Laura Whittle kicked off her track season in style at the Loughborough International meeting on Sunday winning the 3000m. Her winning time was 9.06.
Mel Woodward runs fastest time at BMAF Road Relays
A fantastic run by Mel Woodward was the highlight at the British Masters Road Relays in Sutton Park on Saturday. In an event which attracts some of the best veteran runners from across the country her time of 17.06 was the fastest run on the day – great running Mel!
Other notable performances came from Ollie Harradence and Rob Andrew who both found some form after recent injuries. The team positions were as follows:
- W35 – 16th place
- M35 – 29th place
- M45 – 11th place
BRYAN DALE PHOTOS – photo of Mel taken by Bryan Dale, photo of the W35 team courtesy of Roy “the rocket” Humpherson.
Katie Ingle wins at the BUCS Championships
Katie Ingle finished off a great weekend for the club winning a gold medal in the 2000m steeplechase at the British Universities Championships at Bedford. She led from gun to tape winning by a massive 16 seconds. The winning time of 6.43.13 is both a PB and new club record. Well done Katie!
Mel Woodward wins at the Lichfield Half Marathon
Well done to Mel Woodward who was the first female home at the Lichfield Half Marathon. Her winning time was 1.22.29. Great running Mel!
Photo from http://www.kpevents.net
Lower age group YDL
Well done to all under 13 & 15 athletes who performed today at the YDL at Banbury. Everyone did really well and the club finished in a fantastic second place on the day. Thanks to everyone for supporting the club and performing so well.
London Marathon – 26 April
There we some fantastic times set by Royal Sutton athletes at the London Marathon yesterday, with 11 club members completing the course. The fastest RSC male finisher was Mark Bridges who completed the course in 2.47, whilst Kate McBrien was the fastest woman finisher in 3.21. The times are as follows:
- Mark Bridges – 2.47
- Subodh Dave – 3.16
- Mike Deasy – 4.34
- Dean England – 2.56
- Clive Hackforth – 3.08
- Paul Jenkins – 3.22
- Chris Jennings – 4.51
- Steve Marklew – 3.01 (IPC World Marathon Championships)
- Kate McBrien – 3.21
- Vici Richardson – 3.48
- Matt Stenson – 3.05
Midlands T&F – 25 April
Our senior athletics team travelled to Banbury on Saturday for the first match of the season. Despite having a greatly depleted team there were some fantastic individual performances.
Highlights included a new club record for Chrissie Prince in the hammer, a first ever race victory and massive PB for Tom Chew in the 2000m steeplechase, victories for Fred Tremblay in the 800m A race and 1500m B race, and maximum points in the discus where Kevin Brown and Connor Notley won the A and B events (both with age group club records).
In the sprints Nicholas Pryce was 2nd in 200m and 3rd in the 100m, whilst Kane Howitt was 1st in the 100m B race and Ethan Brough was 3rd in the 200m on his senior debut. Luke Cato was having a strong run in the 400m before injuring his hamstring – we hope you’re injury is not too bad Luke!
Overall it was a good day for our men in the middle distance events. Shaun Evans ran superbly to finish 2nd in the 1500m A race on his first race for the senior team, whilst Nick Corker won the B race in the 2000m steeplechase. Paul Thompson and Rob Andrew won some more important points in the 5000m.
Andrea Deathridge was are only women’s runner in the distance events, competing in the 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m and 3000m!!! Her best performance was in the 3000m where she finished second, whilst her time in the 400m hurdles was a new age group club record.
We won lots of points in the men’s throws with Kevin Brown, Connor Notley and Liam Goodall all in great form. Liam Goodall had great senior debut in the hammer with a second place in the B event.
Similarly, our women throwers competed superbly. Chrissie Prince was 2nd in the discus and hammer A events. Madeleine Stearn was 4th in A javelin, Fiona Smith finished 1st in the hammer B event whilst Lorna Foster was second in the B shot putt.
A big thank you to all our officials who braved the cold. As always your support is greatly appreciated!
Overall, based on the provisional results we finished 6th on the day. The next match is on Saturday 6 June in Corby. Please put the date in your diary and make sure you’re available for this important match.
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National Road Relays – 11 April
Laura Whittle starred for our women’s team in the National Road Relays, running the second fastest long leg of the day. Her time of 30:49 was only bettered by Emelia Gorecka. Overall the team finished 27th – Well done everyone!!!
- Laura Whittle (2) 30:49
- Katie Ingle (6) 34:13
- Larna Partridge (13) 21:38
- Nadia Baxter (23) 26:38
- Rachel Thebridge (29) 25:17
- Vici Richardson (27) 24:04
Photos (including the one shown) are available on Bryan Dale’s Race Photos website. A link to the full results is provided below:
Donald Brown wins gold, silver and bronze at the European Master Championships
Great news from Torun, Poland where Donald Brown claimed gold, silver and bronze medals at the European Masters Championships. Here’s his report back:
“Ecstatic after winning the Gold Medal to become the M50 European Masters Champion in the 60m hurdles. My winning time of 8.66 was a personal best and ranks me number 1 in the world for 2015. I was also thrilled to win the Bronze in the 60m sprint with another personal best of 7.47 and and Silver Medal in the 4 x 200m relay. An incredible experience, awesome venue and fabulous medical team.”
Well done Donald – we’re all delighted for you!!!
Royal Sutton win bronze at the Midland Road Relays
A fantastic effort by our senior women saw Royal Sutton win bronze at the Midland Road Relays. Well done to Mel Woodward, Katie Ingle, Larna Partridge, Kate McBrien, Megan McBrien and Laura Whittle.
On a course slightly altered from previous years, Mel Woodward got us off to a flying start on the 1st leg with a time of 17.53 to put us into 3rd place – this was the 9th fastest time of the day. Katie Ingle had a good run after a winter disrupted by injuries to keep us in third place with a time of 18.43. Larna Partridge and Kate McBrien ran well on legs 3 and 4 to keep us in contention with the leading clubs, with the team in 7th place after 4 legs. Megan McBrien ran 18.52 on leg 5 to move the team up three places behind only Bristol & West, Charnwood AC and Birchfield. Laura Whittle ran the final leg in 17.13, the 2nd fastest time of the day, overtaking Birchfield to bring Royal Sutton home 3rd.
The men’s team finished in 36th place out of 73 teams (provisional results). Paul Terleski ran the fastest long leg for the team, whilst Fred Tremblay and Tom Chew ran the fastest short legs. There were also strong runs from Edward McGrath on his birthday and Mark Rickards. Without forgetting all those who fought hard to try and move the team up the table all afternoon, some of which were drafted at the last minute to help get a team out to compete. Well done everyone – great effort!
Photo from Bryan Dale’s racephotos website.
Mudrunner photos.
Results here
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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