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Tuesday 14th May - Track & Field Events

To clarify the following events are scheduled for Tuesday - and there will be no events of Thursday:
100m,400m,800m,5k, Jav,HJ
Note: The 5k is a development standard race and is aimed at runners up to 22mins. Entries to bats@guernsey.net

Competition - Aussie Style

This year we are delighted to welcome again a junior team from Australia who will be with us for a few days in early June. As part of their visit we are holding a “Summer Competition – Aussie Style” on 2 June. We will have a full afternoon of track & field events followed by a BBQ (which will be cooked by some of our senior athletes). Please CLICK HERE for the timetable and CLICK HERE for the entry form. If anyone would like to help towards the food by way of baking cakes, sausage rolls etc, please e-mail Josh Allaway on joshallaway@gmail.com. All proceeds will go to the GIAAC.

The Aussie's are coming - Accomodation needed

As you may be aware, the Australian boys are visiting at the end of the month. As their budget is fairly limited, we are looking to assist them where possible, and provide hosted accommodation for the 7 athletes. Ages are probably between 13 and 17 They arrive on 31 May and leave on 3 June (arrival and departure times TBC). Josh Allaway is making the arrangements but in the first instance could you let Zoe (club@guernseyathletics.org.gg) know if you will be able to host any of the athletes, or if you know anybody who may be in a position to do so, whilst they are over.

GIAAC Appoint Josh Allaway as Development Officer

Leading GIAAC sprinter Josh Allaway has been appointed as the club's full time development officer. More information to follow.

GIAAC Liberation Day Run

supported by

The race traditionally starts at 11am, sign on closes approx 20mins before hand and there is a small entry fee. More info & course details here.

Saturday, 27 July to Friday, 2 August 2013

Entry forms now available on the OSA Recruitment All Terrain Challenge page with cashback for entries received before 23 June 2013.

70 places - first come, first served. All event updates, information, etc will, in future, appear only on the dedicated All Terrain Challenge page [click here] and on the Guernsey Athletics Facebook page - www.facebook.com/guernseyathletics.

Note to Juniors

For those athletes who have been training with Neil and Sue on Wednesday’s, please be advised that this training will no longer take place for the time being. Any queries, please contact Sue on giaacjuniors@cwgsy.net.

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 1 - Tuesday 30th April

Timetable

6.00 pm 100m
6.20 pm 400m * senior only
6.30 pm 200m * senior only
6.40 pm 800m
6.15 pm Shot Putt
6.20 pm Long Jump

GIAAC Coaching Structure

Race for Life, Sunday 26th May

Upcoming Officiating & Coach Courses are:-

Coaching - Athletics Leader - Guernsey 1st June - 1 Day First step on the coaching ladder . Free to any club member currently involved in assisting coaching. Venue: St Martin's School

Other spaces available with costs £95members/£125 non members. Refunded after period of coaching competed.

KPMG 32nd Easter Runs

A note from our President: Well done to competitors and helpers alike for organising a great Easter Festival. I’m pleased to attach the note from our sponsors and a taster of the Easter Festival coverage in Athletics Weekly.

Just a short note to say congratulations on another great Easter event, this one really was exceptional. On behalf of everyone at KPMG I would like to thank you all for the huge amount of hard work and effort by so many of the club volunteers that goes into making it such a success. All the feedback I have had from those who participated or attended as spectators over the weekend has been so positive, and the press coverage was very impressive, though not surprising given the calibre of the field. Not even the weather could detract from the success. Please pass on our thanks to everyone involved and our pride as sponsors of such a memorable event. Tony Mancini - KPMG

Intertrust Meeting 4th April

MICHAEL MANN'S two-metre improvement and a 42.67m javelin throw was the individual highlight a a low-key and bitterly cold start to the track and field season at Footes Lane last evening.

The first of the Intertrust Evening meetings featured three track events and two in the field on an evening when the temperature hovered around the 3C mark and felt below freezing with the strong wind.

On the track young Island Games hopeful James Sermon ran a wind assisted 11.69 for the 100m, while in a tight 300m Josh Allaway narrowly held off Glenn Etherington and Sam Wallbridge to win in 36.95. The 1,000m was won decisively by Michael Batiste in 2-37 from Danny Ray and Tom Swain in the 2-41s.

April - training schdules

Please see the below details for track availability. Where an end time is presented in brackets this signifies that warm down must be complete by that time. These warm downs would take place off the track or infield. See additional notes below.

07 Sun 13:30League Home Camberley Town 9.00-11.00(11.30) (A) Warm down end by 11:30

If matches are taking place from 3.00pm onwards GIAAC will access the track from 10-midday.

If matches are taking place from 1.30pm GIAAC will access the track 9.00-11.00. Warm down can continue till 11.30am but we don’t use the home straight or the infield. We leave kit in the stand – not the clubroom or changing rooms

Friday evening training for under7’s will access the track 4.30-5.30pm. From 5.30-6.00pm warm down will be away from the track. Pick up for the children will also be outside the track area

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix Track & Field Meeting Series 2013

The 5 fixture series is back for 2013, as with last year each performance is converted into points and the best point score from a performance in each category of sprint, jump, throw and endurance run is added together, plus the best 2 scores from any event across the season to determine our overall Grand Prix champions.

Summer training 2013

JP's summer training schedule for our endurance runners is here.

Tuesday 26th March 6.00pm at Footes Lane, Launch of GIAAC 2012 Yearbook/Unveiling the new coaching structure/Celebrating Jon La Masurier and other Guernsey Internationals

On Tuesday we will be having a small celebration to announce a number of GIAAC developments and to celebrate some achievements:

· We will be launching our 2012 records and statistics book. The booklet has been excellently produced by Rob and Mike Batiste and, as always, it’s a great read. Seven senior island records were broken in 2012 so congratulations to Tom Druce (100m), Lee Merrien (Marathon and ½ Marathon), Sarah Mercier (1500m)and a special mention to Louise Perrio who broke 3000m, 5000m and ½ marathon records.

· We will be unveiling our new coaching structure which will be of benefit to every club athlete from colt to super vet

· We will be celebrating Jon Le Masurier, a local boy who went on be one of GB’s greatest coaches and who, in 2010, was inducted in UK athletics hall of fame – plus celebrating some other local GB internationals

It’s a busy training night so we will be no more that 15 minutes but do pop in

Thanks, Alun Williams

Intertrust Track & Field 1 - Thursday 4th April

Details of the first Intertrust fixture of the season, including details of the season ticket to all races can be found on the attached flyer (pdf) download it here.

Junior Schools inter-insular cross country championships

Well done for the impressive Junior schools victory on Saturday. Guernsey won all four year 5+6 races, led home by Rhiannon Dowinton, Chris Bain, Eliza Mason, Louis Le Cheminant. Guernsey also won the Overall Team Trophy68-91 The incentive of cupcake provided by Tess Williams - as demonstrated by Amy Le Tocq obviously worked .

Amy Le Tocq

English Schools Cross Country - Catton Park Derbyshire

Katie Rowe bounced back from last week's 10th place at the Inter Counties to finish 4th in the Intermediate Girls race and earn her second England vest at next weekend's Home Countries International event in Wales.

