Young athletes all set for Road Races

Friday 15th March 2019

Action from the Young Athletes Road Races in Greenock a couple of years ago (photo by Bobby Gavin)

The Royal Highland Centre at Ingliston is the venue for the Young Athletes Road Races on Sunday – as hundreds of athletes contest Scottish championship medals.

And there are places up for grabs in Scotland teams for the London Mini Marathon event next month, with teams selected at U17 and U15 level.

On Sunday, the first four athletes across the line in these age-groups – U17 and U15 – are automatically selected for the trip to London. There are two further discretionary places to be decided by our selectors to make up four teams of six and 24 athletes in total.

*Athletes who cross the line in the top eight places at U17 and U15 are asked to report to the registration building after their race in order to supply more details about London. (Note: being asked to complete paperwork linked to the Mini Marathon is not a guarantee of selection).

Selection policy re Mini Marathon

With it being a new venue, we’d ask everyone coming along to Ingliston to check the timetable below in terms of declarations (by team managers) and some of the geography of the site.

Parking is available at the Royal Highland Centre at a charge of £5 per car (£10 per bus) but there is also free parking available a bit further away from the course.

2019 YARR – Race Information

All the information around the races and the arrangements for Sunday are within the download above while below table gives further details.

RACE	DECLARATIONS CLOSE	RACE STARTS	DISTANCE
U13 Girls	11.00am	11.30am	approx. 3000m – 1 Small, 1 Large Lap
U13 Boys	11.15am	11.45am	approx.3000m – 1 Small, 1 Large Lap
U15 Girls	11.30am	12.00pm	approx.4000m – 2 Large Laps
U15 Boys	11.55am	12.25pm	approx.4000m – 2 Large Laps
U17 Women	12.20pm	12.50pm	approx.5000m – 1 Small, 2 Large Laps
U17 Men	12.45pm	13.15pm	approx.5000m – 1 Small, 2 Large Laps

It looks like being a hugely popular event with no fewer than 636 names on our start-lists for the six races.

That is a big increase on the 551 last year (when the event actually had to be cancelled) and is over 600 for the first time.

Once again this is another big demonstration of commitment to scottishathletics National Championship events by our clubs.

Thank You!

*Many thanks also (in advance) to our dedicated officials and helpers from the Road Running and Cross Country Commission and from host club Harmeny AC. Your help is much appreciated.