Author: RSCAC Admin

Results are now available for race at Hatton Country Park on Sunday.  Click here.  After 3 races we are in third place behind Birchfield and Rugby and Northampton.  There were top 10 finishes for a number of athletes:

• U11 girls – Melissa Adkins (7th), Ellen Humpherson (9th)   
• U13 girls – Laura Richardson (2nd)
• U15 girls – Elemena Saunders (3rd)
• U17 women – Katie Ingle (1st), Megan McBrien (2nd)
• U11 boys – Ben Horton (8th)
• U15 boys – Alfie McBrien (10th)

Well done to everyone who took part.  The next race is on 22 January at Nuneaton.

A number of athletes were out on the roads this weekend.  Clive Sayer (1:12:12), Roy Humpherson (1:14:15) and Richard Cashmore (1:23:11) were the M65 team winners at the MMAC 10 mile race, which was run as part of the Sneyd 10.  Well done gents!  Other runners at Sneyd were Nick Corker (56:42), Dave Long (1:00:00), Chris Taylor (1:01:04), Ali Evetts (1:26:07), Sarah Smewin (1:40:52) and Bunny Kyd (1:47:48).  The MMAC 10 mile results are available here and the Sneyd 10 results are available here

Russell Simpson ran in the Keyworth Turkey Trot Half Marathon and came 36th in a time of 1:24:43.

First the good news – both the A and B teams scored less than the first fixture (586 and 934 compared to 588 and 1022).  Now the bad – OWLS had a much better day and scored 345 points.  Overall the team is in 13th place (one above the relegation zone) but is only 7 points ahead of OWLS.  Individual positions were as follows:

1st six scorers: 40th – Ollie Haradence; 69th – Nick Corker; 111th Paul Terleski; 119th – Simon Corker; 123rd – Fred Tremblay; 124th – Russell Simpson

Remaining scorers: 129th Chris Taylor; 140th – Dave Long; 155th – Colin Mcauley; 158th – John Fletcher; 165th – Tony Hinchley; 187th – Dave Bowen; 203rd – Clive Hackforth; 216th – Ian Gilbert; 231st – Matthew Lumley

The full results are available here.

Photos taken by Nick Price are available here.

The next league fixture is on 14 January at Coundon Park, Coventry on a flat and fast course.  Let’s make sure we get a strong team out!

Katie Ingle, Megan McBrien and Rebecca Robinson (U17 women) competed at the McCain Liverpool Cross Challenge at the weekend.  They put in excellent performances with summary results as follows:

11^th – Katie Ingle

17^th – Megan McBrien

27^th – Rebecca Robinson

Full results and race reports available here.

The West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League results for the first two races are now available on their new website.  RSCAC are in 4th place, with Elemena Saunders and Gaby Kinney leading in the U15 girls and under 17 womens competitions respectively.   Well done to all involved.  Click here for a link to the results page.

Six RSCAC runners competed in the Midlands 7 mile cross country race.  The first runner home for Sutton was Dave Long in 35th.  For full results click here

The senior men’s cross country team commenced their league season with a race at Newbold Comyn, Leamington.  Following promotion last season this was the first time the club have competed in Division 1 (the Midlands top division) since 1996.  The ‘A’ team put in a battling performance on the gruelling six mile course finishing in 13th place, with Ollie Haradence (pictured) being the first runner home in 40th place.  The ‘B’ team also competed well finishing in 10th place in the ‘B’ team league.

Full results are available by clicking here: Race 1 results

For photos from Brian Smith’s website click here.