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…
Tag: Cross Country
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…
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…
East Lothian Christmas Cross Country – 17th Dec 2022
Online entries are now closed but some entries for U13s, U15s, U17s, U20s, Seniors and Vets will be available on the day. Join us for our festive cross country races, incorporating the East Lothian Cross Country Championships, at a fantastic new venue – Whitekirk Hill near North Berwick, on Saturday 17th December 2022. The event…
Results: Binning Wood 2022
Many thanks to everyone who made the Team East Lothian Trail Races at Binning Wood a huge success yesterday. It was great to have so many runners and so many volunteers making it all happen. Hoping to have exciting news about our next winter series event published soon so keep an eye out on Twitter,…
Binning Wood Trail Races – 24th Sept 2022
A series of races for juniors of all ages as well as seniors and masters in the beautiful setting of Binning Wood in East Lothian on Saturday 24th September 2022 under license issued by ScottishAthletics. 10:30am – 1.6km – Under 9 – £2.50 10.50am – 1.6km – Under 11- £2.50 11.10am – 3km Under 13/15£3.50…
SIAB Cross Country International
One of the aims of young athletes as they progress through the junior age groups is to qualify to represent Scottish Schools at the SIAB Cross Country International. The main qualifying event for SIAB in Scotland is the Scottish Schools races that took place in the grounds of Hopetoun House last month, with discretionary places…
Clean sweep for TEL at muddy Borders XC – March 2022
The cross country season has been tougher than normal this year – storms, flooding, weather warnings as well as course alterations and cancellations, were all thrown into the mix along with the usual mud, rain and cold conditions that runners expect. It was a valiant effort from the host clubs, organisers, coaches and runners to…
Wright receives Scotland call-up – 2021
Team East Lothian athlete, Angus Wright has been selected to represent Scotland in the U18s for the Home Countries Youth International, a hill running race to be held in Ambleside on 24 July. The junior hill running league race, held at Luss on Saturday 19 June, was the selection event. It was a testing hill…
TEL athletes deliver at the East Lothian Secondary Schools XC Championship
Dunbar Grammar once again stormed to victory as the cross-country kings at the East Lothian Secondary Schools Cross-Country Championship. On what was a dry, sunny but cold day at Foxlake Adventures, 184 pupils, many of themTeam East Lothian athletes, from six East Lothian secondary schools competed in the team events, with the top four runners…
Cera wins Gold and Silver Medals!
Cera Gemmell won both Gold and Silver in the Home Counties and Celtic Cross Country U20 Women’s races at Run Stirling on Saturday. Amid torrential rain and mud, Gemmell was not only instrumental in a historic first time win for the Scotland U20 Women team in the Home Counties Cross Country Championship, but also landed…
Results: Team East Lothian Open Cross Country 2020
Many thanks to everyone who came along to Foxlake Adventures near Dunbar on Saturday 25th January to run the Team East Lothian Open Cross Country. Some great running and some great racing across a lovely course in a lovely part of the World. We were lucky to have dry, bright weather – if a little…
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