NATIONAL YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RACE

Sunday 17th March saw 7 Harriers competing in the National Young Athletes Road Race Championship held at Heriot Watt University Riccarton campus near Edinburgh.

The first to compete were the Under 13 quartet of Girls Megan Anderson, Helen Anderson, Louise Brown and Claire MacMillan.  The field of 82 girls ran the big loop of 2.8K route within the grounds of Riccarton campus and all showed their consistency and strength in running over long distances.  First home was Megan Anderson (63) in a time of 13:13, followed by Louise Brown (73) who is finding her form again  in 13:48, then Helen Anderson (77) with a time of 14:32 and Claire MacMillan (79) with a time of 15:13.  Even though Helen finished the race she was our first casualty and ended up at the first aid tent with a sore leg.

This race was won by Erin Wallace of Giffnock North in 10:33 and Emma Lawton of Giffnock North (2nd claim Calderglen) was 6th in 11:07.

Next up was  Morgan Beaton in the Under 15 Girls race covering 4.5k making her race debut for the club. Unfortunately due to straining her leg Morgan pulled out after 1½ laps of 2 so no time for Morgan but hopefully she will be fit again for the next race.  Well done Morgan for trying.

This race was won by Gillian Black of VP-Glasgow AC in 16:11.

Finally we had 2 Under 15 Boys Craig Stewart & Drew Gordon running who ran the 4.5k route which consisted of 1 small loop and 1 big loop.  In the field of 48 Craig placed 35 with a time of 18:50 and Drew was our final casualty of the day after been hit in the shins at the start could not complete the race.

This race was won by Ben Greenwood of Perth Strathtay Harriers in 14:44.

All casualties recovered and were back at training on Wednesday past.

EKSC Race Night, Saturday 4th May @ 7.30pm

The Sports Club are holding a Race Night on Saturday 4th May 7.30 pm till 1.00 am.

The aim of the night is to raise funds for the Sports Club and to have good time.
The other Club sections ie. Cricket, Tennis, Rugby etc. will all be taking part.

As a section we would like to see a good turn out from the Harriers.
Firstly to have a good time and secondly to show to the other sections that we are a part of the club. 

The Harriers have been given Race 4 to Sponsor.
There are 8 runners in the race and each horse costs £5 to sponsor.
The individuals who decide to sponsor a horse get to choose the Horses Name.

Tickets are on sale now at £5 a head. This includes wait for it, Pakora, Raffle and Games.

Tickets can be bought from the bar in the Sports Club.

NATIONAL XC FALKIRK 2013

A late report but none the less an important one as it was the Scottish National Cross Country Championships on Saturday 23^rd February in Callendar Park, Falkirk.  We were greeted with great weather and conditions on foot for running a challenging course.

We had a small team out for this year’s race but a team that is big on motivation to run and do their best for Calderglen Harriers and importantly there own belief in their ability, so well done to the Under 13 team of athletes Megan Anderson, Helen Anderson, Louise Brown and Claire MacMillan and solo Under 15 Boy Drew Gordon for representing the club.

First off were the under 13 Girls quartet of Helen, Megan, Louise and Claire amongst the field of 127 runners doing 1 lap of 3.2k.  First Harriers in were twin sisters Helen & Megan.  Megan was leading for most of the course but sister Helen put in a strong challenge towards the end with powered turbo finish.  I think Megan still just edged Helen however they were awarded equal times of 17:59.  This was 25 second pb for Megan and a massive 1:34 minute pb for Helen.  Returning from injury, Louise ran a steady race and completed the course in 18:53 which was 14 seconds down on last year. Claire MacMillan made her debut at this event and although seemed overwhelmed on the day she completed the course in 20:02.

Our only Under 15 boy running 4k course was Drew Gordon in his first year in this age category.  This was a big step for Drew as you need be very much strong and fast to compete in this age group over such an unforgiving course.  However Drew displayed his commitment and determination throughout the course with debut time of 20:24.

A big thank you goes to the best tent team erectors i.e. the Mums & Dads for putting up the tent this year while I  looked in supervising type way!  If there was a medal or a trophy for this event I know who would win!

Any of the other young athletes that are interested in competing in these type of events please feel free to ask any of the coaches (Frances, Richard or John) how to get involved.  I would love to enter a big squad of Calderglen Harriers in the junior races as we are just as capable as any other club in Scotland to do well and win medals.

If you got the Olympic bug in 2012 then you too can train hard, listen to your coach and compete to get your rewards.  Remember the next big junior event that could come to Glasgow is the 2018 Youth Olympics.......wouldn’t it be great to qualify for team GB & NI and run in your home city with a home crowd cheering you on!

NATIONAL XC FALKIRK

Registration & Parking is at Graeme High School where all young athletes should report at 10.45am. 

The park is across the road from the school. Please arrive at the school in good time as car parking is very limited.

