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LATEST CLUB NEWS

March 2025

NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
EMIRATES ARENA GLASGOW
MARCH 2025

Well done to all our athletes who competed in the recent national Indoor Championships. There were 23PBs from our 22 competing athletes .

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There were six medallists:

Sophie Thomas - SEN 60m gold, SEN 200m gold, U20 60m bronze, U20 200m silver.

Lottie Thomas  - U15 60m gold, U15 200m gold

Darcie Black  -   U20 60m hurdles gold

Riley Gardiner - U17 400m gold

Alfie Whyte    - U13 1500m silver

Callum Newton - U20 high jump bronze.

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Congratulations to all of you.

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Central & South Scotland League Match 1
6th April 2025
Linwood , Renfrewshire

The first Central & South Scotland League took place at the beginning of the month with a number of Dunfermline Tack & Field athletes making the journey over to Linwood in Renfrewshire to compete. The club remained in Division 2 and have sights set on gaining promotion back to Division 1 after the 3 CSSAL matches. It was a fruitful day with the 13 competing DTFC athletes setting 23 Personal Bests (PBs) on the day.

 

First up were the U13s and Finlay Gibson finishing 2nd in his 100m ( 14.08secs) and 8th in his long jump (3.45m) with 2 SBs (seasons best) , Alfie Walsh was 7th in the 100m ( 15.28secs) PB and 10th in his long jump( 3.27m) PB , K3elseigh Wilson set 3 PBs in her two 6th place finishes in long jump ( 3.7m) and shot putt ( 4.88m while also setting a PB in her 100m ( 15.97secs). Mara Webber also set two PBs in her 800m (16.05secs) where she was 11th and an excellent 9th spot in her 800m ( 3.03mins). Alfie Whyte is one of the top U13B 800m runners in Scotland and he once again showed his quality in winning his 800m in a PB of 2.21mins also adding a 5th spot in the shot putt where he threw  5.2m for another PB.

 

There were only four athletes in the U15 category all entering two events each and all setting PBs in all their events. Poppy Buchanan ( 14.38secs) was 8th in her 100m and 10th in her javelin ( 8.69m) while Evanne Carson was 9th in her 100m in 14.41secs and 4th in her shot putt throwing 6.06m. There was also the ever-improving Abby McAndrew with an excellent 6th in her 800m (2.37mins) and 10th in the shot putt ( 4.74m) and Rachel Petrie who was 11th in her javelin ( 6.04m) and 12th in her 800m (2.49mins)

 

There was only one U17 athlete competing and that was Lucy Gibb. She finished 3rd in her 800m ( 2..29mins) SB and set a PB in her 3.50m  long jump.

 

The trio of U20 athletes were also setting PBs and SBs in their events. Kirstin Penman secured two 4th place finishes in her 400m ( 69.37secs) SB and javelin ( 21.23m)PB while Sarah Kane set a 12.94secs PB in her 100m where she finished 3rd and threw a 19.79m PB in her javelin to finish 5th.

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