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…
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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…
TEL Athletes Selected for Schools’ International Cross-Country Team
After excellent performances at the SSAA Scottish School’s Cross-Country Championship at Hopetoun House, Scottish Schools have announced the team for the Schools’ International Cross-Country in Ireland which will include TEL athletes Flora Henry of Portobello High School and Angus Wright of North Berwick High School. Scottish Schools’ Gold winner Corey Campbell of Dunbar Grammar School…
TEL Heptathlete Hoole Hits PBs in Sheffield
Adam Hoole competed in the U17 Heptathlon at the England Athletics U17 & U15 Combined Events Championships in Sheffield. Competing in 7 events over two days, Hoole came a well-placed seventh while achieving new Personal Bests in the 60m Hurdles, Pole Vault and 1000m. Congratulations Adam on a great event.
TEL Endurance Athletes pick up 11 Trophies at the Borders XC Series
The final race and Presentation Round of The Borders XC Series was held in Galashiels on Sunday. Although not a point scoring race, that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of all those who participated on the very wet, cold and muddy course. All athletes then gathered for the post-race presentations at Gala Academy where, Scottish National…
Inter-Counties XC Success for TEL athletes
The UK Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships took place at the weekend, in a very windy Loughborough, with several East Lothian athletes competing, having been selected to represent Scotland East. Congratulations to Cera Gemmell who helped the Scotland East U20 Women’s Team secure Gold, coming an impressive ninth overall and second Scotland East woman. Also competing and…
TEL athletes shine with Gold and Silver Medals at SSAA Scottish Schools’ Cross Country Championship
Many TEL athletes represented their schools at the SSAA Scottish Schools’ Cross-Country Championships, which took place at Hopetoun House Estate in South Queensferry on Saturday. With 685 entrants from secondary schools across Scotland, it was a major event in the Cross-Country Calendar. Set in the rolling parklands of the estate, the event provided a selection opportunity for…
U17 Women’s Relay Finals
The European Athletics Indoor Championship kicked off on Friday at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow with a schedule that included the U17 Women’s scottishathletics Indoor Relay Championships Final. The TEL team of Grace Brennan, Joanne Welch, Marcia Callander, Eloise Gray and Laura Buchan gave an outstanding performance in front of a packed stadium coming fourth…
SAIL update
Following three events over the winter season, Team East Lothian have received confirmation that the U13 boys, U15 boys A team, U20 Mens and U17 Womens teams have all qualified to compete in the Match Final of the Scottish Athletics Indoor League at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow on Saturday, March, 16th. Congratulations and good…
