Motherwell Athletics Club
- Chairman William Martin 07730 922624
- Secretary Jill Logan 07810 755869
- Treasurer John McCluskey 07967 465615
Twelve MAC athletes were included in Team North Lanarkshire which came second to Central AC in the Scottish Young Athletes League (Division 2) meeting at Grangemouth on Saturday.
Sophie Byers achieved a PB by 0.4s in the 100/200m as did Cameron Martin (-0.35s), who qualified for the NL Development Squad along with Sophie, Ilona Clark and David McCrum, the latter PB'ing in the javelin.
Sean Kelly achieved a personal best in the 200m.
Bobby Crossan (shot) and Jamie Crossan (javelin and shot) did likewise along with Owen Leach, who took 3s off his time in the 800m and Joseph McCluskey 0.5s off his mark in the 100m.
Others competing were: Kirsty Irwin, David McIsaac and Lawrence McCluskey.
See the full results here.
Track & Field members competed in the Central and South of Scotland Athletics League on a glorious day in Dumfries.
The team worked hard especially on the sun tan and there were a few red faces the next day.
No false starts this time from William so beware road runners, he will be recruiting for the next event.
See all the pictures here.
A couple of dates for your diaries so you have no excuse for missing either event.
The Track Championships take place on Wednesday, June 16, at Wishaw Track, 6-9.30pm.
Subject to weather (obviously), the club BBQ will be on Sunday, July 25, at Chatelherault.
Results are now available from the first match in Division 2 of the Central and South of Scotland Athletics League at Grangemouth on April 25.
They're in four files:
Round seven of this year's Road Runners' Championship saw six MAC vests among the colours at the Loch Leven Half Marathon today.
Graeme Kennedy occupied his now familiar place at the head of the field, finishing in 1hr 20mins 50secs.
He was followed by Matthew Purser on 1.37.44 with Carole Munro third on 1.41.35.
Next in was Joe Fennessey on 1.45.41 with Jane Wedlock fifth on 1.47.22.
Last but not least was Angela Downie, who clocked a time of 1.50.14.
More pictures here.
The race was the sixth event in this year's club championship series.
Official times below:
Thanks to Norman Boyle, a Bellahouston Road Runner, who captured Mae McIsaac during the race.
After MAC's victory in the 2009 Kintyre Way Relay, the club only fielded two runners in this year's event - Alan and Gayle Tait.
Gayle ran the final 14-mile leg in 1hr 51mins 50secs as part of a Giffnock team and Alan participated in a composite team, running legs three and four.
These consisted of nine miles of rough terrain and shingle beach followed by the same 15 miles he ran last year, the first five of which are uphill. He finished the 24 miles in approx 3hrs 24mins.
Gayle writes: "It was a great weekend and we would be really keen to try to get at least one but hopefully two teams up for it next year. There were at least three Dumfries teams, six runners in each, and three Giffnock teams (only short of one runner from three full teams, which is the spot I filled).
"So, we don't see any reason why MAC shouldn't be there competing for a spot on the podium again. The previous record set by MAC last year was smashed this year in an unconfirmed 8hrs 40mins - about one hour quicker than MAC last year.
"The event has a fantastic atmosphere and was on a much larger scale than last year - 90 runners in all, 12 ultra runners doing the full distance and 60-plus walkers doing different stretches.
"There is food laid on at the end of each leg, each runner gets a quality t-shirt and hi-vis vest - for £20 entry. There's also a ceilidh at night and the overall support and cameraderie of the event is great.
"The scenery is also pretty good (understatement of the year). We'll be recruiting early next year for teams of MAC runners wanting to try something a bit different instead of the run of the mill road 10k and half marathon!"