Fun Run and Disco

Stuart Laird and Family are holding a fundraiser this Saturday 3rd December to raise funds for the gynaecology ward @ARI (where his daughter Darcie was treated after being diagnosed with a 14cm x 10cm tumor back in march) there is a 3k, 5k or 10k walk, jog, run at 1pm at ugie bridge (golf course) followed by a charity disco / auction etc at 7:30pm in Peterhead football club. Tickets are £10 per adult, £5 for kids or £5 for run only. If you would like tickets or to make a donation see Stuart tonight or contact myself and i will supply more information.

Peterhead to Boddam 12 or 14km

14km peterhead to boddam

8.7 miles / 14.0012928 km
Created 10.14.11 by guest

"> This is Sunday routes- choice of 12 or 14km if are doing 12km you just turn at Station Road Boddam, if your doing 14 km you go all the way around Boddam!! Meet at Catto Park Sunday 2pm. Click on route to have a closer look!!

New Hoodies etc for sale

Thanks to Cammy and Jennifer we have a whole new range of clothing with our logo for sale. This includes a hoodies, Ladies and Mens tracksuits, Ladies jackets. We also ordered new Tshirt in Hi-vis Yellow and white TShirts we will be taking orders in the next few weeks. Do forget with weather getting colder you can also order base-layers (thanks to Marshall) at http://www.playerlayer.com/teams/peterhead-jog-scotland

Baxter Lochness Marathon

Have you ever been to the Baxters Lochness Marathon and Festival of Running, if not i would highly recommend it. Last weekend 16 of us from Phd Jogscotland went up and we had a great weekend. We had runners taking part in the 5km, 10km and the Marathon. I took part in the Marathon along with Andy Davidson, Willie Thomson, Mark Strachan, Stuart Robertson and Margaret Birnie. The Lochness Marathon starts at Fort Augustus and takes along the shores of Lochness into the Inverness City Centre, I never seen "oor monster" alias Stuart Robertson till about 4 miles from Inverness and he took of like a bullet when he saw me, fortunetly i was able sneak past him with 2 mile to go again!! I finished in a pb of 3 hrs 46 mins and 55 secs so was delighted, to see all the photographs simply click here

Well done Stuart and Jacqueline

Stuart Robertson and Jacqueline Henderson Peterhead Jogscotland members took part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday 4th September at Hazlehead Park and raised the fantastic sum of £1600. This year JDRF introduced the TAQA 10k run (which Stuart took part in) as well as the 7km walk, and 5km run which Jacqueline took part in. The whole event raised a staggering £100,000 with more funds rolling in every day. Stuarts son and daughter have been both being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and as a result Stuart a Jogleader at Peterhead Jogscotland took part in the event to raise money for this great charity and raise awareness of this condition that effects so much young people. Stuart said: “The Walk to Cure Diabetes was a fantastic success with so many people stepping out together to support the type 1 community, which means so much to my family. It’s great to know that any amount of money we manage to raise will help JDRF fund more vital research into finding a cure for type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that causes the body’s own immune system to turn on itself and attack cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. The condition affects about 350,000 adults in the UK, including over 26,000 children.It can cause devastating complications including blindness, heart disease, amputation, stroke and kidney failure and reduces life expectancy by 20 years. Ashley Adamson, Fundraiser for Scotland at JDRF added: “The efforts of all of our supporters continue to astound me. With so many people still being affected by type 1 diabetes it is crucial that we continue to be able to fund research into the condition, as this is the only way we can make progress in finding the cure for a condition that has such a dramatic effect on people’s lives.” .

Peterhead Running Festival

Thanks to Bruce Calder for his photographs from the Peterhead Running Festival to see them all simply click here. I have also added some photographs of all the prize winners on the day.

New Pilates Class

Our new Pilates class will start on Wednesday 26th October at 7.30 to about 8.30pm, as a result we will be starting all our groups at 6.30pm prompt, so we can get some lite refreshments before the Pilates start. If you havent tried Pilates before (i never had before last year) it really helps to build up Core strength and a result your stamina, and helps prevent injury etc when running. I would highly recommend you give it ago, as over a period of time i know you will feel the benefits as i have!! The cost of Pilates will be £12 for 6 weeks, and we start taking payment soon!!

Dyke 10km

What a great time we had when 16 of us went up to the Dyke 10km, there was some really good times with several of our club members posting pbs including Edward Ferandes 40 minutes 20 secs Graham Simpson completing his first 10km in 44mins 16 secs, Jackie Stuart Robertson 45 mins 03 secs and Jennifer Robertson 46 mins 26 secs, Margaret Birnie 52 mins 40 secs taking more than 5 mins of her time last year, well done again Margaret. I took 45 mins 52 secs about 6 secs over my fastest time, hoping to beat 45 mins one of these days!!! To see so photographs of the day simply click here If never been to an organised running event i would thoroughly recommend it, especially with our crew its a great day oot, and some much fun!!

