The National Road Relays, which were due to take place in Sutton Park on 13/14 October, have been cancelled. This is a result of an outbreak of e coli 0157 which has been linked directly to Sutton Park. A full statement from the ERRA is available here.
Annual Award Winners
Well done to the athletes and coaches who were awarded prizes at the Annual Awards evening on Friday. It was great to celebrate some fantastic performances from the last 12 months. In particular, congratulations to Bunny Kyd who was awarded honorary life membership for his great contributions to the club. Details of the winners of the major club awards are listed below:
- Clare Fancote award male – Kevin Brown
- Clare Fancote award female – Katie Ingle
- Best single performance male – Nicholas Pryce
- Best single performance female – Janice Pryce
- Best all rounder male – Nick Corker
- Best all rounder female – Chrissie Prince
- Most improved athlete male – Charlie Hornby
- Most improved athlete female – Elmena Saunders
- Attitude to club male – Kane Howitt
- Attitude to club female – Maddie Stearn
- Most promising newcomer – Connor Nottley
- Most promising newcomer female – Jasmine Skipp
- Club person of the year – Stuart Goodall
- Team of the year – U17 girls cross country team
- Cross Country overall junior male – Alfie McBrien
- Cross Country overall senior male – Ollie Haradence
- Athlete’s Athete award – Theo Larcombe
Presentation Evening – 21 September
Come and celebrate a successful year for Royal Sutton. The annual presentation evening takes place this Friday (21st September) at the All Saints Church Centre on Belwell Lane, Four Oaks (7.30-11pm). Awards will be given to athletes in each age group. Tickets are still available from the coffee bar and cost £6 each, to include a disco and jacket potato. Family discounts are available.
Also, make sure you vote for your “Athletes Athlete Award.” This is an award chosen by you for the athlete you feel deserves this recognition. You can vote at the coffee bar. This years nominees, who have been chosen by their coaches are:
Hannah Smith; Georgia Curry; Shaun Evans; Theo Larcombe; Roy Humpherson; Eleanor Williams; Russell Simpson; Katie Ingle; Charlie Hornby and Kieran Smith
See you all on Friday!
Little Aston 5 – more photos now available
More photos of the Little Aston 5 are now available on our FLICKR pages. A link to the new photos is available here.
Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run
Well done to everyone who took part in Sunday’s Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run. Congratulations to James Trollope (Birchfield) who blazed round the course to claim overall victory in a new course record time of 25.48. 2nd runner home was Ollie Harradence (Royal Sutton) in a time of 26.38.
The women’s race was won by Sian Slade (Birchfield) in a time of 32.39 with Rachel Pounds (Bolton Harriers) in 2nd place.
In the 2 mile fun run the race winners were Shaun Evans and Georgia Curry (both Royal Sutton). Georgia’s time of 13.47 was a course record – fantastic effort! Well done also to Kieran Mullis, Melissa Adkins, Lucy Corker (all Royal Sutton) and Tom Hurley who were age group winners in the fun run.
The results are available here:
Little Aston 5 fun run results – 2012
Little Aston 5 prizewinners – 2012
Thanks to everyone who helped out on the day to make it a really successful event. See you all again next year!
Midland Veterans T&F League – 1 August
The results of the meeting of 1 August are now available. Eight new club records were set. Well done to everyone. The new club records were:
- Gordon Chapman – M80 2K Walk 15.44.0
- Graham Felton – M60 Shot ( 7.26Kg) 8.68m
- David Price – M70 Javelin (700g) 29.73m
- Fleur O’Brien – W60 800m 3.28.4, Long Jump 2.12m
- Maureen Lewington – W65 Javelin 17.03m, Discus 16.53m, Shot (3Kg) 7.19m
The full results are available here:
This was probably Maureen’s last competition as she will be moving to Scotland at the end of the month. Maureen, who went to three Olympics (1964, 1968 and 1972), has been a great servant to the club since joining as a Master/Veteran, winning many medals in the sprints whilst representing GB and RSCAC at World and European Masters Championships. She will be sorely missed. We wish her and Peter a wonderful time in Scotland.
Report by John Topliss
Midland Athletics League – 4 August
The results are now available here for final the league match on Saturday. The league table is available here. We won by 31 points clinching the league title in the process.
There were fantastic performances by everyone who took part.
In the men’s events Nicholas Pryce continued his excellent season winning the 100m and 200m A races convincingly, whilst junior athlete Kane Howitt had a great run to win the 100m B race. Kieran Smith competed in multiple events recording victories in the 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 1500m and high jump, whilst Kevin Brown again dominated the throwing events, winning the hammer and discus and finishing second in the shot putt
In the women’s events Charmaine Riley won the 200m A race, whilst Charlotte Newman recorded fantastic victories in the 100 and 200m B races. Megan Evans and Janice Pryce took maximum points in the triple jump, whilst Janice also won the long jump B event, recording a new club age group record in the process.
Other winners in the A events were Adam Barnes (400m), Rachel Smith (800m), Ollie Haradence (3000m) and Nick Corker (3000m steeplechase), whilst Lydia Sergiew and Lizzie Farrow recorded PBs to finish 2nd in the 400m and 3000m respectively.
In the B events there were victories for Rachel Smith (400m) and Fred Trembley (1500m), whilst Madeleine Stearn, Fiona Smith, Paul Terleski, Dave Long, Steve Marklew and Russell Simpson all had 2nd place finishes. Alistair Brauns won valuable points for the club in the long jump, triple jump and 400m, whilst Theo Larcombe was a close 3rd in a competitive 800m race. We also had victories in the men’s and women’s 4x100m relays and the men’s 4x400m relay.
We set 4 new divisional records during the season – Well done to Nicholas Pryce (100m, 200m), Kevin Brown (Discus) and the 4x100m team. Details of the records are available here.
We are the champions!!!
It’s not just Team GB that are doing great! Another fantastic performance from the senior athletics team today saw us win the final Midland Athletics league match in style and claim the overall title.
Brilliant performances from everyone who took part with lots of victories on both the track and field!
The results and a full report to follow…………..
Little Aston 5 – One month to go!
There’s one month to go until the Little Aston five mile road race and two mile junior fun run. The race takes place at 11am on Sunday 2 September. Entry fees are £8 (£10 on the day) for the road race and £3 for the two mile junior fun run. An entry form is available here:
Let’s have a great turnout from the club!
100 club prize draw results – July
The July 100 club draw took place in the club house on Thursday evening. The winners were:
- 1st Prize £50.00 Ann Brankin
- 2nd Prize £30.00 Richard Baker
- 3rd Prize £25.00 Bunny Kyd
- 4th Prize £15.00 Beryl Chapman
- 5th Prize £15.00 Steve & Ann Mason
- 6th Prize £15.00 Joyce Hinchley
Five new members took out balls in our July draw – however there are still plenty more available. Anyone interested in joining the 100 club should talk to Phil Pollock. The next draw will take place in November.
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