Author: megs

U11s, U13s and anyone else who wants to join us are invited to and end of xcountry season meal at Jimmy Spices, Sutton Coldfield this Sun 14th February, 5-7pm. If anyone still wants to come please meet us there and bring £21 (to cover buffet meal & 2 drinks).

Saturday saw another busy Sporthall competition at the North Solihull Leisure Centre. Full results are available on the Birmingham Sportshall League website: http://www.birminghamsportshall.com/Calendar.asp

You will notice that there were many strong performances in all age groups.  RSCAC are lying in 3rd place overall.

A special mention must go to the 3 RSCAC U11 stars who were picked to represent Birmingham in the area finals a few weeks ago.  Aaron and Tyrique helped their team to finish 2nd overall and Isabel was part of the winning U11 girls team.  Very well done!

The first meeting of the year for the sprint squad took place on Saturday 16th
January at the Indoor Performance Centre, Alexander Stadium.

With 60 metres the only sprint available, the pressure was on and the 3 athletes 
who took part performed well. Ethan Brough was pitched against the best sprinters
in the Midlands and equaled his PB of 7.6 seconds.

For both Rachel Iliffe and Cameron Harris, it was their first time running this 
distance and both moved up an age group to u 20 and u 17 respectively. 
Rachel ran a respectable 8.63 seconds, with only a small improvement to 8.5 
seconds needed for a ranking on the Power of Ten. Similarly, Cameron achieved 
7.89 seconds with 7.7 seconds needed for a ranking.

Unfortunately, Mollie Darrock had to pull out at the last minute due to injury.

The sprint squad (coached by Tony, Liz,  Nikki &Meg) are training 6-8 tonight (Tuesday). Then throughout the holidays training for this group will be 10-midday on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays (including Xmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.)  Training will be back to 6-8 pm on Tuesday 5 January.

Finally, the results from the Telford Games. Some excellent performances from Royal Sutton athletes on what started as a wet and windy day, making conditions difficult for the younger athletes in particular. As is normally the case with this competition, standards were very high.

For the u 11 girls, Caitlin Ralph achieved a silver medal in both the 60 metres and Long Jump and 4th position in the 150 metres. An excellent performance in what was Caitlin’s second track competition. Zara Buchanan won a bronze medal in the Long Jump with a new PB and was 6th in the 60 metre final.

In the u 17 men’s 100 metres both Ethan Brough and Cameron Kirkbride got through to the final, with Ethan running a new PB, in what proved to be a tough race. Both also ran well in the 200 m final.

In the u 15 boys 100 m, Cameron Harris ran well but just missed out on a place in the final. Cameron also performed well in the 200 m final. In addition to the achievements already outlined  in a previous report, Ryan Humphreys also achieved a new PB in the 80 m hurdles.

Connor Race, Evan Pritchard and David Iliffe battled it out in the u 13 boys 100m, with Connor achieving a PB in both the heats and the final. Evan and Connor also ran in the 200 m, with Connor again achieving a new PB and a place in the final. Both David and Evan performed well in the Long Jump.

Rachel Iliffe won a bronze medal with a new PB in the u 17 women’s triple jump and ran a new PB in the 100 metres final. Rachel also ran well in the 200 m. Hannah Smith set a new PB in the same race.

Jenny Hopkinson ran well in both the u 15 girls 100 and 200 metres, reaching the final in both events. Madeleine Shay set a new PB in the 100 m.

Freya Liddington won bronze in u 13 girls Long Jump and set a new PB in the final of the 100 m.

Elsa Buchanan just missed out on a medal in the 800 m and Long Jump, achieving 4th place in both events.

Well done everyone!

There is no training tonight (Friday) because of the Athletics Presentation Evening. Enjoy your night off!

As the season draws to a close, you might want to consider entering some ‘open’ competitions. These are competitions you pay to enter yourself, so you can enter whichever events you’d like to do.

Look on the website for the athletics club mentioned to find the entry form.

18.8.15 Corby AC 100m, 300m, 400m, mile (You enter on the day)

22.8.15 Coventry Godiva – high jump, 2000/3000 race walk, mile (under 15 and under 17), 3000m (The 3000m is Midlands Senior and Under 20 Champs.) (Closing date Mon 10th Aug.)

22.8.15 Stoke – Under 11 and above.  A good selection of events. The closing date is 15 August. The entry form is here: http://www.stokeac.org.uk/openmeeting2015form.pdf

23.8.15 Coventry Godiva 100m (Under 13 and older), 200m (U13 and older), 400m (under 17 and older), wheelchair races. (Closing date Mon 10th Aug.)

12.9.15 Telford AC. Under 11 and older. There is a good selection of events. This should take you to the entry form. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0ZWxmb3JkYXRobGV0aWNjbHVifGd4OjRiNWUyMDMzYjVlMWJmYzk Closing date 24th August.

27.9.15 Dudley – The Dell – Under 13 and above. The field events are: Long jump, javelin and shot. There are a selection of track events. This link should take you to the entry page. Closing date is 7th September. http://www.dashac.co.uk/news/news_item_Openentry.htm

Meg and Nikki are unable to make it tomorrow so there will be no high jump, long jump or triple jump. Hurdles will be on as normal.

It’s the Sutton community games today and tomorrow so we can’t train on the track so there is no SPRINT group training tomorrow. Distance groups will still train in the park.