Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

Some slightly lighter news to share tonight. Here are the English Schools’ Cross Country results from Saturday.

Very well done to all those who were selected to represent their county.

West Midlands

Junior girls:
109 Bethan Homer (2nd scorer for West Mids)
263 Martha Wood (3rd scorer for West Mids)
272 Francesca Allen (4th scorer for West Mids)
280 Emily Symes (5th scorer for West Mids)
288 Charlotte Prince

Junior Boys:
221 Ethan Cook (5th scorer for West Mids)

Inter girls:
90 Lucy Carey (Top scorer for West Mids)
220 Elsa Buchanan (4th scorer for West Mids)

Inter boys:
212 Ethan Patel (5th scorer for West Mids)

Senior girls:
289 Emma Cavendish Tribe

Staffordshire

Inter girls:
118 Sian Duval (2nd scorer for Staffs)

Senior girls:
259 Caitlin O’Connor

Following advice from England Athletics we are cancelling all club sessions for the time being.

https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/coronavirus-statement/

We’ll keep in touch (via the club website, Twitter and Facebook) when we get further advice from EA.

If you’re looking for an alternative session for tonight, Team GB’s Workout Wednesday on YouTube offers some sessions that can be done at home. Leon Taylor’s 12 Minute Core Workout is a good one to start with.

Stay safe all!

The taster session is cancelled until further notice. We will advertise on the website and social media when we can reopen. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The track and clubhouse (including toilets) will be open on Tuesday. Training will take place as usual but there will be no use of shared equipment. This includes bibs. Athletes are advised to wear their own bright clothing if they are in a distance group.

The clubhouse will be open for access to toilets etc., but entry will be controlled and may be restricted to a few at a time.  Spare clothing and bags should be left in the stand (on the track) instead of in the clubhouse. 

Training fees might be collected on a table outside the clubhouse.

Only individually wrapped snacks will be sold – no pick and mix!

Athletes, coaches and volunteers are reminded to follow existing good practices of: regular handwashing, covering a cough with a tissue and not wiping their face with unwashed hands. We advise everyone to wash their hands before and after training and bring any hand sanitisers with you.

Please stay away if you have a cough or fever.

Please continue to check the website and RSCAC socials regularly so you receive all updates.

Dear all,

The club will be issuing a statement regarding COVID-19 by tomorrow evening.  Until then, this is what England Athletics have been sending out to athletes regarding COVID-19.

As a result of the coronavirus outbreak, England Athletics would like to ensure that all competitors, officials, coaches, staff and spectators are aware of the following advice from Public Health England (PHE) recommending that the following general cold and flu precautions are taken to help prevent people from catching and spreading COVID-19:

· cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze. See Catch it, Bin it, Kill it
· put used tissues in the bin straight away
· wash your hands with soap and water often – use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available. See hand washing guidance
· try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell
· clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces
· do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean
· athletes and runners are entitled, should they wish, not to shake hands or have any other form of physical contact with their opponents or officials

If you are experiencing difficulty breathing, have a high temperature or cough, please return and stay at home and call NHS 111. Do not go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment. Further information is available on the PHE blog and NHS.UK.

Please return home, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people if you’ve travelled to the UK from the following places, even if you do not have symptoms:
· anywhere in Italy on or after 9 March
· specific areas in northern Italy in the last 14 days
· Iran in the last 14 days
· Hubei province in China in the last 14 days
· Daegu, Cheongdo or Gyeongsan in South Korea in the last 14 days

Please return home, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people if you’ve travelled to the UK from the following places in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath, even if your symptoms are mild:
· Italy (outside specific areas in northern Italy) before 9 March
· mainland China outside of Hubei province
· South Korea outside of Daegu, Cheongdo and Gyeongsan
· Cambodia
· Hong Kong
· Japan
· Laos
· Macau
· Malaysia
· Myanmar
· Singapore
· Taiwan
· Thailand
· Vietnam

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do next. Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.

Thank you for your understanding.

Evening,

We’ve regrettably chosen as an Executive Committee that we need to cancel tomorrow’s Sportshall meeting.

Any queries please ask them to email chris_brook@hotmail.com

We’ll be in touch to discuss further issues in due course.

Chris Brook
League Secretary
Birmingham Sportshall League