Winter Schedule

Over the winter months we are making several changes to help you keep your fitness up. After the clock changes in October we are hoping to have the following schedule!! Monday 6.30pm Catto Park Pavilion Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Track group (floodlights offcourse). Wednesday 6.30pm Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced Group 7.30pm Pilates £12 for 6 weeks with Suzie Crane (non- joggers welcome). Thursday 6.30pm - Circuits with Jim Mundie Harvest Community Church Hall Chapel Street Peterhead cost only £1. Friday 6.30pm Catto Park Pavilion 50p only to cover costs -Start the weekend with a jogging 3 or 5km or 5miles the choice is yours!! OR 6.30pm Rescue Hall Zumba with Steph cost £3 only (the cheapest Zumba in the Toon!!) Sunday 2.00pm Catto Park come along and do a 10km or more if your training for a Half or Marathon!! ALSO IF ANYONE INTERESTED IN ORGANISING A CYCLING GROUP I WOULD KEEN GET THIS GOING IF YOU ARE PLEASE GET IN CONTACT???????????????? PETERHEAD CYCLESCOTLAND SOUNDS GREAT TO ME, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU ALL BACKING TO GET IT STARTED!!

Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers

Thanks to Marshall you can now order Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers and you can even get your name on then if you wish!! Simply click here for further details

Dyke 10km

Yes we are off on our travels today 15 of us are off to the Dyke 10km near Forres. Really enjoyed it last year hoping for a good time as its quite a flat route!! This event is organised by the Forres Harriers to visit their website simply click here

Bike Event In Peterhead

Aberdeenshire Council will be hosting a fun Bike Event on this Saturday 24th September at the Community Centre Car Park, Peterhead as part of the Cycle Demonstration Town Project. This will be a great opportunity to: Try out some weird and wonderful bikes at the bike road show, Get some advice on buying a bike Have your bike checked over for free at the bike clinic Find out about future proposals for cycling in Peterhead Share your ideas on cycling schemes get hold of some hi-vis giveaways to help cyclists be seen this autumn. As part of the project Aberdeenshire Council are trying to gather as much information on levels of walking and cycling in the area . I'm looking for as large a response rate as possible as its vital we can benchmark our progress over the coming years and use the information to help deliver future schemes. Please complete the following survey simply click here Also see the link below for more information http://www.youtube.com/v/ifw5pYdB1NQ?version=3

Peterhead Running Festival & Fun Day

I am really excited how Peterhead's First Running Festival is taking shape. We have had so much support, enthusiasm and help organise this major event for Peterhead it just fantastic. On the day we now have planned (and we are still adding bits and pieces). At 10am we have the Shell School Funs Run(free event) on the track at Catto Park, this fun event hopes to encourage the kids to get active takes place from 10am, Primary's 1 to 3 One lap of track 400 metres, Primary's 4-6 two laps of track 800 metres , Primary 7 and 1/2 years of Secondary School 3 laps of track 1200 metres. Each child taking part will get a medal and goody bag, and certificates will be given for the first 3 pupils in each fun run, also the school with most pupils taking part per head of school role gets £200 to spend on sport equipment for their school.Please come along and cheer the kids on!!!!At 11.15am starting on the Buchan line across from Catto Park we have the Peterhead Half Marathon (to see all photos from last year event simply click here, costing £12 only all those taking part will get a beautiful medal courtesy the Rotary Club in Peterhead, and Goody bag, Cups will be present to the winners courtesy of the Scottish Building Society, along with some prize money. At 11.30am we have the Shell 5km Run, Jog or Walk, again starting on the Buchan line and finish on the track at Catto Park this event is for all levels of abilities, costing £6 only all those taking receives a goody bag and a medal courtesy of Shell. Both the Peterhead Half Marathon and the Shell 5km are chipped timed, so please get your entry form in as quick as possible or enter online here As well as the running events we have the Health and Activity Fair in a large marquee across from the Football Staduim, giving you vital health and activity information for all the family to get you active and hopefully keep you healthy. Everyone attending the Health and Activity Fair has a free entry into prize draw for a Bicycle courtsey of Halfords. Upstairs in the Football club its great to have Connies Craft Stalls, so come along a pick a bargain on the day, and if you need some refreshments teas and coffees will be served, and bar will be open, thanks to Peterhead Football Club and Mary for organising this for us. In front of Running Track we have also a Children Activity Fun Area which will have Bouncy castles/ slides etc etc costing only £1.50 to entry this area all money raised will go to our brillant Peterhead Seacadets. After the Shell School Fun Runs we also in the centre of the Running track "Come and try field sports" for kids to try on the day which should good fun, so please encourage the kids to join in. At 12 noon Suzie Crane is organising a Nordic Walk demonstration( more information on Nordic Walking can be found here,), if you would like to try out Nordic Walking Demonstration see Suzie at the Health and Activity Fair and book your place. I have tried Nordic Walking and Suzie its great fun and you get a good work out at the same time!! As well as teas up in the Football club down beside the Running Track we have the Starlight Parade Marquee which will hav teas/coffee and lots to eats all in aid of Scottish Spina Bifida Assocation. Run4it Peterhead Jogscotland main sponsors will also be along to offer advice on running shoes, wear etc etc and will have some special bargains on the day, if you are taking part in any of the runs you will also have a 15% discount voucher in our goody bag which can spent on the day, or at their shop in Holburn Street Aberdeen. At 1.30pm we are also looking to have Zumba in the Park with Steph, this free session will be great fun for all the family. The Peterhead Running Festival is a joint partnership between Peterhead Jogscotland, Aberdeenshire Council (Active Schools Aberdeenshire and Leisure & Recreation Department, and the Starlight Parade Committee. It would be impossible to have a large event like this without the financial help of our main sponsors Shell and Eventscotland and an our other partner sponsors Scottish Building Society, Peterhead Jogscotland, Bright Beginning Nursery, Thistle Group, Quantum Data Solutions, Robert Emslie Jewellers, Peterhead Rotary, Waves Fm, Northern Platforms & Staging, Finnie Motors, TSL Training Services and the Buchan Observer we are really grateful to each of them for their help and support. The Peterhead Running Festival is not just an event for runners but for all the family, please please encourage your family, friends and work colleagues to come along and support this great event. All profits from the day will go to Scottish Spina Bidifa Association