Ed Mason was the next best Guernsey finisher - 61st in the Junior Boys, whilst in the same race Alex Rowe was unfortunate to be spiked at the start of the same race, half pulling his shoe off which he later discarded. he went on to finish 151st from 323. Danny Ray finished a solid 93rd in the Intermediate Boys.

Developments at GIAAC

GIAAC is a busy, thriving club. We should be proud of our athletes’ achievements, successful club events and the efforts that every coach, helper and official makes to ensure that all 420+ members have a positive experience of athletics. At the club’s recent AGM there was unequivocal support for sustaining and building on current arrangements. We also received feedback on issues such as communication and how we distribute funds. Over the next few weeks we will roll out the committee’s response to those issues. In particular we have identified three key developments that we want to share with club members:

These three developments will shape the future of GIAAC for the foreseeable future. The summaries will

Of course alongside this we have ‘business as usual’ - trips away, the Easter Festival, Club 10k, Junior schools cross country. Order yourself a copy of the club’s record book, due out be the end of the month to see exactly what the club has achieved in the past year. We would welcome any comments - and, as importantly, offers of help. If you have any comments please email to Zoe, our club administrator at club@guernseyathletics.org.gg or phone me on tel: 07911 728059

We're Hiring! : Athletics Development Officer

Club Member of the Month

I am pleased to announce our club members of the month. Louise, Sarah and Katie – take a bow! Many of you will have watched their exploits on Saturday at the Intercounties crosscountry championships. Their performances were exceptional as Sarah and Louise were scorers in the gold medal winning Hampshire team and Katie, on the back of her 2nd place in the Souther Counties , secured a top ten finish. But it is not just for that one performance that they have been recognised. All three are role models in their commitment to the sport. They train hard, regularly compete and also are great supporters of the club. Louise and Sarah have been committee members over the past few years.

It is especially good timing that we recognise Louise , Sarah and Katie’s efforts as last friday was International women’s day and the local Chair of the IOD, Anne Ewing discussed Guernsey role models at a seminar. These are her words:

When considering the Guernsey context to women in leadership in Guernsey – sport is an interesting case study. On a performing and participation level Guernsey is pretty much exemplary – Heather Watson. Kristina Neves and Ali Merrien are heroes and role models as much as Lee Merrien, Andy Priaulx and Ross Allen. Female participation levels are higher than elsewhere – although still not high enough. The island Games and Commonwealth representative teams have a healthy gender mix and in mixed sports such as swimming, tennis and athletics girls are valued on an equal status as boys. The GIAAC, for example ,are as proud of the achievements of Katie Rowe, Louise Perrio and Sarah Mercier as their male counterparts.

We should be proud of the efforts of all women at the GIAAC. Although we have celebrated the achievements of Katie, Lou and Sarah we are blessed with girls and women across all ages who compete on an equal level with their male counterparts.

Chertsey House 10k Sunday 17th March Pembroke - Town

The Chertsey series finale uses a combination of new and traditional with a Pembroke start loop tagging the required distance (1955M) and then joining the traditional 5M route at L'Ancresse to run to North Beach finish via La Rochelle, Bordeaux, The Bridge and Bulwer Avenue.

Gather from 9:15 for 10 am start. Then re-gathering at Pembroke at 11:30 again for series prize giving.

Commonwealth Games

For attention of Commonwealth games athletes and those with the potential to qualify and their coaches.

Attached here is the list of workshops organised by the Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association. Contaxct Dave Legg for more information.

Summer Fixtures

Channel Islands Cross Country, Footes Lane, Guernsey Sunday Feb 24th 2013

Results now posted, but Steve Dawes led the men to victory #20,with Alan Rowe, the man led the team home back in 1994 to start this sequence still managed to finish 3rd. Louise Perrio also led the women to a 1-2-3 and team win.
Senior results
Junior results
Photos to follow

AGM 7.30pm 20 Feb - Garenne Stand

Please find below the annual accounts for the year ended October 2012 and the Treasurer's report. Please note that due to changes in the accounting methods, some of the year on year comparisons look strange but the 2012 figures more actively reflect the true position and this will also be the case in next year's figures.

If you have any questions regarding these, please email them to club@guernseythletics.org.gg and the Treasurer will be happy to answer them.

Chertsey House 5 Mile Race

The second event in the Chertsey House age graded series takes in the Classic "L'Ancresse Lodge - White Rock" (via Bordeaux/Bulwer av) course for a 5 Mile road race starting at 10am. Check-in from 9.15am at (old) L'Ancresse Lodge car park. Please bring Chertsey House number along if you have one. £5 for Non-Members.

There will be a bag vehicle going from Start to Finish - but we also know a few runners like to run back via Route Militaire (making it about 9 miles total). The choice is yours!

Awards Night

The following have been shortlisted for Awards at the Club Awards Night which is taking place on 8th Feb at the Saints Bay Hotel. If you wish to attend please post forms to reach Zoe no later then Tues 5th Feb or hand to Sarah Mercier on Tues 5th Feb at the track. Forms are available from the website.

The nominees

Lee Merrien
Steve Dawes
Tom Druce
Louise Perrio
Alisha Le Sauvage
Danny Ray
Sam Wallbridge
Jessie Staples
Eliza Mason
Freya Le Noury
Louis Le Cheminant
Josh Avery
Nat Whitty
James Sermon
Sarah Mercier
Mike Wilesmith
Jamie Ingrouille
Zoe Fitch
Chris Way
Mille Hynes
Lily Cochrane
Joe Coutanche
Lily Le Page
Glenn Etherington
George Mason
Sara Marley
Emma Leask
Luke Winberg
Will Mason
Rebecca Toll
Rhiannon Dowinton
Charlie Driscoll
Joe L Cheminant
Zac Hanley
Barney Lawson
Renee Hubert

Chertsey House Dental Practice Road Series

A NEW distance running series will give anyone and everyone the chance to beat Steve Dawes, Louise Perrio and alike. The Chertsey House Dental Practice Road Series Championship will embrace four traditional races in the GIAAC competition calendar, this coming weekend’s 10-miler on the Imperial loop, the subsequent five-mile event on 10 February, the early March 5k in the Park event and the club’s 10k championship road race on 17 March.

Each event will be run in normal fashion with first across the line the winner, but each performance will be judged on an age-graded calculation for the Chertsey House Road Series Championship points. GIAAC’s Paul Ingrouille said that the new championship will give added interest to those who are accustomed to trailing in behind the island’s elite runners. ‘It is often overlooked that the best runs on the day are achieved by veterans or super-veterans. They, too, have their aims and targets and while they may no longer be able to beat or challenge the likes of Steve and Louise in a straight race, on age-graded performance, they may just do,’ he said.

Scoring for the new series will be straightforward and that the top male and female in terms of top average percentage from two of the four races, will win. There will be cash prizes for the winners and runners-up. ‘We hope that the new championship will give an interesting twist to our late winter road programme,’ added Ingrouille.

Chertsey House GIAAC 10mile Road Championships - Sunday 20th Jan

Single lap loop from Portlet, Start time 10am, entries from 9:20am, UKAthletics licensed race, entry for non members £5.00 Details here.

