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Midland Athletics League – 27 May

Posted: May 30, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

The senior team had a fantastic day at the 2nd track and field meeting at Wyndley on Sunday.  We finished in first place with our athletes setting five new divisional records: 100m  – Nicholas Pryce 10.8 200m – Nicholas Pryce 22.1 Discus – Kevin Brown 48.20m 4x100m Relay – 45.0 ( Luke Fleming, Nicholas Pryce, Adam Barnes and Nicholas Mwebe) 3000m Megan [...]

BUPA London 10k – 27 May

Posted: May 28, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

5 RSCAC runners travelled down to London to race Mo Farah in the BUPA London 10k on Sunday.  Their times were as follows: Dave Long 0:35:19 Paul Terleski 0:35:56 Steve Marklew 0:36:04 Colin McAuley 0:36:34 Mark Bridges 0:36:48 The team (1st three counters) came 26th and for the record Mo Farah was home in 29.21.  A bit more training to be [...]

Hill West 10k – 20 May

Posted: May 24, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

One that’s just come to our attention – well done to Olivia Larcombe who won the women’s race at the Hill West 10k last Sunday.  This was her 1st competitive race for a couple of years.  Great effort!

New 4x100m club record

Posted: May 20, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

The results of the Young Athletes league meeting on 6 May have just been published and are available here (a full report is in this week’s Observer).  There were some great performances – in particular, the under 17 boys 4x100m relay team of Stefan Anderson, Nicholas Mbewe, Alister Brauns,and Kane Howitt set a new club record of 45.9.  [...]

Hill West 10k – 20 May

Posted: May 20, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

We had two runners in the top five in the Hill West 10k in Sutton Park today.  Russell Simpson finished 3rd and Colin McAuley finished 5th – both had great runs as they tried to get some speed back in their legs after their recent marathon exploits. Dave Liddell also ran well with a top ten finish.

Our athletes came back from the county championships with a good haul of medals. In particular, there were victories for Elmena Saunders (U15 800m), Gaby Kinney (U20 800m), Katie Ingle (U20 W steeplechase – new county record), Rebecca Robinson (U20 1500m) and Megan Evans (Senior Long Jump). The results are available here.  Well done to [...]

Meet the Jamaican Olympic team

Posted: May 14, 2012 by Nick C in General Info

R.S.C.A.C. is pleased to offer 20 lucky members the chance to see the Jamaican Olympic team train on Tuesday 24th July from 12 midday — 2 pm at Birmingham University. If you would like the chance to meet the Jamaicans, write your name & phone number/email address on a piece of paper and put it [...]

British Masters Road Relays – 12 May

Posted: May 13, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

Results are available here for British Masters Road Relays which took place yesterday in Sutton Park.  We had four teams competing.  The highlight was a 5th place finish for the Men’s 65 team of Clive Sayer, Doug Hyde and Reg Phipps.  The other teams also performed well – The women’s 35 team finished 12th, with Andrea Deathridge [...]

Midland Athletics League – 5 May

Posted: May 10, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

The results are now available here from Saturday’s track and field meeting at Sutton-in-Ashfield. With a threadbare team we finished 5th on the day.   The sprinters were in great form with Nicholas Pryce winning the 100m and 200m A races and Luke Fleming winning the 200m B race and finshing 2nd in the 400m B race.  In the ladies [...]

Lichfield Half Marathon – 6 May

Posted: May 6, 2012 by Nick C in Race reports

Well done to Ollie Harradence who finished 3rd at the Lichfield Half Marathon today in a time of 1.14.51.  Richard Cashmore (1.52.16) and Russell Simpson were the other Sutton runners competing.  Full results available here.