Field Events

Field Events training will take place at Postie's Park in Dumbarton on Monday starting at 7:00 pm. Bobby Bell will be there to coach any throwers wanting to do some work while Mary Anne Savage will be looking after the Jumps with Paul Doherty (High Jump) and Donna Campbell (Long Jump). See anything interesting about the names? You've got it in one - there are two women involved. That's the first time for some time that we have had two women involved in coaching in the club. Bobby Bell has a superb record in working with throwers having worked with some top class hammer throwers (Lachie Carter was often over 50 metres) and shot putters (several over 14 metres) and we are lucky that he is now available again.

The Local Athletics Partnership Championships are at Linwood on September 13th this year and as usual the bus will be starting from Helensburgh and making its way to the venue via Dumbarton and Clydebank. Over the past few years the club has done well there and with the new field events assistance should do even better this time around.

Word is that the track at Scotstoun will be open for use from late October this year - I suppose that is a 'give or take a few days' estimate - and that might include access to the 135 metres indoor straight under what used to be the only stand there. Meanwhile back at home we still wait for the information about the opening for use of the track at the new St Peter the Apostle School although work is well under way there. The authority seems reluctant to let out the playing fields at some new schools across the area - and that includes football pitches - but we have approached a councillor and some officials to try to find out more about it.

Finally, the Startrack Scheme in Clydebank this summer will be at WHITECROOK TRACK where we used to train and which is currently used by the rugby club. We were turfed off with all the other user clubs in 1992 because Strathclyde Region thought it too costly to run. It is the only 8 lane, 400 metre track in West Dunbarton, East Dunbarton or Lomond and Bute and is not available for athletics. One of the officials who had recently seen it for the first time was amazed that it was there, that it was so good and that it was not used! Just take a wee wander down to Dean Street when the Startrack is on and see what you think!