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Birmingham XC League Division 1 – 14 January – Results

The results (provisional) are now available for today’s race:

Bham XC Div 1 – Individual Results – 14.1.12

Bham XC Div 1 Team Results – 14.1.12

We finished 13th on the day but are now in 14th place in the league (140 points behind Stoke and 145 points behind OWLs).  There was a good turnout and some great individual performances.  Well done in particular to Colin McAuley who scored for the “A” team for the first time and Kevin Sharkey who had a great run on his debut.  Race photos are available on Nick Price’s flickr site here.

Many thanks to Megan who sacrificed her Saturday afternoon to perform marshalling duties.

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Birmingham XC League Division 1 – 14 January

The senior men are back in action this weekend in the 3rd league race of the season at Coventry Godiva.  The team is currently one place above the relegation zone, with a slender 7 point lead over OWLS.

Full race details are available here.  Meet up at the clubhouse for a 12.30 depart.  Please contact Steve Marklew if you require further information.

(Photo from Race 1 courtesy of Brian Smith).

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New Year Message from Katie Jennings

I would like to take this opportunity to wish our members a Happy New Year and every success in 2012.  In this Olympic year let us show people and other clubs how muchtalent Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club has.  The fantastic results from the recent Warwickshire and Staffordshire County cross country races are certainly proof of thegreat athletes and coaches we have at the club. I look forward to an exciting and successful year and hope you all achieve your dreams.

Best wishes,

Katie

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Warwickshire XC Championships – 7 January

Great results in all age groups at the Warwickshire County Championships yesterday.  In particular congratulations to Katie Ingle who won the U17 women’s title and to the U17 women’s team who dominated their age group with the first two teams home.  Well done to Megan McBrien (3th), Rebecca Robinson (4th), Gabrielle Kinney (5th), Rachel Smith (11th), Nicole Parsons (15th) and Miranda Stoddart (16th).

Other medal winners were:

  • Laura Richardson – 2nd in the U13 girl’s race
  • Amy Johnson – 2nd in the U20 women’s race
  • Elemena Saunders – 3rd in the U15 girl’s race
  • U13 girl’s team – 2nd place for Laura Richardson (2nd), Grace Stirland (14th) and Jessica Tarr (16th)
  • U15 boy’s team – 2nd place for Alfie McBrien (5th), Shaun Evans (6th) and Jerome Austin (15th)
  • U15 girl’s team – 3rd place for Elemena Saunders (3rd), Molly Rees (12th) and Elizabeth Ward (14th).

Well done also to Andrea Deathridge who had a great 4th place finish on her club debut in the Masters women’s event and to the U13 boy’s team (Keiran Mullis, Joel Kirsten and Ben Horton) who had a 5th place finish.

The Masters Men’s team finished just outside the medals in 4th place and the Senior Men finished 7th.  More importantly,  the Masters Men beat (trounced) the Senior Men for the second year running on points scored – bragging rights earned for another year!

The full results are available here:  Warks XC results – 2012

Photos are available to view here

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Athletics on TV

If you’re not out running through the mud, rain and wind at the County Championships this weekend then you can enjoy some quality cross country from the comfort of you own living room.  The Great Edinburgh Cross Country is being shown live on BBC1 at 1pm this Saturday.  A race preview is available here.  Race coverage is now available on the iplayer here.

Radio 5 also has a programme on the rivalry between Coe and Ovett this Thursday at 7.30pm.  This is now available on the iplayer here.