Medal Success at National Young Athletes Road Championships

Cera Gemmell ran to more medal success today, this time in a rainy and sometimes breezy Battery Park, Greenock. The National Young Athletes Road Championships drew entries totalling over 500 and for the U15 Girls consisted of a 3 lap, 4.2k tarmac course. Cera kept the eventual winner in sight for the whole race and…

Busy weekend for TEL Athletes – indoor relays, multi-events and cross country

Team East Lothian Athletes had a busy weekend with both the Scottish Athletics Indoor Relay Championships and the Scottish Athletics Indoor Combined Events Championship taking place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, and the Scottish Schools Athletics Association Secondary Cross Country Championships happening in Livingston. Highlight of the weekend came from Cera Gemmell who built…

Scottish National Cross Country Championships Report

Despite challenging weather and course conditions, Team East Lothian delivered some strong performances last weekend at the Lindsays Scottish National Cross Country Championships 2017 in Callendar Park in Falkirk. Cera Gemmell continued to show great form by taking 3rd place and collecting the bronze medal in the U15 Girls Championships. Angus Wright, competing in the U13…

Team East Lothian at Edinburgh AC Open Graded Indoor Meeting

Thanks to Edinburgh Athletics Club for hosting their Indoor Open Graded at Meadowbank on Sunday 26 February. Nearly 200 competitors took part in 26 events spanning 60m sprint, 60m hurdles, long jump and shot putt, with a number of Team East Lothian athletes and many more from our local feeder clubs, in particular younger members…

Borders XC Series – Dunbar

Team East Lothian was, once again, well represented at the final leg of the Borders Cross Country series which took place on Sunday at a blustery Dunbar, with beach and dunes running predominantly the order of the day. Fraser Kelly narrowly missed out on winning the overall series, coming in second on the day after a…

Borders XC Series – Details of last leg now available

With Team East Lothian lying in competitive places at individual and team level throughout the junior age groups, the Borders XC Series reaches its conclusion on Sunday 19th February with the Dunbar Race at 11:30 at White Sands.  Full details are now available at the Borders XC Series Website.

TEL Athletes Sweep Up at East Lothian Schools Cross Country Championship

An extensive gallery of photographs are now available of proceedings of the 2017 East Lothian Senior Schools Cross Country Championship held at John Muir Country Park in Dunbar on Tuesday 7th February.  Although running for their individual schools many of individual races were run by Team East Lothian athletes.

Volunteers wanted for East Lothian Schools XC

The East Lothian Secondary Schools XC is taking place at John Muir Country Park on Tuesday 7th February. We are looking for any adult volunteers who could help out on the day. The shift would be from 9/9.15 to, if all goes to plan, 1pm.