We are pleased to announce that our support for the Scottish Cross Country Season has now been confirmed for another next four years.
Two years ago we announced our partnership with scottishathletics which created the Lindsays Cross Country Season across the winter of 2014-15 - culminating in the hugely-popular National XC at Falkirk.
The agreement covers six events per season - three at District level and three at National level - and we're delighted with the success of the sponsorship so far. We have now agreed to continue the sponsorship to cover the next four seasons, taking us through to the end of 2019-2020 winter programme for XC.
Our partnership includes offering scottishathletics members and clubs an exclusive package of legal services generating further investment in the club network.
And the partnership reinforces our firm’s interest in the sport with its backing for two-time Olympian, three-time British champion and GB international, Eilish McColgan, in an individual sponsorship deal.
The Lindsays Scottish Cross Country Season for this year starts with the National XC Relays at Cumbernauld Park on October 22.
*The National XC Relay Championships – Cumbernauld Park, 22 October 2016
*The National XC Short Course Championships – King George V Playing Fields, Renfrew, 5 November 2016
*North District XC Championships – Inverness, 3 December 2016
*East District XC Championships – Aberdeen, 3 December 2016
*West District XC Championships – Ayr, 4 December 2016
*The National XC Championships – Callendar Park, 25 February 2017
Ian Beattie, our chief operating officer, Chairman of scottishathletics and a regular ultra, marathon and half marathon runner, said:
‘We are delighted to be continuing our involvement with the Scottish Cross Country Season.
‘It has been really encouraging to see the levels of participation at all age groups over the last few years, a trend that reflects very positively on the hard work being carried out at athletics clubs across the whole country. We look forward to our continuing involvement in the series over the next four years, and I am sure we will see further growth in the numbers taking part over this period’.
Mark Munro, Interim Chief Executive at scottishathletics, said:
'We are absolutely delighted to secure a further four years of support from Lindsays for the Lindsays Cross Country Season.
'The partnership began a couple of years ago and I think in that period we've already seen growth in the events they are involved with - particularly at the likes of the National Relays and the National XC itself.
'The partnership with an award-winning Scottish legal firm also includes a benefits package for our members and, equally importantly, for our clubs when they use Lindsays for their legal needs. It is great to ‘pass on’ benefits to our members in this way.'
On Twitter, we'll be using the hashtag #LindsaysXC for all the events listed above and over the course of the next four years.
For the full press release click here.
Photo is of Andrew Butchart winning National XC at Falkirk in February for the second year in a row before then making team GB and Ni for the Olympics, where he finished sixth in 5000m final with a new Scottish Record. Photo by Bobby Gavin.
