Get it in your diary now! The annual athletics club presentation evening will take place on Friday 21st September, at the All Saints Church Centre on Belwell Lane, Four Oaks. Awards will be given to athletes in each age group. Tickets are £6 each, to include a disco and jacket potato. Family discounts are available. Tickets can be bought from the coffee bar.
It’s the social event of the year!! So make sure you’re there.
Next Tuesday (17th July) an Olympic torch will be outside the RSCAC clubhouse for members to see and be photographed with.
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity!
Well done to the young athletes team who won today’s YAL at Burton by 60 points. It was a great team effort with many epic performances. The relays were a clear highlight with 1st places in the U17M 4 x 100m, U17W 4 x 300m and U15B 4 x 300m. It was 2nd places for the U17W 4 x 100m and U15B 4 x 100m. Then it was 3rd places for the U13G 4 x 100m and U15G 4 x 100m.
There were so many 1st – 3rd places that it is really hard to mention everyone. So I think it’s best to say a big well done to everyone and tell you all to look out in this week’s Observer for the full write up!
There are some photos of the event available on the private area of our FLICKR page. Email RSCACphotos@yahoo.com if you are a member and you would like us to send you a link.
We have a home meeting on Sunday 27th May (just over a week away) and we desperately need help for it. We are currently looking for:
The meeting starts at 11:30 so set up will be at 10:00. It will end at 5pm.
If you can help out for some or all of the day, please email rscac@hotmail.co.uk to say when you’re available and what you’d be happy to do.
And if you can’t help out, please come with your pom-poms to support your senior men and women!
If you’re competing in the YAL (Young Athletes’ League) this year (school year 6 – year 11) then you may wish to have a look at the updated website. We’re in Midlands 1 North East.
Click here for Venues.
Well done to Chrissie, Hannah, Kane and Matthew, who all performed superbly at the UK Sportshall Final which was held at the NEC yesterday. Chrissie and Hannah both got PBs. Hannah (Under 15 age group) was 5th= in the Vertical Jump and 8th= in the Speed Bounce. Bearing in mind that this makes her 5th and 8th IN THE UK, that’s most impressive. Similarly, Chrissie finished 5th in the Under 13 shot. Both Kane and Matthew came home with gold medals; Kane for his cracking leg in the Under 15 4 x 2 lap relay and Matthew for winning the Under 13 Vertical Jump with a massive leap of 71cm. Well done to all 4 athletes. The Birmingham teams finished well overall; with the Under 13 Girls coming 4th, the Under 13 Boys coming 2nd, the Under 15 Girls were 2nd and the Under 15 Boys came 5th in a very competitive competition.
Full Results here.
Best of luck to Chrissie, Hannah, Kane and Matthew, who will be representing Birmingham in tomorrow’s National Sporthall Final.It’s not going to be easy….run/jump/throw/bounce like you’ve never done before!
Well done to Chrissie, Hannah L, Kane H and Matthew P who all represented Birmingham in the Regional Sportshall Final in Stoke on Sunday. All 4 athletes came home with at least one medal and now progress through to the National Final. (Whoop!) Chrissie won the shot putt. Matthew was 2nd in the vertical jump and the 4 lap run. Hannah and Kane both did 3 events as part of the Under 15 ‘All Rounder’. Hannah was 2nd equal in the 4 lap and 4th equal overall. Kane won the 2 lap and standing long jump and finished 5th equal overall after his 8th place in the speed bounce. All athletes also had successes in relays. Well done to all four athletes, who were members of the winning Birmingham team. Best of luck for the next round – do Sutton proud! For all the results, visit this link: http://www.sportshall.org/VTL/ASUK_2012.aspx
Hi all,
Please bring all your Sainsbury’s vouchers to the athletics club so we can get some new athletics equipment. The vouchers are now being collected at the coffee bar. Make sure you ask nans, grandads, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends and neighbours for their vouchers too!
Thanks,
Meg and the Management Committee
Well done to everyone who performed at the B’ham games at the NIA this weekend. Day 1 results are now available here. I’m sure it won’t be long before todays are up too. There was a notable win for Charlotte Newman in the 200m – her 1st ever indoor competition. Stefan flew as he always does around the 200m and the 60m. As did Luke Flemming in the 200m. Adam Barnes ran against Richard Buck, which is quite a claim, and I ran alongside an Olympic Champion! Can you believe it, I raced Christine Ohuruogu in the 60m. She came third…..I came last. But I enjoyed it, which is the main thing. I also got 3 no jumps in my long jump (all over 5m though, which is quite a positive). So all in all a good day! I wasn’t there today, but I know there were more Sutton athletes there again. Hopefully there have been even more good performances.
Next week it’s the Midlands indoor. Good luck to anyone who is competing. I’m leaving that one to the pros!
Update
Day 2 results are now available here with Nicholas Pryce and Kathryn Smith both in action.
A link to a video of Nicholas Pryce’s win in the 200m heats is available here courtesy of Athleticos. A link to the other Athleticos video coverage is available here.
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