Below is a list of Open Graded Meetings that we’re aware of for the remainder of the season with links to entries.

Open Gradeds are a fantastic way of getting additional competitive opportunities.  The format is that you enter yourself into the events you’d like to do, provide a personal best time/distance/height and you will be placed into a heat or pool with athletes of a very similar standard as yourself (if you don’t have a PB yet, speak to your coach who can give you an idea of what this would be).  The attraction is that you get an appropriate level of competition and are often dragged to a new PB – and no-one should end up a long way behind the others!

There are a host of clubs who organise their own OGM events.  The most popular by far with Harmeny members is the Livingston AC Open Graded Meetings which take place on a Friday evening, once a month during the summer.  Again, coaches and officials will remind you all of these events as they are announced and more links shared on Facebook.