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The 7th City of Stirling 10k Road Race and 2k Fun Run
Will take place at Forthbank Stadium on Sunday 14 September 2008. The 10k is one of the 10 events included in this year’s Scottish Athletics Road Racing Grand Prix. Although the route will follow a slightly different course this year (due to the opening of a new railway line), it is still fast, flat and scenic - ideal for achieving a personal best. Both races will, again, be chip timed using the ‘chip in race number’ system.
We expect the entry forms and online entry system to be available by early June – keep checking the website for details.
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Pre-season Time Trials - 6th April
Central Athletic Club recently held its Track and Field Time Trials at Grangemouth Stadium in unseasonably cold and windy weather. Many of the established athletes used the meeting as an opportunity to gauge the effect of their Winter Training while a number of others were competing for the first time.
Ful details.... Results.....
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London Mini Marathon
Four of Central AC young athletes were selected to represent East of Scotland teams on Sunday 13th April at the London ‘Mini’ Marathons against the English regions. Kathryn Gillespie led home a quartet of Scots runners as they won the 11-12 year old title with Kathryn taking second place. In the 15-17 year olds Sean Reilly and Alex Hendry came 7th and 15th respectively as their team made it second behind Greater Manchester, and in the 13-14 year old boys Tom Watson led his team home with 15th place as his team came home in 9th place.
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12 Leg Relays and Northern Relays
On the senior stage Robert Russell, capped his fastest leg relay run in the Scottish road relays with a similar breath-taking run against top quality opposition in the South of England 12 leg road relays for his Thames Valley Harriers team, running along with his team-mate Alaistair Hay. Robert’s run of 25min 44secs over 8.4 kilometres proved to be the fastest of the day, some 25seconds ahead of the next fastest run, leaving a string of UK Internationalists in his wake. Emma Waterhouse helped her English club Chester-le-Street make it three wins in succession as they took the ladies title at the Northern relays at Catterick.
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Record Breaking Relay Rout - 5th April
Central AC teams dominated the end of winter season finale becoming the first club to w in both men and women’s title at the National Road Relay Championships at Livingston.
This was another first ever feat to match the double win at the cross country relays at the start of the winter.
The Masters ladies title gave the club three out of the four championship titles on offer to add yet more credits to this season’s long list of titles for both men and women.
Full Report... More Photos...
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World Cross Country Championships - 29 and 30 March 2008
Apart from supporting the Moroccan team as part of the Adopt a Nation scheme, Central athletes across the age groups found the time to compete in the various domestic competitions forming part of the The World Championship weekend at Holyrood Park. Full report...
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Waiting to greet the World’s best cross country athletes.
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Scottish Athletics Junior Road Race Championships - 23rd March
The Scottish Athletics Junior Road Race Championships were held in blizzard conditions in Aberdeen on Sunday 23rd March. While the weather conditions tested the athletes to the extreme it is fair to say that Central Athletic Club’s youngsters passed with flying colours. Indeed with an individual Gold medal, two individual Silver medals, two sets of team Gold medals and a set of Bronze team medals it turned out to be a very successful day for the Club. More...
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March Round Up
With the main part of the Cross Country season drawing to a close , the month of March saw club members competing in various events up and don the country. Read more..
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New Membership Secretary
We are pleased to report that Clare Bonucchi has kindly agreed to take on the role of Membership Secretary, leaving Jane Milne free to concentrate on organising this year’s 10k. Thanks to Jane for her sterling efforts in the role of membership secretary over the past few years.
Clare’s contact details can be found by on the Committee page.
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Ross strikes gold at Scottish Indoor Pentathlon Championships
Central Athletic Club’s Ross Milne was crowned Under 15 Scottish Indoor Pentathlon Champion at the Kelvin Hall Indoor Arena on Saturday 16 February. More...
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Club Cross Country Championships
Central Athletic Club’s Annual Cross Country was held at Queen Victoria School on Saturday 16 February with a good turnout of the Club’s athletes along with some young guests. Steve Laing had once again provided a testing and interesting course including three burn crossings that proved, as always, to be the main focus for spectators.
Full details... Full Results....
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Junior Cross Country Series - 9 February 2008
A superb turnout of 34 young athletes competed in the final race in Central Athletic Club’s Junior Cross Country Series held in excellent conditions in Kings Park, Stirling on Saturday 9 February. With many of the Series prizes still up for grabs there were some outstandingly competitive runs throughout the age groups. Report and results...
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3rd Indoor Scottish Athletics Meeting , Kelvin Hall Glasgow 3rd Feb 2008
Central Athletes saved the best for almost last at his latest meeting in Glasgow. Although the only team with a prospect of going on to the final of this series were the Under 11s , the other age groups all came out with the intention of making up lost ground. From 1st timers to indoors like Stephanie English and Julie Cook to seasoned campaigners Martyn Paterson and Dee Henderson, all teams worked hard for every point available. More...
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Central triumph at East Districts - 19th January 2008
Central AC dream cross country season continued as the club took the bulk of the honours at the final match of the East District Cross Country League at Livingston. The club’s senior athletes won this last match and took the league titles for both men and women and a heap of age group titles. Full details....
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Scottish Inter Districts - Saturday 12 January 2008
Frosty conditions met Central’s athletes at the Scottish Inter-District Championships held in the dramatic setting of Holyrood Park, Edinburgh on Saturday 12 January. Over the same course that will be used for the World Cross Country Championships on 30th March, Central’s athletes were representing various teams, mainly the East of Scotland in the annual competition against the West and the North, however with a number of races within races in the older age groups, there were also some local runners representing Scottish Universities and others in Scottish Teams in the Celtic Cup against Ireland, Ulster and Wales. Full report...
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New Year - New Ideas
Following on from discussion and suggestions from the floor at the AGM, we are now pleased to announce details of three new initiaitives being taken on by the club this year.
Athlete Development Funding
Firstly, as the club is always keen to support the development of our most promising junior members, we have introduced a formal athlete support initiative.
The aim of this is to provide financial support for Central’s younger athletes to compete in events outside Scotland, which will assist with their competitive athletic development in any discipline – track and field, road, cross country and hill-running.
What type of events will we support?
Some examples are listed below but this list is not exhaustive:
AAAs championships (both track and field and road running)
the UK Cross Country Challenge series of races
selection races for international events
BMC track races
The development fund will also have flexibility to support unplanned events such as international representative competition where the athlete is expected to contribute to the costs.
Click here or on the Athlete Funding link on the left for full details and/or to download an application form for completion and submission to the treasurer.
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Junior Representatives or Committee?
Thirdly, we are always keen that our younger members stay on as members of the club through into adulthood and so to help encourage this, we wish give our junior members the chance to become more involved in the running of the club and to have their views taken into account in the decision making process. The club is run by the members for the benefit of all members and so it is important that account is taken of the type of club our younger members would like to be part of.
Derek Easton and Mary Cram have kindly agreed to help with this and to act as the first point of contact for our junior members wishing to put forward suggestions for such things as events, types of training and generally any other suggestions or complaints about the way the club is run.
We are open to ideas here. If the junior section would like their own committee then let us know and we can put this in place. Alternatively, if they would just like to have representatives attend committee meetings then also let us know.
Feel free to pass your ideas on either to Derek or Mary, any of the coaches or via the junior section of the forum.
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