Pitreavie AAC
{{Short description|British athletics club}}
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| founded = 1956
| ground = Pitreavie Athletics Centre
| location = Queensferry Road, Dunfermline KY11 8PP, Scotland
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Pitreavie Amateur Athletic Club, or Pitreavie AAC for short, is a British athletics club based in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The club makes use of modern and expansive facilities including its own clubhouse and gym as well as access to an outdoor running track and complete indoor facilities at the Pitreavie Indoor Centre run by Fife Sports and Leisure Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitreavie-aac.co.uk/index.php/about-pitreaive-aac/about-us|title=About us|website=www.pitreavie-aac.co.uk}} At Pitreavie AAC, men and women of all ages and abilities compete in a wide range of events, from sprinting to ultra-distance running. The club has teams for all disciplines, as well as highly qualified coaches and excellent facilities.
History
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The club was formed in 1956, the same year that a new £30,000 track had been laid down.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19560607/312/0012 |title=A Record Entry |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=7 June 1956 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}}
Since 1978 the club has had at least one representative at the Commonwealth Games and has produced several Olympians, including Linsey MacDonald and Eilidh Child-Doyle{{cite web|url=https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/sport/24873071.retired-pitreavie-aac-star-eilidh-doyle-lands-edinburgh-uni-role/ |title=Retired Pitreavie AAC star Eilidh Doyle lands Edinburgh Uni role |website=Dunfermline Press |date=21 January 2025 |access-date=6 April 2025 }} who both won bronze medals.
Notable athletes
= Olympians =
= Commonwealth Games =
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| John Linaker | steeplechase | 1966 | {{ cite web | url = https://www.scotstats.net/athletes/john-linaker/ | title = John Linaker | access-date = 20 August 2022 | website = scotstats.net }} |
| Pat Rollo | 100m hurdles | 1986 |
= Other =
- Trudi Thomson - (world medalist in ultramarathon)