Oh no – Summer holidays are over but fear not – for those in S3 and above you can now go to an extra training session run by the Nicky as an afterschool session. Details to follow.
Training continued during the summer holidays and there was a good turnout each time –so well done for making the effort to keep training.
We will soon be moving from the Track and Field season to the Cross Country season and winter training. Our last track session on a Saturday will be on 11th September, this may be a competition day for SRAC versus Corstorphen AAC and Gifnock North AC, confirmation to follow – check web site. The Tuesday session however will continue over the winter but we will be having our usual break between Track season and XC season. We will be stopping for a few weeks in September, with the last session being Saturday 11th September and for under 13’s and above the last session will be Tuesday 14th September. We will recommence Saturday’s on 9th October, meeting at the Porters Lodge at 10.30am. NB: Not in the golf club car park. The Tuesday track session will commence on 12th October for under 13’s and above.
Our last mainland competition for the season will be the Hippo Grand Final in Inverness on Saturday 18th September. We will be leaving Stornoway on Friday 17th on the afternoon ferry and returning on Saturday on the evening ferry. The competition in for under 11’s and up BUT you must be at least 9 years old to compete. In addition you must be a member of SRAC and have a Scottish Athletics membership number (you can do this by calling 0131 476 7321 or on line at www.scottishathletics.org membership section. The first year is free and thereafter it is £8.00 per year). You do NOT need a number if you are in the Under 11 age category. If you are intending to go, please ask your parents to complete and return the attached consent form by Saturday 28th August to either Adrienne or Anne. In addition you have to let Anne know what events you would like to do and what your current personal best is for the events. In order for our team to gain maximum points we encourage athletes to take part in three events.
If you need any further information on the Hippo trip or anything to do with SRAC please contact Adrienne on 705602 or Anne on 704607.
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