R.S.C.A.C. is pleased to offer 20 lucky members the chance to see the Jamaican Olympic team train on Tuesday 24th July from 12 midday — 2 pm at Birmingham University.
If you would like the chance to meet the Jamaicans, write your name & phone number/email address on a piece of paper and put it in the box on the coffee bar by 7.45 pm on Thursday 24th May. The draw will be made at 8 pm.
Strictly 1 application per person – Only paid up club members should apply
Results are available here for British Masters Road Relays which took place yesterday in Sutton Park. We had four teams competing. The highlight was a 5th place finish for the Men’s 65 team of Clive Sayer, Doug Hyde and Reg Phipps. The other teams also performed well – The women’s 35 team finished 12th, with Andrea Deathridge running the 17th fastest leg of the day. The men’s over 35 team also finished 12th, and the men’s over 45 team finished 17th. Well done to everyone who took part and thanks to Bunny and Roy for all their help on the day.
Photos of the day are available on Bryan Dale’s website here and also on Brian Smith’s website here
The results are now available here from Saturday’s track and field meeting at Sutton-in-Ashfield. With a threadbare team we finished 5th on the day. The sprinters were in great form with Nicholas Pryce winning the 100m and 200m A races and Luke Fleming winning the 200m B race and finshing 2nd in the 400m B race. In the ladies sprints Charmaine Riley and Kanisha Hector won the A and B races in both the 100m’s and 200m’s (see the videos of the 100m on our Flickr page to see how well they ran).
The club also had victories in both the 800m races (Fred Tremblay and Nick Corker) and the 5000m (Nick Corker). Megan Stratford, Vikram Balachandar and Simon Corker also competed well in the middle distance events, earning valuable points for the club.
In the field events Megan Evans finished second in the high jump, and third in the triple jump and long jump. She also showed her credentials as a pentathlete by doing the javelin, 400m and 800m! Fiona Smith competed in all the throwing events, with the highlight being a second place in the hammer.
The day ended well with a second place in the women’s 4x100m relay and a win in the men’s 4x400m, where Nicholas Pryce had a flying last lap to overhaul Burton AC.
The next fixture is at Wyndley on 27 May. Please try and be available on this day to compete, help out or support the team.
Well done to Ollie Harradence who finished 3rd at the Lichfield Half Marathon today in a time of 1.14.51. Richard Cashmore (1.52.16) and Russell Simpson were the other Sutton runners competing. Full results available here.
Check out the videos of Charmaine and Kanisha winning the 100m sprint at Sutton in Ashfield yesterday on our Flickr photos page. They also both won their 200m races, as did Nicholas Pryce and Luke Fleming. Full report to follow……
We had two new club records at the Midland Veterans track and field match at Telford. Janice Pryce set a new club W50 record in the High Jump with her 1.25m clearance. Meanwhile, Gordon Chapman set our first ever club M80 record with his time of 15.56.9 in the 2000m Walk. Well done Janice and Gordon.
The 1st National Junior Athletic League match of the season took place at Tamworth on Sunday. Gabrielle Kinney, Kieran Smith and Katie Ingle all had victories. The results are available here. Well done to everyone who took part.
A number of insane brave Sutton runners competed in atrocious conditions at the Milton Keynes Marathon and Stratford Half Marathon yesterday. At Milton Keynes Paul Jenkins completed the course in 3.31 and Mark Rickards got a PB with a 3.37 finish – both great achievements given the weather. At Stratford the weather was described as the worst in the 30 years of the event. Andrea Deathridge was our 1st runner home in 1.31 (not far off a PB), with Clare Davis (2.18), Pete Wells (2.18) and Sarah Smewin (2.27).
Really look the part at club competitions — order new club kit using the order form below. All items are branded with the ‘Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club’ logo.
Please return the attached form, together with payment, to the coffee bar or Liz Bonner (Sprint Coach).
England Athletics is holding a Practical Steeplechase Workshop at Royal Sutton on Wednesday 2 May at 6.15pm. The workshop is open to all coaches and athletes and is being given by Spencer Duval (UKA, and former Royal Sutton athlete) and supported by Geoff James (ACM West Midlands). The workshop is free of charge and there will be a light training run before the workshop begins. For further information contact Geoff James on geoffjamesathletics@sky.com
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