October 28, 2009 Get your dancing shoes on
The date's been set for this year's big night out, the club's prize-giving ceremony.
As before, the venue is St Bride's Hall, Motherwell, on Friday November 13, 7pm for a 7.30 start. There'll be a buffet and a disco.
A small correction regarding the raffle tickets. The date should read as above, not November 20, 2010.
October 25, 2009 National cross country relays draw six teams
Results over the 4000m course
A team: Derek Wylie 16.16, Roddy Quinn 18.31, William Martin 19.08, Jim Tracey 19.40.
B team: Benny Hands 16.07, John Hughes 16.18), Brian McLinden 16.43, Michael Wedlock 17.35.
C team: Stuart Riley 19.13, Nick Hughes 16.29, James Smith 16.29, Richard Hughes 16.18.
D team: Luke McIlvenna 16.27, Scott Dickson 17.00, Stephen Riley 19.13, Richard Martin 18.38.
A team: Jo Clark 18.05, Carole Munro 19.38 (pictured), Clare Barr 19.22.
B team: Laura McTavish 20.11, Elaine Jamieson 19.50 and Phyllis Hands 19.07.
John Hughes said: "The six teams included five athletes under 20 and two over 50, so it was really good to see such a wide range of ages and at last a youth team beginning to filter through.
"There were also some very good performances with a lot of our athletes having very similar times. "
Look through the full results. A report is on the Scottish Athletics site.
A range of pictures is on Flickr.
October 22, 2009 Jessie honoured with life membership
Jessie's determination in training and in competition has seen her pick up many prizes over the years, prompting the decision to mark her contribution to MAC by awarding her honorary membership.
William Martin and Jill Logan remain as chairman and secretary respectively. Peter Knudsen remains treasurer for the time being but will step down when a replacement is found.
See the office-bearers and committee.
At least one other ordinary member, preferably a Track & Field parent, is being sought.
New codes of conduct were agreed and will be published on the website.
Second-claim membership fees for 2009-2010 will be £20 for adults and £10 for juniors. Other fees remain unchanged.
October 20, 2009 Lanarkshire Road Relay Championship 2009 results
Results from the event are here.
Pictures here.
October 20, 2009 Survival of the Fittest
Two club members, Laura McTavish and Richard Martin, went to Edinburgh on Sunday to compete in the Men's Health Survival of the Fittest event.
The hilly course started in the Royal Mile with some healthy gradients and finished with a fearsome last kilometre climb up the side of Edinburgh Castle and back down again to Princess Street Gardens.
Laura had a chip time of 1.14:53 and Richard 1.06:16
October 20, 2009 Third place for Ilona in triathlon
Ilona Clark completed her second schools triathlon for South Lanarkshire and finished third overall in the combined north and south results.
The annual event in Strathclyde Country Park involved teams of two pupils who did a 6k run, an 8k cycle and a 1k canoe race.
Ilona covered the 6k in 21:25.
October 7, 2009 Schools triathlon place for Ilona
Congratulations to Ilona Clark, who was second with her partner in the recent North Lanarkshire Schools triathlon.
The event was made up of cycling, canoeing and running.
They were second in canoeing and third in running.
The pair will compete in the South Lanarkshire triathlon in October.
October 4, 2009 Three London Marathon places available
The club has been allocated three entry places for the Virgin London Marathon 2010.
Members have until Sunday October 17 to express an interest in the places.
If more than three people do so, a ballot will be held at the AGM, which takes place on Tuesday October 20 in the Clyde Room at the Water Sports Centre in Strathclyde Park.
Successful candidates still have to pay the race entry fee.
Anyone interested should contact Jill Strachan.
And well done to Robert Owen, who did the Loch Ness Marathon on Sunday in 3hrs 49mins 23secs.