Category: Race reports

Some more good results from our athletes at the Midland XC Championships at Wollaton Park. Georgia Curry followed up her excellent run in the league last weekend with a 7th place finish in the U17 women’s race. Shaun Evans was 12th in the U17 men’s race, with the team (Jerome Austin, Max Sellars, Alex Jones) finishing 4th. Ellen Humpherston ran well in the U15 girls race to finish 20th. There were lots more great performances on a tough course – Well done to everyone who ran!

The results are available on the Midland County AA website: RESULTS

A great effort by everyone who ran at Burbage Common yesterday on a testing course that managed to be rock hard in some places and horrifically muddy elsewhere. The star performance came from Georgia Curry who won the U17 women’s race by over 30 seconds. Shaun Evans followed up his win in the Warwickshire County Championships with a great 2nd place finish for the U17 men. Elsa Buchanan finished 2nd for the U11 girls – her best run of the season, whilst Lewis Duval had a great run to finish 3rd in the U13 boy’s race.

There were some really strong team performances. In particular, the U11 girls, U13 girls and U17 men are all in contention for medals with one race to go. Overall the club finished 4th on the day out of 19 clubs and moved into 4th place in the league.

The last race takes place at Birchfield on 15th February – lets have a great turnout and finish the league season in style.

RESULTS

Another tough day for our XC teams at the weekend. The senior men travelled to Coundon Park Coventry for the latest Division 1 match. Whilst there were lots of fantastic individual performances, unfortunately it appears we’re doomed to a swift relegation back to Division 2. Highlights included a great run by Chris Taylor who literally ran himself into the ground to come home as our second counter, a great battle to the line between Paul Terleski and Jim Barlow and a fantastic run by the ever improving Mark Rickards.

Massive thanks to our hardy supporters who braved the bitter cold and to Phil Pollock for helping with the officiating. Your support is much appreciated!

The women ran at Droitwich. Our sole representatives were Andrea Deathridge and Megan McBrien, who both had decent runs. Competing against a top quality field Andrea finished 33rd and Megan was 42nd. The race was won by GB athlete Jessica Judd, whilst former World Triathlon Champion Chrissie Wellington finished 6th!

Men’s results

Women’s results

There were some great performances by Royal Sutton athletes at the Warwickshire County Championships at Cofton yesterday. Torrential morning rain led to some horrendous muddy wet conditions, in particular for the early races – of the seven RSC athletes competing in the U13 girls race only four finished the race with both shoes!!!

The highlight was a superb individual gold medal for Shaun Evans in the U17 men’s race. He led home the team of Alex Jones, Max Sellars and Alex Blackham to a team gold, with Alex Jones finishing 3rd and Max Sellars finishing 5th.

Other highlights included a silver for Georgia Curry in the U17 women’s race. In the U15 girl’s race Ellen Humpherston finished 4th and led home the team, which also included Lucy Ollerenshaw and Verity O’Shea, to a bronze. Ben Horton had a strong run in the U15 boys race finishing 9th which puts him in contention for a county vest later this winter. The U13 girl’s team of Caitlin White, Rachel White and Lucy Corker also won team bronze.

Well done to everyone who took part. The full results are available on the Warwickshire County AA website.

Well done to everyone who competed in round 3 of the West Midlands Young Athletes XC at Warley Woods on Sunday. There were some great individual and team performances on a really challenging course. Shaun Evans continued his great form to finish 3rd in the U17 men’s race. The U17 men’s team, which also included Jerome Austin and Max Sellers finished in 3rd place.

Lewis Duval had a great run to finish 4th in the U13 boys race. In the U17 women’s race Georgia Curry was first home for the club with a superb 7th place finish. Other top ten finishers included Ryley Thomas, who was 7th home in the U11 boy’s race, Elsa Buchanan who was 10th in the U11 girls race and Georgia Platt who was 9th in the U13 girls race.

