Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

A great effort by all our athletes who competed at the County Championships last weekend with lots of team and individual medals won. We had a particularly strong showing at the Warwickshire County Championships where the club was second in the medal table winning a total of ten medals. We won a further medal at the Staffordshire Championships – Well done all!

At the Warwickshire County Championships (held at Newbold Comyn, Leamington) the U13 Girls won team gold, with Elsa Buchanan winning an individual silver medal and Lucy Carey winning an individual bronze. Maddie Hammond completed the scorers, finishing 7^th, whilst there were great runs by Hope Stirland (8^th), Zara Buchanan (17^th) and Leila Rahmati (20^th).  Jack Wakefield finished 12^th in the U13 boys race

The U15 Girls team also came home with a bronze medal, with Charlotte Hey finishing 5^th, Caitlin White (10^th) and Lucy Corker (13^th). In the U15 boys race Finlay Barlow finished 7^th, Joseph Martin was 23^rd and Matt Perry was 40^th meaning a 6^th place finish for the team.

The U17 women’s team of Ellen Humpherston (3^rd) , Abi Trevis (9^th)  and Lucy Ollerenshaw won team silver, with Ellen Humpherston winning an individual bronze medal. In the U17 men’s race Ben Horton was 10^th and Tom Parkes was 13^th.

There was also a team gold for our U20 Women. Georgia Curry led the team home in 3^rd place with great support from Georgia Delaney (5^th) and Emily Campion (7^th). There was gold for Shaun Evans in the U20 men’s race whilst Alex Jones was 4^th.

In the senior women’s race Megan McBrien was 5^th, Katie Ingle was 8^th, Rachel Thebridge was 34^th and Helen Elsoueidi was 37^th. The team finished 5^th.

Oliver Harradence retained his title in the Masters event whilst Rob Andrew was 41^st.

A number of athletes also competed at the Staffordshire County Championships at Wolverhampton. Sian Duval was 6^th in the U13 girls race, whilst George O’Conner was 25^th in the U13 boys race. Caitlin O’Connor was 13^th in the U15 girls race, whilst Lewis Duval was 5^th in the U15 boys race. Mel Woodward won a bronze medal finishing 3^rd in the Veteran women’s race.

The great results mean the club will have a good representation at the Inter County Championships in March.

Staffordshire results

Warwickshire results

Warwickshire XC – Medal Table