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Results round up

Well done to Katie Ingle who put in an excellent performance in the 3000m steeplechase at the Aviva Olympic Trials and UK Championships last weekend.  She worked her way through the field to finish in 10th place in a time of 10.36.85.  The race was won by Olympics bound Eilish McColgan.

There were a number of athletes in action at the BRAT open meeting/BMC races last Wednesday.  PBs were achieved by Luke O’Brien (150m and high jump), Kane Howitt (200m and 400m), William Bonner (400m), Theo Larcombe (1500m) and Megan McBrien (3000m).  Results for BRAT Open are available here.  Results for the BMC are available here.

The results from the National Junior League match at Derby are available here.  The standout performances came from Kieran Smith who won the 400m hurdles and 2000m steeplechase.  Well done to everyone who competed.

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Young Athletes League – 17 June

Well done to all our young athletes who put in some outstanding performances at Wyndley last Sunday in the final YAL match.  The team dominated, winning by almost 250 points – this ensures we won the league and qualified for the promotion play off.  A full article is included in this weeks Observer.

Marc Kirsten took some great photos of the meeting.  If you are a club member and would like a link to the photos please email rscacphotos@yahoo.com.

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Shugborough Relays – 21 June

The Shugborough Relays were held on Wednesday on the lovely Shugborough Estate.  Royal Sutton again excelled running 7 teams – 1 more than last year, with everybody saying that they will be back again next year.  We ran

  • 1 Ladies Vets 160 team
  • 2 Mixed Vets 160 team
  • 1 Mens Vets 160 Team
  • 2 Mens Vets 200 teams
  • 1 Mens Vets 240 teams

All teams excelled with the mixed vets team of Colin McAuley, Val Carter, Andrea Deathridge, and Russell Simpson winning their race in a time of 47 min 23 secs.  This put them 11 seconds in front of the second placed team. Colin and Andrea were our fastest male and female runners, with Colin  running 11min 05 sec and Andrea 11min 58 sec.  The Vets 240 team missed out on 1st place by 57 secs so must try harder next year!

It was pleasing to see runners who had not run in the relays before turning out for us and enjoying the great atmosphere – in particular those from Bunny’s training group.

Full results can be found here.  Photos available on Bryan Dale’s site here.

 Report by Roy Humpherson
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Aviva England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships – 16/17 June

There were some excellent performances and two new club records set at the England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships at Bedford this weekend:

  • Katie Ingle won the U20 3000m steeplechase final in a time of 10.25.48, setting a new club record in the process.
  • Nick Pryce ran 49.23 in the 400m.  This is a new Senior club outdoor record, with the old one was set back in 1983 by Mike Clenaghan.
  • Kanisha Hector ran 25.29 in the 200m.

The full results are available here.  Well done to all!

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Great Midlands Fun Run – 10 June

Well done to all our runners who competed in the Great Midlands Fun Run last Sunday.  Ollie Haradence was denied his second Fun Run victory by a great run from superman – it’s not every day you get beaten by a superhero!  His time of 46.53 was excellent though.  We had another 5 runners in the top 20 – Steve Marklew, Paul Terleski, Simon Corker, Russell Simpson and Colin McAuley.

Our ladies also ran excellently – Andrea Deathridge was the 2nd lady home and Kate McBrien was 3rd.

A number of our junior athletes also ran well.  Kieran Mullis was the 1st junior, Shaun Evans was the 3rd junior and Georgia Curry was the 1st female junior.

For full results and photos of Ollie and Paul see this week’s Observer.

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Midland Masters Athletics Championships – 10 June

Some great results at the Midland Masters Athletics Championships.

  • Janice Pryce won both the W50 Long Jump (4.18) and the Triple Jump (9.85). The Triple Jump is both a new club and British Masters record.  Fantastic effort!
  • Jhalman Singh won the M70 Shot (8.37) and was second in the Long Jump (2.99)
  • David Price won the M70 Javelin (27.13)
Well done to all three.
Report by John Topliss
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English Athletics National/Midland Championships – 2/3 June

Another weekend, another sprint record is broken.  Kanisha Hector won the Midland Championships and set a new 200m club record with her time of 24.97 seconds at the Alexander Stadium today.  Charmaine Riley (her training partner) set the original record of 25.1 seconds in 2008.  Well done Kanisha!

Other athletes in action were Charmaine Riley, Nicholas Pryce and Adam Barnes.  The results are available here:

Track results – 2/3 June

Videos are available on the England Athletics site here

Report by John Topliss

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Midland Veterans T&F League – 30 May

A hardy bunch of 5 athletes made the trek to Stoke arriving at almost the same time as the Olympic flame just around the corner.  It must have inspired our athletes as they all put in excellent performances with two new club records being set.
David Price (who had to travel approx 150 miles to get to Stoke) set a new M70 record with the 600grams javelin of 32.09m breaking Tom Wyers distance of 23.17 set in 2004.  Fleur O’Brien (in her first race over this distance for quite a few years) set a W60 record in the 800m of 3.29.4.  Graham Felton won the M60 200m and then dropped down a few age groups to take third places in the M35 shot and the M50 discus.  Sandra McDonald won both her W50 events the 200m and Long Jump.  Maureen Lewington won the W60 javelin and then stepped down several age groups to take third place in the W40 discus.
Well done to all of you.  The next meeting is at Burton on Wednesday 27 June so lets have a big turnout for this meeting.  Results are available here:
Report by John Topliss
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BMC Regional Races/BRAT Open – 30 May

We had athletes chasing PBs at the Open meeting at Birmingham University on Wednesday.  There were race victories for Fred Tremblay, Gabrielle Kinney, Theo Larcombe and Kane Howitt.   Gabrielle Kinney, Elmena Saunders, Katie Ingle, Megan McBrien, Hannah Smith and Kane Howitt all set PBs.

Results for the BMC are available here.  Results for the BRAT Open are available here.

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Midland Athletics League – 27 May

The senior team had a fantastic day at the 2nd track and field meeting at Wyndley on Sunday.  We finished in first place with our athletes setting five new divisional records:
  • 100m  – Nicholas Pryce 10.8
  • 200m – Nicholas Pryce 22.1
  • Discus – Kevin Brown 48.20m
  • 4x100m Relay – 45.0 ( Luke Fleming, Nicholas Pryce, Adam Barnes and Nicholas Mwebe)
  • 3000m Megan McBrien – 10.30.0
Nicholas Pryce’s 100m time is also a new club record, taking over James Simmons record set in 1989.  A video of the run is available on our FLICKR page here.
 
The 4x400m relays were another highlight with the women winning by the length of the home straight and the men also having a great victory.  Nicholas Pryces’s 400m split was recorded by Ruth Dobbins to be 47.1 (WOW!).
Well done to Kane Howitt, Alister Breuns, Andrea Deathridge, Clive Hackforth, Marcus Smedley, Tony Hinchley, Nicholas Mbewe, Madeleine Stearn, Natassja Longstaff, Miranda Stoddart and Charlotte Last who all performed exceptionally on their first appearances for the senior athletics team.
 
Thanks also to the many people who helped out behind the scenes to make it such a successful event (some who were helping to set up from 8am).
 
The next meeting is on 1 July at Burton.  Let’s have a great turnout and see if we can get another team victory!