBs over the 2 days Alister finished in 7th place with another overall heptathlon PB of 4962 points. The Senior Men’s Indoor Heptathlon is…

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155th Musselburgh New Year Sprint – Jan 2024

Freezing conditions at Grangemouth didn’t deter a number of brave TEL athletes who entered races from 90m to 1500m as part of the 155th running of the New Year Sprint festival. Moved from its traditional venue of Musselburgh racecourse, Grangemouth hosted races for all ages and abilities, with the traditional handicapping system levelling up the…

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Scottish District Cross Country Champs – Jan 2024

On Saturday 13th January 9 athletes from Team East Lothian travelled to Renfrew to take part in the Scottish Athletics Inter District Cross Country Championships which also double up as the 3rd race in the UK wide Cross Country Challenge series of events.  The Scottish Inter District Championships is a team event where up to…

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East District Cross Country Champs – Dec 2023

On Saturday 2nd December 16 Team East Lothian (TEL) athletes travelled to the Scottish Athletics East District Cross Country Championships in Balgownie Playing Fields in Aberdeen.  Conditions were below zero temperatures and the ground was ice hard and slippery.   The conditions didn’t stop some fantastic results from our local athletes. First off was the under…

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Cross Country Competition News – Oct 2023

On Saturday 7th October Team East Lothian (TEL) sent a number of young athletes to the Scottish Athletics East District Cross Country Relays in Livingston.  With the clouds opening up for almost the previous 24 hours, the conditions underfoot for the runners was wet, slippery and muddy and there was little reprieve from the rain…

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Age Group Championships – Aug 2023

August 2023 The Age Group Champs, otherwise known as “the Nationals” are a key event for many club athletes. This year Team East Lothian had fantastic representation across all age groups, in both weekends at Grangemouth and Aberdeen.   Grangemouth The first weekend was the 12th and 13th of August in Grangemouth, with events for…

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Community embrace new space!

Team East Lothian Dunbar Facility Team East Lothian (TEL) has put in place a temporary solution to a facilities issue that had become a problem for their athletes in recent months. Strength and conditioning is a really important element of any young athletes’ development, and investment in new equipment and a fantastic space to train…

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Young Athletes Road Races, 18 March 2023

The Young Athletes Road Races held at East Fortune Race Circuit, was a fantastic event for Team East Lothian (TEL). As host club; coaches, parents and athletes enjoyed working with Scottish Athletics to prepare for race day and welcome athletes from all over Scotland.  It was an insight to see what goes on behind the…

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We Like It When a Plan Comes Together!

Huge thanks to Paddy Burns and 4J Studios for all their support in creating a new Team East Lothian AC temporary Strength and Conditioning Facility at HallHill, Dunbar. Lots of hard work all round with architect and Team East Lothian trustee, Chris Rhodes providing the expertise and the drawings. The facility is now in use…

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Results: East Lothian Christmas Cross Country

Congratulations to everyone of all ages who took part in the Team East Lothian Christmas Cross Country event at Whitekirk Hill. We managed to achieve the Fantastic Four; a fantastic event, at a fantastic venue, organised by a fantastic set of volunteers, and we had fantastic weather too. Many thanks to everyone at Whitekirk Hill…

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