We’re starting to collate interest for our next two competitions in June…
Scottish National Athletics League – Sunday 8th June at Grangemouth. This is for all athletes from Under 17 to Seniors/Masters and athletes are limited to doing 2 events on the track (plus field events). Please check the timetable for the available events and sign up here by 29th May.
Forth Valley League on Sunday 15th June AM at Grangemouth. This is for athletes in the U11 to U15 age groups. Sign up here by 5th June.
There was lots of action up and down the country at the weekend with Lasswade athletes taking part in the London Marathon, the opening fixture of the Forth Valley League for young athletes, the 4J Studios Scottish Athletics National Outdoor Open and the Scottish Athletics Junior Hill Running League.
Alec Miller was the sole Lasswade athlete at Linwood for the National Outdoor Open. His 1.91m in the high jump was good enough for 2nd place and was also a new PB.
In the London Marathon, Amy Frankland, winner of our VMH Solicitors Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race in March clocked a fantastic time of 2:55:37. Gareth Fleming was our other representative in London and completed the course in 3:25:58.
We also had two young athletes representing Scotland in the London Mini-Marathon races. Freya was 1st Scottish girl home (11th overall) and Cerys 4th Scot (23rd overall) and helped Scotland win the team bronze.
Francis and Rowan took part in the 2nd fixture of the Scottish Junior Hill Running League at Lomonds of Fife. Francis, having won the 1st fixture in the under 15s age group, finished first again. Rowan made it a double for Lasswade by winning the under 20s age race.
To round of a great weekend for Lasswade, our young athletes took first place in the first match on the Forth Valley League Division 2 competition.
1st: Lasswade – 504.5
2nd: Falkirk Victoria Harriers – 470.5
3rd: Cumbernauld- 463.5
4th: Central – 461.5
5th: Harmeny B – 338
6th: Haddington – 258
Thank you to our officials: Ruth, Linden, Alison, Susan, Harry, John and our parent helpers: Ed, Ainslie, Louise, Jo, Fiona, Scott.
Provisional results: https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/fvl-m1-d2/event/
More photos from the league competition here.
This year’s heat of the SUPERteams will take place on Saturday, May 24th at Meadowbank Stadium.
SUPERteams is a competition open to athletes born in 2014, 2015 or 2016. It’s a great event to get started in athletics competitions. All athletes will take part in the 75m, Standing Long Jump and Turbo Javelin events. All results are converted into points to decide the overall winner and team placings. Teams are comprised of 2 boys and 2 girls – last year we were only able to form 1 complete team due to the small number of boys who had entered so it would be good to get more boys signing up for this competition so that we can have more teams completed.
Our solitary team finished 4th in the heat at Saughton last year and qualified for the grand final where they finished 13th out of 35 teams.
Click here to sign-up by 14th May.
Last Sunday saw Lasswade’s U17, U20s and Seniors compete in the Scottish National Athletics League – our first official participation in the league since it started a couple of seasons back. The competition format is similar to an open-graded competition with athletes drawn against other athletes of similar abilities in the track races.
There was a strong blustery headwind on the home-straight which meant the sprinters had difficulty matching the times from the previous week’s competition at Linwood in the glorious Spring sunshine. Still, it was good to see some Lasswade athletes take up the opportunity to compete – it’s still early in the season and hopefully more U17 athletes and above will sign-up for the other matches this season.
SNAL – Match 1 Results
Match 2 takes place on Sunday 18th May at Aberdeen Sports Village. Anyone interested should complete the sign-up form by Monday 5th May and also be aware that as per the league requirements, each club will need to provide 3 officials/helpers so parents may be asked to assist.
Our friends at Edinburgh Athletics Club have kindly offered us spaces on their coach which will leave Meadowbank at 7 am with a pick up at 7.20 at Lidl on Glasgow Road. Any athletes, coaches or spectators are welcome to travel on the coach at no cost but a token contribution is welcome. If you are interested in getting a space on the coach, please add this to the comments section of the sign-up form. Spaces will be limited so if you are interested, sign-up soon.
Last Sunday saw the first outdoor track competition of the season for Lasswade’s athletes. Although quite an early start to the track season, the weather was perfect for racing and Linwood’s new track looked great too. Team Lasswade delivered a series of fantastic performances, giving a glimpse of an exciting season ahead. Although the turn-out wasn’t as big as we had hoped (29 athletes), the team bagged 21 first places across the A and B events.
