Eric liddell – the life of an athletics legend Nominate now The Eric Liddell 100 is a programme of events and activities to recognise and celebrate the life, sporting and community service achievements of one of Scotland’s iconic figures. As part of the EL100 programme, scottishathletics will be awarding 20 ‘Eric Liddell Recognition Awards’ throughout the year to celebrate some of the outstanding individuals that contribute to athletics in Scotland. Award winners will be presented with a unique Eric Liddell 100 pin badge and signed Scotland Joma vest. Our Eric Liddell Recognition Award winners ..read more

The #4Jathletics track and field season is here at last! And the action will happen at three venues over this weekend in our District Championships and Open Graded events. With around 1300 athletes on start-lists, the events at Inverness, Kilmarnock and Grangemouth should be busy as athletes chase PB performances. District Championship medals are on offer in the East, West and North in the U17, U15 and U13 age groups. In the National Open Events, the Sprints and Jumps will be at Grangemouth this year and the Endurance and Throws at Kilmarnock. National Open Graded events happen at  Invern ..read more

Morag Millar’s fine run for silver in the Scottish 5k Champs led her to A standard in the Road Race GP (photo by Bobby Gavin) RRGP RD4 The Scottish 5k Champs has a great reputation for fast time and the 2024 edition was no different. We’ve now allocated Road Race Grand Prix shares from performances by no fewer than 11 athletes on the night in Edinburgh. Gold medallists Steph Pennycook and Scott Stirling led the way and the doctor duo and nine others are all in for a slice of the overall £4000 pot via their runs last Friday night. Seven of those 11 were in the Women’s division. Working with chi ..read more

Entries are open for our second Throws Grand Prix meeting of the season. It’s at Grangemouth on Saturday 25 May and we’d love to see athletes, coaches and clubs support this event. This is the second Throws GP of the season following the opening event at Aberdeen. The third and final event will be held at Kilmarnock in July. Athletes and coaches should note that this event holds a World Athletics Category F status and so performances can subsequently be recognised for International qualification standards and  World Athletics Ranking points. Enter online Entries for the Throws GP at Grang ..read more

Flashback . . . Scottish Student Champs in 2012 and Eilish McColgan and Laura Muir meet on the Grangemouth track (photo by Bobby Gavin) By Peter Jardine, Head of Communications There’s nothing refined about the ageing track and field facility at Grangemouth stadium. But it can be a venue where athletes are defined. And, as the spiritual home of track and field athletics in Scotland, it has effectively elbowed Meadowbank aside as the national stadium – certainly this century. No wonder no lesser a figure than Commonwealth champion and multiple British Record holder Eilish McColgan argues veheme ..read more

Enter now The Scottish 10k Champs are headed for Stirling this year and the popular Podfather 10k event. Central AC are our hosts with the race taking place on Sunday 8 September. Hundreds of names have already been received but there’s still plenty of room for more and the closing deadline is in August. The event also features 2k and 3.5k fun runs (2k for 5-9 year olds and 3.5k for 10-14 year olds). Those take place prior to the main 10k race, which starts at 10.15am. Run on the traditional Stirling 10k course, the route offers fantastic views of Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument and the ..read more

Alessandro Schenini (photo by Bobby Gavin) Alessandro Schenini will always have great memories of Grangemouth after a stunning Native Record there last summer at the Senior Scottish Champs. And the long jumper made a solid start to the outdoor season at the latest National League meeting at the same venue over the weekend. Alessandro leapt to 7.41m on a day when Krishawn Aiken was also in good form with a 10.58w performance in the 100m sprints. Meghan Porterfield threw 44.03 discus. U17 athlete Emma Clark clocked 12.00 in the 100m, too, and that time was matched in the same age group by Tehill ..read more

Tickets for Edinburgh event on May 31 (donations to ATS) Athletics Trust Scotland are hosting a special Q and A evening in Edinburgh at the end of May. The ‘Tales of the Track and Trails’ event, which can be attended in person or online, takes place on Friday 31 May. An all-female lineup has been invited and will feature ATS Patron Eilidh Doyle, wheelchair racer Joanna Roberson and GB track, hills and XC international, Alice Goodall. That trio will be joined by the remarkable ultra runner, Jasmin Paris, who has broken all sorts of boundaries in women’s running. The event, guided by compere Rho ..read more

Larkhall YMCA Harriers club website By Katy Barden The theory of marginal gains was made famous by Dave Brailsford in his role as performance director of British Cycling. A similar principle has been adopted by Larkhall YMCA Harriers in their bid to make the club more accessible and to reduce some of the barriers to taking part in sport. Larkhall YMCA Harriers was founded in 1930. David Gracie – one of only two members to win a Scottish national senior title (the other being William Morrison over 880 yards in 1960) – is the club’s most distinguished member. A former Scottish record holder, he ..read more

Scottish 5K Senior Champions Scott Stirling and Steph Pennycook (photo by Bobby Gavin) *Pleased note we are still working on this story with additions being made through Saturday. Thanks for your patience. Report based off gun times. Sri Chinmoy 5K 2024 (perfecttimingscotland.co.uk) By Peter Jardine, Head of Communications Is there a doctor in the house? There were two on the podium, as it happened, at the Scottish 5k Champs at Silverknowes. Steph Pennycook and Scott Stirling made it a double for the medical profession in the race which always prescribes fast times. Steph, working as a GP in L ..read more