Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

On Tuesdays from tomorrow, Tony/Nikki/Paul/Meg’s group (and any other athletes taking part in the Sportshall League) will be training at Plantsbrook School, 5.50pm – 7.50pm.

Meet at the main school entrance & the caretaker (or 1 of us) will direct you to the sportshall. Please wear outdoor shoes & bring clean trainers with you as you won’t be allowed to take part if wearing outdoor footwear.

So you’ll need to bring: clean trainers, a still drink & £2.

A section of the Pay & Display car park opposite the school is reserved for those using the school, so park there for free.

Well done to everyone who ran in the muddy, wet conditions yesterday at Hatton. Results are available here: http://www.wmyaccl.com/Results.asp

‪RSCAC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be on Tues 23/10 at 8pm at the clubhouse.

Members over 18 or junior members (accompanied) are welcome to attend.

AOB is to be raised in advance to Alex Buchanan. We are also keen to seek nominations of volunteers to join the club’s management committee.‬

The meeting will be followed by refreshments.

With Presentation Evening being less than a week away, it’s time to vote for this year’s Athletes’ Athlete.  Vote for your top 3 in the clubhouse tonight or Thursday, 6-8 pm. The award will be presented at Saturday’s Presentation Evening.

This is the award for someone dedicated to training, who trains hard and sets a good example to others. Coaches have had a difficult decision, picking just 2 nominees from each group.  The final 16 are:

Lucy Carey

Lewis Duval

Shaun Evans

Katie Ingle

Paul Jenkins

Tiffany Latham

Barry Lloyd

Isabel Male

Joe Martin

John O’Connor

Shem Nelson

Harrison North

Nicholas Pryce

Hannah Smith

Will Stead

Libby Turney

Good luck!

Presentation Evening is next (6th October) at The Pavilion, Moor Lane.

We’ll be selling the final tickets 5.50-7.45pm on Tuesday & Thursday until we sell out. £10 each/ £35 family of 4 (includes jacket potato supper & disco).

Don’t miss out on getting your tickets for this fantastic event!

Any raffle prize donations would also be appreciated.

On behalf of the LA5 committee, we would like to offer sincere thanks to all the LA5 sponsors, helpers and marshals for their contribution in making this year’s event so successful.

We have received many messages on Social Media of support from runners (both newcomers to the event as well as our regular attendees) which was very much appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who took part, be that be by: running, organising, sponsoring or helping on the day.

Janice Pryce finished in third place in the W55 Triple Jump at the World Masters, with a Jump of 9.45m. A great performance from Janice, who is at the top end of the age group and only made two legal jumps out of the six.

Rob Andrew has also been in fine form out in Malaga. He qualified for the M55 800m Final and took 7th place in a very close race. His time of 2.11.49 was an M55 PB.  Rob made the 1500m final too, where he finished in 8th in a new M55 PB of 4.38.11.