TEL Open Competition Results from Friday 18th July 2025

A huge thank you to the 175 athletes who came to compete at the TEL Open, as well as all the families, volunteers and officials who gathered to support the first TEL Open in many years! With 252 event entries, it was a busy night and we loved seeing our upgraded purple track filled with…

Corstorphine Frame Running Festival Report – May 2025

With another cracking weekend of sunshine, our frame running athletes took to the Corstorphine track to race in a number of distances from 50-800m. Outstanding performances was seen by all the athletes during the festival showing determination in every race and finishing with a smile on their face. Highlights from the track 100m To begin…

TEL East Lothian Christmas Cross Country Event – 15 December ’24

The 2024 East Lothian Christmas Cross Country event was back with a bang at Whitekirk Hill on Sunday 15th December.The event featured 3 races: Runners were encouraged to wear festive attire, such as Santa hats and festive stockings. Even braided in hair baubles were spotted! It was a beautiful, cold crisp morning and runners were…

TEL out and about on the weekend – 18 – 19 May 2024

Pitreavie Frame Running Festival – Saturday 18th May 2024 Two of TEL’s keen frame running athletes made the trip across the Forth to compete in sunny Dunfermline on Saturday the 18th of May at the Pitreavie Frame Running Festival.  Although official times were not taken at the event, Sophie Carruthers (T7) came 2nd in the…

East Districts & Open Championships 11-12 May ’24

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

Results: Team East Lothian Open June 2022

Many thanks to everyone who came to Meadowmill for the first Team East Lothian Open of 2022. It was great to have competitive athletics back in East Lothian with spectators in the stand, the sun in the sky, and yes, a little bit of a breeze. The wait for track repairs this year meant organisation…

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…