{"id":120851,"date":"2026-05-18T07:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/hundreds-of-young-athletes-compete-at-4j-district-champs-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:53:09","slug":"hundreds-of-young-athletes-compete-at-4j-district-champs-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/hundreds-of-young-athletes-compete-at-4j-district-champs-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of young athletes compete at 4J District Champs &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Monday 18th May 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo by David McNulty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of young athletes were in action over the weekend at the <strong>4J District Champs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event has changed format this year with District competition for young athletes in the U16, U14 and U12 age groups with older age groups given an opportunity at the<strong> 4J National Opener<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Two venues were involved as<strong> Aberdeen<\/strong> hosted the North and East events (because of redevelopment work at the facility in Inverness) and at the Ayrshire Athletics Arena in<strong> Kilmarnock<\/strong> for the West event.<\/p>\n<p>Good to see at that West Districts event there was support from Joseph and Lidya from our Young People\u2019s Forum as they helped with announcing, officiating and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>All the Results from Kilmarnock are online <a href=\"https:\/\/data.opentrack.run\/en-gb\/x\/2026\/GBR\/wdtf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the Results details from Aberdeen are online <a href=\"https:\/\/data.opentrack.run\/en-gb\/x\/2026\/GBR\/endtf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you<\/em> to all athletes (and parents, coaches and clubs) who competed with a different medal programme for U14s and with U12 teams qualifying for our SUPERteams National final.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you<\/em> to our venue hosts at Aberdeen and Kilmarnock for their hard work over a long weekend to help us deliver the 4J District Champs.<\/p>\n<p>And <em>Thank You<\/em> in particular to our qualified <strong>scottish<\/strong>athletics Officials for their support (once again) in making events happen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491-1024x896.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491-1024x896.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491-300x262.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491-768x672.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_8491.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-1536x748.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-9-2048x997.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-115873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-843x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-843x1024.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-1265x1536.jpg 1265w, https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SCOTTISH-ATHLETICS-WEST-DISTRICTS-3-1686x2048.jpg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\"\/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos via Lindsay McMahon (YPF) and David McNulty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>++++<\/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 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