Author: RSCAC Admin

The men’s and women’s senior XC teams were both in action for the 1st league race of the season at Newbold Comyn, Leamington.  On a gruelling course with thick mud, a short energy sapping hill, a stream crossing and more mud, both teams put in great performances.

The women continued their great form following their 6th place finish in the English XC Relays last weekend.  Katie Ingle was the first runner home in 9th place, with Megan McBrien 19th, Rebecca Robinson 39th, Miranda Stoddart 70th and Rachel Smith 73rd.  The team was 5th.  The results are all the more impressive given that all the athletes are running in their first year for the senior team.

The men’s race comprised all three divisons and more than 700 runners.  Ollie Haradence was first home for the club in 33rd place.  The other 1st team scorers were Nick Corker (72nd), Mark Bridges (126th), Dave Long (127th), Russell Simpson (136th) and Simon Corker (152nd).  Great performances from the other runners with 20 people competing.  In particular, well done to Paul Davey, Matt Stenson, Subudh Dave, and Richard Lewis who were making their XC debuts (always good to pick a nice easy race for your debut!).  The team was 15th on the day.

The next race is on 1 December, with the men at Cofton Park and the women at Burbage Common (Hinckley).

The men’s results are available here.  The women’s results are available here.

A 6th place finish for our Junior Women was the highlight from a great day of racing at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield.  Well done to the team of Megan McBrien, Katie Ingle and Rebecca Robinson, and also to Rachel Smith and Miranda Stoddart who recorded great times as B team runners.

There were great performances from our other teams:

• U13 girls – 52nd (Lois West, Melissa Adkins, Rebecca Evans)
• U15 girls – 19th (Elemena Saunders, Georgia Curry, Laura Richardson).
• U17 women – 46th (Molly Rees, Elizabeth Ward, Lydia Sergiew)
• Senior men – 110th (Nick Corker, Russell Simpson, John Fletcher, Simon Ralph)

Also, congratulatons to Elemena Saunders – her time was the 9th fastest in the U15 girls race.  The full results are available here.  There is also lots of coverage of the event on the athleticos website here.

Well done to all our runners who competed in the Birmingham Half Marathon today.  The first runner home for the club was Russell Simpson who finished in in 1.17.56 (knocking 34 seconds off his PB and getting himself on TV in the process).  The results of all the runners are below:

• David Bowen – 1.25.28
• Stewart Deeming – 1.34.23
• Clive Hackforth – 1.25.50
• Jason Hughes – 2.04.09
• Chris Jennings – 1.57.57
• Matthew Lumley – 1.35.35
• John Mills – 2.16.27
• Mark Rickards – 1.26.33
• Tamara Savage – 3.19.54
• Kevin Sharkey – 1.28.52
• Russell Simpson – 1.17.56
• Shiran Yakobi – 1.55.32

A number of our U11s, U13s and U15s were in action at a “noisy” Stockland Green Community Leisure Centre last Friday.  Everyone ran, jumped, threw and bounced brilliantly.  The results are available here.  The next fixture takes place on 2 November.

A 53rd place finish for Royal Sutton at the National Road Relays at beautiful Clumber Park today.  Well done to the team of Nick Corker, Dave Long, Russell Simpson, Simon Corker, Steve Marklew and Fred Tremblay.

Race photos are available on Bryan Dale’s website here and videos and lots more are available on the athleticos website here

Well done to Matt Stenson who recorded a PB of 3.13.36 in the Chester Marathon on Sunday.  This slashed a massive 14 minutes off his previous best set in Brighton in April.  The time gives Matt an automatic “Good for Age” place in the London Marathon, joining a group of 11 club members who have achieved this in the last 12 months.

Well done to everyone who competed in the first West Midlands Young Athletes fixture at Hatton, Warwick.  In perfect cross country conditions (sunshine and lots of mud!) our young runners did the club proud.  In particular, there were top 20 finishes for the following:

• U11 girls – Caitlin White (9), Beth Darrock (16), Georgia Platt (18), Rachel White (20)
• U11 boys – Harrison Batchelor (8), Alex Stapleton (12), Luke O’Brien (17)
• U13 boys – Kieran Mullis (7)
• U15 girls – Georgia Curry (8), Laura Richardson (16), Sophia Karski (17), Erin Benbow (20)
• U15 boys – Shaun Evans (12), Jerome Austin (18)

There were also lots of runners competing for the 1st time for the club who ran brilliantly.

In the team races the top performances came from the U11 girls, who finished in 2nd place and the U15 girls who were 3rd.  The full results are available here.

The next race is on 11 November at Wolverhampton.  Make sure the date is in the diary and let’s have a great turnout!

On Saturday the senior men dusted down the winter spikes and travelled to Walsall Arboretum for the first cross country race of the season.  The team of Dave Long, Fred Tremblay, Simon Corker and Nick Corker battled through the mud to finish 14th out of the 39 teams competing.

There were great performances by four of our athetes at the Nottingham Half Marathon today.  Russell Simpson was the 1st runner home in a PB of 1.18.28.  Kate McBrien and Andrea Deathridge both recorded great sub 1.30 times, with Kate finishing in 1.27.54 and Andrea finishing in 1.29.02.  Clive Sayer was the 2nd over 65 finishing in a time of 1.39.18.  The provisional results are available here. Well done all!