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A view from the Hills

Monday, 06 September 2010 10:43 Dave Hanlon

There were two hill races over the weekend with several Hawks taking part. Firstly the annual Ben Nevis race with over 4000 ft of ascent and treacherous descent. 3 Hawks were taking part. 1st Hawks up and down was Craig Love in a creditable time of 1hour 58 secs. That put him in 57th place and he was followed by Steve Matthews in 2:06 and 104th place. Charlie Love competing in his 18th Ben nevis race was home in 2:46. Well done to them

On Sunday, on a rather different scale, there were 5 Hawks taking part in the Blaigowrie Highland games hill race. 400m of gentle climbing and only 4.8 km in length but it was part of our championship series and a race is a race as they say. Dave Mitchell was 1st Hawk home followed by Dave hanlon, then Steve Matthews (suffering from his Ben Nevis race the day before) Phil Forte and then Lyn Hanlon.  Lyn was well chuffed getting a £10 prize for 4th lady (which I promptly spent on beer)

Laughing

 

Club News Update

Friday, 03 September 2010 12:56 Dave Hanlon

Welfare

In keeping with UK Athletics Welfare policy could I remind all members in contact with junior members of the Club that they need to fill out Disclosure Forms on a three yearly basis.  Please contact me at the club and I will issue the relevant paperwork.  Also I am very keen to document any courses/workshops that coaches and assistants go on to maintain our Clubmark status.  Again please let me know details and give me a copy of the programme for the file.  Despite the recession the Sports Council provide grants for such courses but we need plenty of notice to apply.

Please note that the Track is no longer hired by the Club on Tuesday and Thursday nights so normal admission prices apply.

Scottish Womens Athletic League

Hawks were involved in the final match of the season on Sunday with good performances.  The womens 4 x 400m relay team gave the most impressive run of the day with Laura Brown and Susan Young fighting through to take first place from Edinburgh AC.  They were not looking too chipper just at the finish but a great race for the supporters. 

 

Nigel

 

Track and Field News

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 15:18 Dave Hanlon

Club news 30TH August

Club vests

The vests we ordered from VIGA  have arrived.  Any club members wishing a new vest could you please contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at track on a Thursday night.  Our group has started cross country training at Balgay Park on a Tuesday.  The cost is £14 per vest.

Cross Country Fixtures:

The following dates have been forwarded to me:

Sat 9th Oct East Relays Prestonpans

Sat 16th Oct East league Stirling

Sat 23rd Oct National Relays Cumbernauld

Sun 7th Nov Lasswade Open

Sat 20th Nov  East league Broxburn

Sat 4th Dec East Champs Aberdeen

Sat 15th Jan East league Livingston

Sat 5th Feb Masters Champs Cupar

Sat 19th Feb National Champs, Venue TBC

 

Nigel 

 

Ron McIntosh report from the Transplant Games

Monday, 30 August 2010 07:27 Dave Hanlon

On Thursday 19th August ,I ventured down to the lovely city of Bath ,because i had entered the BRITISH TRANSPLANT GAMES,held at the UNIVERSITY OF BATH.I travelled down with the NINEWELLS ,DUNDEE TRANSPLANT TEAM,which consisted of 5 members,ironically all of us being kidney transplant recipients.

We were also the largest team representing hospitals throughout  SCOTLAND. Of the 5 members,unfortunately,I was the only one who failed to win a medal, but  my own personal medal was the fact that I am the only ever double below knee leg amputee to ever enter the 5k [3.1miles] racewalk in the 33 year history of the event which was founded in 1978. Also ,the fact that I managed a personal best time of 48 minutes 33 seconds on an extremely hilly 4 lap route, meant that my trip to the transplant games was well worth it. I have only had my new kidney for 15 months, which as far as i am led to believe, is regarded as a new transplant. One of the main things I noticed is the extremely high level of fitness that transplant patients can achieve and in lots of cases; far superior to able bodied athletes.

Heart transplant recipients can actually achieve a far higher level of fitness than they ever had throughout their entire life.A classic example of the huge success rate and benefits,as well as the huge life changing experiences for the recipients. All in all, it was a very worthwhile experience and I am now looking forward to the 2011 BRITISH TRANSPLANT GAMES to be held in BELFAST.

Ronnie

 

We Need your Stories!

Tuesday, 17 August 2010 05:12 Dave Hanlon

Where are all the stories from the track and road running sections? We need your race results and stories to keep the website live and interesting. Please send me anything you want published on the website. You can send me  your race results and stories in any form you want and I'll get it published as soon as I can. You can also send me photographs in .jpg format and I can include these as well.

So come on coaches and athletes - surely you have done something this year! We're not just a hill running club are we?

Send your news to me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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