Category: Race reports

Well done to Russell Simpson who recorded his first ever race victory at the Hill West 10k in Sutton Park yesterday. There was also a great run by Colin McAuley who finished in 2nd place. The results were particularly impressive given that both athletes had already raced on the Saturday at the BMAF relays – Great running guys!

We had five teams competing at the BMAF road relays in Sutton Park on Saturday. The highlight was provided by the M45 team of Simon Corker, Rob Andrew, Colin McAuley and Steve Marklew who finished in a superb 10th place.

There were great efforts by all the teams – The W45 team were 16th, the M35 team finished 25th, the M45 B team were 32nd and the M55 team were 28th. Well done everyone who took part!

Photos by Bryan Dale (including the one shown) are available on his Racephotos website. The results are available here.

Thirteen runners were up and out early last Saturday morning for the first event in the Royal Sutton Grand Prix at Kingsbury Parkrun. Royal Sutton athletes took the top four places. Well done Ollie Harradence, Fred Tremblay, Paul Davey and Steve Marklew! The 1st women home for club was Vici Richardson in a PB of 22.48. A link to the results is available here.

The U13s and U15s were in action in the first YDL lower age group fixture at Leicester. There were great performances by everyone. In particular, there were victories for Ethan Brough (200m), Georgia Platt (800m), Lewis Duval (1500m) and Hannah Smith (hammer), whilst there were 2nd place finishes for Ethan Brough (100m), Lucy Wood (hammer), Patience Clarke (75m), Rachel White (1200m) and Caitlin White (Javelin). Well done to everyone who took part!

The results are available here: YDL Leicester Results

Our senior athletes had a promising start to the season in the first Midland Athletics League match at Corby on Sunday. The standout performance came from Charlotte Newman who ran superbly to win the 400m A race and the 200m B race. There were also commanding victories for Fred Tremblay in the 800m and Katie Ingle in 1500m.

Joella Spencer, Kane Howett and Nicholas Mbewe all ran superbly in the sprints. Joella was 2nd in the 100m A race, whilst Kane Howitt and Nicholas Mbewe recorded lots of points in the 100m, 200m and long jump.

In the distance events Nick Corker and Tom Chew finished 2nd in the 2000m steeplechase A and B races respectively. There were also strong runs by Stu McCaw (400m), Paul Thompson (800m), Ollie Harradence (5000m) and Steve Marklew (5000m).

In the field there were 2nd place finishes for Megan Evans (triple jump), Rachel Iliffe (high jump), Kevin Brown and Connor Notley (men’s discus) and Chrissie Prince (women’s discus). Elsewhere Fiona Smith scored lots of points in various field events.

The results are available on the Power of Ten website.

The next match takes place at Tipton on 7 June. Put the date in your diary now!

We had a good turnout by the men at the 1st Veterans athletics fixture at Telford on Wednesday evening. Richard Henry had a great run in the 100m, whilst Donald Brown and Graham Felton put in good performances in the sprints and throws. Donald enjoyed his M50 100m sprint so much that he followed it up 5 minutes later by running the M40 race as a guest.

The middle distance runners were also out in force with Paul Thompson, Carl Dunne, Richard Lewis, Steve Marklew, Roy Humpherson and Nick Corker all stretching their legs.  Paul Thompson had a particular strong run in the 1500m, whilst Roy must have been knackered after completing the 2000m walk and the 1500m. Great stuff Roy! Thanks also to Phil Pollock for taking on Team Manager duties for the evening.

The provisional results are available below and the full results including the times run for guests will be available soon.

Midland Vets League Results – 30 April 2014 – Men

The results for the U17s and U20s YDL fixture at Derby are now available on the Power of Ten website. There were some great early season performances by everyone. The highlight was provided by Connor Notley who won the shot putt, discus and hammer – well done Connor! There are also some photos on the FLICKR page taken by Marc Kirsten.

News from Florida where John Topliss and Maureen Lewington were both in action at the Villages Senior Games. The event was for athletes aged over 50 with the oldest athlete competing being 91!

John showed he still has a great turn of speed being part of the M70 winning 4x100m team (they set a new state record of 59.66). Maureen took silver in the shot and was also part of the women’s M65 4×100 team.

Here’s a photo of the team with John in the middle (without his trademark hat).

Well done to everyone who completed the London Marathon today. The first man home for the club was Russell Simpson in a time of 2.48. Steve Marklew and Colin McAuley both broke the 3 hour mark. Andrea Deathridge was the 1st woman home in 3.24. The times are below:

• Russell Simpson – 2.48
• Steve Marklew – 2.58
• Colin McAuley – 2.59
• Mark Rickards – 3.08
• Dave Liddall – 3.08
• Matt Stenson – 3.09
• Andrea Deathridge – 3.24
• Richard Lewis – 3.32
• Paul Terleski – 3.49
• Suzanne Brown – 3.56

Well done to Laura Whittle who had a superb run at the National Road Relays in Sutton Park today. She destroyed the field on the 1st leg and posted the 3rd fastest time of the day.

All the women had great runs, with Megan McBrien running particularly well as she battled it out with Olympic athlete Hannah England on the 2nd leg. Overall the team finished in 20th place, recording their best result in years – well done also to Amy Johnson, Kate McBrien, Vici Richardson and Larna Partridge.

The men, who were missing a number of key runners, finished in 51st place. Simon Corker and Paul Terleski ran particularly well on the long legs, whilst Fred Tremblay and Paul Davey had a great battle for the fastest short leg – Fred won!

Thanks to everyone who came down to cheer us on and a special thanks to Marc Kirsten who took some great photos.

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

Photos by Marc Kirsten – Men’s photos and Women’s photos