There were strong team performances in particular by the U11 girls and U13 girls. The U11 girls team of Elsa Buchanan, Hope Stirland, Arantxa Middleton, Sian Duval and Harriet Martin finished 2nd. The U13 girls team of Georgia Platt, Grace Ballinger, Katie Beresford, Lucy Corker and Tamsym Booth finished 3rd.

Overall the club finished 5th on the day out of 19 clubs and are in 5th place after 3 of the 5 races.

RESULTS

MARC KIRSTEN PHOTOS

 

Well done to Laura Whittle who recorded a great win at the Midland Women’s XC race in Northampton today. She made the decisive break on the final hill to win in her first outing on the country this winter.

Andrea Deathridge and Vici Richardson both had strong runs and the club placed 14th overall out of 37 teams.

It was a tough day for a greatly depleted men’s team. The highlight was a great first run by Jon Higgins on his debut for the cross country team. The 2015/16 promotion push begins now!

The next league matches are on 10 January, where the men race at Coventry and the women race at Droitwich. Put the dates in the diary – no excuses allowed!!!

The full results from the men’s and women’s races are available below:

Men’s race results

Women’s race results

Photo from the Mudrunner Photography Facebook page.

Well done to everyone who travelled to Wolverhampton to take part in the 5m and 7m cross country races.

A fantastic run by Mel Woodward saw her finish 6th in the women’s 5 mile XC race.

It was great to see a number of runners making their debut for the men’s XCs team. The first home for the club was Paul Terleski in 44th place. Great running by everyone else – we hope you enjoyed the mud!

The next senior XC is in two weeks time in Northampton. See you all there!

Links to the results and Mudrunner Photography photos are available below. The photo of Mel is from this collection.

Results

Mudrunner Photography Photos

 

 

Congratulations to all Royal Sutton’s Young Athletes who competed in the 2^nd XC fixture at Wolverhampton on Sunday. Overall the club finished 6^th on the day and are placed 4^th in the league after two races out of 19 clubs. The top performance came from Shaun Evans who had a strong run to finish in third place in the U17 Men’s race. With good support from Max Sellers, Jerome Austin, Alex Blackham and Oliver Hart the U17 Men finished in 2^nd place. Elsa Buchanan had a great run for the U11 girls finishing 5^th, with the team finishing 3^rd overall. There was also a great performance from the U13 girls who finished 3^rd on the day, with 21 girls running in the team. Great effort everyone!!!

The full results are available here. There are some great photos of some of the races available on the FLICKR page – Thanks Marc Kirsten!!!

The next race is at Warley Woods on 7 December. See you all there!

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U13 girls

 

 

 

Royal Sutton’s distance runners kicked off the league season with battling performances at muddy and wet Newbold Comyn yesterday. The women ran first, which gave them the worst of the weather, but the best of the mud. The was a great debut for the club by Melissa Woodward who finished 28th. Andrea Deathridge was not far behind in 33rd, whilst Vici Richardson completed the team in 219th. The race was won by GB athlete Jessica Judd. Overall the team was 19th.

The men, who were competing back in Division 1 following their promotion last year, finished in 14th. Well done in particular to Paul Baker and Mike Deasey who were competing in their first XC for the club – a real baptism of fire! Paul ran particularly well to score for our B team. The club results are below:

A team – Nick Corker (27th), Rob Andrew (106th), Simon Corker (128th), Chris Taylor (135th), Paul Terleski (143rd), Tom Chew (153rd)

B team and other counters – Fred Tremblay (162nd), Mark Rickards (164th), Paul Davey (172nd), Russell Simpson (177th), Paul Baker (240th), Matt Stenson (252nd), Paul Jenkins (262nd) and Mike Deasey (266th).

The next match is on 6 December. Let’s have a great turnout!!!

MEN’S RESULTS

WOMEN’S RESULTS

MUDRUNNER PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOS

ROY’S PHOTOS

Well done to Eddie McGrath and Clive Hackforth who completed the New York Marathon last weekend (and got a decent holiday too). Eddie ran a time of 3.13. Clive ran 3.58. Great running guys!!