Further international selection, Superteam indoor action, appeal for help and some Parkrun action

Congratulations to Lynn McKenna and Jamie Burns on their selection to represent Scotland in the Armagh International Road Races on the  13^th February. Armagh  is an excellent event and they will not be alone on the trip to Ireland. With support from the club and the Alastair Blamire Grants another 11 club athletes will get the opportunity to experience one of the fastest road 5km in the world. The club is grateful to Armagh AC for the invites into the race where everyone in the UK and further afield try to secure a place. Our own Fionnuala Ross hails from Armagh and will represent Ulster in the international event.

This makes 5 international vests in the space of two  weeks  for  the club. Congratulations to John Montgomery who coaches  Lynn, Jamie and Rosa Donaldson who recently joined his training group.

With the storm on Friday the Devils Relay, Scottish Senior /U17 Indoor Championship and the West Cross Country League were all cancelled leaving only the Superteams event.

Under 12s SuperTeams compete at Emirates

After a weather disrupted weekend it was the under 12s who managed to take advantage of one of the few events to take place. We had 3 teams (2 boys and 1 girls) take part in the 4J studios scottishathletics indoor SuperTeams – this is great fun introduction event to indoor athletics. The teams of 4 take part in 60m, Shot Putt, Long Jump and a 4x200m relay against other clubs from across Scotland.

While emphasis is on taking part there are still a full set of results published

https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/superteams-indoor/

Club Team Results

Well done to all athletes, coaches and parents. Especially thanks to Carson, Cole and Louise for helping chaperone each team.

Thank you to the members who have indicated they can help at the clubs biggest event the Allan Scally Memorial 4x 5km Road Relay  on the 1^st March. We are still looking for marshals (start around 11.30am and finish’s 2pm).We expect over 200 teams to the biggest Road Relay in the UK featuring teams from around the UK. Please contact club secretary, John Mackay ,if you can help in any way. 

Parkruns

Parkrun results week ending 26 Jan 

Storm Eowyn forced the majority of parkruns to be cancelled in the central belt of Scotland. 

Elder Parkrun

Rowan Lennox 22.48 3rd in junior age group, Jethro Lennox 22.49

Tollcross Parkrun

David Murphy 23.23