Latest Club News
July 2020
Return to training
We are very pleased to announce that after a 4 month break we are shortly to commence club training next week.
A lot of hard work by the committee & coaches of the club has enabled us to formulate a plan that enables us to train and keep within Scottish Athletics and Scottish Government COVID guidelines.
Training will be very different and everyone attending must be aware of distancing guidelines and keep within the attached COVID guidelines.
Anyone not adhering to the clubs COVID guidelines will be asked to leave training with immediate effect, Athletes and parents must be aware of their responsibilities.
All details and info is attached to this report / email – please download them and familiarise yourself with your responsibilities.
Only paid up members can attend training at invitation via TEAMAPP – if you do not recieve any Teamapp Training Fixtures Requests – please contact me on
All info and Training invites will be done Via TEAMAPP – please make sure you have your notifications on your phone switched on and can also receive emails from TEAMAPP.
Broad summary of Training -
Athletes will only train once per week initially.
Start times will be staggered for each group and sessions will last approx 1 hour .
Athletes must pre-book a place within their group by RSVP to Teamapp Training Fixture.
Athletes must complete an ONLINE COVID SCREENING QUESTIONAIRE not later than 1 hour before training and not earlier than 2 hours before training – the link will be contained within the Teamapp Training Fixture notification.
Coaches and adults must still maintain 2m physical distancing rules – please inform your children not to approach the coaches closer than 2m .
Parents other than parent helpers cannot attend training – they must stay away from training areas and must not congregate with other parents.
Parents should park cars at the spaces nearest their alloted training area – and athletes must stay within the vehicle until the allotted training time or the coach calls you forward.
Athletes must register with the coach on arrival and confirm they have completed the online COVID screening form .
PARENTS CANNOT DROP ATHLETES OFF AND LEAVE UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THEIR COACH, AND THEY MUST BE ON TIME TO COLLECT THEIR ATHLETE AT THE END OF TRAINING.
You may not be with the same coach as training pre-lockdown – this will be communicated to you .
The structure of training will be as follows -
Wed Evenings – Starting WED 22 JULY
Developing Group – 6.30 to 7.30pm
Combined Event Group – 6.15 to 7.15pm
Mon Evenings – Starting MON 27 JULY
Foundation Group – 5.45 to 6.45pm
Sprints Groups – 6.15 to 7.30pm
Endurance Group – 6.30 to 7.45pm
TRAINING FOR THE DEVELOPING GROUPS AND THE COMBINED EVENT GROUPS WILL COMMENCE ON WED 22 JULY AND BE EVERY WED THEREAFTER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
DEVELOPING GROUPS
WED NIGHTS – 6.30PM -7.30PM
GROUP 1 – COACH HEATHER MORRISON
ZACK ALEXANDER
LAUREN FERRIS
CALLUM LEE
MILLIE MCKENZIE
CALEB MONROE
JACK REID
OSCAR SIMMONS
EMILY FULLERTON
ANNIE STUART
RUBY CANDLISH
LOCATED AT GRASS AREA TO EAST OF CARPARK – NEAREST THE GRANDSTAND.
GROUP 2 – COACH SCOTT MCDONALD
RACHEL BARNETT
ISSAC CALLAGHAN
KATIE CURRAN
CHRISTOPHER DOIG
EVA GASOWSKA
JOSEPH MCINNES
CALLUM MCQUEEN
MILLIE MCDONALD MENZIES
JAKE ROBINSON
TEGAN RENNIE
LOCATED ON GRASS AREA TO EAST OF CARPARK – NEAREST THE HILL
COMBINED EVENT GROUPS
WED NIGHTS 6.15PM – 7.15PM
GROUP 1 – COACH VICKY STEPHEN
AMY JENKINSON
SOPHIE THOMAS
KIRSTIN PENMAN
DARCIE BLACK
MYA MCMAHON
BROOK FERGUSON
OLIVER MORRISON
CALLUM NEWTON
LOCATED AT NORTH OF CAR PARK AT BOTTOM OF HILL.
GROUP 2 – COACH SUZANNAH FERGUSON
ALLANAH EWAN
MAIA HELM
MORGAN ROBERTSON
BRODIE FERGUSON
ELLIOT WILKINS
ELLEN RANKLIN (TBC – MAY TRAIN SOLO AS OVER 18 )
LOCATED AT NORTH OF CAR PARK – AT TOP OF HILL.
