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National Coach Development Programme – resources and events

Date: 24/11/2013
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Categories: Coaching, News & Results, Track & Field

 The presentations and resources from the National Coach Development weekend in September are now available on the scottishathletics website – There are also  a lot of of video clips uploaded from the workshop –  sprinting , conditioning exercises and running mechanics. The running drills are best watched in ascending order as they…

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East Ayrshire Sports Awards

Date: 15/11/2013
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Categories: News & Results

Kilmarnock Harriers members were presented with awards at the annual East Ayrshire Sports awards night held at St Joseph’s Academy. Jean Youden, our coach, committee member and Scottish Athletics official was presented with the award Service to Sport. Jean has given her support to athletics and Kilmarnock Harriers in particular…

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A record number of 48 Young Harriers competed successfully at our own Kilmarnock Harriers Open Cross Country Races

Date: 14/11/2013
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Categories: Cross Country, News & Results

Kilmarnock Harriers open cross country races where traditionally held at the edge of Dean Castle Country Park leading along the fields opposite Kennedy Drive. Our cross country race was widely regarded as one of the toughest races in the cross country calender due to the variety of terrain with its…

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Recent Cross Country Races Junior Results

Date: 01/11/2013
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Categories: Cross Country, News & Results

National Cross Country Relays at Cumbernauld Athletes from the junior section were in action last Saturday at the National Cross Country Relays Championships, which were held at Cumbernauld. 5 girls teams and 4 boys teams represented the blue and white colours. This year saw a great turnout with a total…

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Ayrshire Track & Field Championships

Date: 29/09/2013
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Categories: News & Results, Track & Field

39 Harriers competed at Dam Park for medals at the Ayrshire track & field championships. Although only the first three were rewarded with medals, medals should have really awarded to all competitors, who braved the at times severe weather conditions. Heavy rain and strong gusts made competing very difficult and…

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National Coach Development Weekend September 2013

Date: 20/09/2013
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Categories: Coaching, Track & Field

Scottish Athletics held its coach development weekend at the Emirates Indoor Arena, which again proved to be an invaluable learning experience for three Harriers coaches, Donald McIntosh, George Morton and Harald Bartl. The weekend started off  with a workshop for coaches, who are enrolled on the new Event Group qualifications (level…

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Planning as part of preparation for major competitions

Date: 02/09/2013
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Categories: Coaching, Track & Field

The recent web blog  just prior to the Scottish Championships was titled  ‘Preparation for Scottish Championships are going well‘ and now looking back I can say that careful preparation and planning certainly helped me as a coach to instill confidence in my athletes that things were going into the right…

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