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News | 9th November 2023
 

Scottish call-up forathlete sisters

 
 
Matilda & Antonia Brockley
 

Langholm siblings make the Scottish Pentathlon team

SCOTTISH CALL UP FOR ATHLETES | Following trials in Grangemouth last weekend, both Matilda and Antonia Brockley have been selected to represent Scottish Schools Athletics against England, Ireland and Wales in December.

They will be competing in the Schools International Athletics Board International Indoor Pentathlon at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales.

Both athletes who are supported through the Welcome to Langholm Future Champions Awards will compete in five events including the long jump, high jump, hurdles, shot putt and 800m.

By Calum Graham

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