TRAINING FOR THE FOUNDATION GROUPS , SPRINT GROUPS AND THE ENDURANCE GROUP WILL COMMENCE ON MON 27 JULY AND BE EVERY MON THEREAFTER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
FOUNDATION GROUPS
MON NIGHTS – 5.45PM -6.45PM
GROUP 1 – COACH IAN JONES
SOPHIE JENKINSON
LOTTIE THOMAS
POPPY WARNER
CAITLIN CHALMERS
LUCAS ALEXANDER
BRADLEY MOFFAT
CHARLIE HUNTER
COBY MILNE
LOCATED AT GRASS AREA TO EAST OF CARPARK – NEAREST THE GRANDSTAND.
GROUP 2 – COACH VICKY STEPHEN
BRIONY ARGO
AYDA BEVERLAND
TABITHA CALLAGHAN
ROBYN DRYDEN
GREGOR FRASER
AARON O DONNELL
LUKE HAMILTON
LOCHLAN WALKER
LOCATED ON GRASS AREA TO EAST OF CARPARK – CENTRE OF THE AREA
GROUP 3 – COACH HEATHER MORRISON / SCOTT MCDONALD
MACY WAINWRIGHT
ABBEY MCANDREW
LUCY GIBB
MURRON KANE
FREYA KIEREN
MIA OSHAGBEMI
HOLLY SPALDING
ANNA STOBIE
LOCATED ON GRASS AREA TO EAST OF CARPARK – NEAREST THE HILL
U9’S – JAYDEN MCKAY & INNESS BARNETT TO SLOT IN WHERE SPACES AVAILABLE.
SPRINT GROUPS
MON NIGHTS 6.15PM – 7.30PM
**NOTE – Due to Coach shielding and availability , the sprint groups may not commence fully on Mon 27 July – you will be informed if it DOES NOT commence fully,
GROUP 1 – COACH JULIET MONCUR / TBC
SARAH KANE
ADOM AKUOKO
SHAYNA ASAMOAH
DYLAN MARTIN
HAYLEY PENMAN
ERIN GIRALDES
JOE HASLAM
EILIDH GALLAGHER
KIEREN MCDONALD
CHARLIE POTTER
LOCATED AT NORTH OF CAR PARK AT BOTTOM OF HILL.
GROUP 2 – COACH TBC / LEIGH HODGESON
ELLIE BANNISTER
GEORGIA HILL
BRODIE KING
STUART PRITCHARD
MACK SIMMONS
LILY WAINWRIGHT
ZARA WEBB
SOPHIE STEEDMAN
ALISTAIR SYMONDS (TBC – MAY TRAIN SOLO AS OVER 18 )
LOCATED AT NORTH OF CAR PARK – AT TOP OF HILL.
ENDURANCE GROUP
MON NIGHTS 6.30 – 7.45PM
COACH – STEVEN CHALMERS
MATTHEW MCGILL
ELLIE CANDLISH
DAVID CUTHBERT
MARK HARLEY
MEGAN TURNBULL
ALEXANDER WILSON
JAMES CUTHBERT
SAM SIMMONS
KATIE LANCASTER
MALCOLM MCLURE
LOGAN RAND
DOMINIC DRYLIE
LOCATED ON GRASS PITCHES NEXT TO PITREAVIE CLUBHOUSE.
IF YOU WISH TO TRAIN – EACH WEEK YOU MUST REPLY AND PREBOOK A SPACE AT TRAINING ON THE TEAMAPP TRAINING FIXTURE RSVP.
YOU MUST ALSO COMPLETE THE ONLINE COVID QUESTIONAIRRE 1-2 HOURS BEFORE TRAINING.
FAILURE TO DO EITHER OF THESE THINGS AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRAIN AND ATHLETES WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE BY THE COACHES.
We have ensured we are carrying out training as safely as we can possibly do so and we are complying by all the current COVID guidelines.
If you are still unsure or uncertain wether you feel safe sending your child please contact me on and we can see if we can organise some remote training for your athlete until they feel confident enough to join training.
We hope you all make the effort to restart training and enjoy getting back to a new normal. We will keep reviewing our guideline s and practices as rules change and keep members informed when they do .
Virtual Superteams Challenge 2
NEW VIRTUAL SUPERTEAMS EVENT FOR U11/U13/U15 ATHLETES
We've great news for our clubs today with registrations open for our 4J Studios Virtual SUPERteams 2 event.
It is coming up over a two-week period in July with athletes to take on two events each week.
Our U12 SUPERteams was a big success with clubs and this time we've opened it up for U11, U13 and U15 age groups.
Clubs are asked to sign-up by July 12 with the event to take place from July 13-26.
Please see our Facebook post and reply on that if your child is interested. Should you not be on Facebook then email
DTFC Team Manager for this event will be Ferelith jenkinson.
No Scottish Track & Field Championships this year
It is very disappointing that there will be no Track & Field Championships this year (see link below).
There may still be some Open Graded Events available.
Please check the SA website events page for details of these.