Invitation to the Opening of Scottish Parliament

On Friday 1st July Roselyn and i were invited down to the opening of parliament, what a great time we had!!! First of all we went on the Riding which was basically a parade to celebrate to the Opening of Parliament, then we had a packed lunch outside Hollyrood,and then our local msp Stewart Stevenson give us a brillant tour of the parliament which we really enjoyed. Along the way we meet a few friends include Andy, Helen and Cameron Brown fae Peterhead. To see all photographs from the day simply here

Peterhead Marinathon

Thank for all your amazing support at this years Peterhead Marinathon even though the weather wasnt great we had about 400 people along, and it was great to see so much Mums,Dads,Girls,Boys and even Grannies and Grandads dressed to support this year theme "PROUD TO BE SCOTTISH" end up raising £600 for Scottish Week which we are delighted about!! Thanks to Alexander Lemon and Johnny Johnston for their great photographs simply click here to see them all. Hope you enjoyed Scottish Week i think it was brillant!! By way next years theme will be the OLYMPICS just give you plenty warning!!

Trip To Rome

Roselyn and i had a great time recently when we went to Rome, an offcourse we brought along our Peterhead Jogscotland T Shirts, to see all the photographs simply click here. If going away on holiday remember take your Peterhead Jogscotland TShirt you never know you could win a prize at our next our next AGM.

Archie Fun Run

Apologies for not putting the Archie Fun Run photographs on sooner. Anyways thanks again for all your amazing support with your help we have raised £831 for Peterhead and District Friends of Archie. Diane and Marella came along last Wednesday night to recieve the cheque. Also thanks to Masson and Glennie for sponsoring our Fun Runs which allows to buy medals for all those taking part, hope like our new signs!!!. To see all great photographs simply click here

Fraserburgh 10km

We had a great time at the Fraserburgh 10km with over 20 of group taking part. Especially well done to Alice Hastie who completed her first 10km. Thanks to Trevor for taking most of photographs. To see all photographs simply click here

Peterhead Running Festival!!

