Knockando athletics group

Knockando athletics group A local charity group for young people living in Knockando and Speyside feeder area who wish to try We have 2 sessions a week, during term time.

On Tuesdays the Primary age group meets and currently there are 8 juniors. The secondary group meets on Friday afternoons. It is open to all abilities, whether they wish to compete on the track or just keep fit and healthy. The group started 17 years ago with one athlete, Kenny Wilson, a middle distance runner, who is now a fine road runner and on Scotland’s marathon squad training group for the C

ommonwealth Games. Over the years we have built up equipment to cover almost all track and field events and are currently extending our weight training equipment for the senior athletes' fitness programmes. Those athletes who compete, do so with ElginAAC.

08/05/2026

Our next horizontal Jumps Meet is Saturday 23 May. last chance of competition before Scottish Schools Championships

We are almost ready for our first Horizontal Jumps Meet on Sunday 26 April. Today we cleaned the runway, well my neighb...
11/04/2026

We are almost ready for our first Horizontal Jumps Meet on Sunday 26 April. Today we cleaned the runway, well my neighbour Stephen Hanton did it, whilst I was edging grass at the slabs.
It is looking good. The daffodils are out. Our licence has arrived for all our meets and everything else is ready and waiting. I will continue the weeding of slabs.
Look forward to seeing you all. Please get your entry forms in by 20 April in order that I can get the timetable out. Thank you
Photos of either end of runway.

This past week and w/e has been very busy for some of our athletes. At the mid week Scottish Schools, Gemma, a 1st yr ...
10/02/2025

This past week and w/e has been very busy for some of our athletes. At the mid week Scottish Schools, Gemma, a 1st yr u17 had top places outside the medals for both LJ and hurdles. Holly won the hurdles with a new CBP. (Championship best performance) and also won the long jump, jumping further than the u20 girls.

Saturday saw Lili win Bronze at the u13 Scottish combined events Championships. Sunday saw Gemma also gain a Bronze at the u17 Scottish CE Championships. Both of these events were held at the Emirates indoor Stadium in Glasgow.

Meanwhile Holly was at Sheffield competing in the English u17 Championships at long jump and hurdles. She pulled out of LJ after 3 jumps as her recently recovered quad muscle started to twinge. On the Sunday it was the 60mH where she stamped her authority over the event in each of the first 2 rounds. At the final which she won in 8.39secs her time was a new British record.

These athletes train with us at Knockando at their jumps and throws. They do their hurdles in Aberdeen with coach Frank. We hope they will inspire all our other and younger athletes as good role models.

21/12/2024

The draw for the Christmas Hamper was done by Angus, one of our youngest athletes. The winning number was 66. Ticket belonged to Chris. ‘Buffer’ Reid. Many years ago his sons threw shot putt for the Group.
This year we took in £89. The money will be going to future upgrade of the runway

Well done Buff

Our annual 100 square, Christmas fundraising is open to all. Currently at the Doreen’s PO and shop in Archiestown. tick...
01/12/2024

Our annual 100 square, Christmas fundraising is open to all. Currently at the Doreen’s PO and shop in Archiestown. tickets £1. To be drawn on last day of term.
This year’s theme is “A Games/Activities Hamper”. With cards, Jenna, colouring books and pens, Christmas baking kit, craft sets, crossword, sudoku and puzzle books. Ideal for young members of family or grandchildren etc

Here is the hamper as it is at present. Please purchase a ticket. Thank you.

07/08/2024

For some reason anyone messaging the group, their message not getting through. Message Margery Swinton. Thank you

The afternoon of Friday 21st June saw the Moray secondary Schools horizontal Jumps Championships. A number of injuries ...
23/06/2024

The afternoon of Friday 21st June saw the Moray secondary Schools horizontal Jumps Championships. A number of injuries prevented some athletes from participating, some could not make it for other reasons. It was a good afternoon with dry warm weather, despite the darkening sky.

The triple jump saw Gemma Forgie u15, Elgin High take the win with a new PB and Moray schools record of 9.71m, Rowan Bain (Speyside High) was in Silver. Speyside took the gold with u15b, Ted Bosomworth, on the comeback trail after almost 3 years of injuries, jumping 8.39m, his first ever TJ competition so a PB and county schools record.

At the long jump there was an exciting competition between u17’s Anna Reid (Elgin Academy) and Holly Whittaker (Elgin High) with Holly coming out on top with 5.43m and Anna taking silver with 5.01m. Holly broke the County record. In the u15’s Gemma Forgie took the gold with a 4.50m jump from Rowan Bain’s 3.96m which was a PB for her. Ted took the long jump gold with 3.95m from fellow school mate Dougal Giles in silver 3.65m and a new PB.
All jumps were legal wind speeds and the distances reached reflect the high standard of jumping within the county. Sadly there were no u13’s participating and we have to hope this is not a sign of schools abandoning summer athletics for other sports.

Dougal had to leave before medal presentation.

Friday 7th June saw the Moray Primary Schools Long jump Championships take place at Knockando. We were lucky that the r...
10/06/2024

Friday 7th June saw the Moray Primary Schools Long jump Championships take place at Knockando. We were lucky that the rain stayed away until after we had finished. There were medals for Aberlour, Bishopmill, Knockando and Rothes. Almost all the youngsters had a PB as this was their first proper competition. For athlete Hope Handley a new PB of 3.63m.

Congratulations to all those who took part and hope to see most of you back next year.

13/05/2024

My apologies for not putting up results from Meet 2. It was a smaller meet as some athletes were at MacMoray festival. Weather was good and wind gauge hardly moved. Most athletes were +0.0
Sorry we do not have any photos but there were 4 PB’s at TJ for Maddison, Rowan and Ryan, with Rhona= her PB. At the LJ there were PB’s for Maddison and Rowan, Kirsty, Lachlan and Mason. Well done everyone.

Next meet is Sunday 26 May, last chance to see how jumps are progressing before Scottish Schools and Moray schools Jumps championships. Please let me know if you can make it in order to get the timetable made up. Thanks and happy jumping.

We now have solid wood replacement take off boards and no jump boards, thanks to our local joiner, Mark Farquhar. When ...
02/05/2024

We now have solid wood replacement take off boards and no jump boards, thanks to our local joiner, Mark Farquhar. When we asked him for his invoice he replied “Don’t worry about the bill. I will sponsor it for the club. I got a lot of your time over the years and would like to give something back.”

How kind is that? Thank you Mark. Here are some photos from the past of Mark enjoying his athletics.
Do not forget if you need a joiner, here are his details.

April 14th saw the first of this season's openJumps meets. Weather was kind with only one short downpour. We welcomed t...
21/04/2024

April 14th saw the first of this season's openJumps meets. Weather was kind with only one short downpour. We welcomed three more athletes to Knockando from Aberdeen and Inverness in addition to those from local clubs,Nairn, Elgin and Moray RR. All the triple jumpers had PB's, Gemma, Rowan, Rhona and Ryan. In the long jump there were PB's for Rowan, Kirsty, Lachlan and Dougal.

Our next meet is Saturday 4th May, giving jumpers another opportunity to compete before the District Champs. if you entered Meet 1 please just email Margery to say whether you are coming. If you need to download an entry form please go to Events on Scottish Athletics website.

Photos courtesy of Kyle Wilkinson, apologies to Iona as her photo was too dark.

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