Provisionally, Lasswade finished the day in 2nd place overall with Harmeny’s team of 46 athletes taking the honours. Whilst we were certainly outnumbered, we definitely weren’t out classed. Hopefully we will have a stronger turn-out for the next competition on Sunday, 1st June at Grangemouth will close the gap. Please sign-up here to be part of the team.
There’s also still time for our Under 11 to Under 15 athletes to sign-up for the Forth Valley League competition at Livingston on Sunday 27th April (Afternoon Match). There have only been a few declarations of interest so far, so please support the team and sign-up to compete! The league has been restructured and now consists of 3 divisions, with Lasswade now competing in Division 2.
Under 11 Boys
Albie – 80m – 6th A, 600m 4th A (pb), Long Jump 6th A (pb)
Under 13 Boys
Antek – 100m 7th A (pb), 800m 7th B, Long Jump 8th A (pb)
Matthew – 100m 2nd B, 800m 7th A (pb), Long Jump 6th B
Archie showed his versatility by winning the 100m, 800m and Long Jump.
Under 15 Boys
Archie – 100m 1st A (pb), 800m 1st A, Long Jump 1st A
Fraser – 800m 2nd B (pb), Long Jump 4th B
Under 17 Boys
Jake – 400m 1st A, 100m 1st A (pb)
Ruaridh – 100m 1st B (pb), Long Jump 1st B (pb), Shot Putt 2nd B (pb)
Ruadhan – Long Jump 1st A (pb), Shot Putt 4th A (pb)
Aaden – 800m 1st A (pb)
Senior Men
Alec – High Jump 2nd A, 100m 1st B (pb), Javelin 2nd A (pb)
Will – 400m 2nd A
James – 100m 3rd A (pb)
John – Javelin 2nd B
Masters Men
Keith – 100m 1st A
Ken – 800m 1st A
Katie’s been waiting patiently to be able to compete and made her first appearance having just turned 9 recently. Great to have her on the team!
U11 Girls
Elkie – LJ 4th A (pb), 80m 7th A
Isla H – 80m 1st B (pb), 600m 1st A
Katie – Long Jump 3rd B (pb), 600m 5th B
U13 Girls
Ada – 100m 1st A (pb)
Lara – 100m 1st B (pb), Long Jump 2nd A (pb)
Orla – Shot Putt 2nd A (pb), Long Jump (tbc)
U15 Girls
Sienna – 100m 6th A (pb)
Aoife – 100m 7th B (pb)
Rosa – 800m 3rd B (pb)
Isla M – 800m 3rd A (pb), Shot Putt 2nd A (pb)
Olivia – Javelin 6th A (pb), Shot Putt 6th B
U17 Ladies
Beth – Long Jump 1st A (pb), 800m 2nd A, 300m 2nd A (pb)
Emma – High Jump 1st A, 800m 1st B, Long Jump 3rd B (pb)
Masters Ladies
Claire – 3000m 1st A, 800m 4th A
Mixed Relays
Under 13s – 5th
Under 15s – 5th
Under 17s – 1st
800m PB breakers! Fraser took 13 seconds off his 800m PB, Aaden took 7 seconds, Rosa 9 seconds, Isla and Matthew both took off 5 seconds.
Ahead of the summer Track and Field season we will be holding a virtual members/parents night on Tuesday 18th March at 7pm. The topics will cover how the various competitions run and go over some volunteering roles. To register please complete this form and details will be sent nearer the time. If you have any questions in particular just mention them in the form.
Well that’s another VMH SOLICITORS Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race over for another year.
Congratulations to the winner James Donald, Dundee Hawkhill who ran a fantastic time of 52:22 in breezy conditions. Lasswade’s Christian Graham was 2nd in 53:10 and 2019 winner Adam Gray, Penicuik Harriers completed the top 3 with a time of 54:09.
Christian’s time was almost a whole minute faster than his previous outing in the ’10’ back in 2020. It’s great to see him back, running well in club colours before he heads back to the US to finish his studies. It was also great to have Christian’s university team mate, Oliver Newman competing. Oliver broke 4 minutes for the mile last year and finished 4th, such was the quality of the field.