The Peterhead Running Festival & Fun Day will take place on Sunday, September 11 at Catto Park playing fields and running track. Building on the success of last year’s Peterhead Half Marathon, and with the support from Shell as the main sponsor, this year’s event will include the Shell 5K race, jog or walk and the Shell School Fun Runs- in partnership with Active School. The festival hopes to attract 100s of schools kids hopefully to Peterhead's first every running festival , all competitors will be electronically time by Leisurelend, and receive a specially designed Peterhead Running Festival & Fun Day medal, as well as all the children receiving goodie bags from Shell. Also, the school with the greatest percentage of pupils per head of school roll taking part on the day will receive a £200 cheque to spend on Sports Equipment. All parents/guardians must complete and return an entry form to your school by Friday, September 2 to enter the running festival. All pupils entering the Shell School Fun Runs must be accompanied to the event by a responsible adult. So get your kids school involved please. You know me i have a passion for getting kids active!! We are really excited about bringing this new running festival to this area, and we would like to thank Shell for their financial support and enthusiasm in planning this event. All profits from the day will go to Scottish Spina Bifida Association”. So far planned for the day is the • Shell School Fun Runs- in partnership with Active School this free event will be open all primary and secondary people from the Peterhead area. • Shell 5km and Fun Run, Jog or Walk enter online here • Peterhead Half Marathon enter online here • Small Marquee with lot of eats/tea and coffees etc. • Children’s play area- bouncy castle/face painting etc. • Health and Activity Fair in a large marquee giving lots health and advice to encourage to you get more active. • Waves Radio live broadcast, We now have entry forms for the Shell 5km and Peterhead Half Marathon and all the schools in our area will be issued forms through Active Schools in next few weeks. Please put this date in your diary it promises to a great day for all the family.

Leah Royal Wedding Fun & The Big 50 Challenge

Thanks to every one who helped in our efforts to raise money for the Leah Ligertwood Appeal with your help we raised the terrific sum of £2525 which was just fantastc. Leah was along last week to get her photograph taken with our big cheque. Thanks for all your support to raising funds for this wonderful little girl.

Invitation to the Opening of the Scottish Parliament

Every heard of the Riding of the New Parliament?? To be honest either had i, but on Friday 1st July Roselyn and I have been invited down to the Opening of the Scottish Parliament and to take part in the Riding (a procession down the Royal Mile to Hollyrood. In our invite it states " Stewart Stevenson (our local MP) has been impressed by what you’ve done in Peterhead for the local community and hopes you will agree to take part in the riding, representing JogScotland, Peterhead and Buchan". Roselyn and I really honoured and looking forward to representing Jogscotland at this wonderful occasion. However i must emphasis we are only a small part of a great team who makes it all possible. Thanks to everyone of you for your support we love being part of Peterhead Jogscotland, and the wonderful friends we have made through it. Click here for a list of groups which took part in 2007 i am sure you will be impressed, and it makes us even more excited about going. Hope i can take my camera ha ha

Baker Hughes 10km

I was really proud of our club at the Baker Hughes 10km in Aberdeen last Sunday. When i counted up we had over 70 members taking part which was just fantastic. A special word about our elder statesman Sandy Hastie who now is the big 60!!(Sandy please forgive me for mentioning your age!!) Sandy completed the 10km in 41 mins 25 secs. and finished in 161 place, out nearly 4000 runners. Sandy has now signed up for London Marathon next year along with his daughter Angela. Sandy we are really proud of you at Peterhead Jogscotland, you are a real inspiration to us all!! To see all results of Baker Hughes 10km simply click here To see all photographs simply click here

