Congratulations to all our athletes who were competing at an International Level this weekend or due to compete in the coming weeks.
If we start at the Emirates Arena it was the first Scotland call up for Abraham Lanahan when he competed for Scotland in the Schools International Pentathlon. Teams from England ,Wales and Ireland travelled to Glasgow to compete at this high level event. Abraham performed fantastically well with 4 indoor’s Personal Best performances and helped Scotland secure a podium place in the team competition.
Abraham performances- experience for this young athlete
60m -9.78 LJ 5.75 200m 24.98 SP 11.02 800m 2.27 (TBC)
At the other end of the age spectrum it was great to see 6 Shettleston athletes selected for the British Masters Cross Country International in Belfast.
2 Ladies and 4 men made e journey to Belfast to compete in various age groups
Results below
W34 -Charlene McCallum -15th in age group and 33rd overall-team 4th
W50 -Avril Mason -3rd in age group and 39th overall -team 2nd to Ireland
M35 -David Houston-26th in age group and 76th overall -team 3rd
M45 -Iain Burns 22nd in age group and 74th overall -team 2nd
M60 -Denis Williams 17th in age group and 65th overall – team 3rd
M65 -John Oates 14th in age group -team 3rd
Well done to all the athletes
Congratulations to Lynn McKenna who has been selected to compete for Scotland in the Liverpool International British Cross Event next weekend – she will be joined by our ladies team who are looking to qualify for the European Clubs Cross Championships in Portugal in early February.
Her teammate, Aoife Carr, returned home to Ireland to finish 36th in the Irish Championships with her club team, Dublin City, just missing out in the team title
There was further success for the club at Glentrees Half Marathon where the club had a clean sweep in the men’s race. This is a trail race in the Scottish Borders which is a race not for PB performances due to the amount climbing – the first 14km is up hill and run on a mix of forest roads and trails. So not easy -well done to the guys
1st Ryad Chebout 96.22, 2nd David Lawson 98.55, 3rd Harry Pulman 106.03
A bit further South Marc McColl finished first Master and 6th over all in the Morecambe 10km
Parkruns
Another second place for Ronnie at Tollcross and all the usual results across all the park runs
At Pollok parkrun, John Connaghan swapped his trail shoes for road shoes coming in 9th in a time of 19.15.
At Finsbury Parkrun, David Murphy ran a good time of 23.06.
Steve Winter, another hillrunner who swapped his trails shoes for road racers finished 5th place at Plean Parkrun in a time of 20.58.
At Linwood Parkrun, Victoria Leiper was 6th female in a time of 22.34.
It was all go at Tollcross Parkrun where Ronnie Strachan narrowly failed to beat Iain Macdonald (formally of Cambuslang Harriers) Iain is now fast becoming the “king” of Tollcross Parkrun with a long streak of victories however it can only be a matter of time before we see Ronnie winning. Bob Porteous was next over the line in 27.41 and Joanne Harkins in 30.16
John Toms ran Levengrove Parkrun in a time of 25.30 and Gerard Pelegri ran 17.16 at Elder Parkrun for 4th place.
At the Springburn Parkrun Rio Biddlescombe ran his first 5k parkrun by himself on Saturday! He ran in a personal best time of 21:09, finishing 15th.
Brogan Wallace ran the quickest ever female time at Queens Parkrun by 34 secs with an impressive 18:22, well done Brogan. Gerry Mason ran 29.38 at Queens Parkrun.
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Also please see the link below for the results of the first SAIL Indoor League
http://shettlestonharriers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SAIL-AM-24-25-M1-Club-Results-v3.xlsx
NEXT MATCH – Sunday 8th December – further information forthcoming
PLEASE NOTE – the club’s Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday 4th November
Go to the following link for information – http://shettlestonharriers.org.uk/shettleston-harriers-annual-general-meeting-wednesday-4th-december-2024/