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…
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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…
TEL athletes compete at the SIAB XC in Dublin.
Team East Lothian had two athletes travel to Dublin, Ireland as part of the Scotland Team to compete in the Schools International Athletic Board’s International Cross Country. Selected from their excellent performances at the SSAA Scottish School’s Cross Country Championship earlier in the month, they were competing against the best from each of the home…
First Phase of Community Athletics Hub Opens with Special Event
To celebrate the completion of the first phase of the Team East Lothian Athletics Club’s Community Athletics Hub, around 250 people attended a special event at the East Lothian Athletics Arena at Meadowmill on Saturday morning, with special guests including East Lothian Provost, Councillor John McMillan; scottishathletics CEO, Mark Munro and Councillor Jim Goodfellow. With…
TEL’s Cameron Bullen takes third at the Archerfield 10k
The Archerfield 10k took place in windy conditions on Sunday. Starting at Archerfield Walled Garden, the course took in a variety of terrains and surrounding beauty spots with live music and entertainment to keep everyone on the move and entertained. With 440 runners taking to the course Cameron Bullen, a TEL Endurance Squad athletes, came…
TEL Athletes race to Gold and Silver at the Young Athletes Road Race.
Cera Gemmell secured Gold at the Young Athletes Road Race held at The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston. Competing against the top U17 Women in the country, Cera broke away from the rest of the field with 1km to go and finished well clear in a fantastic time of 16m32s, a full seven seconds in front…
Five Podium Positions for TEL at SAIL
The Scottish Athletics Indoor League Finals took place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on Saturday. With over 40 teams taking part over three matches throughout the winter, only the top six teams per age group made it through to the Finals. Team East Lothian had four teams qualify for the finals and secured three…
