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At the 2021 National Club Conference, Erin Gillen, a young coach from Springburn Harriers, launched the new scottishathletics Young People’s Forum.

This forum aims to give young people a platform and voice in all aspects of the planning, development, and delivery of athletics in Scotland!

Do you have what it takes to be the voice for young people in athletics?

Who are we looking for?

• Living in Scotland
• Aged between 14-23
• Are a member and/or volunteer within a scottishathletics affiliated club
• Have been a member and/or volunteer within a scottishathletics affiliated club within the last two years
• Passionate about athletics
• Want to make a difference

What qualities are we looking for?

• Motivated
• Enthusiastic
• Good Communication skills
• Empathy towards others
• Open-minded & creative

For more information visit

https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/68696-2/

Good luck to Jo Muir who is competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, representing Great Britain in the Modern Pentathlon. You can see how she gets on on Friday, 6th August with events starting at 6.30am GMT.

Jo is a former member of Stewartry Athletics Club, first competing in an 800m race in 2006 as an Under 13 Athlete.

The Modern Pentathlon requires Athletes to swim, fence and ride a horse to end up with a points score which gives them a time handicap for a final event where they must run a cross-country course while occasionally shooting at targets.

We wish Jo all the best.

The club would like to confirm Training Sessions will be continuing during the School Summer Holidays, as long as coach availability allows.

There may be weeks when coaching staff numbers are reduced due to holiday breaks and a decision on whether training takes place that week will usually be made the week before the training session.

Please check this website weekly to view any updates.

Well done to everyone who took part in the recent ‘Together Apart District Championships’, you can view the Results by clicking on the links below:

https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/tadwest/ Under 13, 15 & 17

https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/tadnat/ Under 20+

Please be aware that this was a National Competition and that the top Athletes across Scotland were taking part, many of our athletes are still in the first year of a 2 year age group.

Don’t concern yourself if you don’t appear high up on the results board, you all did well and will get better.