Author: megs

Last weekend, Isabel Male (u 15) and David Iliffe (u 17) ran in the England Athletics Indoor Championship in Sheffield.

On Saturday, David ran a PB in the 400m, 52.63 seconds, which saw him placed 13th overall.

On Sunday, Isabel achieved first place in her 200m heat, 25.90 seconds. The semi final saw Isabel up against the athlete who was to win the event overall. She achieved 2nd place, with a time of 26.06 seconds. Izzy took 4th place in the final, achieving an indoor PB of 25.73 seconds.

Congratulations to Isabel and David.

There’s no Plantsbrook tomorrow as there are exams in the hall. All sessions are at the track, 6 – 8pm.

Nic broke his own Senior indoor Club record in taking 3rd place in his semifinal of the British University Champs in Sheffield on Sunday in a time of 21.90. His old record was 21.91 set in 2012.

On Friday he set a new PB of 6.98 in his 60m semifinal.  His old PB was 7.01 set in 2013. Well done Nic.

Some excellent results, with a gold medal for Isabel Male in the u 15 girls 200 metres (25.79 SB and indoor PB) and a silver for Joseph Martin in the 1500 metres (4:20:82 SB and indoor PB).

Bethany Connelly and Lola Woodward continue to impress, both setting new PBs in their events. Beth achieved 28.46 in the 200m and 8.71 in the 60m; Lola 8.81 in the 60m.

Even though it’s half term, Sprints Squad and those doing sportshall competitions are at Plantsbrook tonight 5.50 – 7.50pm.

Four of our sprint athletes were in action last weekend; Kane Howitt (senior men) in the British Championships and Isabel Male, Bethany Connelly and Lola Woodward (u15 girls) in the Midlands Counties Championships.

Kane ran 7.01 in the 60m and an indoor PB of 21.96 in the 200m.

Izzy came first in both her 60 m races, achieving a seasons best in the final of 8.03 to take the gold medal and Midlands Championships title (photo above).

Bethany and Lola both impressed, running 60m PBs (8.83 and 8.91).

Well done Kane, Izzy, Bethany and Lola.

Well done to the RSCAC athletes who were part of successful Birmingham Teams at the Sportshall Regional Finals on Sunday.

All Birmingham Teams were either 1st or 2nd – a fantastic team effort from everyone!

Overall positions:

• U11 girls 1st
• U11 boys 1st
• U13 girls 2nd
• U13 boys 1st
• U15 girls 2nd
• U15 boys 2nd

Well done to the following RSCAC athletes who were part of the success:

• U11 girls – Florence Male, Phao Taylor, Demi Wembley
• U11 boys – Joel Bent, Joel Cartwright, Kyi Emery, Alfie Hall, Jack Lynch
• U13 girls – Lexi Byrne, Bethany Connolly, Charlotte Prince
• U13 boys – Max Chapelle, Ethan Cook, Jayden Humpreys, Harrison North, Scott Randall
• U15 girls – Eve Curtis, Isabelle Male, Matilda Strachan
• U15 boys – John O’Connor

Some great performances this January by some of our sprinters.

Sheffield Festival of Athletics 

Nicholas Pryce (Senior Men)

• 60m 3rd 7.15 race 1
• 200m 3rd 22.44 race 1 (SB)

Midland Counties Open 

John Furber (Under 20)

• 60m 1st 7.31 race 2 (PB was 7.49)

Joel Bent (Under 13)

• 60m 2nd 9.35 race 1 (PB was 9.5)

Isabel Male (Under 15)

• 60m 1st 8.04 race 1 (SB)

Lola Woodward (Under 15)

• 60m 5th 9.08 race 3 (Equals PB)

Cardiff Met Grand Prix 2

Kane Howitt broke his own Senior Club Record with a time of 6.93 secs in taking 5th place in the Final.  This breaks his own record of 6.99 set in 2018. He also recorded 6.94 in his heat.

He won the number one 200m race too in a time of 22.07, which was the fastest time recorded at the meet of 13 races. This is a new indoor PB for Kane beating his previous best of 22.35.

The results are out from Saturday’s Sportshall competition:

U 11 boys 1st
U 11 girls 3rd
U 13 boys 2nd
U 13 girls 2nd
U 15 boys 2nd
U 15 girls 1st

Well done to all of our fantastic athletes!

Full results are available on the Birmingham Sportshall League website: http://www.birminghamsportshall.com/Calendar.asp

Plantsbrook sessions for Sprint Squad & those doing Sportshall comps start back tonight, 5.50pm – 7.50pm.