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Lucy and Steve take on the London Marathon

Lucy and SteveCheck out this inspirational video from the BBC website about local athlete Lucy Edwards, who will taking on the London Marathon this April.

VIDEO

Lucy lost her sight aged 17, with the dramatic change in her life leading to her to be diagnosed with depression. She has since taken up running which has really helped her. On 23 April she will be running the London Marathon with her guide, Royal Sutton athlete Steve Pitt. We wish them all the best!!!

If you want to support Lucy and Steve they will be raising money for Guide Dogs. A link to their Just Giving page is below:

LUCY AND STEVE JUST GIVING PAGE

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Muninder smashes world record

Muninder in ActionOn a warm and Sunny Sunday Afternoon at Yeovil, Royal Sutton Coldfield athlete Muninder Singh Hayer set a new world record for the RRI Race Running 200 metres. His time was 55.10 seconds and this completely outclassed the previous World Record of 57.23 seconds. In addition he also set a new PB for 400 metres and seasons bests for 100 metres and Seated Club Throw F31. Muninder and Coach Graham Felton were both expecting that he would break the World Record this season, but not this early in the season and not by such a big margin. Training has been going well and everything is now geared towards the Race Running World Championships in Denmark in July which promises to be a great competition. Muninder will be competing over 60, 100, 200 and 400 metres at the Championships. 800 metres is his next challenge and he will be making his debut over this distance in York on the 27th May.
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100 club results

100 Club drawn 31st March –
£50  no.20  Ian Riley
£30  no.65  Helen Keetley
£25  no.75  Alex Buchanan
£15  no.29  Linda O’Connor
£15  no.6    Ann & Steve Mason
£15  no.50  Trevor Lewis
Thank you everyone for your support. Numbers are still available – Speak to John Mills or ask at clubhouse for information.
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Midland Road Relays – 25 March

Here’s Roy’s report from the Midland Road Relays:

“An excellent result for our ladies team today finishing 10th overall out of 57 complete teams. Special thanks must go to Kate and Andrea both running through illness and injury. Megan ran the 7th fastest long leg of the day in 32:18. Katie ran the 6th fastest short leg of the day in 18:14
both ably supported by Andrea 30th fastest in 20:12 short leg, Kate 39th fastest in 36:39 long leg, Georgia D 122nd fastest in 23:56 short leg and Emily 110th fastest in 23:22 short leg. Thank you all for running  and providing such an excellent result”

There were also some great performances by a slightly depleted men’s team. Despite missing star runners Shaun and Joe the team finished in 28th place to secure qualification to the Nationals. Ollie H ran the fastest long leg for the club and Alex J ran the fastest short leg.

Next up, the Nationals on the 8th April.

Photos from http://www.racephotos.org.uk/

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Membership fee renewals

It’s that time of year again. If you haven’t picked up your membership renewal form they are available now in the clubhouse. Please pay your membership as soon as possible – you’ll need to be fully EA registered if you want to compete during the athletics season. In addition, £5 is added if you pay after 30 April – you have been warned!

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The National

Well done to all our athletes who braved the cold, mud and rain at the National on Saturday. The event took place at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham and saw our athletes competing against the top runners from across the country. The top performances came from Shaun Evans, who finished in 10th place in the Junior Men’s race and Georgia Curry, who finished 17th in the Junior Women’s race. The were great runs by all our other athletes – well done everyone!!!

The full results, reports and videos are available on the England Athletics Website.