320 primary pupils contest Clydesdale athletics championship

Jun 5 2008 by Andrew McGilvray

OVER 320 pupils representing 18 schools recently took part in Clydesdale Sports Council’s Annual Clydesdale Primary School Athletic Championships at Loch Park.

The children took part in boys’ and girls’ 100, 200 and 600m events, in addition to the long jump, with inter-school relays completing the programme.

Results were:

Boys’ 100m final:

1 - Ryan Anderson (Biggar); 2 - Daniel Blackman (Biggar); 3 - Sean Gault (Lanark).

Girls’ 100m final:

1 - Molly McInnes (Underbank); 2 - Sophie Woodside (Biggar); 3 - Katie Scott (Kirkton).

Boys’ 200m final:

1 - Jack Warnock (Biggar); 2 - Adam Stott (Biggar); 3 - Sean Barton (Robert Owen).

Girls’ 100m final:

1 - Jennifer Rintoul (Crawforddyke); 2 - Amy Harrison (Milton); 3 - Becky Buddy (St Athanasius).

Girls’ 600m A: 1 - Lorna Gemmell (Carstairs Junction); 2 - Leona Baillie (Biggar); 3 - Emma Allen (Forth).

Girls’ 600m B: 1 - Amy Jackson (Crawforddyke); 2 - Shona Campbell (Biggar); 3 - Joanna McIntyre (Carluke).

Boys’ 600m A: 1 - Calum Lindsay (Braidwood); 2 - Stuart Mitchell (Robert Owen); 3 - Grant Simpson (Carluke).

Boys’ 600m B: 1 - Aaron Donnelly (Crawforddyke); 2 - Alaister Sinclair (Robert Owen); 3 - Matthew Berry (Carluke).

Girls’ long jump:

1 - Emma Mackie (Biggar); 2 - Abigail Buntin (Crawforddyke); 3 - Amy Bowden (Carluke).

Boys’ long jump:

1 - Cameron Doak (Robert Owen); 2 - Sandy Logan (Coalburn); 3 - Lewis McLellan (Lanark).

Girls’ 4x100m relay:

1 - Biggar; 2 - Crawforddyke; 3 - Lanark.

Boys’ 4x100m relay:

1 - Biggar; 2 - Crawforddyke; 3 - Lanark.

Schools taking part were Underbank, Braidwood, Biggar, Milton, New Lanark, Carstairs Junction, Robert Owen, Tinto, Carnwath, Lanark, Kirkton, Crawforddyke, Coalburn, Carluke, Forth, St Athanasius and St Marys.

Clydesdale Sports Council would like to thank the excellent support received from South Lanarkshire Leisure and McKenzie Transport (Forth Ltd).