Penicuik Harriers took bragging rights by winning the men’s team prize – all 3 finishers in the top 7.
Adam Gray – 3rd
Dan MacQueen – 5th
Matthew Euston – 7th
Dan MacQueen was also the 1st Vet with a time of 57.02.
Lasswade’s Amy Frankland last ran the ’10’ in 2019, finishing 2nd in 66:23. Her winning time in the Ladies race today was a fantastic 60:34. Chloe Malcolm of Edinburgh AC was 2nd with 61:56 and Janet Dickson of Fife AC took 3rd place in 65:56.
Amy is Lasswade’s representative in the London Marathon in April and her outing today is a sure sign that training is going well. Good luck, Amy!
Megan Wright of Hunters Bog Trotters took the Ladies Vet prize with 69:58 and the first U20 lady was Zoe McDonald of Portobello Running Club. Zoe teamed up with Sarah Connolly-Gordon and Shona MacDonald to win the Women’s team prize.
Lasswade’s other runners were David Woods, 9th in 60:22; Gareth Fleming 25th in 64:53 and Scott Dickson 46th in 69:42 – a great effort given that it was his 2nd time around the course that day (Scott is part of the team who helps mark out the course at 8:30am!). Gareth will also be joining Amy on the start line for the London Marathon and will no doubt be pleased with his efforts today.
Thank you to all the runners, officials and marshals who turned out today and Lasswade AC hope to have you all back again next year (Sunday, 1st March 2026 – put it in your diaries now!)
VMH Solicitors Lasswade 10 Mile Road Race 2025 Results
Big thanks to VMH SOLICITORS for being our sponsor this year, and to Angelina Coffee Snug, Stewart Brewing and Dalkeith Country Park for providing our spot prizes. Tunnock’s also chipped in with snacks for our legendary post race buffet.
Thanks also to:-
The summer track and field season will soon be upon us with the first fixture just a few weeks away. This year, our Under 17s athletes, U20 and Senior athletes also have the opportunity to compete in the Scottish National Athletics League (SNAL) as well. As per last season, we will also be competing in the Central and Southern Scotland Athletics League (CSSAL) for Under 11s to Masters and Forth Valley League (FVL) for U11 to U15.
The first fixture will be the CSSAL at Linwood on Sunday 6th April followed by the SNAL competition on Sunday 13th April at Kilmarnock.
The first FVL competition is on Sunday 27th April , venue TBC.
Please check out our competition page on the website for more information about the competitions or speak to the coaches at the club.
If you’re new to Lasswade or have yet to compete, we will be having a virtual parents night on March 18th at 7pm. Harry Baird our Club Development Officer will provide more information about the track competitions available and further useful club info. Please register here and further details will be sent nearer the time
Haven’t entered yet? There’s still time…but not a lot 
Dash to Entry Central before 9pm on Saturday 1 March 
(Sorry, no entries on race day)
Great individual and team prizes for Up & Running Edinburgh
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to local businesses & beyond for the support 
Event sponsor VMH SOLICITORS
Spot prizes Dalkeith Country Park & Stewart Brewing & Angelina Coffee Snug
Post race sweet treats Tunnock’s
ENTER HERE (Quickly!!)
See you Sunday 
Still dithering or pondering about whether to take part in our road race on Sunday, 2nd March Need a bit of an incentive? We’re adding a £100 prize bonus to the Mens and Womens winners if they can run under 52 minutes (Males) or under 59 minutes (Ladies).
https://www.entrycentral.com/lasswade-road-race
Entries close Friday 28th February.
Prize Summary
Senior Men/Women: 1st £75; 2nd £50; 3rd £25 vouchers
Masters Male/Female (40+): 1st £50
Under 20 Male/Femail: 1st £25
Boxed Medals for the first Male/Female Teams (3 to count, clubs must be registered with Scottish Athletics).
Whitehill House Trophy awarded to the first Jogscotland registered runner to finish.
Individual winners can opt to take the highest prize and forfeit the age category prize, e.g. a Master or U20 winning the Senior Men’s/Women’s Race can claim the Senior Men’s/Women’s 1st prize and forfeit the relevant Master’s or U20 1st prize.
