A summary of competition action over the last seven days.
Stirling Secondary Schools T&F
On Wednesday 20 May at the University track, Active Stirling staged the Stirling Secondary School track and field championships with many club members competing in their school vests. You can catch a glimpse of some of them in these Active Stirling Instagram reels:
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Dumbarton Babcock 10k
The Dumbarton Babcock 10k has a beautiful model of the Cutty Sark on display near the start, made by the nearby Denny’s shipyard where the boat was built in 1869. On the course on the evening of Thursday 21 May there were many cutty sarks travelling at speed along the flat out and back course along an old railway line with a closing loop around the streets of the town. Kevin Amos was the lead Central finisher in a very brisk 38:20 with Tony Disley not far behind in 40:09, Don Shaw running strongly in 41:45 and Hugh Buchanan pleased with his 46:13 showing. Full results at https://protay.co.uk/babcock-dumbarton-10k-2026/#0_8F03F0
Glasgow Miler Meet
On Friday 22 May the Glasgow Athletics Association hosted a night of seeded 800m and 3000m races at Crownpoint Sports Complex in Glasgow and Central were strongly represented.
In the 800m races, Josh Scott posted the fastest time of the night and a PB with his 1:50.71, Daniel Sutherland ran well in 1:57.69, while Fraser Morris won his heat in 2:02.86 with Josh Wood hard on his heels as he set a PB of 2:03.31.
Over 3000m, Megan MacDonald was our sole representative in the Under 20s running strongly in 12:06.63. In the Open category, Grace Whelan added to her recent string of event PBs as she was timed at 9:29.62 as did Tuscany Wright with her 10:01.18. For the men, Kieran Reilly clocked a battling 8:27.71 in the top heat, Iain Jordan won his heat with 8:32.32, Euan Andrews battled hard for his 9:15.65 and Kenny Hislop ran well for 11:37.75.
Full results https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2026/GBR/gaa-mm2-26/
Edinburgh Marathon Festival
The Edinburgh Marathon Festival spans two days with races up to 10k in the city centre on the Saturday and Sunday 24 May seeing the point-to-point Marathon and Half Marathon courses from the city centre to Musselburgh.
In the 2k Zara Williams won the junior females gold with a time of 7:03.
In the Half Marathon Fia Watkin and Katherine Mitchell clocked impressive times for Under 18s of 1:52:42 and 2:00:52 respectively.
In the full Marathon, Calum Phillip scooped second place in a resounding 2:28:39, an excellent outcome after meticulous preparation. Jack Honeyman’s debut attempt at the distance was an impressive 2:49:45 while Morgan Boyd was tenth woman in 3:09:31. Findlay Smith ran well for 3:16:16 while John Mackinnon was not far behind as he finished in 3:32:12. Under 20 Aaron Middleton posted 3:46:58, Matt Tanner achieved his goal in 4:54:32 and Allan Gall continued to defy the years in 5:25:44.
Full results at https://www.edinburghmarathon.com/results
Youth Development League Match 2, Kilmarnock
Great day on 24 May at Kilmarnock where our 20 young athletes took part in the second YDL meeting of the season. Lighter on numbers than we would have liked due to illness and injury, but those who made it along served up a treat.
Confirmed results are not through as yet but among the athletes, there was a good deal of confidence PBs were achieved.
I know for certain Christian Mphande achieved a new PB of 1.55m while taking second place at high jump.
Normally, first attempt at a new event makes for a (relatively) straightforward PB – but some events are more technical than others, and I’m sure most would agree the pole vault probably tops it in terms of degree of difficulty. So to be brave enough to come forward to try it at competition level is in itself fantastic after only one or two practice sessions (thanks Dave Ingram!). Zara Hector and Hugh Thomas both took to the field ready to give it their best shot, only for Zara to be denied the chance to try due to a technicality. Hugh however did get the opportunity and went on to clear multiple heights and set his new PB of 2.13m. Hopefully not too long before Zara gets her opportunity!
First time competing in the league we had Brooke McCreadie and Rory Meyler. Brooke did a great job of being in two places at once while Rory overcame a pre-race knee injury to complete his first competitive 1500m to secure points for Central – great efforts on both counts!
There were plenty of notable performances but I should mention Zara Williams who ran a very controlled 1500m to take first place on what was a busy weekend for her. The U16 girls 4x300m relay team also ran an outstanding race – despite being less keen about it being the 300m rather than the 100m!!
Huge well done to all who took part and to the logistics crew who got everyone there on time (no mean feat!).
Special thanks to Fiona, Jonny and Laurie for being our parent helpers on the day. On that note, we need more parent helpers to support our athletes in the various leagues – let me know if you are happy to help as we need to arrange for you to go through the PVG process.
Finally, thanks to Natalie who came out the blue on the day (cheers John McD for pointing her in our direction!!) to put our athletes through their paces and help prepare them through the day – very much appreciated.