Gold for Grant Baillie at SA Masters Cross Country

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…

Allan Scally Road Relay 2023

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…

Scotland Masters XC vests for David Ross & Grant Baillie

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…

Medals galore! EKAC at West District Cross Country Championships

3 individual champions. An individual silver medallist. 3 team medals. And competitive from Under 13 to Masters categories. Not bad! ‘These fantastic results showcase not only outstanding individual and team performances, but also our strength across all age groups.’ Gordon Colvin, Club President Under 13s Matilda Frew got the club off to a flyer with…

President’s AGM address, 2021

Welcome everyone to East Kilbride Athletic Club’s 2021 AGM Zoom call. In last year’s address I said that 2020 was unprecedented. Despite sharing some elements of the previous year’s lockdowns, Covid restrictions and cancelled events, 2021 has definitely been a year where we saw major signs of getting back to normal, or at least a…