Unfortunately, there will be no training sessions taking place on Monday 8th May as Dalkeith Community Campus will be closed for the King’s Coronation. Training resumes on Thursday – enjoy your break!
The team selection for the Forth Valley League competition has now been emailed out. Everyone who expressed an interest in competing should have at least one event. Please get in touch if you haven’t received an email.
All spaces for U11s have been filled, but we still have spaces for u13 800m runners and U15 Shot Putt and Javelin. We can still add you to the teamsheet if you want to compete in these events.
We’re also still taking entries for the Central and South Scotland League at Kilmarnock on Sunday 30th April. This competition is open to all age groups from Under 11 to Masters athletes. Check the competitions page to sign up. If there’s sufficient demand, there will be a minibus to take athletes to Kilamrnock – spaces will be limited so don’t delay!
Athletes who will be competing for Lasswade this summer in the Forth Valley League and CSAAL League will need a club vest for the competition. We will have a selection of sizes available for athletes to try on during the training sessions over the next couple of weeks.
Please check this link for more details on the different vests and crop tops available and pricing.
Slides from the recent Parents night are below. If anyone has any questions regarding competitions, please email Harry – Club Development Officer or speak to any of the coaches at training.
Check the competitions page for the dates and locations of our next fixtures in the Forth Valley League and CSSAL.
Gordon Robertson who some of you will remember as the sprints group coach at Lasswade AC is climbing Ben Nevis in July to raise funds for Alzheimer Scotland. He is taking on this challenge with his two daughters Rachel and Lisa who both competed for Lasswade AC.
If anyone would like to sponsor, Gordon, Rachel and Lisa please click here.
Good luck! We hope you raise lots of money.
With great disappointment, the organising team for this year’s Lasswade 10 Road Race have taken the difficult decision to cancel this event planned for Sunday, 16th April. A fixture clash with another popular Scottish event has impacted entries and made the Lasswade 10 Road Race unviable this year. We hope by making this decision sooner rather than later, any runners already entered can make alternative plans.
We would like to apologise to those who have already entered, refunds will be issued via EntryCentral in due course. Thank you for your interest in the Lasswade 10 Road Race.
We’re planning to go back to our normal date “first Sunday in March” for 2024 so please keep the 3rd of March next year free in your calendars.
If you’re still looking for races, take a look at the Penicuik 10k being hosted by our friends at Penicuik Harriers on May 13th.
We are now seeking athletes for the first two league match’s, these are.
April 23rd Forth Valley League for U11, U13 & U15 athletes
April 3oth Central & Southern League for all age groups.
Further info on these leagues including venues, timetables and how to declare can be found on our Track & Field Comp’s & Fixtures page – please note the deadline when declaring! There is also a useful guide to competing here
These topics will be covered at our virtual Members/Parents Info Evening on March 21st
Ahead of the summer Track and Field season we will be holding a virtual members/parents night on Tuesday 21st 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.
Jake Walker, a 4th year Sport and Exercise Science student at the University of Stirling is looking at the impact of COVID on running performance for his final year dissertation.
Below is a link to a survey, which should only take 5 minutes to complete (regardless if you’ve had covid or not).
https://stirling.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/the-impact-of-covid-on-running-performance-a-survey-to-id-2
It was back to Callender Park, Falkirk once again this year for the National cross country championships, the finale to the Scottish domestic cross country season. The conditions on the day were much better than last year. It was a dry day, not too cold and the course was in good condition for some fast running!
Lasswade AC had athletes competing in most races but no complete team in any age group which was disappointing.
The first race of the day was the U13 girls and there were three Lasswade athletes in the race. Leading the girls home was Beth McWilliam in 23rd place with team mate Emma Thomson in 46th place and Eilidh Mowbray in 73rd place.
It was the turn of the U13 boys next with three Lasswade athletes competing in the National for the first time. First home was Francis Ovanni-Finnegan in 42nd place with Struan Milne close behind in 52nd place and Finlay Troup just a little further back in 73rd place.
In the U15 girls race we had three Lasswade athletes, Freya Mowbray, Bethan Kitchin and Abbie Foster. Freya had a solid run to finish in 17th place, Bethan was next home in 35th place with Abbie taking one for the team coming home in 120th.
Laurence Ward and Kieran Glass were our two athletes in the U15 boys race. Laurence was first home in with a good run in 27th place and Kieran finishing 75th place in his first National.
In the u17 boys we had three athletes competing. Andrew McWilliam had a good race in a strong field to finish 7th. Rowan Taylor was next home in 25th place with team mate Sam Kitchin in 56th place.
Alastair Scott was our sole athlete in the Men’s U20 race. Alastair finished in 49th place in his first race of the season.
In the Senior Women’s race we also had one athlete competing, Keira Gore was our only athlete who finished in 37th place.
The final race of the day was the Senior Men’s race and we had three athletes, one senior Christian Graham and two masters Martin Gore and Ken McWilliam. First home was Christian with a solid run in 13th place, Martin was next home in 209th place followed by Ken in 355th place.
A great days athletics with lots of strong performances. Hope that you all had a good day and enjoyed the days athletics. Thanks to our regular official and Chief Marshal on the day Linden Nicholson and to all of our other volunteer marshals Scott and Cathy Dickson, Stuart and Olivia Meikle and Steve Brown.
For full results please click here
Looking forward to the track season now!
