Congratulations to Team East Lothian’s Bridget Harley on being selected to represent Scotland in the upcoming Hill Running Junior Home International. Taking her place in the U17 Women’s team, Bridget will compete on 21st September in Llanberis in Wales. Well done, Bridget and good luck!
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TEL Success at The Scottish Trail Championship
The Scottish Trail Championship took place in the beautiful Falkland Estate in Fife on Sunday 1st September with a record number of 350 athletes on the start-lists from Masters right through to U13 Development races. Bridget Harley cruised ahead in the U15 Girls race to take the win with a substantial lead in 23m06s. In the…
FPSG Seniors and U17 Championships roundup
In blustery but dry conditions at the FPSG Seniors and U17 Championships in Grangemouth on the 17th of August, Team East Lothian athletes claimed podium positions. There was Gold for Cera Gemmell, competing in the 5000m U20 women’s event, securing the win in 16m51.01s. In a terrific final, Adam Hoole, who was recently crowned English…
TEL’s Adam Hoole – English U17 Decathlon Champion 2019
Adam Hoole of Team East Lothian was crowned U17 Decathlon Champion at the English Athletics Combined Events Championships in Manchester held on the weekend of 3rd and 4thAugust 2019. There was delight for Adam Hoole, from Musselburgh, in the U17 Men’s Decathlon as he took home the championship title with a total points score and personal…
TEL Athletes Shine at National Combined Events Championships
Two Team East Lothian athletes – Finn Middleton and Adam Hoole –had multi-event success at the FPSG scottishathletics National Combined Events Championships on 13th and 14th July 2019 at Grangemouth Stadium, Falkirk. Adam Hoole competed in his first U17 Mens Decathlon over two days on the same weekend and took the Gold medal with 5408 points and…
Gold, Silver, Bronze & PB’s for TEL athletes at the SSAA Track & Field Championships.
The Rotary International Scottish Schools’ Track and Field Championships, one of the major Scottish athletics competitions of the year, took place over two days at Grangemouth Stadium. Just over one thousand athletes from two hundred and twenty one Scottish schools took part including TEL athletes representing Dunbar Grammar; Preston Lodge HS; North Berwick HS; Musselburgh…
TEL Secures Silver Medals at the SSAA
Adam Hoole (U17) won the Silver Medal at the Scottish Schools Athletics Association Pentathlon Championships at the weekend. Competing in 5 events consisting of 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put and 800m, Hoole accumulated enough points to secure 2nd place and will now be invited to the SSAA Combined Events training day next month. Also securing a…
TEL athletes compete at the scottishathletics Throws Grand Prix Series
The second in the scottishathletics Throws Grand Prix Series took place in Livingston. Team East Lothian athletes competed in multiple events with excellent performances from Michael Welch (TEL U15B) who came first in his age for all three of his events: Shot Put, Discus and Javelin – well done Michael. There were also great…
TEL’s Cameron Bullen wins the EMF 5k
Storming to victory in the EMF 5k was TEL’s Endurance Squad athlete, Cameron Bullen who broke through the finishing tape to take the Gold Medal in 17m40s. With 1500 athletes taking on the challenge, Cammy started strongly and kept with the lead club runners. He rounded the final corner almost shoulder to shoulder with the…
TEL athletes win at the Junior Hill Running Champs, Forth Valley League and Youth Development League
Team East Lothian junior hill runners were among the young athletes who gathered in Greenock on Sunday for the scottishathletics Junior Hill Running Championships. Angus Wright stormed to Gold in the Boys U15 4km race in an impressive time of 14m53s, taking the win nearly two minutes ahead of second place. Bridget Harley secured a…
TEL athletes gain Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals at scottishathletics Track & Field Champs & National Outdoor Opens.
The scottishathletics Track and Field Championships and National Outdoor Opens took place over the weekend with Team East Lothian athletes travelling to Grangemouth, Kilmarnock and Inverness to compete. There were outstanding performances from Michael Welch (U13B) who competed in three events and came 1st in both the Shot Put in 9.23m and Discus in 23.66m and…
TEL endurance athletes at the Scottish 5K Championship
The Scottish 5K Championship took place at Silverknowes on Saturday 4th May with nearly 500 runners taking to the course. Storming over the line and the fastest TEL athlete was Cameron Bullen (MU17) finishing within a new Personal Best of 16m41s, taking 127th place and impressively 11th place in his age category. Team mates Fraser Kelly (MU20) gave a strong…
