SCOTTISHATHLETICS IS PLEASED to confirm that from 1 March 2010, Marisa Meier will take up the position of Media Manager, succeeding Katy Anderson who departs on 19 February to become Senior Media Officer at UKA.

THE LDC 'CLUB FIRST CUP' and cheque for £500, presented to the overall winning club in Saturday's Scottish Senior Indoor Championships (6 February) as part of LDC's 'Club First' programme, went to Victoria Park City of Glasgow with a total of 47 points ahead of Edinburgh AC (43) - the winner's of the LDC 'Club First Cup' at the Scottish Under-15/Under-15 Championships three weeks ago.

SCOTLAND'S STEPHANIE TWELL (St Mary's) won the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Cross Country Championships in Stirling on Saturday (senior women's race), while in Forres, Jenny MacLean (Edinburgh AC) and Kerry Liam Wilson (Ron Hill Cambuslang) were crowned Scottish Masters cross country champions (both 6 February).

THE FIRST MEETING of the Bank of Scotland National Squad 2010 took place in Glasgow on Saturday (6 February) following the Scottish Senior Indoor Championships.

ALASDAIR STRANGE (SHETTLESTON HARRIERS) improved his own Scottish senior indoor pole vault best by one centimetre with victory in today’s Scottish National Championships - also a Scottish Native record - recording 5.16m with his first attempt, while Jade Nimmo (Falkirk Victoria Harriers), in her first indoor long jump competition since 2007, broke the Scottish under-20 record.

THE FIRST EVER SCOTTISH 'Coaching Wheelchair Racing' Clinic took place at Grangemouth Stadium last Saturday (30 January), delivered by Scottish Disability Sport Lead Coach Ian Mirfin and hosted by Sportcentral.

Ron Morrison is the Convenor of the scottishathletics Road Running and Cross Country Commission and Referee for the Stewarts Scottish National Cross Country Championships, a position he's held on multiple occasions in an event he's been part of in one form or another since 1960.

Darren Ritchie, Scottish National Events Manager for Jumps and Combined Events, has just returned from a holiday - which, evidencing his dedication to athletics, doubled up as a warm weather training camp for a number of his athletes - in Tenerife…life may well be a beach for some, but in his blog he writes about ones to watch in 2010 (those who don’t have it quite as easy as him!)

Anna Poulton has been involved in officiating since 1964 and in October 2009 was presented with an award for 'Services to Officiating' at the scottishathletics Annual Awards Dinner. In her blog she explains just how she got involved, and why she's still happy to get her waterproofs on and her stopwatch ready!