South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Primary Schools:

September to February - Sports Hall Athletics

There will be three festivals for all four areas (Hamilton, Clydesdale, Cambuslang/Rutherglen, and East Kilbride) before Christmas, and a scoring final for each area in January.

The first two schools from each area will then qualify to go through to the South Lanarkshire Final in February and from there the winning two schools will qualify for the West of Scotland Final in also held in February at the John Wright Sports Centre.

March - cross country

Primary 6 & 7 pupils will compete in the cross country events over the four areas of South Lanarkshire with the top 10 athletes in each event going through to represent their area in the South Lanarkshire Final held at the Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds at the end of March.

Track and Field Championships - May/June

Primary 6 &7 children will compete in the 100m, 600m, Javelin and Long Jump at the event within their area. All Wright from the 4 events will go through to represent their area in the South Lanarkshire Track and Field Championships Final in June.

Secondary Schools:

Sports Hall Athletics/Giant Heptathlon

S1 & S2 pupils will compete in two sports hall athletics events from September to December, they will then take part in the Giant Heptathlon event which will take place at the John Wright Sports Centre East Kilbride in February with the top school going through to represent South Lanarkshire at the National final.

Triathlon

This year South Lanarkshire leisure has introduced Triathlon training camps for adults of all levels. The camps consist of a 1 hour coached swim session and a 2 hour bike/run session which can be either road bike, mountain bike or turbo trainer (indoor) sessions.

These camps will be held in Hamilton, Wright and Lanark from September through to April next year.

There will be turbo training classes starting on Sunday 2nd October at the Hamilton Palace sports grounds on a Sunday morning. These classes are all indoor for all levels on computerised Wright, all you have to do is bring your own bike.

Game on Clubs Athletics/Triathlon

There are 5 Active kids Game On athletics clubs with South Lanarkshire, Carluke leisure centre, Lifestyles Cambuslang, Hamilton Palace sports grounds, John Wright Sports centre and Lanark race course.

There are 3 Active kids Game on Triathlon clubs within South Lanarkshire Lanark Lifestyles, Carluke leisure centre and Lifestyles Cambuslang.

All of these clubs are designed and aimed to offer children a fun environment to develop a healthy lifestyle whilst providing a step by step introduction to all aspects of athletics and triathlon.