Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club welcomed the new year, continuing their successful run in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League in the 3^rd and penultimate series of races, held at the Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton on Sunday 12^th January. There were lots of both individual and team highlights that deserve a mention.

Both the Under 11 girls and Under 15 girls teams came 1^st. In the Under 11 girls, 3 athletes finished in the top 10, with Tiffany Latham 2^nd, Mollie Beeton 4^th and Erin Cook, still only a year 4 pupil, 6^th, ably supported by Sofia Shorrock(15^th), Matha Grumett(20^th), Imogen Neal(22^nd) and Katie Straw(30^th) all finishing in the top 30.

The Under 15 girls were led by a strong run from Sian Duval in 3^rd, and complemented by teammates Bethan Homer(14^th), Charlotte Prince(18^th), Martha Wood(23^rd) and Zara Buchanan(28^th).

Three teams finished 2^nd with plenty of excellent performances. The Under 11 boys had 5 athletes in the top 15, with Noah Homer 2^nd, Zak Tisdale 3^rd, Kody Gilbody, in his first race, 7^th, Dan Smith 9^th, and Dylan Geddes 15^th.

Also 2^nd were the Under 13 girls with 5 athletes in the top 30: Connie Bevan(15^th), Evie Sandland(16^th), Emily Symes(20^th), Francesca Allen(24^th), and Olivia Allen(27^th).

And emulating that 2^nd position were the Under 15 boys, with again 5 athletes in the top 30: Ethan Patel(9^th), George Hope(18^th), George O’Connor(21^st), Ethan Cook(27^th), and George LeFort(28^th).

It would be remiss not to mention one other individual performance, with Lucy Carey having an excellent run in the Under 17 women’s race to finish a superb 3^rd.

And here are the results for the boys!

WARWICKSHIRE

U13 boys: Adam Wilkinson 9th (currently reserve so may well get selection for Inter-Counties); Harvey Gillett 23rd.

U15 Boys: Ethan Patel 15th; George Hope 21st; Ethan Cook 31st; Nick Crees 47^th. The team were 4^th.

U17 boys: James Pentland 8th (in his 1st cross country of the season); Joe Martin 20th; Tom Lloyd 23rd, Matthew Parry 25^th. The team were 4^th.

STAFFORDSHIRE

U13 boys: George Bromley 7th in his 1st season with the club (being considered for selection for inter-counties team)

Results from the County Cross-Country Championships for the girls.

WARWICKSHIRE:

U13 girls: Team bronze medals.    4th Emily Symes   7th Tiffany Latham
(only in Y6!!)   14th Connie Bevan

U15 girls: Team silver medals.      4th Bethan Homer   7th Charlotte
Prince   12th Martha Wood

U17 girls:      Lucy Carey 2nd with individual silver medal and
automatically selected for the UK National Inter-Counties Championships

U20 girls:    4th Ellen Humpherston    9th  Emma Cavendish-Tribe  

Snr Women:    17th  Olivia Harris    24th  Georgia Delaney 29th  Rachel
Thebridge     Team 5th

STAFFORDSHIRE

U15 girls:  1st  Sian Duval  gold medallist and automatically selected
for the UK National Inter-Counties Championships. 12th: Jess Hales

U20 girls   8th  Caitlin O’Connor

Cannock Chase was treated to a visit by athletes, of varying ages…for the traditional Pudding Run.

Good weather, good company…followed by good food, all made for a great day.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Young athletes from the Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club continued their winning ways on Sunday December 8^th. 

In blustery and showery conditions, they competed against 20 other clubs in the 2^nd fixture of the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League at Perry Park in Birmingham, finishing overall in FIRST position.

Building on their success from the previous fixture at Warley Woods, 6 out of the 8 Sutton teams finished in the top 3 of their age-category events.

The under 11 girls once again excelled, coming first as they dominated the top order, with Molly Beeton 4^th; Tiffany Lathan 5^th; Erin Cook 10^th; Imogen Neal 12; Sofia Shorrock 13^th; and Willow McCarthy-Brown 15^th.

