Author: megs

Brian –
Sun 22 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Park run and conditioning;
Tue 24 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Hartop Road session;
Thu 26 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Park run with 50 pace kicks;
Sun 29 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Strength and conditioning session;
Tues 31 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Speed endurance session in the park – probably on arena field;
Thur 2 Jan 10:00 – 11:30 – Park or track fartlek. Stretching session in the clubhouse;
Sat 4 Jan – County XC Championships –Warks at Warley Woods – Staffs XC Champs at Stafford Common;
Sun 5 Jan 6.00 to 7.20 pm – Strength & conditioning – clubhouse

Chrssie/Sherri/Fiona –
As normal this week, then no sessions until the new year. The first session back is Thursday 2nd Jan 10:00 – 11:30 (and there will be a throws session for the throwers 11:30 – 12:30). Sessions are back to normal 6-7.30pm from Tuesday 7th Jan.

Martin/Marc/Helen/John/Stephen –
Sat 21 Dec – Pudding Run – meet at club house at 8.50am;
Thu 26 Dec – Boxing Day Run – All parents are welcome. Meet at the club house at 10am. (Will not run Far – promise!)
Sun 29 Dec 10:00 – 11:30
Tue 31 Dec 10:00 – 11:30

Paul – Finish 19/12/19 and Return on 07/01/2020.

Simon/Adrian/Spencer/Lynne –
Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and 2nd January from 10:00 to 11:30. No training on Boxing Day!

Steve M –
Tue 24th Dec – Mince pie & coffee
Thur 26th Dwc – Left over turkey (curry)
Tue 31st Dec – champagne & truffles!
In other words – no club sessions till Thursday 2nd Jan at 6pm as normal

Tony/Nikki/Meg –
Tues 24 Dec 10.00 – 11.45;
Thurs 26 Dec – no session;
Tue 31 Dec 10.00 – 11.45;
Thurs 2nd Jan 10.00 – 11.45

Taster Group (Phil and Katie) will reconvene on 9th January.

Our very own Donald Brown has been shortlisted for the Athletics Weekly Readers’ Choice Award for Best Britsh Male Athlete. Please follow this link and scroll down to cast your vote: https://www.athleticsweekly.com/uncategorized/aw-aoty-2019-vote-1039926297/

Winning this award would be the perfect end of a great year for Donald. For those who may not be fully aware of his achievements this year, they are as follows:

World Masters Championship:

1. Gold 60m Hurdles
2. Silver 4 x 200m relays
3. Bronze 60m

European Masters Championships:

4. Gold 100m
5. Gold 200m
6. Gold 100m Hurdles
7. Silver 4 x 100 Relay

National Outdoors Masters Championships:

8. Gold 100m
9. Gold 200m
10. Bronze 100m Hurdles

National Masters Indoor Championships Lee Valley

11. Gold 200m
12. Silver 60m
13. Silver 60m Hurdles

British Records:

14. 100m Hurdles – 14.83
15. 100m Hurdles – 14.62
16. 300m – 39.17

Personal Bests:

17. 60m – 7.60
18. 60m Hurdles – 9.02
19. 100m Hurdles – 14.62
20. 100m – 11.73
21. 200m – 24.06.

World Rankings:

22. No1 for the 100m
23. No1 for the 200m
24. No1 for the 60m Hurdles
25. No1 for the 100m Hurdles

Royal Sutton Coldfield AC:

26. Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award (Clare Fancote Award)

Good luck Donald!

100 Club drawn 28th November.

£50 no.65 Helen Keetley

£30 no.62 Val Eames

£25 no.72 Bruce Deakin

£15 no.29 Linda O’Connor

£15 no.19 Fiona Smith

£15 no.9 John Topliss

Next draw Thursday 19th December – single number for £100. Who will win big for Christmas?

Thank you all for your support. Numbers are still available, £16.20 per number. If interested, please see John Mills at the clubhouse. A great Christmas gift at a very reasonable price!

All sessions are at the track tonight – Plantsbrook sessions for those doing indoor sportshall competitions resume on 14/01/20.

Join RSCAC coach Joe Caines and friends on Sunday 24 November. Suitable for athletes and parents / carers. All details below.

A busy week with AGM last night and first aid course tonight, but tonight’s first aid session was well worth rushing from work for. An extremely beneficial evening for RSCAC coaches. Thanks to John from St John’s for delivering an excellent course.

Our friends at Sutton Runner (on Boldmere High Street) are offering 20% off for one week only (16th – 21st September).  Don’t forget to take your membership card!

LA5 results (& 2 mile Fun Run results) are now on the LA5 tab.

2 relay teams from RSCAC (Under 13 boys and Under 15 boys) were at the Muller Grand Prix at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Sunday, competing against the best in the country. It was a fantastic experience to compete at the same event as Adam Gemili, Dina Asher-Smith and KJT!

If you’d like some extra competitions over the summer, here are a list of local(ish) open competitions.  You enter yourself and compete purely for times / distances instead of also gaining points for the club.  In some cases there are closing dates meaning you have to enter one or two weeks beforehand, so make sure you explore each one carefully. Good luck! If you know of any others that haven’t been included on the list, please let us know.

• Tues 6th Aug – Kettering Town Harriers. http://www.ktharriers.com/fixtures-results.asp
• Wed 7th Aug – Coventry (Warwickshire open series). Runs, shot and javelin – no jumps. http://www.warwickshireathletics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Open-graded-entry-form-2019.pdf
• Thurs 8th Aug – Worcester. http://worcester-ac.co.uk/
• Tues 13th Aug – Tipton. http://www.tiptonharriers.co.uk/index.php/2014-04-06-16-00-58/news-2019/2900-tipton-harriers-summerseries4-13-august-2019.html
• Wed 14th Aug – Nuneaton Open. https://www.nuneatonharriers.org.uk/open-events
• Tues 20th Aug – Corby. https://events.englandathletics.org/event/corby-ac-august-open-meeting/profile
• Sat 24th Aug – Charnwood Open (Loughborough). https://uk.entry4sports.com/#/
• Wed 4th Sept – Leamington. https://www.warwickshireathletics.co.uk/warwickshire-county-open-graded-meetings/
• Sat 7th Sept – Nuneaton. https://www.nuneatonharriers.org.uk/open-events
• Sat 7th Sept – Telford. https://uk.entry4sports.com/#/ 
• Sun 8th Sept – Dudley. http://www.dashac.co.uk/news/news_item_Openentry.htm

If you wish to travel further to compete, a full list of competitions cane be found on the Power of 10 website: https://www.thepowerof10.info/fixtures/fixtureslookup.aspx