Colts fixtures to Easter

New Year's Day Race

Dawes and Perrio win on Boxing Day

Steve Dawes and Louise Perrio placed first and second respectively in the traditional Boxing Day Full Course race capping fine years for both athletes. Full results here.

Note from GIAAC President – Departure of Steve Green, Athletics Development Officer

Our athletics Development officer, Steve Green, has decided to return to the UK and we have agreed with Steve that he will leave his post over the Xmas period.

Steve joined us in the spring, and in the few months he has been with us, he has made a significant contribution to the development of the club.

In particular we thank Steve for his efforts in establishing club events such as the Intertrust Grand Prix and the Mourant Ozannes Town Mile, as well as developing events such as the Intertrust Golden Meeting.

Steve also worked closely with our team of coaches, and organisations such as the sports commission, in helping to develop 'off-island' competition opportunities for both our Junior and Senior athletes.

2012 saw a steady growth in GIACC athletes appearing in the top 100 of the Power of 10 rankings across a range of events and age-groups

We also thank Steve for pulling together the winning citation for the South East Regional Development Club of the year award for 2012.

Steve’s love of athletics was always evident to those that worked with him. I’m sure that he will continue to be involved in the sport, so we will no doubt bump into him as we compete in the UK.

2013 will be a busy and important year for the GIAAC. To that end we need to ensure that we continue to develop and early in the new year we will publish an update to our development plan – ‘Here we go…’ The plan will clearly outline our priorities through to 2014. We are a busy, thriving club and are fortunate that within our membership we have so many individuals with the commitment and expertise to enable us to sustain and build upon our current levels of success. Delivering our plan will require the involvement of many club members – more about that in the new year.

An indication of how active we are as a club is the schedule of events planned for the festive period. We have the boxing day run, new years day run, colts and juniors xmas party, specialist training sessions for colts and juniors and we are confident of a successful performance at the Hampshire cross country championships in Early January.

Junior athlete session Friday 28th Dec

This session is for any u13 to u17 athletes - organised by Alan Rowe & Paul Ingrouille

Meet Beau Sejour - Lower Concourse 10:15am, the activities will take place in Sir John Loveridge Hall from 10:30am to 12:30am. All activities will take place indoors, athletes should bring normal training kit (no spikes!) a drink and snack. Athletes will also need an exercise/yoga mat - if you don’t have one it would be good to get one for Christmas ! Fletchers & InterSport stock them. We will split into 4 groups and after a warm up together, each group will then move onto an activity each lasting about 25 minutes, then moving on to the next activity until all four activities have been completed by each group.

Top 10 Rankings 2012

GIAAC Nominees for the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards 2012 sponsored by Credit Suisse. To be held on Wednesday 16^th January

Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches who have been nominated for awards at the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards, A full list here.

Junior Track & Field training(U13 & U15)

The Junior T&F section will be taking a break from training over Christmas and the New Year. Last training for this Group (that’s Neil and Sue’s Group) will be on Tuesday 18 December and training will start again on Tuesday 8 January.

A newsletter will shortly be distributed to everyone and will be available to download from the website.

On behalf of all the coaches, may we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Newsletters

There is a rash of newsletters being published by the junior and colts sections detailing Christmas training arrangements :

Final FNB Cross Country - Sat 15th December Saumarez / Home Farm

The future of Guernsey Athletics | Guernsey Sports Commission

Indoor & XC Trips 8th Dec

GIAAC athletes competed on two fronts, both North and South this Saturday the 8th of December.

A team of the club's leading Track and Field Juniors compete in the Northern Indoor meeting at the English Institute of Sport

The club took a team of fifteen to the Yorkshire meeting, which is being held at the home track of Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis. The team were looking to make a mark in what is one of the UK's leading indoor competitions.

In the South a GIAAC contingent including 1500m record holder Sarah Mercier, and newcomer Danny Ray competed for the Hampshire team in the Southern Inter ounties Cross Country event, which was held in Woodford, Essex. For results see link www.athletics.hampshire.org.uk/events/xcic.html

FNB Cross Country Series Race 4

Another Fantastic turnout with 103 finishing across the various divisions. Division 1 - Domination by Steve Dawes from Mike Wilesmith. Will Bodkin was gifted a podium place as Alan Rowe was forced to pull out with injury with just half a mile remaining. Louise Perrio leads the Ladies, whilst in Division 2 Sarah Mercier won from Nat Whitty and extends her lead at the top of the Div 2 table.

Divsion 3 remains very tight whilst Tina Coutanche joins Gina Rowe in second from an abesent Viki Marr in Division 4. Ed Mason's win extends his lead in the Junior u15 race whilst Alex Rowe won the u13's. Results here, Divisions league table here.

Last race of series, December 15th - Home Farm (behind Saumarez Park), 2:00pm start.

Junior Social Evening - 22nd December

As you all train so hard we thought it would be a good idea for you to have some fun and some time to socialise We are therefore holding a Bowling night on Saturday 22 December from 6pm-9pm.

In order to secure the lanes we need you to rsvp using the slip here and selecting your food choices.
Please return slip and payment to Liz Powell at below address or you may hand to me at the track by 7th December.

Club place for 2013 Virgin London Marathon

GIAAC has been allocated one place in the 2013 Virgin London Marathon. In the first instance we will allocate the place to a club member who has applied and been unsuccessful in the allocation. Please can Zoe be contacted at club@guernseyathletics.org.gg if you have been rejected and would like to be considered for the Club place. We need to receive application by 31^st December as we will select the entry at the new year’s day race.

Club Kit

Club Kit order will be placed on 29 November, any orders placed after this date will not be delivered until after Christmas.

FNB XC Series Race 3 - The Stone Crusher

Fantastic turnout with 115 athletes finishing across the various divisions. Division 1 - A commanding win for Mike Wilesmith, Louise Perrio leads the Ladies, whilst in Division 2 Sarah Mercier's win puts her on top of the table - double winner Natt Whitty sat out today's race.

4 points covers 5 athletes in an extremely tight Divsion 3 whilst Viki Marr holds Division 4. Ed Mason's win extends his lead in the Junior u15 race whilst Alex Rowe won the u13's. Results here, Divisions league table here.

Alisha Le Sauvage - Club member of the month

I am pleased to announce that Alisha Le Sauvage is club member of the month. Yesterday Alisha won a top award at the Bailiwick of Guernsey young people’s awards because of her efforts at the GIAAC. Attached is the citation that we wrote about Alisha. We are very proud of Alisha’s efforts in overcoming her learning difficulties. Special mention must also go to Gordon Mercier who worked so hard to support Alisha in the early days. Our junior athletes have also been a credit in the way that they have supported Alisha. More info here.

GIAAC Meeting 17th November 2012 - Start Time 8.30am

Also this weekend is 'The Winning Edge, details here, if you wish to attend, please contact Steve Green directly, cost £25.

GIAAC junior success at Hampshire XC League, Goodwood

The Junior Endurance Team produced an excellent set of results - with wins for Katie Rowe (u15g), Alex Rowe's 2nd place led the u13boys team to a win. 6th place for Danny Ray led the u15boys to third team and Jessie Staples excelled on her first UK race in 9th position (u13g). Of the 17 GIAAC athletes competing, 8 were given letters to confirm availability for representing Hampshire at the Southern Inter Counties Cross Country on 8th December in Essex.

