The 46th annual “Round the Park Run” organised by Octavian Droobers takes place on Wednesday 27 June in Sutton Park. The event starts at Town Gate, with the aim being to complete a full circuit of the Park, taking in all 6 gates. The distance is approximately 8 miles, depending on your navigational skills! For full details click here.
Midland Masters Athletics Championships – 10 June
Some great results at the Midland Masters Athletics Championships.
- Janice Pryce won both the W50 Long Jump (4.18) and the Triple Jump (9.85). The Triple Jump is both a new club and British Masters record. Fantastic effort!
- Jhalman Singh won the M70 Shot (8.37) and was second in the Long Jump (2.99)
- David Price won the M70 Javelin (27.13)
Well done to all three.
Report by John Topliss
English Athletics National/Midland Championships – 2/3 June
Another weekend, another sprint record is broken. Kanisha Hector won the Midland Championships and set a new 200m club record with her time of 24.97 seconds at the Alexander Stadium today. Charmaine Riley (her training partner) set the original record of 25.1 seconds in 2008. Well done Kanisha!
Other athletes in action were Charmaine Riley, Nicholas Pryce and Adam Barnes. The results are available here:
Videos are available on the England Athletics site here
Report by John Topliss
Midland Veterans T&F League – 30 May
A hardy bunch of 5 athletes made the trek to Stoke arriving at almost the same time as the Olympic flame just around the corner. It must have inspired our athletes as they all put in excellent performances with two new club records being set.
David Price (who had to travel approx 150 miles to get to Stoke) set a new M70 record with the 600grams javelin of 32.09m breaking Tom Wyers distance of 23.17 set in 2004. Fleur O’Brien (in her first race over this distance for quite a few years) set a W60 record in the 800m of 3.29.4. Graham Felton won the M60 200m and then dropped down a few age groups to take third places in the M35 shot and the M50 discus. Sandra McDonald won both her W50 events the 200m and Long Jump. Maureen Lewington won the W60 javelin and then stepped down several age groups to take third place in the W40 discus.
Well done to all of you. The next meeting is at Burton on Wednesday 27 June so lets have a big turnout for this meeting. Results are available here:
Report by John Topliss
BMC Regional Races/BRAT Open – 30 May
We had athletes chasing PBs at the Open meeting at Birmingham University on Wednesday. There were race victories for Fred Tremblay, Gabrielle Kinney, Theo Larcombe and Kane Howitt. Gabrielle Kinney, Elmena Saunders, Katie Ingle, Megan McBrien, Hannah Smith and Kane Howitt all set PBs.
Results for the BMC are available here. Results for the BRAT Open are available here.
Midland Athletics League – 27 May
The senior team had a fantastic day at the 2nd track and field meeting at Wyndley on Sunday. We finished in first place with our athletes setting five new divisional records:- 100m – Nicholas Pryce 10.8
- 200m – Nicholas Pryce 22.1
- Discus – Kevin Brown 48.20m
- 4x100m Relay – 45.0 ( Luke Fleming, Nicholas Pryce, Adam Barnes and Nicholas Mwebe)
- 3000m Megan McBrien – 10.30.0
Nicholas Pryce’s 100m time is also a new club record, taking over James Simmons record set in 1989. A video of the run is available on our FLICKR page here.
The 4x400m relays were another highlight with the women winning by the length of the home straight and the men also having a great victory. Nicholas Pryces’s 400m split was recorded by Ruth Dobbins to be 47.1 (WOW!).
Well done to Kane Howitt, Alister Breuns, Andrea Deathridge, Clive Hackforth, Marcus Smedley, Tony Hinchley, Nicholas Mbewe, Madeleine Stearn, Natassja Longstaff, Miranda Stoddart and Charlotte Last who all performed exceptionally on their first appearances for the senior athletics team.
Thanks also to the many people who helped out behind the scenes to make it such a successful event (some who were helping to set up from 8am).
The next meeting is on 1 July at Burton. Let’s have a great turnout and see if we can get another team victory!
BUPA London 10k – 27 May
5 RSCAC runners travelled down to London to race Mo Farah in the BUPA London 10k on Sunday. Their times were as follows:
- Dave Long 0:35:19
- Paul Terleski 0:35:56
- Steve Marklew 0:36:04
- Colin McAuley 0:36:34
- Mark Bridges 0:36:48
The team (1st three counters) came 26th and for the record Mo Farah was home in 29.21. A bit more training to be done boys!
Hill West 10k – 20 May
One that’s just come to our attention – well done to Olivia Larcombe who won the women’s race at the Hill West 10k last Sunday. This was her 1st competitive race for a couple of years. Great effort!
New 4x100m club record
The results of the Young Athletes league meeting on 6 May have just been published and are available here (a full report is in this week’s Observer). There were some great performances – in particular, the under 17 boys 4x100m relay team of Stefan Anderson, Nicholas Mbewe, Alister Brauns,and Kane Howitt set a new club record of 45.9. The old record of 46.9 dated back to 1993. The team is in action again today at Burton so lets see if they can improve their time further. Well done to the guys
Report by John Topliss
Hill West 10k – 20 May
We had two runners in the top five in the Hill West 10k in Sutton Park today. Russell Simpson finished 3rd and Colin McAuley finished 5th – both had great runs as they tried to get some speed back in their legs after their recent marathon exploits. Dave Liddell also ran well with a top ten finish.
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