Pitreavie AAC

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Pitreavie AAC
Pitreavie Amateur Athletic Club logo.jpg
Founded1956
GroundPitreavie Athletics Centre
LocationQueensferry Road, Dunfermline KY11 8PP, Scotland
Coordinates 56°03′06″N3°25′31″W / 56.05167°N 3.42528°W / 56.05167; -3.42528
Website official website

Pitreavie Amateur Athletic Club, or Pitreavie AAC for short, is a British athletics club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The club makes use of modern and expansive facilities including its own clubhouse and gym as well as access to an outdoor running track and complete indoor facilities at the Pitreavie Indoor Centre run by Fife Sports and Leisure Trust. [1] At Pitreavie AAC, men and women of all ages and abilities compete in a wide range of events, from sprinting to ultra-distance running. The club has teams for all disciplines, as well as highly qualified coaches and excellent facilities.

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History

The track in 2006 Pitreavie Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 256579.jpg
The track in 2006
Eilidh Child-Doyle at the 2012 Olympic Games Eilidh Child.jpg
Eilidh Child-Doyle at the 2012 Olympic Games

The club was formed in 1956, the same year that a new £30,000 track had been laid down. [2]

Since 1978 the club has had at least one representative at the Commonwealth Games and has produced several Olympians, including Linsey MacDonald and Eilidh Child-Doyle [3] who both won bronze medals.

Notable athletes

Olympians

AthleteEventsGamesMedals/Ref
Linsey MacDonald 400m, 4x400m1980 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg [4] [5]
Ian Mackie 100m1996 [4] [6]
Eilidh Child-Doyle 400m, 4x400m2012, 2016 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg [4] [7]
Nicole Yeargin 400m, 4x400m2020 [4] [8]

Commonwealth Games

AthleteEventsGamesMedals/Ref
John Linaker steeplechase1966 [9]
Pat Rollo 100m hurdles1986

Other

References

  1. ↑ "About us". www.pitreavie-aac.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "A Record Entry" . Edinburgh Evening News. 7 June 1956. Retrieved 6 April 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Retired Pitreavie AAC star Eilidh Doyle lands Edinburgh Uni role". Dunfermline Press. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Pitreavie's Nicole Yeargin meets Commonwealth Games standard". Dunfermline Press. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Linsey MacDonald Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Ian Mackie Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Eilidh Child-Doyle Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nicole Yeargin Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "John Linaker". scotstats.net. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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