Entries to the Little Aston 5 Mile Road Race are now open. The race is organised by Royal Sutton and takes place this year on Sunday 3 September. It starts and finishes at Little Aston Primary School and takes place along quiet undulating country lanes. The cost is £10 for affiliated athletes (£12 for unaffiliated)
Weekend Roundup
There were some outstanding performances by RSC athletes at the weekend. At the WM Schools Championships the top performance came from Joe Martin who won the Inter Boys 800m in a time of 2.01.1. This time knocks an amazing 5 seconds off the club record for the age group (and was set in breezy conditions)! There were also great performances by Jasmine Walker and Charlotte Hey who won the javelin and 1500m respectively.
At the Midland T&F Championships the highlight came from Nicholas Pryce who won a silver medal in the 400m. There were other great performances from Kane Howitt (5th in the 200m), Tom Chew (3rd in the 3000m steeplechase), Chrissie Prince (4th in the discus and 7th in the Hammer) and Fred Tremblay (7th in the 800m).
Katie Ingle showed she is returning to her best form with a great run at the Welsh Championships. Competing as a guest she won the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 10.22.
On the roads recent recruit Sam Crawford was 4th at the Aldridge 10k – Great running Sam!
Megan wins the Fun Run
Well done to Megan McBrien who was first women home at the Fun Run on Sunday. She becomes the second member of the family to win the race with Kate winning a couple of years ago.
Ollie Harradence continued his great form finishing second in the men’s race. Lots of other great performances from the senior squad. Based on a quick scan of the Strava/Facebook Mark Rickards, Paul Terleski, Russell Simpson, Paul Baker, Sam Crawford, Ollie Sheppard, Dean Lucas were all back within the hour and there were also great runs by Richard Lewis, Daniel Musson and Trevor Lewis. Well done to everyone else who took part from the club. Full results will be in the Observer.
Another world record for Muninder
On a glorious Saturday 27th May at York Athletics Club Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club athlete Muninder Singh Hayer made his debut over 800 metres in the RR1 race running category at the CP Sport Grand Prix meeting. Muninder had been training hard for this new distance since breaking the 200 metre World Record in Yeovil at the beginning of April and training had been going well. In the event Muninder set a new World Record of 4.35.5 seconds Knocking a massive 19.87 seconds off the previous World Record of 4.55.37 seconds. Coach Graham Felton said this was truly an amazing performance and no doubt the shockwaves will by now have reached Copenhagen where Muninder will de competing in the World Championships in early July. With 2 World Records already in the bag this year the aim is to now bring back the Gold Medals, and after a performance like this and still 6 weeks training to go it augers well.
Report by Graham Felton
Updated club records
Here’s a copy of the latest club records. This includes all records set in the first round of league fixtures and the County Championships:
Of particular note, Isabel Male’s record in the 200m ranks her 3rd fastest in the country in the U13 age group in 2017. Her 150m time is 4th fastest. Great stuff Isabel!!!
Royal Sutton branded kit
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If you want some Royal Sutton branded kit this is now available on line via the following link.
The shopping window is open until 7 June and stock will be delivered to the club 6-8 weeks after. There are some samples available in the clubhouse if you want to check sizes.
London Marathon
Congrats to all our runners who completed the London Marathon on Sunday. There were some fantastic performances. The highlight being an excellent run by Ollie Harradence to record a PB of 2 hrs 32 minutes. The full set of RSC results are below:
- Ollie Harradence – 2.32.34
- Russell Simpson – 3.02.40
- Dave Long – 3.19.25
- Matt Powell – 3.23.19
- Colin McAuley – 3.28.26
- Dave Liddall – 3.42.17
- Steve Pitt (Guide) and Lucy Edwards – 6.27.32
Latest club records
Graham Felton has updated the club records to reflect the early season events and to give you some targets for the summer:
We will be updating the records periodically through the summer. If you have any records to add please speak to Graham, Meg, John T or any of your coaches. Get training everyone and go smash those records!!!
Records galore at inaugural club champs
On a beautiful sunny Saturday the inaugural RSCAC Club Championships took place at Wyndley Stadium with athletes in age groups U11, U13, U15, U17 and U20 competing across a wide range of track and field events. Competition was fierce with every event being closely contested. For many of the younger athletes this was their first taste of competition under UKA rules and thanks to a great effort from the parents, officials, helpers and athletes everything went smoothly and a great atmosphere was created.There were some superb results with a total of 145 Personal Bests and 7 Club Records set so it’s fair to say that there were many proud athletes, parents and coaches by the end of the day.
New Club Record’s were set as follows: U11 Boys Howler Fraser Cook 27.52 metres, U11 Boys 75 metres Harrison North 10.8 seconds, U11 Boys 150 metres Harrison North 21.4 seconds, U11 Girls 1200 metres Lucy Rigby 5.29.3 seconds, U13 Girls 75 metres Isabel Male 10.0 seconds, U13 Girls 150 metres Isabel Male 19.7 seconds and Finally U15 Girls Hammer Meghan Sharman 34.41 metres. So the sprint double by both Isabel and Harrison were major highlights.
No doubt this event will now enter the annual event calendar for next year onwards
Graham
Fantastic triathlon debut for Isobel Millington
Here’s a report from Graham about a great debut for Isobel Millington in the triathlon:
Yesterday Royal Sutton Coldfield U15 athlete Isobel Millington competed in her first Triathlon in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. She has been training hard for the event and that training paid off. She finished 8th overall, 2nd women home and 1st in her age group, a great debut. Coach Graham Felton said that he was extremely proud of her achievement and it shows her strength of character, she is a very good sprinter/thrower and this has required a whole new mind set and a totally different training regime. It shows that if you want to try something different and are prepared to put in the hard work required you can be successful. Well done Izzy!
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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