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Elder extends his best to claim national Masters gold
Following on from his debut discus performance yesterday, Calum Elder was back in a more familiar throwing circle today with the Scottish Athletics Masters Shot Put Championships. With a personal best (and Orkney record) of 14m exactly set at last year's International Island Games, he was firm favourite in this field and he delivered in some style.
Calum opened with a 13.56m throw and then with his second improved on his best with 14.23 - a new PB, Orkney record and three and a half metres clear of his nearest rival on the day. His fourth throw of 14.07m would also have beaten his previous best. Calum takes away a gold medal and is in red hot from ahead of his next outing on the international stage - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea at the end of the month. He'll travel out as the Scottish Champion and ranked third in the UK at V40 level.
Congratulations to Calum, who has now added 125cm to the Orkney record since he first set it at 12.98m last year!
All the best at Korea 🥇
Calum, many congratulations, spoke to you yesterday, the guy who had run the 5000m at the Championship in June
Superb effort Calum Elder totally smashing it!!!.Best of luck in the worlds.
Absolutely fabulous, flying the Orkney/Scotland flag high, well done Calum 😃👏👏👏🥇
Bravo, Calum!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations Calum. Amazing!! 🤩
Fantastic going beuy 💪🏻 🔥
Wow, congratulations!! 💪
Superb throwing Calum, super proud of you. Xxxx
Great achievements Calum!
Lovely to see you again, Calum, and great throwing! (Although I don't think R4 would actually have beaten your previous best.) From a ringside seat, I rate that excellent shot PB as your third best effort of the weekend, behind an even better second warm-up throw and (I will die on this hill!) a great debut in the discus. 👏👏👏
Amazing congratulations Calum! 💪⭐️
Fantastic, well done Calum! Great prep for the Worlds 💪🏻💪🏻xx
That’s brilliant, Calum. Well done and good luck in Daegu
Well done Calum & good luck in your next comp
🔥💪🌎, keep it up, very exciting 👏🏼
Well done!!
Wow! Well done and good luck in the worlds comp
💪🎉💥 Brilliant Calum! Good job 👍
Good job
Congratulations
Absolutely fantastic Calum! Huge well done and looking forward to hearing results from the Masters.
Fantastic results Calum! All that hard work is paying off 💪
Well done , Orkney at its best again .
Immense! Well done Calum ❤️
www.entrycentral.com/Sunnybank Entry for the Sunnybank Half and Relay Half closes at midnight tonight. Entries a little thin on the ground at the moment so would be lovely to see that change. If you want to run the relay but don't have a team, please post in the comments and we'll do some match making!
If you don't want to run, Carrie Gunn is also a little short of marshals - drop her a message please if you can help out
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OARC Sunnybank Half Sunday 16th August 2026. Race starts 10am Registration in the crush area at Picky Centre from 9:00am - 9:45am Single entry or relay team entries below Relay teams of 2 - 4 people L...Shawn Tait, I sent you a message but not sure if you’ve seen it. Robert Dinsey can join your team.
As ever, County Show day delivers a strong showing for Orcadian beef: and by total coincidence, Calum Elder has been throwing things a long way again, this time at the 4J Scottish Athletics Masters Championships in Grangemouth. Ahead of his focus event the Shot Put tomorrow, Calum had a dabble with the discus today, an event that we can't train in at home but that both Calum and William MacDonald have now had a go at this year.
Throwing the discus for the first time in competition (having in his own words "practiced a bit for the first time yesterday"), Calum threw out to 33.83m with his second attempt, and whilst four attempts out of six being fouls suggests there's room for improvement technically, that's a really solid effort and the third longest attempt across all age groups as well as enough for a gold medal in the M40 category - and an inaugural M40 Orkney record to boot!
Sadly it was a medal, rather than a giant rosette that was awarded to Calum this time out - I think we'd have all liked to see him crowned best in show, but perhaps that will come tomorrow with a shot in hand? Good luck Calum!
Go for it Calum,best of luck 🤞
Fantastic, and best of luck. Xxxxxx
Good luck Cal!! 🍀🫶🏼 x
That’s a great result! Good luck today xx
All the best big man Calum
Good luck Calum!
Well done! 👏
Well done Calum!! Good luck the morn 💪🏼
Well done Calum 👏
Cracking job big fella! Roast it the morn min 💪🏻 🔥
Entries for next Sunday's Sunnybank Half Marathon & Relay Half Marathon close this Sunday night. Entry via
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OARC Sunnybank Half Sunday 16th August 2026. Race starts 10am Registration in the crush area at Picky Centre from 9:00am - 9:45am Single entry or relay team entries below Relay teams of 2 - 4 people L...Andrew Aislabie one for you
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