Category: Race reports

Kevin Brown and Lorna Foster had a successful trip up north to the Scottish Masters Champs that took place in Aberdeen on Saturday. The results were as follows:

The lower YDL competition at Tamworth saw Royal Sutton Athletes triumph with an amazing score of 636 points; 150 points ahead of the team in second place. This result was thanks not only to the number of first and second place finishes on the day, which were literally too numerous to mention but also to the willingness of athletes to fill the gaps in less than familiar events.

A big thank you also to the number of officials from the club who gave up their time to ensure that Royal Sutton achieved the maximum number of points available in this competition – one of only two clubs to do so.

There are a number of performances that are particularly worthy of note:

Jasmine Walker threw a PB (34.11) in the U 15 girls javelin, breaking the club record and re affirming her first place in the Power of Ten rankings in the West Midlands and moving her to 25th in the UK. Jasmine is to represent the West Midlands in the English Schools competition.

Meghan Sharman achieved new PBs and first place in both the u 15 girls discus (18.29) and hammer (24.19). Meghan is now ranked 13th in the discus and 6th in the hammer in the West Midlands.

Elsa Buchanan PB and first place in the u 13 girls javelin (22.63) sees her ranked 2nd in the West Midlands.

Maddie Hammond is now ranked 3rd in the West Midlands following her win and new PB set in the 1200 m(4.00.2). Maddie also holds first place rankings in the 600 and 800 metres; 3rd in the 200 m; 5th in the 1500 m and 10th in the 150 m not to mention a number of club records.

James Ward extended his PB by 9 metres in the u 15 boys hammer (34.48) which sees him ranked 4th in the West Midlands in this event. James is also ranked 8th in the discus.

One more competition to go at Dudley and Stourbridge on Saturday 16th July. Another full team turn out is needed to maintain the teams 1st place in the league overall.

Results from tonight’s Club Connect Relays at Alexander Stadium:

• U20 Girls 6th – inaugural club record for team of Jennie Hopkinson, Chrissie Prince, Charlotte Newman and Rachel Illife in time of 53.24
• U20 Men 6th
• U17 Men 4th U
• 17 Girls 6th
• U15 Girls 7th
• U15 Boys 6th
• U13 Boys 4th
• U13 Girls 3rd and a new club record of 57.12 secs for the team of Isabel Male, Freya Liddington, Caitlin Ralph and Maddie Hammond.

Good performances from all 32 of our RSC athletes tonight.

Big thank you to Fiona Smith for her efforts as Joint Team Manager, and thanks to all the parents who went the extra mile to make sure everyone made it to the stadium by 4pm. I hope you all enjoyed seeing your kids perform on the big stage. We are very lucky at RSC to have such a great bunch of youngsters who never let us down. It’s always a pleasure to take them to events as they are such good company.

Graham

Congrats to Mel Woodward who won the Aldridge 10k at the weekend. Her winning time was 38.31. Other runners in action were Mark Rickards who ran a PB of 37.03 to finish 11th, Simon Corker who was 21st (39.07) and Steve Pitt who was 47th in 42.33.

Well done to everyone who competed at Coventry today.  The weather didn’t stop us producing many great performances.  A special thanks to those who competed in extra events to fill the team sheet.  The meeting was abandoned because of the horrific weather before the relays and no final points were read out.  So check the Heart of England website tomorrow (Division 1) for full results. Thanks again to everyone for their efforts today.

Here’s Johns report from a very successful Midland Masters Track and Field Championships:

• Kevin Brown M50 Discus (1.5Kg) 42.70m and Shot Put (6Kg) 10.99m – In spite of an injured foot Kevin was in fine form taking the gold medal in both events . This was the day after competing for the club in the Discus,Shot and Hammer at Corby in the Senior League meeting where he took first place in the 2Kg Discus
• David Price M75 Javelin 26.93m. In finishing in first place David set a Championship record as well as a club record.

• Richard Henry M40 100m 1st 12.8  .200m 1st 26.2
• Donald Brown M50 100m  1st 12.5  ,200m 1st 24.8
• Lorna Foster W50 Discus 2nd 20.58m ,Hammer 2nd 22.63m, Shot 2nd 9.40m
• Janice Pryce W55 100m 2nd 15.8 ( W55 PB)

Here’s John T’s report from another successful day for the senior team:

• Janice Pryce W55 Triple Jump 9.36 m. This is not only a new club record but is better than the existing BRITISH record of 9.29 set by Teresa Eades in 2014 at the European Masters Champs in 2014. Unfortunately due to the absence of a wind gauge (there was no wind) it cannot be registered as a British record. Janice had the same problem when breaking the W50 British record which she holds. Its great to see her back in action after being injured for a couple of years. Janice also set a new record in the long jump of 4.12m. This beats Maureen Lewingtons record of 3.82 m set in 2005
• Chrissie Prince U20  Hammer 39.11m . This breaks her own record of 38.57m set recently.
  
• Liam Goodall U20  Hammer 7.26Kg  39.81m. This breaks his own record of 37.87m set recently.
  
• Megan Evans Triple Jump 10.76m . This equals her Senior record set in 2004.
  

• Megan Evans 100m Hurdles 19.1
• Ellen Humperston U17 1500m 5.24.1
• Lorna Foster W50 Hammer 4Kg 22.25m
• Charmaine Riley Nelson W35 200m  27.7 Equals W35 PB
• Lee Hetherington 400m 50.9, 800m 2.00.8
• Tom Chew 3K Schase 10.12.2 
• Alex Blackham 3K Schase 10.17.1 
• Rob Andrew M50 3000m 10.00.7
• Elliott Walker High Jump 1.70m
• Kane Howitt 200m 22.0 Equals PB
• Ethan Brough 100m 11.6 Equals PB

There were a couple of near misses . Emily Campion (0.6 secs over 3000m) and Nick Pryce (0.1 over 400m club record).