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Just a reminder there is no PRIMARY athletics tonight due to the mid term break, back next week. SECONDARY training is on as normal all week.
Alesha won't be tonight.
Another day, another role we could do with some help with... this time, we need some help with some of our highest profile events: Junior Inter-County and the International Island Games are both much loved by athletes and the wider community, but both take an enormous amount of effort to put on every year (JIC) or to attend every other year (Island Games). Both have their own organising committees, but OARC needs to send delegates to their meetings and ensure that we do everything on our side to ensure our teams are ready and that we do everything we need to maintain recent successes in these events.
Please let us know if you might be able to help with this, or any of the other roles we've posted about over the last few days.
Craig Moar also got his season underway this weekend, running the Kinloss to Lossie Half Marathon in a time of 1 hour 19 minutes and 11 seconds, finishing fourth veteran male and 13th overall.
Craig had a tough year last year by his high standards (and some of us dream of getting anywhere near his bad year!) but he's back on the road with a really good time to start the year. Well done Craig, I look forward to seeing you disappearing into the distance at our home races, starting in Shapinsay on 18th April!
photos by Jade Sykes Photography: Jade Sykes Photography
Well done Craig
awesome !
You know that first scene of Hot Fuzz where Simon Pegg's character gets packed off to the countryside as he's making everyone else look bad? Lillie Giggle-Bain's sent in another holiday snap - this time getting up for a 7:10 start to beat the heat in a 5km run in Dubai this morning. She finished first female in 18:26, neck and neck with the first male finisher. I hope you paid for extra luggage on the return journey Lillie!
Congratulations to Lillie and as ever, please do send in results and photos if you're competing outwith Orkney.
Amazing! Well done! What a time 🤩 as even that early it would’ve been scorching 🥵
Congratulations
Absolutely brilliant Lillie, nice way to end your holiday! 🤩x
Amazing Lillie. Well done 🤩
This is brilliant. Well done Lillie!
Well done Lillie xx
Well done Lillie 🥰
Well done Lillie! 🤩
Brilliant, well done Lillie! 🌟
Lillie Giggle-Bain has been taking keeping in shape during her holiday to a new level by entering the 1500m at the Abu Dhabi Open Masters Games. Lillie tells us she went off far too fast, but held on for a time of 5:03.07, finishing second overall and winning her age category. Temperatures were a little hotter than Orkney - and apparently hotter indoors than out! Well done Lillie.
Fantastic!! ❤️
Congratulations Lillie! 🕺🏽✨ x
Good effort Lillie x
Thought you were going for a relaxing holiday 🤣Lillie Giggle well done you 🤩👏👏👏👏xx
Whoohoo, awesome work Lillie!
Brilliant Lillie 🥰
Well done 👏 x
Well done Lillie 🤩x
Awesome Lillie 🔥👏🏼💫
Well done Lillie, now put your feet up and relax xx
Congratulations
Amazing. Well done Lillie
Well done Lillie 👏
Congratulations 🎉😊
Congratulations 🎊
Well done Lillie 💪🏻👏🏻x
Well done Lillie👏👏
Well done Lillie. Awesome work.
Well done Lillie 🤩👏
Well done Lillie 🎉🤩
Well done Lillie! 👏👏
Amazing Lillie! Well done x 🤩
Well done Lillie!🤩🤩
Well done 👏
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As well as providing regular athletic instruction and training sessions, one of the key aims of OARC is to promote pathways to performance and as part of this, the Club organises and participates in a range of home and away competitions throughout the year.