Gratham Athletic Club visit

GIAAC is pleased to welcome a team of athletes from Grantham Athletic Club in Lincolnshire, who arrived on Sunday 28th October, and will be staying on the Island until the 2nd of November.

They will be training with the club, I am sure all at the club will extend them a warm welcome.

FNB Cross Country Series - Race 2 Millennium Stone, Lucksall

Fantastic turnout again despite the cold weather and biting wind. Steve Dawes matched his record from 2011 whilst Louise Perrio set a new Ladies record. Excellent Junior turnout won by Danny Ray (u15) ahead of Ed Mason (u15), edging out Alex Rowe (u13) with Katie Rowe (u15) coming home a few seconds later.

FNB XC Series - Junior Athlete Outstanding Performance
Race 1 - Delancey Park

Just before the start of the second race of the series, a presentation was made to Hugo Bisson as the winner of the Outstanding Junior Athlete Performance for his win at Delancey Park in the u13 race. As well as being awarded the FNB shoe bag and hat being given to all junior athletes, Hugo was presented with £25 of sports goods vouchers.

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Selection Policy

The selection policy for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games has now been approved by the GCGA and a copy can be downloaded here.

Prospective athletes will need to abide by the regulation of GCGA and the first step is to have completed and returned to GIAAC an Intent to Compete form. For more information, contact GIAAC.

Wall of Fame update

Pop into the club room and have a look at the updated photos that now adorn the wall. We have over 200 photos on the wall. Recent highlights include Lee Merrien in full flow at the Olympics, Abbi Galpin sprinting in front of Pricnce Charles and, the Pièce de résistance, Nikki Neale’s abandoned trainer at last year’s Hampshire crosscountry championships. Special thanks to Dan Smith of Smith Signs who sponsors the wall. Keep sending pictures in. We will upgrade again in January.

Appointment of Commonwealth Games Team Manager

I am please to announce that the GIAAC has appointed Dave Legg as the Commonwealth Games Team Manager for the Glasgow Commonwealth games in 2014.

Dave has been involved in athletics in Guernsey since the 70’s. He still features in our top 10 Guernsey best performances in the 100 metres for a time set in 1981, has been an organiser of the Easter Festival and for three decades, in his capacity as head of PE at the Guernsey Grammar school, has managed the Guernsey team attending the English school athletics championships.

The Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association has established the criteria for consideration for selection for the Games and we have identified a number of athletes who are in consideration. Dave will be working with them and their coaches to help them achieve their goals.

Running Events in Guernsey 2013

GIAAC offers two high profile running events each year - Easter Festival and Father's Day Half Marathon. The KPMG Easter Festival offers runner sof all standards four races over four days - a 10km road race, a classic 4.75m trail race, a 4 x 2mile team relay and a Half Marathon. Athletes can compete in as many or as few events as they like - it is a great way to see the Island and enjoy what the Island has to offer. 2013 Dates: 29th March to 1st April.

The Easter web page is here and we can also be found on Facebook.

The Sportingbet Father's Day Half Marathon will take place on Sunday 16th June 2013 and offers a unique coastal Half Marathon that finishes in the scenic heart of St Peter Port. More information will be posted to our web page when we launch the 2013 event.

Our fixture list links on the left detail other races that take place on the Island and there are also events that take place on our neighboring Islands of Herm, Sark & Alderney. If you have any queries regarding running in Guernsey then get in touch with us on our email link at the bottom of the page or post to our club Facebook page.

Island Schools Cross Country Championships

A good day for the Rowe family as both Alex Rowe Y8 (Elizabeth College) and Katie Rowe Y10 (Ladies College) won their respective events and set new records in the process. Fantastic turnout - great to see so many kids running. Danny Way (Elizabeth College) was first in the year 9/10 boys and Eleanor "Indi" Gallagher (Grammar School) was first in the Year 7/8 girls.

Winter Quiz

FNB Cross Country Series 2012

Fantastic turnout for race 1 of this series and the weather was kind to us - if a little breezy. FNB XC Series Race 1 results : here. Colts results here.

For the latest information on the series and the rest of our winter plan we have a leaflet that can be downloaded here.

Celebration of Chris De La Mare at Saturday's XC race at 1.40pm

Prior to Saturday’s cross country race we will take the opportunity to remember Chris De La Mare. Chris passed away over the summer and, with husband Winkle, was a great supporter of the club. Friends and family of the De La Mares are very welcome to join with us before the race.

Come & Train with GIAAC

Guernsey Athletic Club welcomes athletes of all ages and abilities to come down and train and compete with the club.

Athletics continues during the winter with training and competition for cross-country, road races, and indoor athletics for selected athletes.

If you think you could be the next Jess Ennis, Greg Rutherford or Mo Farah, or just want to enjoy running, jumping, or throwing contact Steve Green - Athletics Development Officer.

GIAAC Wins South East Regional Award for 2012

Guernsey Athletic Club has recently been awarded the South East Development Club of the year award in recognition of the achievements in 2012.

Guernsey Athletics has had a great year culminating with the Olympic Marathon appearance of Lee Merrien in August.

This award is based on how the club is improving in a number of areas such as youth development, domestic competition and innovation.

As this was Olympic year competition was espescially strong with a number of clubs having great athletic development plans.

Club Member of the Month

Our latest club member of the month is Nat Whitty. This award is intended to reflect those who contribute to the club beyond their performance on the track but we feel that Nat’s efforts, improvement and dedication are an inspiration to the whole club. Nat first came to light as recently as the All-terrain challenge in 2010. It was clear that she had potential as an athlete but the improvements that we have seen have, surely, been beyond all expectation. Natalie is on target for her aim of a Glasgow commonwealth games appearance.

All our juniors should be inspired by Nat who has shown that talent is only part of the story – it’s how you apply it that really matters.

Nat also works very hard behind the scenes supporting us with her design and graphics expertise.

Pre Training Yoga for Children ages 6-10

GIAAC is offering some try out Yoga sessions on Tuesday's before training between 4:00pm and 4:40pm starting Tuesday 9th October. See linked flyer for details.

Lost Silver Ring

If you've lost a ring at Garenne Stand, please contact club@guernseyathletics.org.gg. We also still have a lost man's silver ring from Easter.

Facility and Coaching Fees

The ‘Facility and coaching fee’ is a charge to members using the facilities which assists the club in paying the charges levied by the States of Guernsey Culture and Leisure department for the use of the Foote’s Lane facility. This includes the track, the club room, office and also the costs of hiring indoor venues when required. It also includes includes a contribution to the costs of providing coaching.

The States of Guernsey Culture and Leisure department has increased the charge for the use of Garenne stand and GIAAC have not increased our facility and coaching fees for a number of years. It has therefore been decided to increase our fees to £40.00 per quarter. The annual fee of £120 has not increased and all members are welcome to take up this offer.