 

The Calderglen Harrier team for this years National Cross Country Championship in Falkirk is:

Under 13 Girls:     Helen Anderson, Megan Anderson, Louise Brown & Claire MacMillan

    

Under 15 Boys:     Drew Gordon and Craig Stewart

I will be there on Saturday as I am competing in the Senior race and will meet you at the Graeme High School.  I will pick up the numbers to issue as I need to declare who is racing.  In addition to this I have to make sure everyone gets the correct number and matching TIMING CHIP.

This is new this year and I will need to make sure everyone has the right chip and you will need time to attach it properly.  If anyone isn't going to make the race please let me know as I have to return unused chips (charged to the club £8 per chip) to declarations.

I have pre-registered all the above athletes.

The second race, u13 Girls, starts at 11:45am and declarations close at 11:15am

The third race, u15 Boys, starts at 12pm and declarations close at 11:30am

On the day please remember

Ø  Calderglen Harrier black & amber vest - remember this is essential (phone if you need to buy one)

Ø  Spikes or Trail trainers (i am running in spikes)

Ø  Safety pins for pinning your number on your vest

Ø  Layers in case it's cold and waterproofs in case of wet weather

Ø  Spare shoes if planning to walk the course (also spare socks)

Ø  Food and drink for after your race

Ø  If you can't make the race please let me know ASAP! 

PLEASE NOTE: I am bringing the club tent so would very grateful for help to put it up....please.

For those with sat nav the postcode is FK1 1SY for Callender Park,Falkirk.

Remember allow plenty of time to travel, find place and park.  I am leaving EK at 9am and will be leaving Falkirk after 4pm.  If anyone is stuck for lift please let me know there is enough cars going up.

Good luck & see you all on Saturday

Richard

WEEKEND ACTION

One young Harrier was in action over the weekend at the Glasgow Park Run in Pollok Park on Saturday morning. The nice weather conditions allowed our young Harrier, Marc McQuade achieve a PB over the demanding 5k run.  Marc's PB was 24:38 an improvement by 43 seconds!

Well done Marc you have made your coach proud.

Full results: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/glasgow/results/latestresults/

CLUB FEES 2013

Fees are now overdue

To all Parents & Young Athletes,

Any queries on the fees please speak to me or Sarah.  In the meantime Sarah or I will collect due fees at any Wednesday training night from now.

Sports Club and Harriers fees are due on 1st Jan 2013

The fees are:-

Family £100.00 + Harrier Fee of £14, total of £114

Individual Intermediate £40.00 (18yrs to 21 yrs)

Individual Junior £30.00 (6yrs to 17yrs)

It is understood that this can be a financially difficult time of year but please renew by 31st Jan 2013.  If this is still a problem for anyone then please feel free to discuss privately with Sarah or I when you can renew your membership to see if we can work something out.

In addition the club pays an annual affiliation fee to Scottish Athletics for each athlete.  In 2012 the fee was £7 per young athlete and the total cost to the section was £595.  We are keen to ensure that the club continues to offer an affordable hobby for families however from 2013 we have decided to introduce an annual one off payment for the second and any subsequent young athlete members in the family to cover the cost of the affiliation fee.  This will ensure that we have sufficient funds to meet this cost going forward while allowing us to maintain the weekly training fee at £1 per family instead of £1 per child.   

To allow families to spread the various costs of the club fees, we are asking for the £7 per sibling to be paid by 1st April 2013.  Please speak to Sarah if you have any questions or concerns with this.

Thank you

Richard

NATIONAL YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Race No.7)

On Sunday 17th March at Riccarton Campus, Heriot Watt University (it is situated to the west of Edinburgh near Currie, between the A70 and A71) the National Young Athletes Road Race Championships will take place.  This is a pre-entry race and I will need names by Wednesday 27th February.  Race fees covered by club.



Under 13 Girls team from 2012 Championships

As the race is on the east coast to encourage you to do the race I am happy to hire a bus to take people through but I need a good number of young athletes to enter , I hope that we can fill the field with Calderglen teams in all the age groups as we have over 50 young athletes in the club who could do this race.  Our strongest age groups are under 13 Girls & Boys and Under 15 Boys. As well as individual prizes there is a team prize for each team of 3 young athletes in each age group.

The more Calderglen Harriers running makes all the better chance of success for the club and show the bigger clubs we have strong young athletes coming through the ranks.  So lets go for a record of high entries to the race, all working hard changing your running passion for glory!

Both U13 races cover 2800 metres (2.8k)

U13 Girls declarations close at 11am and race starts at 11.30am
U13 Boys declarations close at 11:15am and race starts at 11.45am

Both U15 races cover 4500 metres (4.5k)
U15 Girls declarations close at 11:30am and race starts at 12pm
U15 Boys declarations close at 11:55am and race starts at 12:25pm

Both U17 races cover 5700 metres (5.7k)
U17 Women declarations close at 12:15pm and race starts at 12:45pm
U17 Men declarations close at 12:40pm and race starts at 1:10pm