{"id":120569,"date":"2026-05-14T07:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/hundreds-of-young-athletes-all-set-for-4j-district-champs-action-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:53:52","slug":"hundreds-of-young-athletes-all-set-for-4j-district-champs-action-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/hundreds-of-young-athletes-all-set-for-4j-district-champs-action-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of young athletes all set for 4J District Champs action &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Thursday 14th May 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>There is a busy weekend coming up for younger athletes at our clubs via the <strong>4J District Champs<\/strong> at two venues.<\/p>\n<p>This year, there are now opportunities for U12, U14 and U16 athletes at the events over Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kilmarnock<\/strong> is the venue for the <strong>West District Champs<\/strong> and <strong>Aberdeen<\/strong> stages the <strong>North<\/strong> and <strong>East District Champs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the Inverness track and field facility closed for essential redevelopment work, and with the commitment required by volunteers and Officials to deliver District events, it made best sense to combine East and North at Aberdeen.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you to all athletes who have entered and to coaches, parents and clubs for your support of the 4J District Champs events.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-115788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/districts2.jpg 2039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kilmarnock will play host to around 460 athletes over Saturday and Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Check start-lists (becomes live results) <a href=\"https:\/\/data.opentrack.run\/en-gb\/x\/2026\/GBR\/wdtf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aberdeen will play host to around 360 athletes over Saturday and Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Check start-lists (becomes live results) <a href=\"https:\/\/data.opentrack.run\/en-gb\/x\/2026\/GBR\/endtf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this stage we say thank you to all our qualified Officials getting ready to help out this weekend and make the events happen at Aberdeen and Kilmarnock.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that our comms from these events is likely to be less than is usually the case for a 4J Districts weekend.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to coverage from the <strong>Loughborough International<\/strong> on Sunday with Scotland competing\u00a0 and our resources are stretched. Thanks for your understanding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Believe-Belong-Achieve-Together-300x30.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/4j-district-champs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4J District Champs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/aberdeen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aberdeen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/kilmarnock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kilmarnock<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/districts-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th May 2026 There is a busy weekend coming up for younger athletes at our clubs via the 4J District Champs at two venues. This year, there are now opportunities for U12, U14 and U16 athletes at the events over Saturday and Sunday. 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