The Big 50 (Miles) Challenge

Ever since i went to work at Technip at Westhill Aberdeen nearly 10 years ago i have had people saying to me when they know i stay in Peterhead "you drive that distance every day thats not real". Its always been an ambition of mine to say to just one person " Well actually i haven't only driven there, i've run it as well". So last Sunday along with Ros my wife, daughter Steph and 12 other friends at Peterhead Jogscotland we took on the challenge to do just that run all the way home!! We left Peterhead on Sunday morning at 7am by mini-bus and drove to Westhill arriving at 8am and we started the long run home at approximately 8.15 after getting our photograph taken by the Security Guard at Technip who must have thought we had lost the plot- and he probably wasn't far wrong1!!! ha ha. Our route took us from Westhill to Blackburn Roundabout at the A96, through the village of Blackburn and onto Hatton of Fintry, the back road to Newmachar past Newmachar Golf Course. At Newmachar we went onto the Formartine and Buchan Walkway, which eventually 6 hrs later would take us all the way to Peterhead via Udny, Ellon, Auchnagatt, Maud, Mintlaw and Longside!! When we left Westhill the weather was quite foggy but we didn't mind a bit as it kept us quite cool, and visibility was still quite good which was all important till we got onto the Fomartine/ Buchan Walkway as we were most of the time running on country roads. At about 10am the fog lifted and the day turned out really hot, and we were really gratefull to our back up team of Stewart Strachan, Andy Davidson and Marshall Birnie in the van (who took turns at running as well as driving) who kept us fed and watered along the route.If it hadn't been for their efforts i think the outcome could have been very different. Our main stopping place during the challenge was at Ellon (22 miles into the run) where we stopped for about 30 mins to take in food as well as the usual drinks (no alcohol i must add ha ha). When we stopped at Ellon Leah and her wonderful family were there to support us, and this in turn gave us a great boost!! The most challenging bit of the route we all agreed was the 7 miles from Ellon to Auchnagatt, on that part of the route there was very little access points for the mini-bus, as a result by the time we got to Auchnagatt we were all beginning to get a bit dehydrated/weary it was so warm, and we were really grateful to Andy who met us about 1km out and gave us some water to keep us going till we got to Auchnagatt!! At Auchnagatt as well as the 15 of us who started the challenge, we were joined by Margaret, Jennifer and Bonnie who run with us all the way to Peterhead which was 18 miles, which in itself was a great achievement. After Auchnagatt our next leg took us to Maud Station and although it wasnt in our plans it was great to stop over for about a 15 mins to regroup again, we were also joined by the Press and Journal photographer who took our photo. At Mintlaw we were met by Elaine Weir, Elaine Lemon, Marilyn, Katrina, Debra and Valerie which was just great and spured us on to the end, we were also joined by 4 younger joggers along the route Cameron, Shelly and Ewan and all did magic as well. We finally arrived at Catto Park Pavilion Peterhead at 6.15pm 10 hrs after we left Westhill. After 10 years at Technip i have finally completed my ambition to "RUN All THE WAY HAME TO PETERHEID WHAT A FANTASTIC FEELING IT WAS"!!! A week later i am still waiting for that sentence " You drive that distance every day" -you know what my reply will be!!!!! ha ha. It didnt start off as a sponsored event until i learned about and met Leah Ligertwood. Leah was born 2 years ago with Celebral Palsy and is off to the USA in August for a major operation which will hopefully give her full use of her legs. I only met Leah a few weeks ago at a wedding in which she was the flower girl, but from that moment i just knew i had to try and support the family as her operation is costing £40,000 which the family have to pay for themselves. With the generous donation of colleagues at work we are hoping to have raised about £1300 for the family. I know a lot of you have made donations to the appeal already and came along to support our Leahs Royal Wedding Fun Run last week, and we really appreciate your support which was just fantastic!! As i approach my Big 50th birthday (i know you dont believe it!!) I hope our Big 50 (Miles) Challenge will inspire YOU some of you to go that "extra mile" when getting more active through jogging. I never started jogging till i was nearly 40, i never dreamed I would complete a Half Marathon let alone a 50 mile run in one day, just shows you what you/we can achieve if you are willing to put in the effort. All the leaders at Peterhead Jogscotland are committed to help you each and everyone of you achieve your goal whatever that maybe a 3,5 or 10km or even a London or New York Marathon we promise we will help you to achieve that goal, as so many of our members have at Peterhead Jogscotland over the last few years!!. Remember if you have any questions or queries just ask, we cant help you if we dont know!!!! To see all photographs from THE BIG 50 (MILES) CHALLENGE simply click here

Run Balmoral 2011

What a great time we had at Run Balmoral on Saturday, we had over 70 members of all ages taking part, everyone did fantastic, and we had a great day out Even though are main goal is to get our community active and always will be. It was just great to see some of our younger members do really doing well in Secondary school 2.5 km race Ewan Calder, James Weir and Paul Kane were all in the top 13 out of field of nearly 200, and Shelly Duncan was first in the girls race in a time of 8 mins 37 secs. It doesnt matter where you finished in the Balmoral Runs on Saturday we proud of you all, i hope you enjoyed the day as much as i did!! To see all the photograph of the day simply click here

'Our Sport, My Responsibility'

This video was shown at the Scottish Athletic Awards Dinner in Glasgow last November. We are very honoured and proud when it was showed a bit about our club and the Half Marathon!! If you took part in the Peterhead Half Marathon last September you maybe in this video. For your information the Peterhead Half Marathon takes place on the 11th September this year!! If want an entry form send an email to me @ sbruce61@talktalk.net

Leah's Royal Wedding Fun Run

On Friday 29th April Peterhead Jogscotland are organising a 1, 3 and 5km Walk, Jog or Fun Run in aid of the Leah Ligertwood Appeal "Walk to the Future". Peterhead Jogscotland leaders are backing the appeal to raise £40, 000 to send to Leah to the USA for her operation, and are hoping the 100s of Adults and children will turn and support this fun event, which will also commemorate the Royal Wedding which takes place on the same day. Registration takes place at Peterhead Football Club from 4.30 pm to 5.45 pm, and the event will start at 6pm. Children Under Age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult, however the 1km will take place on the Running Track at Catto Park. As a result children will be allowed to walk, jog or run on their own as long as an adult is in close attendance to supervisor their child during and after the run. Children under 10 will only be permitted to complete the 1km, 10-14 years old can take part in the 3 km but must be supervised at all times during the walk, jog or run. The 3 and 5 km will be around the perimeter of Catto Drive and Balmoor Terrace, its hoped that many members of the public will also come along and support this event whilst making a donation to the appeal at the same time. As the event commemorates the Royal Wedding, prizes will be given out for the best dressed Bride and Groom, there will also be a fancy hat/tiara and tie competition just before the event starts and spot prizes will be awarded, and their will also be face painting and a bouncy castle/s for the children. All those taking part in Leah's Royal Fun Walk, Jog or Run will be given a commemorative Royal Wedding Medal. Teas & Coffees (donation only), bottle stall and raffles will be available upstairs at the Football Club from 6.15 pm to 7.30 pm. At 8.30 pm a "Royal" Celebration Disco will then take place in the Football Club - glad rags compulsory!!. Tickets will available form Tuesday at the Peterhead Football Club office 10am -4pm, Buchan Observer office and M&Bs in Queen Street, and on Peterhead Jogscotland nights (see www.peterheadjogscotland.com) for the both the Fun Run and the Disco, minimum donation for tickets are Fun run Adults £5 Children Under 14 £3, Disco £6, Fun Run plus Disco £8 only.

