Rebecca Robinson and Miranda Stoddart made the long trip to Cheltenham for the final Midland Womens League fixture. Rebecca finished 19th and Miranda was 58th. The full results are available here.
West Midlands Young Athletes XC League – 10 February
The results from yesterdays race at Perry Park are available here. Well done to everyone who braved the wet and mud. Great running in particular by Shaun Evans who finished 2nd in the U15 Boys and Kieran Mullis who was 3rd in the U13 Boys. Well done also to the U11 girls who won their race and clinched the league title for their age group.
Birmingham XC League Div 1 – 9 February
The senior men finished the league season with a great performance at Perry Park today. Ollie Haradence had an outstanding run to finish in 17th place. Our other scorers were Nick Corker (24th), Paul Terleski (89th), Dave Long (92nd), Steve Marklew (118th) and Russell Simpson (125th). The full results are available here.
Our score of 466 points was our best in the four races and meant we finished in 13th place on the day. Unfortunately it was not enough to keep us in Division 1. However, hopefully we can bounce back again next year.
The results for our runners from each of the four races are available here: XC team rankings – 2012-13
Many thanks to Phil Pollock and Bob Owen for supporting the team and helping us with marshalling duties.
Good luck to all the juniors who will be competing at the same venue tomorrow in their final league match. We’ve softened up the course nicely for you!
Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards
Royal Sutton had a really successful evening at the Sutton Sports awards on Friday with Janice Pryce winning the Veteran Sports Personality of the Year and the U17 Women’s XC team (Katie Ingle, Megan McBrien, Rebecca Robinson and Gaby Kinney) winning the junior team of the year. Janice had a great 2012 winning the British title and setting new British records for the W50 triple jump (indoors and outdoors), whilst the U17 women dominated regional cross country events and finished runners up in the National Cross Country Championships.
Katie Ingle and Mike Marshall reached the final three for Junior Sports Personality of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards respectively. The Junior Sports Personality of the Year was won by Jemma Westgate (a club member) in recognition of her achievements in the modern pentathlon. Well done everyone!
Birmingham Games – video clips
There are some great video clips of the Birmingham Games available on the Athleticos website. In particular check out the following links to see Nicholas Pryce setting new club records in the 60m and 200m, including his run against Conrad Williams, Luke Lennon-Ford and Johan Wissman.
Birmingham Games – 2/3 February
Our sprinters showed some great form competing against a star studded field at the Birmingham Games.
Nicholas Pryce had a fantastic weekend improving his club records for both the 60m and 200m. He ran a time of 7.01 seconds to finish 6th in the men’s semi final of the 60m and 21.90 seconds to finish 4th in the semi final of the 200m against an incredibly strong field. In his heat he ran against Nigel Levine, whilst in his semi final he ran against Conrad Williams, Luke Lennon Ford and Johan Wissman (a World Indoor silver medalist at 200m and 400m)!
Kane Howitt won his heat in the U17 boys 60m in 7.45 seconds and Megan Evans took 5th place in her heat of the 60m (although she didn’t get to race Christine Ohorugo this year!). Adam Barnes and Luke Flemming had great runs in the 400m.
The results are available here: Day 1 and Day 2
Hopefully there will be some video action to follow from the Athleticos website. We’ll put links on the website when available.
Midland XC Championships – 26 January
Congratulations to our U20 women who had a great victory at the Midland XC Championships at Stafford Common yesterday. Katie Ingle finished in 3rd place, Megan McBrien was 5th, Rebecca Robinson was 8th and Miranda Stoddart was 16th. The result is all the more impressive given that all the runners are in the first year of this age group.
We also had great performances by our other runners in all the other age groups. The full results are available here, photos are available on Bryan Dale’s website here, and videos are available on the Athleticos site here. Well done everyone!
Dates for Midlands Track and Field League
There may be snow on the ground and the temperatures may be minus five but it’s not that long until the outdoor athletics season is upon us. The dates for the senior track and field league have now been announced and are as follows:
- Saturday 18 May – Leamington
- Sunday 9 June – Abingdon
- Sunday 7 July – Dudley
- Saturday 10 August – Wyndley
Let’s see if we can have another great season following our promotion last year.
Good luck to everyone competing at the Midlands XC Champs tomorrow!
West Midlands Young Athletes XC League – 20 January
Well done to everyone who braved the snow for the 4th West Midlands Young Athletes race at Nuneaton on Sunday. Great performances from everyone in atrocious conditions. Highlights included a 2nd place for Shaun Evans in the U15 boys and 3rd place for Kieran Mullis in the U13 boys. The full results are available here.
West Midlands Young Athletes XC race still on
Based upon an announcement at midday today (Saturday) on the WMYACCL website the Young Athletes XC fixture at Nuneaton is still on. Click here for further details. Good luck to everyone competing!
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