RSCAC Admin

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 RSCAC Admin General Info

Fleur O’Brien

I recently received the sad news that Fleur passed away last Thursday at her daughter Marcella’s home. Both her daughters Marcella and Jessica were with her at the time. She had been ill for some time but it still came as a shock to many of us.

Quite a few of you will have known Fleur both as a former Chairman of the Club as well as a competing athlete. Although principally a middle distance runner Fleur would regularly turn out for the Club in the Midlands Veterans Track and Field League and compete in many different events (running, throwing and jumping) to gain points for the Club.

She holds the over 60s club records for the 400m, 800m and the Long Jump which she set in 2012. She will not be forgotten.

The funeral will be at 11.00am on Wednesday 15 July at Sutton Coldfield Crematorium and a reception from 1200 at The Royal, B72 1UD. Marcella has told me that Club Members are welcome and I have agreed to let her know of the likely numbers so she can advise The Royal. If you intend to go and are not in direct contact with Marcella and Jessica please can you advise me accordingly.

John T (jeanandjohnt@aol.com)

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 RSCAC Admin General Info

Summer Holiday club

Royal Sutton will be running its popular summer holiday club again this year. The dates for the three day courses are 27, 28 and 29 July and also 17, 18 and 19 August. The courses run from 10.30-15.30 each day and will take place at Wyndley.

The cost is £42 and the courses can be booked through Wyndley Leisure Centre.

STARTRACK FLYER 2015

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Midland Athletic League – 5 July

Hi Everyone, What a great team spirit on Sunday. I could not ask for more support from everyone who was able to attend .Thank you all. According to the provisional results we finished in third place. We will put the final results on the website when they are available.

A special thanks to our officials Jane F, Ian S, Janice P, Derek P, Brian H, Nick C, Stuart G,and Fiona S.

Four new club records were set at the match. They are:

Elliott Walker Under 20 Long Jump 6.36m, beating his own record.
Connor Notley Under 20 Discus (2Kg) 36.76m, beating his own record
Liam Goodall Under 17 Hammer (7.26 Kg) 33.02m, beating Connors old record
Chrissie Prince Under 17 Hammer (4Kg) 34.55m, beating her own record

Well done to Elliott,Connor,Liam and Chrissie. Wow!!!

The last meeting is at Solihull on the 9th August so please put it in your diary .

Three of our athletes have been selected for representative honours in the near future.

Chrissie P and Connor N will be competing in the English Schools Champs at Gateshead representing West Midlands Schools on Friday/Saturday.
Lorna F will be representing Midland Masters in the Inter Area Champs at Solihull on 19 July.

Here’s wishing Chrissie ,Connor and Lorna great performances!!!

All the best. JohnT

July 5, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Laura Whittle wins silver at the British Championships

Well done to Laura Whittle who claimed a superb silver medal at the British Championships today. She ran a time of 15.41.13 to finish second behind Steph Twell from AFD. Great running Laura!!!

June 30, 2015July 2, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Records tumble as RSC win the latest YDL clash

Great performances from our U17/U20 team at Wyndley on Sunday with a win for RSC and lots of fantastic individual performances, including (at least) four new club records:

U20 long jump – Elliot Walker broke his own club record of 6.20m with a jump of 6.32m. He had a superb series of jumps.
U20 triple jump – Elliot Walker with a jump of 12.43m. This breaks the old club record set in 1999 by Adam D’Arcy
U17 Pole vault – Bonita Deathridge (2.25m). This was Bonita’s first competition and she breaks the record of 2m set by Charlotte Last in 2012.
U17 4kg Hammer – Chrissie Prince breaking her own record with a throw of 33.46m

Well done everyone – In particular Elliot, Bonita and Chrissie and their coaches (Meg, Ernie and Graham).

RESULTS

John T

June 23, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

New club records for Chrissie Prince and Jennie Hopkinson

Graham Felton reports on some great performances and new records set by RSC athletes over the weekend:

“Some great news over the last few days. Firstly Chrissie Prince, competing at the Mason Trophy, came 5th in the Discus and 7th in the Hammer. The Hammer Competition took 3 hours 40 minutes in total and the first 7 girls all achieved England Schools Standard. Chrissies throw of 41.78 metres sets a new PB and Club Record for U17 Girls 3Kg Hammer

On Monday Jennie Hopkinson won 2 Silver Medals at the Independent Schools National Championship at Alexander Stadium:

100 metres 12.9 seconds New PB and equals Fiona’s Club Record set in 1977.
200 metres 27.2 Seconds New PB.”

June 15, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race Notices

Entries now being taken for the Little Aston 5

Entries are now being taken for the Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run. The event takes place this year on Sunday 6 September. The routes starts at Little Aston Primary School and takes in the undulating country lanes. The entry form and race details are available below:

2015 LA5 Entry Form

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 RSCAC Admin General Info

Updated club records

The latest club records (updated to 15/6/15) are now available on the Performances page. Well done to everyone who has set a new record this season – let’s hope for lots more over the next couple of months.

If you think there are any records we’ve missed then please speak to John Topliss or your coach.

June 10, 2015June 12, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Midland Athletics League – 6 June

Please find a link to the provisional results from Saturday’s meeting: PROVISONAL RESULTS

Excellent performances by everyone young and old. Thanks for all your support. A report will be sent to the Sutton Observer this week. There were six new club records set:

Elliott Walker Junior (under 20) Long Jump 6.20m . also very close to the triple record.
Connor Notley Junior (under 20) Discus (2 Kg) 33.45m
Nick Corker M40 3k steeplechase 10.36.6
Graham Felton M65 Shot (7.26 Kg) 7.60m and Discus (2Kg)19.66m
Senior Mens 4x100m relay 43.8 secs Nicholas Pryce/Shem Nelson/Cameron Kirkbride/Kane Howitt.

Special thanks to our officials – Fiona S/Ian S (Hannah’s Dad)/Brian H/Chrissie’s Dad, Arnie E (Meghan’s Dad) and Graham F. If you stayed to the end you would have witnessed a very exciting victory by our Men’s 4x400m relay team. Great running guys!

The next meeting is on Sunday 5 July at Leicester. Make sure you have the date in your diary! John T

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Midland Masters Championships – 7 June

We had some great performances by our athletes at the Midland Masters Championships at Nuneaton Sunday.

Kevin Brown M50 1st Discus and Shot with new Club records .Due to his recent injury these had to be standing throws.
Lorna Foster W50 1st Shot,2nd Javelin,2nd Discus,and 3rd Hammer. A busy weekend for Lorna after competing for the Senior team at Corby on Saturday.
David Price M70 1st Javelin
Richard Henry M40 2nd 100m
Jhalman Singh M75 2nd Shot.

Finally just received the news that Swaran Singh (Current British M70 Discus Champion) has won the 2015 Indian Masters Championship and additionally took the silver medal in the Hammer.

All the best. John T