The Thursday evening 5-6pm “Introduction to athletics” session for 7-9 yr olds is currently full and a waiting list is in operation. If you would like to add your child’s name to the waiting list please email us at rscac@hotmail.co.uk. If you are already on the list we hope to be able to invite your child to future sessions in May and June as spaces free up. Thanks for your patience!
London Marathon – 26 April
There we some fantastic times set by Royal Sutton athletes at the London Marathon yesterday, with 11 club members completing the course. The fastest RSC male finisher was Mark Bridges who completed the course in 2.47, whilst Kate McBrien was the fastest woman finisher in 3.21. The times are as follows:
- Mark Bridges – 2.47
- Subodh Dave – 3.16
- Mike Deasy – 4.34
- Dean England – 2.56
- Clive Hackforth – 3.08
- Paul Jenkins – 3.22
- Chris Jennings – 4.51
- Steve Marklew – 3.01 (IPC World Marathon Championships)
- Kate McBrien – 3.21
- Vici Richardson – 3.48
- Matt Stenson – 3.05
Midlands T&F – 25 April
Our senior athletics team travelled to Banbury on Saturday for the first match of the season. Despite having a greatly depleted team there were some fantastic individual performances.
Highlights included a new club record for Chrissie Prince in the hammer, a first ever race victory and massive PB for Tom Chew in the 2000m steeplechase, victories for Fred Tremblay in the 800m A race and 1500m B race, and maximum points in the discus where Kevin Brown and Connor Notley won the A and B events (both with age group club records).
In the sprints Nicholas Pryce was 2nd in 200m and 3rd in the 100m, whilst Kane Howitt was 1st in the 100m B race and Ethan Brough was 3rd in the 200m on his senior debut. Luke Cato was having a strong run in the 400m before injuring his hamstring – we hope you’re injury is not too bad Luke!
Overall it was a good day for our men in the middle distance events. Shaun Evans ran superbly to finish 2nd in the 1500m A race on his first race for the senior team, whilst Nick Corker won the B race in the 2000m steeplechase. Paul Thompson and Rob Andrew won some more important points in the 5000m.
Andrea Deathridge was are only women’s runner in the distance events, competing in the 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m and 3000m!!! Her best performance was in the 3000m where she finished second, whilst her time in the 400m hurdles was a new age group club record.
We won lots of points in the men’s throws with Kevin Brown, Connor Notley and Liam Goodall all in great form. Liam Goodall had great senior debut in the hammer with a second place in the B event.
Similarly, our women throwers competed superbly. Chrissie Prince was 2nd in the discus and hammer A events. Madeleine Stearn was 4th in A javelin, Fiona Smith finished 1st in the hammer B event whilst Lorna Foster was second in the B shot putt.
A big thank you to all our officials who braved the cold. As always your support is greatly appreciated!
Overall, based on the provisional results we finished 6th on the day. The next match is on Saturday 6 June in Corby. Please put the date in your diary and make sure you’re available for this important match.
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Upcoming fixtures
It’s a busy few weeks coming up for our athletics teams with all age groups kicking off their seasons. The forthcoming fixtures are shown below and a full list is available on the Fixtures page. Please speak to your coach if you’re interested in competing. Good luck everyone!!!
| Date | Venue | Details | Age |
| Sat 18 April | Tamworth | YDL Upper Age Group – U17/U20 League | U17 and U20 age group |
| Sat 25 April | Banbury | Midlands Women’s and Men’s League | U17 age group and above |
| Wed 29 April | Stoke | Midlands Vets League | Age 35 + |
| Sat 2 May | Banbury | YDL Lower Age Group – U13/U15 League | U13 and U15 age group |
National Road Relays – 11 April
Laura Whittle starred for our women’s team in the National Road Relays, running the second fastest long leg of the day. Her time of 30:49 was only bettered by Emelia Gorecka. Overall the team finished 27th – Well done everyone!!!
- Laura Whittle (2) 30:49
- Katie Ingle (6) 34:13
- Larna Partridge (13) 21:38
- Nadia Baxter (23) 26:38
- Rachel Thebridge (29) 25:17
- Vici Richardson (27) 24:04
Photos (including the one shown) are available on Bryan Dale’s Race Photos website. A link to the full results is provided below:
Summer athletics fixtures
It may not feel like it just yet but it’s now less than a month to go until the first athletics matches of the season. A list of all the fixtures is available below. Put the dates in your diary and get training.
100 club
The latest 100 club winners are:
- £50 – Sally Mills
- £30 – Ruth Dobbins
- £25 – Paul Williams
- £15 – Joyce Hinchley
- £15 – Lynne Duval
- £15 – John Topliss
The next draw is in July. If you want to take part please speak to John Mills.
Donald Brown wins gold, silver and bronze at the European Master Championships
Great news from Torun, Poland where Donald Brown claimed gold, silver and bronze medals at the European Masters Championships. Here’s his report back:
“Ecstatic after winning the Gold Medal to become the M50 European Masters Champion in the 60m hurdles. My winning time of 8.66 was a personal best and ranks me number 1 in the world for 2015. I was also thrilled to win the Bronze in the 60m sprint with another personal best of 7.47 and and Silver Medal in the 4 x 200m relay. An incredible experience, awesome venue and fabulous medical team.”
Well done Donald – we’re all delighted for you!!!
Royal Sutton win bronze at the Midland Road Relays
A fantastic effort by our senior women saw Royal Sutton win bronze at the Midland Road Relays. Well done to Mel Woodward, Katie Ingle, Larna Partridge, Kate McBrien, Megan McBrien and Laura Whittle.
On a course slightly altered from previous years, Mel Woodward got us off to a flying start on the 1st leg with a time of 17.53 to put us into 3rd place – this was the 9th fastest time of the day. Katie Ingle had a good run after a winter disrupted by injuries to keep us in third place with a time of 18.43. Larna Partridge and Kate McBrien ran well on legs 3 and 4 to keep us in contention with the leading clubs, with the team in 7th place after 4 legs. Megan McBrien ran 18.52 on leg 5 to move the team up three places behind only Bristol & West, Charnwood AC and Birchfield. Laura Whittle ran the final leg in 17.13, the 2nd fastest time of the day, overtaking Birchfield to bring Royal Sutton home 3rd.
The men’s team finished in 36th place out of 73 teams (provisional results). Paul Terleski ran the fastest long leg for the team, whilst Fred Tremblay and Tom Chew ran the fastest short legs. There were also strong runs from Edward McGrath on his birthday and Mark Rickards. Without forgetting all those who fought hard to try and move the team up the table all afternoon, some of which were drafted at the last minute to help get a team out to compete. Well done everyone – great effort!
Photo from Bryan Dale’s racephotos website.
Mudrunner photos.
Results here
Weekend update – 7 Pools Run, Stafford Half Marathon
A number of runners were out and about at the weekend. There was success for RSC athletes at the 7 Pools Run. Amy Johnson won the women’s race, whilst Alex Blackham was 2nd place in the men’s race.
At the Stafford Half Marathon Dean England and Eddie McGrath ran the course in 1.23, Matt Stenson finished in 1.27, Vici Richardson in 1.45 and Ed Saunders in 1.49. Well done everyone!!!
Photo from 7 Pools Run website
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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