Chris & Michelle in Perth Australia

Its great when members send us photographs when overseas, thanks to Chris and Michelle for sending us this photograph after completing the HBF Run For A Reason 14K in Perth Australia last year. If you are going away on holiday or business remember and take your Peterhead Jogscotland T Shirt with you, you never know you might win a prize at our AGM in May.

Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers

Thanks to Marshall we now have our own Peterhead Jogscotland Base-layers which you can be ordered online. They come in tops, leggings and shorts in White, Black and Navy and all have our logo on them, and can be customised with your own name if you wish. Marshall will have them along on Wednesday night to let you see. To see them online simply click here. We also have a permanent link on our Peterhead Jogscotland website simply look up MERCHANDISE under GET INVOLVED section of the website.

Pilates with Suzie

Many of our members have been coming to me and saying how much they have enjoyed, are feeling the benefits of the Pilates class we have organised with Suzie Crane in the Rescue Hall on a Friday night since October. As a result we going to trial for a period of a month (to gauge the response) Pilates on a Wednesday night from the 20th April at the Football Club after our normal jogging session. It will start at 7.30 to about 8.30pm, as a result we will be starting all our groups at 6.30pm prompt, so we can get some lite refreshments before the Pilates start. If you havent tried Pilates before (i never had) it really helps to build up Core strength and a result your stamina, and helps prevent injury etc when running. I would highly recommend you give it ago, as over a period of time i know you will feel the benefits as i have!! The session of a Friday night will stop over the summer months to give you an opportunity to go out with the club for a leisurely jog under the instructions of Marshall Birnie one of leaders. To encourage you to give it ago the session on the 20th April will only cost £1, so its a Jog and Pilates for a couple of quid what a bargain!! ha ha

Well done Sheila, Dawn-anne, Liz and Angela

What a fantastic achievement it was Sheila, Dawn-anne, Liz and Angela raising £3588.20 in Aid of Maggies Cancer Support Centre in Aberdeen which is to built in the near future. On Wednesday night Nicola came along from Maggie and accepted the cheque. Two weeks ago Sheila, Dawn-anne, Liz and Angela all ran the Inverness Half Marathon in aid of Maggies which was a fantastic achievement as none had every ran before they join Peterhead Jogscotland. Sheila, Dawn-anne, Liz and Angela would like to thank all Peterhead Jogscotland members for their support, encouragement and donations for great charity. To learn more about Maggies and the new centre they will be building in Aberdeen simply click here

James Wilson first 10k

Untitled by stephenphd at Garmin Connect - Details Well done to James Wilson did his first 10k with me this afternoon!!

McMillan Cancer Support Fun Run 30th March

This Wednesday 30th March at 6.30pm we are organising a 3, 6 and 10km Fun Run in of aid MacMillan Cancer Support. Registration takes place at Peterhead Football Club from 5.45pm to 6.25pm by donation only. All those taking part will receive a medal which is being sponsored by Masson and Glennie Solicitors and Estate Agents from Peterhead. !! Teas and Coffee (by donation) will served by Peterhead's MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Committee, and their will also be a bottle stall. Please tell your families and friends also to come along and support this great Charity who do alot great work in our local community.

