EDINBURGH AC retained their Panasonic Scottish men's league athletics
title after the final match at Crownpoint in Glasgow yesterday. They won
the match with 23 points to spare over Shettleston, who finished second
on the day and also second overall.
Scottish international Gary Brown set a league record when he won the
800 metres in 1min. 48.0sec. to beat the previous best, set 10 years ago
by Nat Muir, by two seconds. He later won the 1500m in 3-48.04. David
Barnetson (Inverness) also set a league record when he won the high jump
with a clearance of 2.12m.
There was a division two record for Dundee Hawkhill's John Mackenzie,
who won the triple jump with a leap of 15.59m.
Inverness and Cambuslang were relegated from the first division, and
East Kilbride and Clydesdale, for the first time, are promoted from the
second. Results:
Division 1 -- 1, EAC 323pts; 2, Shettleston 300; 3, Falkirk Victoria
296; 4, ESH 290; 5, Inverness 271; 6, Pitreavie 270; 7, Aberdeen 264; 8,
Cambuslang 174. Leading final placings -- 1, EAC 32; 2, Shettleston 26;
3, Pitreavie 21.
Division 2 -- 1, East Kilbride 347; 2, Clydesdale 296; 3, Kilbarchan
272; 4, Dundee H 260; 5, Fife 239; 6, Ayr Seaforth 238; 7, Victoria Park
205; 8 Central Region 163. Leading final placings -- 1, East Kilbride
31; 2, Clydesdale 26; 3, Dundee H 23.5.
Division 3 -- 1, Scottish Borders AC 321pt; 2, Harmeny AC 316; 3,
Edinburgh B 291; 4, J W Kilmarnock 279; 5, Cumnock 214, 6, Penicuik H
196; 7, Bellahouston H 194. Leading final positions -- 1, Scottish
Borders AC 29pts; 2, Harmeny AC 22; 3, Edinburgh AC B 20.
Division 4 -- 1, Arbroath 364pt; 2, Perth Strathtay 357; 3, Livingston
and District 262; 4, Greenock Glenpark 218; 5, Maryhill H 203; 6,
Dumfries 195; 7, Leslie Deans RC 143; 8, Lasswade AC 63. Leading
positions -- 1, Perth Strathtay 31pts; 2, Arbroath 29; 3, Livingston and
District 23.
Division 5 -- 1, Minolta Black Isle 375pts; 2, Irvine 305; 3,
Lochgelly 300; 4, Law and District 291; 5, Cumbernauld 267; 6, Garscube
H 192; 7, Kirkintilloch 179. Leading positions -- 1, Minolta Black Isle
32pts; 2, Lochgelly 27; 3, Irvine 25.
* SCOTTISH youngsters, who won 18 medals at the AAA age group
championships at Birmingham the previous weekend, continued their run of
successes at the Celtic Games at Camarthen on Saturday.
The team won all four age-group categories in the match and recorded
convincing wins in both the boys' and girls' matches, with victories in
24 of the 48 events staged during the afternoon.
Of the 10 records set by Scots, nine came in the boys' match.
Three came in the field events, with Martin Pate winning the high jump
with 2.00m, Bruce Robb the shot with a throw of 15.58, and Peter Fraser
throwing the javelin 54.62.
The under-15 sprinters, led by record-breaking Andrew Lees (100m in
11.54sec) and Julian Love (220m in 22.90), set a record of 44.52 seconds
4X100 relay and the senior boys' under-17 team set another record of
42.82.
Suzanne McGowan from Motherwell was the only record-breaker in the
girls' event, running the 300m in 40.02. Results:
Overall: Boys -- 1, Scotland 87pts; 2, BLOE Ireland 66; 3, Wales 60;
4, Ulster 50. Girls -- 1, Scotland 90; 2, BLOE Ireland 72; 3, Wales 62;
4, Ulster 35.
Scottish winners (* signifies games record).
Boys' under-17. 1500m -- A Donaldson, 4min 14.52sec; 100 hurdles -- D
Cotter, 13.56*; 4 x 100m relay -- 42.82*; high jump -- M Pate, 2.00m*;
long jump -- J Whannell, 6.40m; shot -- B Robb, 15.58m *; javelin -- P
Fraser, 54.62m *.
Boys' under-15. 100m -- A Lees, 11.54sec *; 200m -- J Love, 22.90 *;
800m -- M Combe, 1-57.12 *; 4 x 100m relay -- Scotland, 44.52 *; javelin
-- D Black 42.28m.
Girls under-17. 100/200m -- S Dudgeon, 12.40/25.06; 300m -- S McGowan,
40.02 *; 4 x 100m relay -- Scotland, 48.04; high jump -- L Brown, 1.72m;
shot -- J Robin, 12.61m; javelin -- J Walker, 42.02m.
Girls under-15. 200m -- McConnell, 25.14sec; 800m -- J Ward, 2-19.02;
high jump -- McConnell, 1.71m; shot/discus -- C Garden, 12.23m/40.18m.
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