JP's Running Group, winter schedule

This training group is aimed at runners who are capable of racing a 10k in a time of about 40 to 55 minutes. Tuesdays are speed work sessions lasting about 45 minutes from North Beach at 6pm. Thursdays are either an out and back, or a loop, from North Beach at 6pm - group splits up into varying distances and abilities (between 4 and 8 miles). Please note, late night shopping evenings (Thursdays only) leading up to Xmas, will be from Salarie Corner car park (not North Beach) at 6pm.

Junior Endurance

Ranking lists for u13 - u17 age groups for 800mtrs to 3,000mtrs have also been posted here.

Southern Road Relay success

We sent teams to the South of England Road Relay Championships at Aldershot over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd September. The u13 boys brought back bronze medal, the senior women placed 5th and we even had a Ladies B team. Full results can be found on the Aldershot website.

Fixtures to New Year finalised

Oct 13th FNB XC League 1 Short Delancey 2pm Paul Ingrouille/Louise Perrio
Oct 27th FNB XC League 2 Millennium Stone 2pm Paul Ingrouille/Louise Perrio
Nov 10th Hants XC2 Goodwood
Nov 17th FNB XC League 3 Stonecrusher 2pm Paul Ingrouille/Louise Perrio
Nov 17th GIAAC QUIZ NIGHT Liz Powell
Nov 24th (McCain XC/Euro Trials, Liverpool)
Dec 1st FNB XC League 4 Long Delancey 2pm Paul Ingrouille/Louise Perrio
Dec 8th (County selected race)
Dec 15th FNB XC League 5 & Presentation Saumarez Park/Nature Trail 2pm Paul Ingrouille/Louise Perrio
Dec 26th Full Course Rocque Balan 11am

Perrio 5k record highlight of Intertrust 5

On a great night for running Louise Perrio lowered her 5,000mtr record for a second time this season clocking 16min 34.68 seconds. Results from the track events can be found here.

August’s club member of the month is Hazel Solway

GIAAC is a very active club. We have a full programme of both track and field events as well as a very busy road and cross-country season. Organising these events requires hard work and the support of 100’s of volunteers. Without marshalls, signers-in, timekeepers and place judges they simply couldn’t be held. We are very fortunate that we have a number of volunteers who support these events come rain or shine.

One of those supporters is Hazel Solway who regularly attends track and road races as a timekeeper and official. We are especially pleased to recognise Hazel’s efforts over the summer because she plays a key role in organising the All-terrain challenge.

Not only does Hazel turn up in all weathers but she also carries out her duties efficiently with little fuss and always has a courteous, supportive word for all athletes.

The GIAAC is not alone in appreciating the efforts of Hazel. She also supports the triathlon club and the Lee Merrien running club. Hazel is in the flowery top.

Royal Visit

Chris De La Mare

It is with sadness that we have received the news of the death of Christine "Chris" De La Mare. Chris and husband Winkle were great competitors, supporters and organisers of Guernsey athletics in the 1980's and 1990's and Chris competed for the club many times in road and cross country events. She was swept along with the growth of women's endurance athletics in the '80's, was a stalwart member of teams that travelled off island and contributed to many of the Hampshire medal winning cross country teams of the '90's. Amazingly, most of her best form came in her late forties and early fifties and she was part of the half marathon team that won an Island Games bronze medal in Gotland 1999.

Locally she always appeared to enjoy off road and cross country events most and was particularly strong on the Cliff Paths - winning the 15 mile event on numerous occasions. She calmly dealt with her illness, seemed to relish being outdoors and was often seen walking the commons and paths of the island where she would always greet you a cheerful smile.

Our thoughts are with Winkle and her family.

Island 3,000mtr record for Perrio

Louise Perrio improved her PB and lowered the Island record over 3,000mtrs in the mixed race held inconjunction with the All Terrain Challenge track race night. Fast improving Luke Winberg continues to demonstrate his athletic talent with a 55second 400mtrs and a win in the 3,000mtrs.
Full results of the 3,000mtrs and other events can be found here.

Collins Stewart Inter Firm Town Relay
Wed 25th July

EWell done to everyone who took part on a glorious evening. Results : Team Results Individual Ranking

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 5

Field event results have been posted here (pdf).

Island Schools Athletics Championships

Results from 12th & 14th June posted here. Note new records for Ala Chalmers 12.3secs hurdles and Alex Batiste Yr9 High Jump 1m79.

U13/U15 Inter-Insular

Provisional arrangements have been made for an U13/U15 Inter-Insular competition in Jersey on Sunday 26 August. If you would like to be considered for selection for this event and are available on 26 August, please click here for details and return the form to Sue Trebert as soon as possible.

Town Mile Race Sunday 15th July, Crown Pier

Mourany Ozanne Guernsey Mile

Please see results here. Channel TV report below:

http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_sportnews/displayarticle.asp?id=500436

Sunday's elite mile races can be seen here:

Men: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vk75AXJh30

Women: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwXOxbf5GvE

England Athletics' News headlines:-

http://www.englandathletics.org/news.asp?itemid=9766&itemTitle=Guernsey+Island+AAC+fired+up+for+Olympics&section=000100010002001500030001

You may be interested in the Mourant Ozanne's Jersey Marathon

http://www.jersey-marathon.com/relay-race/overview-and-registrations

Announcement of new Athlete and Club member of the month awards

I am pleased to announce the relaunch of a monthly junior athlete and club member of Guernsey Athletics Club. The awards will be presented monthly. They are jointly sponsored by Smith Signs – who oversaw the decoration of our new clubroom and InterTrust who are the sponsor of our junior and senior track and field series.

Intertrust Junior Athlete of the Month – Rebecca Le Tissier.

Rebecca has been a club regular for years. She always tries hard and has improved hugely over the past few months.Much of that improvement is down to the effort and determination that she has put into her athletics,. She will be representing Guernsey in the junior schools athletics interinsular v Jersey on Saturday.

Rebecca Le Tisser

Smith Signs Club member of the month. Sue Trebert

Our club is fortunate to have so many committed supporters and coaches… and none is more committed that Sue Trebert. Sue is an assistant coach and always willing to help out with any duties. We have had an especially busy June and Sue has been willing to muck in as club photographer, assistant starter, racing official at all our events.

Sue Trebert

28th June Meeting Video

Please see following link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaRTSgPjbZY&feature=plcp

Trophies

Please would all Junior Track and Field trophies to be brought back to the club please, you can hand them to Liz Powell.

Results here

Smokefree 2040 Fathers Day Junior Races

See information on the Junior page here regarding the junior races.

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 4

Event results have been posted here (pdf).

Intertrust Golden Meeting - Sat 9th June 2012

Results from the Intertrust Golden Meeting held on Saturday 9th June 2012 at Footes Lane are here : Track Result Field Result (PDF) .

Now we also have video coverage of the events too on Lee Garland's Guernsey Athletics Channel! Video - YouTube

Unfortunately, we did not have time to present medals at Saturday’s event, so if you have a first, second or third place in any of the races (A, B, C races / field and the U13/U15 races / field), please speak to Sue Trebert who has your medals.

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 3

Outstanding performances of the night included Alistair Chalmers 12.88sec u13boys 75mtr hurdles which takes him to third place ranking in the UK. Sam Wallbridge clocked 57.05secs to go 8th in the UK rankings but importantly gained English Schools entry standard.

