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JSB PLUMBING LEAGUE. Pitreavie 22nd April. The first match of the Forth Valley JSB Plumbing League for Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15 athletes, took place on Thursday 22nd April at Pitreavie. Central Athletic Club was well represented in all age groups, and fielded all but one relay team. Central finished third out of 6 teams in Division 1, behind City of Edinburgh and Pitreavie, but well ahead of Dunbar, Falkirk and Corstorphine.
In the Under 11 girls section, Stephanie O’Neil and Lisa Watson competed in the 100m sprint and the long jump, Charley Hogarth ran an excellent 800m and along with Becky Stevens, the relay team came second. For the boys, Roddy Irvine and Matthew Mills ran the 100m sprint, Ross Milne and Conor Kerr competed in the 800m. .Ross ran an excellent 800m race with a very exciting finish, where he was just pipped for first place.The four boys then ran an excellent relay race to take the winning slot
In the Under 13 Section, for the girls, Rebecca Chroston and Ellen Houston ran well in the 100m, and Hilary Warkentin and Rachel Mills both competed in the 800m. Rebecca and Rachel took part in the high jump, and the girls’ relay team came fourth. For the boys, Fraser Stewart and Tom Hogarth competed in the sprint and the long jump, Alan Bennie and William Bowers ran the 800m, and the boys relay team came fifth.
In the Under 15 Section, Amy Pearson and Jennifer Hutchison ran the 100m and Lynn Harvey and Gemma Milne competed in the discus. The relay team came third. For the boys, Richard Holley and Bruce Macadam ran the sprints, Sean Reilly competed in the 1500m and the high jump and Bruce also took part in the high jump.
There were many excellent performances, and a few PB’s were recorded. Winners of their events were: Hilary Warkentin, Matthew Mills and William Bowers. But it was an overall team effort that contributed to the excellent result for the Club. The next League Meeting is on Thursday 20th May at Livingston.
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Central and South of Scotland League. Scotstoun 18th March. The first track meeting of the summer season saw Central AC athletes achieve third position in the first match of the Division 1 Central and Southern Scotland League. A contingent of over fifty athletes mastered wet conditions at Glasgow’s Scotstoun track. The final unscrutinised result was Giffnock North 1st (734), Kilbarchan (581), Central (552), City of Glasgow/Shettleston (548), City of Edinburgh (542), Whitemoss (497), Falkirk Victoria Harriers (472) and Ayr (452).
Track event wins by Central were difficult to come by. Highlights included a storming finish from Alistair Hay to win the 5,000 metres, Hazel Dean winning a competitive veterans 800 metres and the under 13 boys team with a dominant relay win. Rather it was a string of high quality second and third places that made up the bulk of improved performances. Sarah Hay took second places in both 300 metres and 100 metres in the under 17 age group with times of 42.2 s and 12.9s, Michael Gillespie achieving second in the under 17 800 metres, with Fiona Chalmers making her senior debut with a second place and 59.0 s for the 400 metres. The senior 100 metres saw Elayne Henderson taking on Kilbarchan’s GB international hurdler, Alyssa Fullelove. In one of those ‘what happened next?’ moments Elayne pressed Alyssa all the way and took the lead with ten metres to go but stumbled, fell and slid the last few metres, and still achieved second place on the ground. Despite heavy burns, Elayne returned to her long jump where she won. Other field event wins included those from Ryan Stewart in the shot. Surprise performance of the day came from Hilary Warkentin with second place in a debut high jump of 1.32 metres to support a significant improvement in her long jump to 3.95m.
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London Marathon 18th April 2004. Congratulations to the seven club members who took part in and completed their events in the London Marathon on Sunday.
Top marks should go to Fiona Thompson who finished in a magnificent 10th place in the female 15 - 17 Mini marathon in a time of 15.44. In the same race Rowena Bell Scott time of 18.01 saw her finish in 67th place.
Anthony Gillespie kept up the family tradition and finished 66th in the boys 11 -13 category in 17.11.
In the main event Ainsley Normand was first club member home in a time of 3.22.07, followed by Mary Kerr in 4.06.15 and Whiskey Walker in 4.13.14. Brian Hodge, recovering from a recent bout of kidney stones (ouch!) completed the course in 5.13.38.
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