Maggies House Fund Raiser 9th March 2011

We are really proud of all our Peterhead Jogscotland members who turned out in force to support Sheila, Liz, Dawn-anne and Angela who are running the Inverness Half Marathon this Sunday in aid the new Maggies Cancer Support Centre being built in Aberdeen. Amazingly £600 was raised on the night!! On Sunday we have 20 Peterhead Jogscotland members taking part in the Half Marathon and we are proud of them!! To see photographs of the Maggie House Fund raiser simply click here

MACBI Fun Run at Aden Park

I really enjoyed the MACBI Fun Run at Aden Park on Sunday, and was fantastic to see a great turn out from Peterhead and Fraserburgh Jogscotland. Over the coming months Gillian Strachan (Fraserburgh Jogscotland) and i are planning to arrange a few jogging session at Aden Park for Peterhead and Fraserburgh Jogscotland members, watch this space!! To see all photographs from Sunday simply click here

Meet and Greet Evening With Alistair Currie

We had a great time last week when Alistair Currie Jogscotland Manager spent the evening with us at Peterhead Jogscotland. We had about 155 members along plus 28 leaders so Peterhead Football Club was bursting to the seams!!After Alistair can back from jogging with the beginners he presented our Achiever Of The Year Awards to Sandra Davidson, and our under 16s Award to Shelly Duncan. Sandra only joined us last August as her enthusiasm for Jogscotland and jogging is really inspiring. Only a few weeks ago she turned for Sunday afternoon leisurely jog and ended up doing a 12k nae real when think she never jogged before August last year its just amazing!! Shelly Duncan was 14 year olds last Monday (Happy Birthday Shelly) and never misses a session even on a Thursday night when she is beating all the men on track. Over the last year Shelly has progressed so much she is one of best runners in our club. Remember that name in future as Shelly is going to be a real star!! Shelly and Sandra we are really proud of you at Peterhead Jogscotland what you have achieved over this last year is just brillant. Well done to all those who won a prize on the night from our free prize draw pity i wasnt one of them!! To see all photographs from the night simply click here

Maggie Cancer Centre Aberdeen

We are really thrilled to be supporting four of our Peterhead Jogscotland girls Sheila Murray, Dawn-anne Beattie, Angela Hastie and Liz McIntosh who will be taking part in the Inverness Half Marathon on Sunday 13th March in aid Maggie's Cancer Centre in Aberdeen. Sheila brother died 20 yrs ago on the 10th March and she is running the Half Marathon in memory of him, and Sheila friends and fellow Jogscotland members Dawn-anne, Angela and Liz have all lost someone close to them through cancer so they decided to train with her and do the half marathon to show support for this wonder charity, and to Sheila at the same time. Every Sunday for months now Sheila, Dawn-anne, Angela and Liz have been training for the Half Marathon, and we know there hard work will pay off. The main campaign to raise money for Maggie's is a partnership between Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, the Press and Journal and the Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation, which was set up in memory of Colin Montgomerie's mother, who died from lung cancer in 1991. Read more here Next Wednesday 9th March from approximately 7pm in the Peterhead Football Club upstairs we are having a special Coffee/Tea and Fine pieces in aid of Maggies Cancer Centre to show support to all our girls. Please come along (even if your not a member) and show support to them by making a donation for this great cause. Next Wednesday night Peterhead Jogscotland will also be making a donation of behalf of all our members to this great cause. If would like to sponsor Sheila, Dawn-anne, Angela and Liz why not visit one of their just giving websites http://www.justgiving.com/Sheila-Murray http://www.justgiving.com/angela-hastie http://www.justgiving.com/Liz-McIntosh0 http://www.justgiving.com/Dawn-Anne-Beattie

New Website

I hope like our new website not my own making, but that of Zander Buchan from Fraserburgh. Over this last few weeks Zander has spent a considerable time working on it. I hope if you enjoy it, you will share with all your friends and family. I also think its a great advert for our area as most the photographs have been taken locally and look amazing!! To enter our new website simply click here. If you would like to contact to Zander for more information on his web designs simply click here

MACBI Fun Run at Aden Park (cost £5 only)

New event at Aden Park on Sunday 6th March at 1pm start 1, 3, 5 and 10km in aid of Mintlaw and Central Buchan Initative Community Centre Project. If you have never run Aden Park this your chance, come along and join in this fun event whilst helping to aid the building of a Community Centre in Mintlaw cost only £5 under 16s go free!!. Entry on the day only!!

Peterhead to Fraserburgh Annual Beach Run 2011

In case you havent seen it, Cameron Robertson produced this great video of the Peterhead to Fraserburgh Beach Run. In it 22nd year this beach run is one toughest runs is our area!! See your their next year!!