Track results posted here - full results to follow.

Liberation Day Race

Louise Perrio set a new women's record and came within 14 seconds of becoming first woman to win overall Pessimists (Liberation day 7m) Trophy in 66yr event history but in windy conditions Ben Wilen's strength & speed over last 400m saw him 1st across the line in 41:06. Big field, 126 finishers.

Results here. For photo's courtesy of Rob Elliott click on link below

http://s989.photobucket.com/albums/af12/walkguernsey/2012%20Liberation%20Run/#!cpZZ2QQtppZZ20

Host Families Please

We have 9 boys between 13 & 16 coming over for a Competition night in June from Australia and we require host families to accomodate them for 2 nights from Wed 6th June until Fri morning. Please contact Steve Allaway or Zoe at club@guernseyathletics.org.gg if you can help us.

Lee Merrien selected to run Marathon for TeamGB at London Olympics

Guernsey's own Lee Merrien will be running in the Olympic marathon. A huge thank you to everyone involved in the campaign to get Lee selected. Lee is enjoying a short break in Lanzarote after his Virgin London Marathon run last weekend and will return to Olympic preparation training shortly.

Lee said:
Hi
Thought you might like to be one of the first to find out...I'm in! I'm going to the Olympics!!
Had to wait until it was confirmed by the BOA but now the press release has gone out I can spread the word!
Thanks for your support
Lee
Olympian :)

Initially the appeal was unsuccessful however the Selection Panel was asked to reconsider if exceptional circumstances existed, as it could under the policy. The UKA Selection Panel therefore reconvened and following consideration of all relevant facts and using its expert opinion, exercised its discretion to nominate Lee Merrien to the BOA.

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix Track & Field Meeting - Footes Lane, Thurs 19th April

Results from the first of the summer series of Track & Field meetings for junior athletes is here. Entry form for GP2 on Tuesday 15th May is here.

A message from the President of the GIAAC

Mezza, new ADO and invitation to the opening of the athletics clubroom Thursday 3^rd May at 7.00pm

There have been a number of developments this week involving the GIAAC and this is a quick note to update you.

Lee Merrien appeal

The GIAAC submitted evidence to support the appeal that was made by Lee to the UKA regarding selection for the Marathon. The evidence was endorsed by the Guernsey Sports commission and was a team effort with input from Alan Rowe, Louise Perrio and Paul Ingrouille. The main focus of the evidence was that we believed that Lee’s case demonstrates that the criteria omitted a set of circumstances (as have arisen) which could be considered valid reasons for selection.

The support for Lee is overwhelming - from the GIAAC and beyond. I’m sure that Lee will draw strength from that support regardless of the outcome.

Appointment of new Athletics Development Officer

I am pleased to announce that we will have a new Athletics Development Officer in post from May 1^st. Many of you will have already met Steven Green who has been on the island for the past few weeks. Steve has already made a great impact across all aspects of the club. He has an excellent pedigree as an athlete (he represented Jamaica twice in the Commonwealth Games) and a very evident affection for the sport. He also has experience of organising major sporting events, has been a prominent member of Trafford AC where he has coached some youngsters to a national level.

Steve has thrown himself into island life so do make him welcome when you see him at club events. Press release here.

Invitation to the opening of the GIAAC club room including the wall of Fame - Thursday 3rd May at 7.00pm

Dear club members

I am very pleased to invite members to the opening of the new GIAAC club room and the launch of the GIAAC wall of fame on thursday 3^rd May at 7.00pm. during the first Intertrust Senior athletics meeting

The GIAAC has been based at Footes Lane since the early 70’s and we are very appreciative that our track is one of the best venues for track and field anywhere in the UK. The recent developments mean that Footes Lane will be a real hub for sport on the island and the athletics club is pleased to play its part in giving all islanders, young and old, the opportunity to participate in or witness exciting sport week in week out.

We will be opening our new athletics club room on Thursday 3^rd May and have also invited colleagues who, over the years, have supported the GIAAC and helped us make it a club that has been successful in achieving its goal of ‘fostering the sport of athletics in Guernsey’.

We are especially pleased to be unveiling the ‘wall of fame’ which will celebrate the achievements of Guernsey athletics over the years. Fifteen athletes have been selected for our wall of fame and we look forward to unveiling their names on the night. It will be no surprise to let you know that we open the wall with Percy Hodge, a Guernsey Olympian in the 1920’s and, equally, we will be celebrating the achievements of Lee Merrien who, but for the vagaries of the UKA selection process, would be representing GB at the 2012 Olympics. We will still be celebrating his successes alongside those of all GIAAC athletes.

Finally, as part of the refurbishment, we are seeking items of memorabilia – if you have any items that we can display please bring them along.

Yours in sport, Alun Williams.

Sunday 6th May Throws and Jumps Day

GIAAC will be hosting a one off throws and jumps development day with UKA coach Trevor Hopkins on Sunday May 6^th 2012 from 8am (arrive 7.45) to 3.00pm.

There will also be a session on strength and conditioning for throws and jumps.

This is an ideal opportunity aimed at U15 and above throwers/jumpers plus coaches or those interested in the event.

Places are very limited therefore if you could let Stephen Green – stevegreen2011@live.co.uk know by April 26^th at the very latest I would be grateful.

Please see here Agenda of the day and Biography for Trevor Hopkins here.

31st KPMG Guernsey Easter Runs

KPMG Half Marathon

Morwood eventually crossed the line in 70 minutes and 55 seconds with a 20 second winning margin over Phillips. Leading woman and 4th place overall was Steph Twell who ran a strong race and looked to be on schedule to threaten her 2010 course record but the wind eventually got the better of her and she fell 40 seconds short in a still impressive 72minutes 39 seconds - amongst the top 4 times clocked by British woman in this important Olympic Year. Twell will now look towards the track season and looks to be back to near her best following a long recovery from a career threatening ankle fracture.

Saturday's RG Falla Full Course results here.

Friday's 10k results here.

See Easter pages for more details, but....

On line entries are now closed - you can still enter at on the day (subject to surcharge) bring a completed entry form that can be downloaded from the Easter pages and sign on at least 30mins before the start.

Race information leaflet can also be downloaded from there too.

Easter Quiz Saturday 7th April, info here.

Intertrust Pre Season Track & Field Meeting - Footes Lane, Tuesday 3rd April

Results from the track events have been posted here (PDF). Field results to follow.

Thanks from Bob

A thank you letter from Bob & Jan here.

Primary School's XC

Well done to the primary school's X/C team who successfully defended the X/C inter-insular over the week-end. The event was held in the grounds of St Ouens manor, Jersey and the team from Guernsey contained a large number of GIAAC year five and six children. Special mention to year 4 Rhiannon Dowinton who “acted up” in the year 5 girls race and came third..... a race won by yet another Mason!!

Click here to view a copy the report sent into the Guernsey Press

Junior Athlete of the Month

Click on junior tab (to the left) to see the winner, this will appear on the junior webpage monthly.

Lee Valley - 25th March 2012

We had a fantastic day at Lee Valley yesterday.

