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OIC Sport and Leisure have launched the programme for 2026's women and girls in sport week, with a range of sessions through the week to cover every interest and a party on the Friday night as well. Please support this fantastic series of events as well as Amy, Taylah and Mags from OARC who are speaking across the week.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Congratulations to John Gonnella (1:15:58 HM), Donna Flett (2:12:51 HM) and Stuart Allison (55:45 10k) for your efforts in Glasgow at the Great Scottish Run today!
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Freya and Millie have been down in Glasgow today competing in Sprint Fastest, an invitational 200m event to open the indoor season.
With the age group categories changing as of October 1st, Millie and Freya are both technically U20 but the split was done by the age group in their qualification year, so Millie went in the U20 which was a straight final and Freya the U18 which had heats first.
In her heat, Freya ran 26.50 to secure automatic qualification for the final, just outside her outdoor PB and what would have been an Orkney U18 record if this event had been last weekend before the age group changes!
Millie was very competitive in an event that isn't her strongest distance on the track, clocking 28.58s to finish fourth in the U20 final, just outside her PB again.
Then in her final, Freya ran a time of 26.95s to clinch a bronze medal against some very good competition.
Well done to both for traveling to compete and we hope to see further improvements over the winter with an eye on the Faroes next year.
Brilliant! Well done to both of you 🤩
👍👏🏻well done folks !
Well done girls!! 👏
Well done lasses!! 🙌💪
Well worth a trip to Glasgow, well done girls!🤩x
Fantastic girls 🤩
Very well done Freya and Millie! 💫💫💫
Well done girls! you were great to watch today xx
Yae showed them how to run, that's the way Tae do it great stuff lasses
Well done you lady's 👏.
Very well done Freya and Millie! 💫💫💫
Well done girls 🤠
Well done lasses 👏
Excellent both girls.So well done.🥰xx
We're very happy to have co-purchased an AED with our friends at Kirkwall Parkrun for use at our road events.Today was our first parkrun with our new AED, which was generously funded by followers of this page - runners, volunteers and supporters - as well as help from Orkney Athletic and Running Club who will be borrowing it for their road races next year. We all hope never to use it, but hopefully it brings peace of mind to all our runners and volunteers. Thank you very much to everyone who contributed!
The AED is simple to use without any training and has a voice mode that guides the user through deployment. It will be available at every Kirkwall Parkrun from today onwards, usually at the start line.
Pictured is today's RD Laurence with most of the volunteer team - from the left Rosemary, John, Danny, Proby, Donna and Derek. Thank you all!
Our friends at the Orkney Cross Country League start their season this Sunday in Dounby, with entries by Saturday evening. Well worth entering even if you can't make every event as it's terrific value.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.Good luck to Freya & Millie who are travelling down to Glasgow this weekend to take past in the Sprint Fastest Indoor 200m Championships.
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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.