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Rain Resistant jacket and trousers, reflective tape on jackets and trousers, loose sleeves for seeing watch quickly, large strong zips, long zips at bottom of trousers making it easy to remove trousers over spikes etc. Trousers and jackets can be bought separately.

There is limited stock available on a first come first served basis at introductory prices of Kids Jackets (30”/32”) £31, Adult Jackets (S,M,L) £36, Trousers (S,M,L) £30

These items will be available from the Clubhouse Thurs 29 Nov for further info goto to this web address: http://www.fastraxrunning.co.uk/stock.html by Kenny]]> postid=81 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk postid=23 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk
The club were represented over a range of age groups and the following performances were achieved:

MALE Senior Men Grant Baillie 22nd 40:30, Graeme Haddow 186th 47:48, Willie Taylor 199th 48:06; Under 20 Men Jamie Clements 18th 29:20; Under 17 Men David Gorman 35th 24:16, John Fergusson 52nd 25:23; Under 15 Boys Adam Gatens 14th 14:10, Fraser Jamieson 64th 15:47, David McMillan 79th 16:08; Under 13 Boys Scott Hernon 27th 12:39.

FEMALE Senior Ladies Joanne McEvoy 66th 34:22, Under 15 Girls Rona Calder 43rd 17:03, Fiona Borthwick 75th 17:59, Julia Calder 79th 18:18, Jennifer Waddell 83rd 18:45; Under 13 Girls Caitlin Hackett 40th 14:10, Jacqueline Fergusson 81st 15:15, Olivia Steven 95th 15:45, Mhairi Agnew 105th 16:10, Emma Fairlie 115th 17:32, Rachel Fairlie 116th 17:44.

Well done to all who took part

by Kenny]]> postid=93 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk
The commitment involved would be to meet at the John Wrights car park for 8am to receive your allocated position and instructions. You can then either make your own way to your position or be transported by bus to your position. The car park will be closed at this point so please park in the adjacent streets. A goody bag will be issued to all marshals consisting of t-shirt and refreshments. The wheelchair race starts at 9.15am and the main race starts at 9:30 marshals must be in place by 9am. Duration will be approx 3 hours depending on the speed of the runners. Please be prepared for poor weather even at the end of June!!!

If anyone feels they can assist I would be pleased to hear from them ASAP. This is just a small opportunity to help promote the club that your child competes for. An organised race reflects well upon our club.

Thanking you in advance. by Kenny]]> postid=47 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk
The dates of the available meetings are:-

NJAL on 29th June, 27th July the NJAL is open to Under 17 and Under 20 athletes.

(Please note all EKAC athletes will be missing from the first two NJAL meetings as these clash with our Division 1 CSSAL dates. Jim Goldie knows this and it will not cause any problems re selection for the last two meetings).

SYAL on 4th May, 1st June, 6th July the SYAL is open to Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 athletes.

Any questions on the above please contact your coach OR Jim Goldie, Athletics Development Officer, South lanarkshire Leisure, 1st Floor, North Stand, Cadzow Avenue, Hamilton, ML3 0LX. Tel. No. 01698 476129 James.Goldie@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk by Kenny]]> postid=96 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk postid=28 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk
Within that performance there were numerous excellent performances including a series of first places and these came from the following athletes:-

Under 13 Boys Ross Maxwell A 100m 13.2 and A Long Jump 4m77cm. Under 17 Men Gregor Thorpe A Long Jump 5m 18cm, Nishant Puri B 100m 12.4 and Ross Morgan B Long Jump 4m 88cm. Senior Men Jamie Clements A 400m 51.6. Masters Men William Taylor A 800m 2:13.0 and Derek Leitch 800m B 2:13.1.

Under 13 Girls Shannon McMahon A 100m 14.3, Under 15 Girls Hayley Middleton A Discus 16.94 and Rachel Thomson B Discus 14.20. Senior Women Beth Duff A 400m 58.4 and Ailis Clements A Shot Put 9m 51cm.

These performances bode well for the coming season. The club are now looking forward to working with the South Lanarkshire Athletics Partnership at next week’s Scottish Young Athletes league and the West of Scotland Championships the following week. by Kenny]]> postid=108 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk
Car Park difficulties have been an issue for some time now resulting in a number of our athletes turning up late for training sessions. It has been noted that if you arrive at 7:05 pm–7:10 pm there are no bottle necks and a considerable number of free spaces when compared to arriving before 7pm. It would therefore be appreciated in order to help with the management of all coaching sessions that ALL ATHLETES ARRIVE AT CLUB HOUSE FOR 7:15 PM PROMPT.

The committee would like to thank everyone in advance for their efforts to support the coaches, and therefore your child’s coaching, with this change of club start time.

As of this date could I remind all parents of athletes in the Under 13’s and U11’s age group to escort their children to the Club House and pick them up from their after training as is Club policy. by Kenny]]> postid=95 http://ekac.co.uk/ contactus@ekac.co.uk postid=39