The girls were brilliant, all producing PB’s and all gave fantastic performances. The day started out with a Guernsey 1, 2, 3 in the first heat of the 60m Hurdles in the Pentathlon for Vicky Mann, Amy Sharpe and Sara Marley – all with PB’s. Rebecca Toll was in the second heat and got another PB finishing 3^rd. The High Jump followed with Rebecca getting a PB of 1.44 – 8cm clear of her nearest opponent. Vicky and Amy also got PB’s in the High Jump. All four girls did fantastic in the shot – all surpassing their PB’s. As this was their first indoor competition, with equipment and conditions they have never come across before – brilliant! Not to mention the early morning start and losing an hours sleep as the clocks went forward!

Meanwhile Grace Shearer took part in the open sprint races. She came overall 3^rd in the 60m with at time of 8.8 seconds (another PB) – within inches of the first two. She came equal 1^st in the 200m in a time of 29.1 (PB) and bearing in mind she has never run indoors or on a 200m banked track – a fantastic achievement.

We had a great reaction from the organisers of the event who think we have a group of very talented athletes and are keen to see Guernsey coming over again.

AFM Super Six 2012

This year's AFM Super Six Final took place on Wednesday at St Sampsons High School. Athletes from years 7 and 8 represented their schools in a sprint, jump, throw and endurance run. Following an Olympic theme, medals were awarded to the top three in each event and the team prizes decided using a medals table. Ladies College won the girls competition and Grammar the boys. Results can be found here.

JP's Summer Training Schedule

To view timetable see here For further info please contact JP Mace on 07781 435515

Junior Endurance - 6min Tests and Yahoo Group

Results of the 6min tests on 15th March have been posted to the Junior Endurance Yahoo Group. If you are not a member send the club an email and ask to subscribe and an invite will be sent out. We'll also send you a copy of the results.

Inter Counties Cross Country - Sat 10th March, Birmingham

Louise Perrio - 16th & counter for winning Hampshire Team
Katie Rowe - 8th - u15 Girls
Alex Rowe 33rd & Ed Mason 76th - u13 boys
Photos on Flickr here.

Church to Church run – South Esplanade, 9.am Sunday March 11^th

Whether in for the whole 19.6M distance or not we encourage all runners to give the Church to Church run a go, Turnback options for 10m [& 14 Mile] routes....free entry, (all we ask is a donation for water stations)

A classic route that takes in all the island’s Parish Churches - Course Map here.

Cross Country Inter Insular

Results posted here (PDF). Photos from senior ladies in Flickr here.

Photo's from junior races also on Flickr here.

Sportingbet sponsor Father's Day Half Marathon and help give it a make over

Sportingbet has agreed to sponsor the event that has been held annually since 1981 and we can reveal that it will feature a revised the course so that it will finish at the Weighbridge in Town instead of Bulwer Avenue.

‘We have always thought a Town finish for the Father’s Day Half Marathon would be a great way to truly experience the island from the west coast to our beautiful harbour, plus it will enable more people to come down to Town and support runners as they cross the line,’ said GIAAC member Paul Ingrouille.

Read the full press release here (pdf). Link to June 1/2 marathon info here

Annual General Meeting of the GIAAC

The AGM was held on Wednesday 15th February 2012, thanks to all who attended. Minutes here, Presidents report here & Treasurers report here.

Club Room Photos

GIAAC is planning to open its new club room in early May and we are busily making arrangements to sort out decoration. We will be establishing our ‘wall of fame’ and want to use 100’s of club images for the wall – we will also have the facility to show loads of images through some of the screens that we are planning to put into the room. So, we are seeking to collect as many old and new club photos as possible. If you have electronic images as well as hard copy photos we would appreciate receiving them so that we can begin to select photos etc.

If you have old photos you can drop them into Footes Lane – preferably on a training night or electronic images should be sent to Dan Smith at dan@smithsigns.co.uk. Dan will be collecting the images for us.

Thanks, Alun Williams

Club XC Championship race - part of Guernsey Smokefree 2040 series Sun 12 Feb

Course map here
Senior Men 6 Miles/6 laps - 10am
Senior Women 4miles/4 laps - 10am
U17s(4M), U15s(3M), U13s(2M) - 10am - with seniors
Colts Races(U11,U9,U7) from 11am(sharp, please arrive early for sign on)
Sign on at Garenne Stand
Each race will include start/finish within track infield.
& we may even get a tea urn going

Annual General Meeting of the GIAAC

Wednesday 15th February 2012 at 7.30pm at Beau Sejour, details here. 2011 accounts here.

'Smokefree 2040' community relay for primary school pupils - Sat 11th Feb - 11.30am at Footes Lane

GIAAC and GFC will be organising the ‘Smokefree2040 community relay’ for primary school pupils starting from 11.30am. This event is a series of cross-country races open to all youngsters currently in schools years 3, 4,5 or 6.

The series of four races (one relay race per school year) is open to teams of four children of all abilities and in particular we would invite youth organisations and sports clubs to submit teams for any ,or all, of the four races. More info here.

!0 Mile Race

Smokefree Guernsey Series Race 1 Sunday 22nd January, 10am- Pleinmont.

Seniors - 10Mile Road Course map here.

(Pleinmont, Torteval, Mallard, Longfrie, Felconte, Perelle, L'Eree, Pleinmont.

Supporting races for U13(2km) ,U15,U17(4km) to be held on Pleinmont Closed Road- also at 10a.m.

Colts races U7,U9 & U11 from 11am. Map here.

Awards Night Nominations

The listed people below are those who have been nominated for awards or multiple awards for our Awards night taking place on Friday 20 January at the Wicked Wolf.

Patrick Josey Zac Hanley

Chloe Powell Sadie Addlesee

Zoe Fitch Alun Williams

Sam Wallbridge Caroline Kyle

Nat Whitty Lee Garland

Louise Perrio Igor Frietas

Sarah Mercier Ben Wilen

Steve Dawes Steve Bienvenu

Eben Marsh Ross Hanley

Alisha Le Sauvage U13 Girls Inter Insular Team

Ed Mason U13 Boys Hampshire XC Team

Tristan Robilliard U13 Hampshire Track and Field Team

Josh Allaway Junior Endurance Interinsular Team

Colin Jeffreys Womens 4x100m Island Games Team

George Mason Mens XC Team

Katie Rowe Island Games Team

Teresa Roberts Womens Road Relay

Tom Druce

Kylie Robilliard

Lee Merrien

Calum Trebert

Sarah Waters

Last day to RSVP to attend this event is Tuesday 17 January and they must be handed to Liz Powell at the track.

Many Thanks

Awards Committee

Colts and Juniors Winter Fixture List Part 2

The fixture list can be downloaded here.

Introducing u13+ Where a race is denoted as U13+ it is open, either as training run for the older juniors or as a fun run for parents starting at either the same time or shortly after the under 13 children. The idea here is that it is a run for novice runners who might be happy to jog round the course for a bit of exercise, timed or otherwise.

Hampshire Cross Country Championships

Highlights were golds for Lee Merrien (Senior Men) and Katie Rowe (u15 Girls), Louise Perrio's bronze plus leading the ladies to a team victory. Senior Men's team bronze.

