This is a review of the performances and major events that affected our club in the past 12 months, starting in December 2023, just after last year’s AGM. Driven by the great efforts from our athletes, our Coaches and our Committee, East Kilbride AC has had a fantastic year, and this review hopefully reflects that.…
Kelly Baillie and Andrew Forteath have been called up to represent Scotland at the upcoming British and Irish Masters XC Championships in Belfast! We think Kelly’s call-up makes her the first female Masters athlete from the club to represent Scotland—an incredible achievement and a true inspiration to the club’s next generation! Andrew’s pick comes on…
Saturday 14th of September saw the club hold its annual track & field championships. The day was a great success with some great performances and lots of PB’s The medal winners of the different age categories were: U11 Girls: Gold – Evie Fraser, Silver – Neve Lindsay, Tied Bronze – Sophie Hendry & Orla Gallagher…
The club was represented at the Scottish West District Cross Country Relay Championships at Kilmarnock on Saturday 5th of October.First up were the junior females, 2 teams were fielded with Team A: Nina Clark U13, Skye Christie U15 and Matilda Frew U17. Team B were Jessica Caskie U13, Elspeth Thorpe U15 and Eva Morrison U17.…
EKAC’s Grant Baillie won a brilliant M45 (males 45-49) gold in the 3000m steeplechase in Gothenburg, Sweden, earlier this month, clinching victory with a dramatic sprint off the final barrier. On his return to the club, the Senior squad presented Grant with a T-shirt bearing his winning time and a post-race picture of him draped…
Congratulations to Grant Baillie on becoming 2024 Scottish Athletics Masters XC Champion over a challenging course in Forres. Grant showed a muddy pair of heels to top athletes from the M40 category in taking the overall title, and in doing so also won the M45 category. Completing a family double, Kelly Baillie (centre) also had…
East Kilbride Athletic Club had six full teams competing at last weekend’s Allan Scally Relays.There were brilliant results and personal bests (PB) from the race.So many in fact it’s hard to know where to start this report!Let’s start at the beginning – what even is the Allan Scally Relays? The Allan Scally relays are a…
Well done to EKAC athletes Grant Baillie and David Ross donned Scotland vests in Dublin as they competed in the British & Irish Masters Cross Country International on 12 November. It was David’s debut run in a Scotland vest, having been picked for the M35+ squad after some consistently fine running over the last couple…