Matching their 2^nd place from the first race, the under 11 boys continued their brilliant season, with Noah Homer 2^nd; Zak Tisdale 3^rd; Dan Smith 5^th; Dylan Geddes 6^th; and Finn Sandland, improving by 8 places,  42^nd.

The under 15 girls again performed impressively, coming 2nd, with Sian Duval 4^th; Bethan Homer 10^th; Charlotte Prince 20^th; Martha Wood 22^nd; and  Zara Buchanan 25^th.

Also 2^nd were the under 17 women, with Lucy Carey 6^th, Elsa Buchanan 11^th; and Charlotte Hey 15^th.

Both the under 13 girls and the under 13 boys teams finished 3^rd. In the girls event, Olivia Allen was 7^th; Emily Symes 20^th; Evie Sandland 27^th; Amber Hoey 30^th; Eva Cartwright 32^nd; and Francesca Allen 34^th. Coming in for the boys were Will Stead 16^th; Adam Wilkinson 20^th; George Bromley 24^th; Isaac Cartwright 27^th; and Harvey Gillett 37^th.

George Hope 15^th; Ethan Patel 20^th; George O’Connor 23^rd; Noah Edwards 29^th and Nick Crees 49^th; brought the under 15 boys team home in fourth place.

WELL DONE TO ALL: A REAL TEAM EFFORT!

After the disappointment of the washout at Hatton last month, yesterday’s WMYACCL ‘first’ fixture at Warley Woods was eagerly anticipated, and our athletes…DELIVERED.

On a course ideal for both athletes and spectators, and in great cross-country weather conditions, the statistics speak for themselves: out of 8 teams that competed, no less than 5 finished in either 1^st or 2^nd place, and overall the combined squad finished 3^rd out of 21 competing clubs.

A brilliant run by Tiffany Latham, finishing 1^st in a field of 96 athletes, was complimented by 3 other athletes in the top 10: Mollie Beeton (3^rd); Willow McCarthy-Brown (8^th); and Erin Cook (9^th). Together with the rest of the team, including Sofia Shorrock (15^th) and Poppy Bashford (17^th), this placed the U11 girls in a commanding 1^st place.

Also finishing in 1^st place were the U15 girls, with excellent performances from Sian Duval (7^th); Martha Wood (16^th); Charlotte Prince (18^th); Matilda Strachan (22^nd); and Bethan Homer (27^th), again helped by the rest of the team.

Another stunning individual performance by Noah Homer, finishing 2^nd out of 105 athletes. in his first full season of cross-country, led the way for the U11 boys who finished 2^nd. No less impressive was the support from 3 other athletes in the top 10: Zak Tisdale, (3^rd); Dan Smith (5^th); and Dylan Geddes (7^th).

The U13 girls also finished 2^nd, with strong runs from Olivia Allen (6^th); Evie Sandland (21^st); Francesca Allen (22^nd); Emily Symes (24^th); and Phoebe Allen (29^th).

Yet another team to gain a 2^nd place were the U15 boys, with George Hope (8^th); Jack Wakefield (10^th); George O’Connor (13^th); Ethan Cook (17^th) and Noah Edwards (29^th) scoring the points.

The U13 boys finished a very creditable 5^th with 4 athletes in the top 33: Will Stead, Isaac Cartwright, Harvey Gillett and Adam Wilkinson.

As someone who witnessed (and photographed – see club’s Flickr page), the day’s events, I can only say:

• well done to the parents for their support
• well done to the coaches for preparing such a great team of athletes
• AND A HUGE WELL DONE TO ALL THE ATHLETES.

Congratulations to all recipients of the awards presented yesterday evening at the ceremony held at All Saints Church Hall. A hugely successful event, a big, big thank you to all involved in its organisation. Special mention to “professional” organiser Alex, and also to Meg for steering smoothly through the winners’ selection process.

Photos now available on Flickr for viewing and download!