Results are here and Photos here.

GIAAC Awards Night - Friday 20th January 2012

Last day for nominations for awards are to be placed in the box in the club room by 7:30pm on Thursday 12 January. Nominees will then be circulated on Monday 16 January.

Last day to reserve your place to attend the awards night is Tuesday 17 January and these must be handed to Liz Powell at the track. (Scroll down for forms.)

We look forward to seeing you at the awards night to celebrate a great year of success and great performances.

Awards Night Committee

2011 Power of 10 UK Rankings

The announcement of the top 100 rankings for the power of 10 website includes 60 entries from 26 athletes for GIAAC. We also were represented in nearly 30 track and field disciplines. Linked here is the full list of entries.

We had 10 entries in the top 10. Lee’s second place in the marathon just being pipped by Tom Druce being the fastest athlete on the website over 300 meters. Also notable was Kylie Robilliard’s two entries at 14th in the 60m hurdles and 12th in the 100m hurdles and special mention should be made of Katie Rowe’s 15th ranking in the 1500m under 15 and Josh Cowdrey’s 8th place in the under 17 high jump.

It’s also pleasing to see that we have six athletes ranked in the top 100 for all-time performances. Lee Merrien, Kylie Robilliard, Tom Druce, Louise Perrio and Sarah Mercier (in the steeplechase!) and Dale Garland are all included in the all-timers list. Dale is included for the 400m and is our highest raked athlete at 22nd in the 400m hurdles.

Louise Perrio is the GIAAC athlete who is mentioned most frequently with seven entries ranging from 2000m steeplechase to 10k just ahead of Dale and Sarah Mercier with six entries. Zoe Fitch is our junior with most mentions featuring in the rankings for the under 15’s triple jump, hammer and javelin.

Of course the power of 10 entries is a rough guide to how the club’s performances compare with other clubs - some events are much more competitive than others and, especially for the age rankings, performance will be shaped by factors such as how old you are nevertheless 60 entries is a pleasing outcome for all the hard work in 2011.

In our development plan we have identified as one of our goals – ‘We will increase the number of athletes who feature in the top 100 of the Power of 10 Athletics Website’

So let’s see if 2012 can see even more entries across all sections of the club.

Yours in sport, Alun Williams

New Year's Day Handicap January 1st - 11am - Fancy Dress Optional !

Results here. After drying out the results sheets in a PB here are the results of the rather soggy NY day run. Good return by Colette Andrews who was first across the line & also good to see so many turning up in fancy dress with Warwick Helps(Superman), Terry Greening(Bananaman) and Indian duo Cath Coutanche and Sarah Nicholls taking the prizes. Special mention must go to the Pink Ladies (Sara Marley, Jess Gallienne & Eleanor "Indy" Gallagher).

There is some discussion currently going on as to whether the runner in 50th place was Alun Williams dressed as Tom Druce….. or Tom Druce dressed as Alun Williams.

Thanks must go out to helpers on day including Course Markers Louise, Dave Cros & Toby Grice. Finish Line Team Paul Frank, Sarah Mercier, Belinda Doyle, Ian Merrien and Marshalls Nick Marley, Michael Way and Ian Garner.

Traditional Boxing Day XC - Mon 26th December 11am

Fast time (23:15) by Lee Merrien whilst Louise Perrio smashes her PB and Guernsey Ladies Best. Results here.

If you want to email us with any queries, please click here
Postal Address
Athletics Administration, Garenne Stand, Footes Lane, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2UL

Tuesday 14th May - Track & Field Events

Competition - Aussie Style

The Aussie's are coming - Accomodation needed

GIAAC Appoint Josh Allaway as Development Officer

GIAAC Liberation Day Run

supported by

Saturday, 27 July to Friday, 2 August 2013

Note to Juniors

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 1 - Tuesday 30th April

Timetable

GIAAC Coaching Structure

Race for Life, Sunday 26th May

Upcoming Officiating & Coach Courses are:-

KPMG 32nd Easter Runs

Intertrust Meeting 4th April

April - training schdules

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix Track & Field Meeting Series 2013

Summer training 2013JP's summer training schedule for our endurance runners is here.

Intertrust Track & Field 1 - Thursday 4th April

English Schools Cross Country - Catton Park Derbyshire

Developments at GIAAC

We're Hiring! : Athletics Development Officer

Club Member of the Month

Chertsey House 10k Sunday 17th March Pembroke - Town

Commonwealth Games

Summer Fixtures

Channel Islands Cross Country, Footes Lane, Guernsey Sunday Feb 24th 2013

AGM 7.30pm 20 Feb - Garenne Stand

Chertsey House 5 Mile Race

Awards Night

The nominees

Chertsey House Dental Practice Road Series

Chertsey House GIAAC 10mile Road Championships - Sunday 20th Jan

Colts fixtures to Easter

New Year's Day Race

Dawes and Perrio win on Boxing Day

Note from GIAAC President – Departure of Steve Green, Athletics Development Officer

Junior athlete session Friday 28th Dec

Top 10 Rankings 2012

GIAAC Nominees for the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards 2012 sponsored by Credit Suisse. To be held on Wednesday 16th January

Junior Track & Field training(U13 & U15)

Newsletters

Final FNB Cross Country - Sat 15th December Saumarez / Home Farm

The future of Guernsey Athletics | Guernsey Sports Commission

Indoor & XC Trips 8th Dec

FNB Cross Country Series Race 4

Junior Social Evening - 22nd December

Club place for 2013 Virgin London Marathon

Club Kit

FNB XC Series Race 3 - The Stone Crusher

Alisha Le Sauvage - Club member of the month

GIAAC Meeting 17th November 2012 - Start Time 8.30am

GIAAC junior success at Hampshire XC League, Goodwood

Gratham Athletic Club visit

FNB Cross Country Series - Race 2 Millennium Stone, Lucksall

FNB XC Series - Junior Athlete Outstanding PerformanceRace 1 - Delancey Park

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Selection Policy

Wall of Fame update

Appointment of Commonwealth Games Team Manager

Running Events in Guernsey 2013

Island Schools Cross Country Championships

Winter Quiz

FNB Cross Country Series 2012

Celebration of Chris De La Mare at Saturday's XC race at 1.40pm

Come & Train with GIAAC

GIAAC Wins South East Regional Award for 2012

Club Member of the Month

Pre Training Yoga for Children ages 6-10

Lost Silver Ring

Facility and Coaching Fees

JP's Running Group, winter schedule

Junior Endurance

Southern Road Relay success

Fixtures to New Year finalised

Perrio 5k record highlight of Intertrust 5

Royal Visit

Chris De La Mare

Island 3,000mtr record for Perrio

Collins Stewart Inter Firm Town RelayWed 25th July

Intertrust Junior Grand Prix 5

Summer training 2013
JP's summer training schedule for our endurance runners is here.

GIAAC Nominees for the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards 2012 sponsored by Credit Suisse. To be held on Wednesday 16^th January

FNB XC Series - Junior Athlete Outstanding Performance
Race 1 - Delancey Park

Collins Stewart Inter Firm Town Relay
Wed 25th July