Five all set for Tallinn! Euro U23 schedule for Scots

Wednesday 7th July 2021

Estonia-bound! Five Scots are picked for euro U23 Champs

Five Scottish athletes are with the GB and NI team at the European U23s in Estonia – with hopes high for strong performances.

The action in Tallinn starts on Thursday and the event takes place over four days.

Sprinters Alisha Rees and Georgina Adam are joined by the endurance trio of Erin Wallace, Sarah Tait and David Melville following their selection by British Athletics.

We are pleased to confirm our own Allan Scott, Olympian and National manager for Sprints, Hurdles and Relays for scottishathletics, is part of the GB and NI staff in Estonia.

Updates on performances by our Scottish athletes will feature across our social media channels from Thursday to Sunday.

Here’s the schedule with confirmed events and potential finals in brackets (GMT time is given):

Day 1 – Thursday 8 July

10:00 – W100m round 1 – Alisha Rees

14:50 – W3000mSC round 1 – Sarah Tait

16:50 – M1000m straight final – David Melville

(18:35 – W100m semi final – Alisha Rees)

Day 2 – Friday 9 July

09:35 – W1500m round 1 – Erin Wallace

11:10 – W200m round 1 – Georgina Adam

(18:30 – W100m final – Alisha Rees)

Allan Scott (photo by Bobby Gavin)

Day 3 – Saturday 10 July

(10:20 – W200m semi final – Georgina Adam)

(14:45 – W3000mSC final – Sarah Tait)

(18:35 – W200m final – Georgina Adam)

Day 4 – Sunday 11 July

10:00 – W4x100m relay round 1 – Alisha Rees and Georgina Adam

(15:15 – W1500m final – Erin Wallace)

(16:30 – W 4x100m relay final – Alisha Rees and Georgina Adam)

We want to wish all five athletes and the British team as a whole all the very best for competition at the Euro U23s.

The selections reflect well on their clubs (and those clubs involved with them originally like Banchory Stonehaven AC with Alisha Rees) and we say well done again to their coaches:

Leon Baptiste (Alisha), Linda Smith (Sarah), Joe McDonnell (Georgina), Andy Young (Erin) and Alex Gibby (David)