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2012 Aviva Series Tickets

Tickets for the 2012 Aviva Series will be going on pre-sale on 18 February.  The dates of events are as follows:

  • 2012 Trials – Alexander Stadium (22nd – 24th June)
  • London Grand Prix – Crystal Palace (13th – 14th July)
  • Birmingham Grand Prix – Alexander Stadium (26th August)

A link to register with UKA for discounted tickets offers and to get first choice on seats is available here.

For armchair fans, there will be coverage of the UK Indoor Athletics Trials on Channel 4 this Sunday (2pm).  A preview is available here.

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend at the Midlands Indoor T&F Champs and the cross country in Cheltenham!


RSCAC Admin Race Notices

Birmingham XC League Division 1 – 11 February

The last senior men’s league race of the season takes place this Saturday in Cheltenham.  Race information is available here.

The team will be meeting at the Clubhouse for a 12 noon depart.  Please contact Steve Marklew if you require further information.

(Photo from race 1 by Brian Smith – www.westmidlandsrunningscene.co.uk).

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Midland XC Championships – 28 January

Results are available here for the Midlands XC Championships at Nottingham.  The U17 women continued their fantastic season by winning the team event for their age category, with Katie Ingle 4th, Megan McBrien 7th, Gabrielle Kinney 10th, Rebecca Robinson 12th and Rachel Smith 40th.

The results for other Royal Sutton runners were:

  • U13 girls – Laura Richardson (20th), Grace Stirland (52nd)
  • U15 boys – Alfie McBrien (14th), Shaun Evans (46th), Jerome Austin (60th)
  • U20 women – Amy Johnson (11th)

Well done to everyone who took part.

Photos are available here.  Videos are available here.

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West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League – 22 January

The results are now available from the race at Nuneaton last Sunday (click here).  Well done to everyone who braved the windy conditions.  We scored 5,320 points which leaves us in 4th place, 77 points behind Halesowen (who scored 186 points more than us on the day).  There were some great performances – in particular, there were top 5 finishes for Ellen Humpherson (U11 girls), Laura Richardson (U13 girls), Elemena Saunders (U15 girls) and Alfie McBrien (U15 boys).

The final league race is on 19 February at Perry Park.  Let’s have a big effort and see if we can end the season in 3rd place.

Good luck to all those competing at the Midland Championships tomorrow!

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Club members make 2011 British Masters rankings

Congratulations to four of our athletes who were listed in the 2011 British Masters rankings published in Athletics Weekly:

  • Kevin Brown – 1st Place in the M35, M40 and M45 categories for the Discus with a throw of 52.35m.  Kevin set this whilst representing the club during the league match at Newport.
  • Donald Brown – 3rd Place in M45 Long Jump with a jump of 5.82m.  This was set at the British Championships at Lee Valley.
  • Janice Pryce – 1st Place in W50 Triple Jump with a jump of 9.84m.  Again, this was set at the British Championships at Lee Valley.
  • Sandra McDonald – 3rd Place in W50 200m with a time of 29.05.  This was set at the Scottish Championships in Edinburgh.