A great turnout from TEL athletes saw medals and PBs galore at the East Districts Champs at Grangemouth. In the U13 boys Tom Ibbs was again in the medals with a gold and big pb in the 1500m in 4.41.19 and another pb of 1.32m to win bronze in the high jump. In the U15s,…
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TEL Track & Field Competition Update – April/May 2024
There have been an array of fantastic performances over recent weeks from TEL athletes plus the sight of a few familiar faces from past years. Leading the way at the Scottish Primary Schools Cross Country Championships in Kirkcaldy on 20th April, was Tom Ibbs who won the P7 boys event. There was more success in…
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…
Lindsays Scottish Cross Country Champs – Feb 2024
Saturday 24th February saw over 2200 runners descend on Callendar Park, Falkirk for the Lindsays Scottish Athletics National Cross Country Championships. This event, essentially, brings the Scottish cross country season to a close and attracts high calibre competitors from across Scotland from the Borders to Shetland. The underfoot conditions were soft, but not the usual…
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…
Corey Cambell’s Record Breaking Runs in USA – Feb 2024
Corey Campbell is running through the Scottish U20 records in the USA, for the International Mile and 300m
MADC, Edinburgh AC and TEL Jumps Festival – 2 Feb 2024
The Meadowbank Stadium was literally jumping with excited athletes on Friday the 2nd of February with a friendly competition jointly organised and run by the athletics clubs of Musselburgh, Edinburgh, and TEL. At this informal event, teams of 5 athletes competed in Long Jump and High Jump pools and were well supported by parents, carers,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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