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Team Lanarkshire set for International Children's Games

FOLLOWING on from the 45th International Children’s Games held in Lanarkshire last year, 18 athletes have been selected to represent Team Lanarkshire at this year’s event in Daegu, South Korea.Read

Record entrants for Tom Scott Road Race 50th Anniversary

A RECORD field of 350 took part in Easter Sunday’s Tom Scott Memorial Road Races at Strathclyde Park, the 50th staging of the annual event.Read

Hannah Lawler to compete at Olympic Stadium

POLE Vaulter Hannah Lawler is set to compete at London’s Olympic Stadium this summer after a successful start to the year.Read

Don McLeod inspiring young Law and District AAC athletes

LAW and District AAC coach Don McLeod has recently been credited by top Scottish Throws coach Alan Bertram as creating the ‘model’ upon which all clubs’ throws development should be based.Read

Wishaw marathon man sets himself daunting target

NOT content with having successfully negotiated three marathons in three years, Wishaw man James Paterson has now set himself the gruelling target of running four marathons in seven weeks this summer.Read

Prize night for Law and District Amateur Athletic Club

LAW and District Amateur Athletic Club staged their annual presentation of awards in the Centenary Suite at Fir Park at the weekend.Read

Law are Masters at Relay Championships

LAW and District AAC attended the Scottish National Cross Country Relay Championships at Cumbernauld last weekend, where more than 1000 athletes gathered for one of the premier cross country events of the season.Read

Medal success for Law athletes as curtain comes down on season

ATHLETES from Law and District AAC brought their track and field season to a close with some excellent personal best and medal winning performances.Read

Success for Law athletes

ATHLETES from Law and District AAC brought their track and field season to a close with some excellent personal best and medal-winning performances.Read

Law AAC girls strike gold at U14 Superteams event

LAW and District AAC girls struck gold at the National Under-14 Superteams competition last month.Read

Clubmark award for Law AAC

LAW and District Amateur Athletics Club held their annual Club Championships at Wishaw Sport Centre on Saturday.Read

Medals spree for Law athletes

LAW and District Athletics Club trio Reagan Binnie, Pamela McNicol and Morven Miller won the 3x800m National Championships relay event at Grangemouth last month.Read

East dominate at Wishaw Sports Centre

TEAMS from the East of Scotland dominated proceedings at the Inter Regional Athletics Championships, which took place at Wishaw Sports Centre last weekend.Read

Wishaw Games success

THE 2011 Wishaw Games took place over the weekend of August 13 and 14 at Wishaw Sports Centre and were once again a success.Read

Dobbin to pursue Olympic dream

STRAIGHT-A student Julie Dobbin plans to put a career in medicine on hold to pursue her Olympic dream.Read

International Children's Games ends with grand farewell

FIVE days of fun, sport and friendship at the International Children’s Games in Lanarkshire were celebrated with a closing ceremony at Strathclyde Park on Sunday evening.Read

Julie Dobbin lands National double

LAW and District Athletics Club’s Julie Dobbin made it a hat-trick of national medal success in less than a month by claiming two golds at the Scottish Age-Group Athletics Championships at Scotstoun Stadium.Read

Foreigners rule in the pool

TEAM Lanarkshire may have only won a solitary medal in the pool during last week’s games but there’s a perfectly good reason for that – foreign domination.Read