Jillian Cruising Aroon the Deck

Its great when oor members send us photographs wearing their Peterhead Jogscotland TShirt when they are away on holiday. Thanks to Jillian Clark for sending us these great photographs when she was onboard the biggest cruise ship in the world the brand new Royal Caribean ALLURE of the SEAS. By the way the ALLURE OF THE SEAS has a longest onboard running track in the world extending 0.7km thats nearly twice as long as Catto Park running track!! If You are off on holiday this year remember and take your Peterhead Jogscotland TShirt you never know you may win a prize at our AGM

James Weir and Shelley Duncan

We have some really talented Junior Runners in our club none more so than James Weir. James has been taking part in the Running Shop Winter X Cross Country Series for under 15s. At Knockburn in November James was second, and at Haddo House in January James was fourth in an amazing time of just under 20 mins for a 5km. The last race in the series take place at Balgownie Park in Aberdeen on Sunday 27th February. Also taking part that day will be Shelley Duncan, Shelley like James is a real star in the making, and we are proud of them, and all our juniors/youngsters at Peterhead Jogscotland. At Balgownie Park on 27th Feb there is also an adult 1 mile, 3 mile and 6 mile race. To see details of these event simply click here it would be great if we had a good turn to support both James and Shelley and all other members taking part that day.

Peterhead To Fraserburgh Beach Run

Times for Peterhead to Fraserburgh Beach thanks to all who took part 1.Alan Reid.................2.03.21 P.R.C 2. Mark Caldwell...........2.13.20 F..R.C 3.Nick Rennie.............. 2.18.12 UNATT 4. Bill Dallas.................2.19.07 COSMIC 5. Richard Elder............2.20.13 UNATT 6. Stuart Mutch.............2.20.20 JOG SCOT 7. Iain Gregor................2,23,29 METRO 8 Sandy Hastie.............2.30.15 P.R.C/ JOG SCOT 9 John Robertson..........2.35.12 P.R.C 10. Jason Clark.............2.35.24 JOG SCOT 11 Murray Bryce............2.37.00 COSMIC 12 Carol Massie ...........2.38,29.(F) F.R.C 13 Leigh Strachan..........2.40.38 (F) JOG SCOT 14 Robbie Youngson.......2.40.51 F.R.C 15 Steven Milne..............2.45.18 F.R.C 16 Greg Bruce................2.48.15 JOG SCOT 17 Willie Thomson..........2.48.31 JOG SCOT 18 Andy Davidson...........2.48.34 JOG SCOT 19 Andy Wallace ...........2.59,45 UNATT 20 M. R. Cross ..............3.00.40 (F) UNATT 21 Stephen Bruce...........3.02.48 JOGSCOT 22 Neil McRitchie............3.07.59 P.R.C 23 Jillian Clark................3.17.04 (F) JOG SCOT 24 Stuart Robertson........3.17.06 JOG SCOT 25 Alfie Smith.................3.26.44 UNATT 26 Edward Fernandez......3.33.25 UNATT

Christmas Party and Disco

Okay i know i am slow but so is my running so what about it lol!! They are finally here for all the world to see our and Christmas Party and Disco photographs. To see all photographs from a memorable night simply click here. Bribes are definatly taken if want a photograph removed ha ha!! In particular notice the one of Stuart R posing again!!

Fraserburgh Jogscotland Boxing Day Beach Run

About 20 Peterhead Jogscotland members attended the Boxing Day Beach Fun Run which was organised by Fraserburgh Jogscotland, it was a brillant run and the weather was really nice for the time of year. Gillian Strachan and her team in Fraserburgh have done an amazing "job" since they started Fraserburgh Jogscotland in April last year and now have Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced groups with over 200 people attending regularly which is just amazing!! Fraserburgh Jogscotland raised £1000 for the Fishermen Mission with their efforts that day. Being a former fisherman myself, i appreciate all the work the Fishermens Mission does and its a great cause to support!! To see all the photographs of the Beach Run simply click here

Benefits of being a Peterhead Jogscotland member

It great that so much of you have decide to join us this week Along with benefits of meeting new friends, having fun and seeing your fitness improve. We are really keen to encourage you to keep coming to Peterhead Jogscotland, as a result we have built in a number of benefits/discounts in being a Peterhead Jogscotland Member. 1. Discounts of 10% to 15% at Run4 It in Aberdeen. 2. Corporate Membership of the Waterside Leisure Club £199 per annum (available end January) instead of the usual £290, or £85 for 5 months (available now) 3. Free Bronze membership to Jogscotland - Stride logbook, monthly e-news letter, quarterly Stride Magazine and special offers throughout the year. 4. Subsidised bus travel (or even for free) to jogging and running events throughout the year. 5. A number of subsidised social events throughout the year (including Childrens Christmas Party -watch this space). 6. Peterhead Jogscotland Pilates in the Rescue Hall on Friday night -starting this week again £2 per session only!! 7. Discount rates for treating injuries and free advice for the Injury Time Clinic Peterhead. 8. Have a good cause you would like to see supported? Fundraising events are held throughout the year. Members and friends are very generous with their time and efforts. In 2010 over £15000 raised. If you know of any other benefits/ discounts we could offer our members please don’t hesitate to let us know. As we have over 200 members this could also benefit your business as well!!!!