As March 8th International Women's Day comes to a close, amongst all the other female athletes in the club today we wish to highlight & celebrate Nikki Manson.Not least because Nikki has just undergone major knee surgery today and will now…
Many congratulations from all at Giffnock North AC to Neil Gouley, his coaching team and family on his 1500m Silver medal at the Eurpean Indoor Athletics Championships. If you haven't caught up with the race yet, watch below. https://youtu.be/XgoO28rty6g First port…
COUNT ON GIFFNOCK NORTH AT LINDSAYS NATIONAL XC NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN NUMBERS, but here are a few anyway: five team golds, two team silvers, one team bronze, two individual champions, one individual silver and five individual…
Giffnock athletes were in record breaking form over the weekend in Birmingham at the World Tour Indoor Final and across the pond in Texas. At the World Tour Indoor Final in Birmingham, the new track at the Utilita Arena is proving…
Under 13s Sunday 19th of February proved to be an excellent day for Giffnock North Athletes competing at indoor venues. With Neil Gourlay and Erin Wallace medalling in the British Championships in Birmingham, the bar was set for our under thirteen…
A small band of our finest senior track and field athletes travelled to Birmingham over the weekend of the 18/19th February to sample the new track at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. We had strong athletes in both the Women's and…
Across the pond and locally Giffnock North athletes were in action over the weekend of the 11th & 12th February. Texas based Adam Clayton put in two great runs at the Jarvis Scott Open Indoor meet in Lubbock, Texas. Adam clocked…
The Scottish u17/Senior Indoor Championships took place on Saturday 4th February at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow and Giffnock athletes were again in the mix. Over the two age groups they took four Gold, seven Silver and three Bronze medals. Seniors Our…
Report on Middle Distance Athletes by Dudley Walker A Day …..or two, at the Races The Emirates Indoor Arena,on Tuesday and Wednesday,provided two days of quality athletics at the Scottish Schools Indoor Athletics Championships. Many of Giffnock North’s endurance athletes were chasing PBs and medals over the two days.The age…
WORLD CLASS CONGRATULATIONS to Hannah Ryding, selected at u20 level for the Great Britain & Northern Ireland squad jetting out later this month to Australia for the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. The ever-modest Hannah’s consistent hard work in training and racing has earned her this proud honour, along with no end of positive reaction from her junior endurance team-mates and coaches (last count 52 hits on the squad FB page posting), including the much-repeated comments, “Well done!”, “Brilliant news!” And “Well deserved”. All true, every word. From the whole club, Hannah, a massive round of applause to you, your family and your coaches Lynne MacDougal and Laurence McGregor. THE 2023 WORLD XC CHAMPS take place in Bathurst, New South Wales on Saturday 18th February. Hannah is one of two Scots in the GBNI squad, the other being Senior Ladies star, Megan Keith of Inverness Harriers. The 2023 edition of the World Cross Championships marks the 50th Anniversary of the event. So that’s the Golden Anniversary, in an area known as Gold Country … could be an auspicious sign for Team GBNI? Report by Croy Thomson