Scottish Championships

The second day of the Championships benefited from better weather than the first day and bigger crowds which meant that the overflow car park - a three day camel ride from the stadium - was called into action. Mind you, most of the spectators needed the miles!!! Johnathan Farrell had nothing in his favour in the 200 metres Heat - drawn in the same race as Oscar Pistorius and in the outside lane he ran a creditable 23.42 seconds. Big Oscar did his reputation in Scotland a bit of good by signing lots - and I mean LOTS of autographs over quite a long period of time and chatted away to the youngsters. Johnathan's consolation was that he will probably appear in the TV coverage of the race which was covered by Sky and Channel 4.

His next race is in Gothenburg next week. Phil Dolan is taking a group of 7 athletes to Sweden for one of the biggest open meetings in Europe which usually has 7500 athletes competing. The group is being subsidised by the club and are grateful for that. The athletes should benefit from the competition and the experience of racing against athletes that they have never seen before. Everybody needs a challenge if they are to succeed and many races in Scotland are so predictable. Phil is to be commended on his initiative and the committee on their generous backing.