Category: General Info

Membership renewals for the year from 1 April 2012 are now due.  Membership renewal forms are available from the clubhouse.  Please help the club by completing your renewal forms and paying your membership fees promptly.

The March 100 Club draw was made in the clubhouse last Thursday and here are the results:

• 1st Megan Evans (£50.00)
• 2nd Steve Larcombe (£30.00)
• 3rd Micky Browne (£25.00)
• 4th Ian Riley (£15.00)
• 5th John Fletcher (£15.00)
• 6th John Mills (£15.00)

The next draw will take place in July.  If you want further information on how to enter speak to Phil Pollock or click here. 

Meg has put together a fixture list for the events this summer.  It’s available here:    Athletics fixtures – 2012 

Make sure you put the dates in your diary and good luck competing!

Whilst the cross country season may be coming to an end there’s still one more chance to get some mud on those winter trainers.  The 7 Pools Run takes place this Sunday in the Park.  The race starts at 11am (don’t forget that the clocks change!) and limited entries are being taken on the day (£10).  A number of members of the senior squad will be running – the more the better.  Further details are available here.

The next 100 club prize draw will take place on 29 March in the club house after training.  The prizes for the March draw are as follows: 

• 1st prize – £50.00
• 2nd prize – £30.00
• 3rd prize – £25.00
• 4th, 5th and 6th prizes – £15

 If you would like more information on how to enter visit our 100 club page (click here) or speak to Phil Pollock.

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

Mark Kirsten took some fantasic photos of last Sunday’s races which are available on the private area of our FLICKR account. If you are a club member and would like a link to the photos please email us at rscacphotos@yahoo.com and we’ll send you a link.

The results are now available here.

Good luck to all our runners competing at the National XC Championships this weekend.

Congratulations to Nadine Okyere who has been selected for the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March.  Nadine, who runs for Birchfield, is a member of Joe Caines successful training group.  Her selection follows some fantastic performances at the UK Trials and the Aviva Grand Prix.  Details of the team are available here.

Tickets for the 2012 Aviva Series will be going on pre-sale on 18 February.  The dates of events are as follows:

• 2012 Trials – Alexander Stadium (22nd – 24th June)
• London Grand Prix – Crystal Palace (13th – 14th July)
• Birmingham Grand Prix – Alexander Stadium (26th August)

A link to register with UKA for discounted tickets offers and to get first choice on seats is available here.

For armchair fans, there will be coverage of the UK Indoor Athletics Trials on Channel 4 this Sunday (2pm).  A preview is available here.

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend at the Midlands Indoor T&F Champs and the cross country in Cheltenham!

The Mall shopping centre in Sutton Coldfield are launching a fantastic opportunity this week whereby your sports club, organisation can win £5000 !

 Please nominate your club here.

After nominations, shoppers at the mall will be able to vote for the 3 nominees and the winning club receive £5,000 in donations, and runners up clubs £300 each.

The £5,000 donation would massively help towards our stretched club finances and help secure our ongoing use of the Windley Track.

So please nominate your club and talk about this opportunity to friends and family.