Category: Race reports

The West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League results for the first two races are now available on their new website.  RSCAC are in 4th place, with Elemena Saunders and Gaby Kinney leading in the U15 girls and under 17 womens competitions respectively.   Well done to all involved.  Click here for a link to the results page.

Six RSCAC runners competed in the Midlands 7 mile cross country race.  The first runner home for Sutton was Dave Long in 35th.  For full results click here

The senior men’s cross country team commenced their league season with a race at Newbold Comyn, Leamington.  Following promotion last season this was the first time the club have competed in Division 1 (the Midlands top division) since 1996.  The ‘A’ team put in a battling performance on the gruelling six mile course finishing in 13th place, with Ollie Haradence (pictured) being the first runner home in 40th place.  The ‘B’ team also competed well finishing in 10th place in the ‘B’ team league.

Full results are available by clicking here: Race 1 results

For photos from Brian Smith’s website click here.

Great performances from RSCAC athletes at the ECCA Relays at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield.  Heavy rain resulted in atrocious muddy, wet conditions for running.

The highlight of the day was provided by the U17 women, with the A team (Megan McBrien, Rebecca Robinson, Katie Ingle) finishing in a fantastic 4th place and the B team (Gabrielle Kinney, Nicole Parsons, Niamh Gent) finishing 18th.

Other performances were as follows:

U13 girls – 47th – Grace Stirland, Laura Richardson, Jessica Tarr

U15 girls – 45th – Elmina Saunders, Molly Rees, Elizabeth Ward

U15 boys – 49th – Alfie McBrien, Shaun Evans, Jerome Austin

Senior Men (photo below) – 64th – Nick Corker, Ollie Harradence, Dave Long, Fred Tremblay (with Russell Simpson and John Fletcher running as an incomplete B team)

Full results are available by clicking here 

Race photos are available by clicking here

• David Bowen – 1.27.51
• Andy Bradley – 1.56.04
• Anne Brankin – 1.54.55
• Richard Cashmore – 1.52.54
• Luke Gibson – 1.46.50
• Clive Hackforth – 1.33.49
• Paul Jenkins – 1.29.40
• Olivia Kenney – 1.37.39
• Dave Long – 1.35.19
• Marc Kirsten – 1.45.59
• Rachel Lockley – 2.20.24
• Sarah MacNulty – 2.14.16
• Steve Marklew – 1.19.34
• Colin McAuley – 1.25.10
• Igal Nagar – 2.05.55
• Mark Rickards – 1.36.55
• Tamara Savage – 1.59.49
• Clive Sayers – 1.37.41
• Chris Taylor – 1.21.46
• Paul Terleski – 1.20.52
• Fred Tremblay – 1.25.06
• Pete Wells – 2.18.01
• Shiran Yakobi – 2.09.15

The cross country season got under way with the Midland Cross Country Relays at the Aston University Recreation Ground.  A team comprising Clive Hackforth, Dave Long, John Fletcher and Dave Liddle dusted down the running spikes and finished in 17th place.  Full results are available here

Great performance by the junior teams in the National Road Relays, the highlight being an 8th place finish in the U17 women’s race.  Well done to Megan McBrien, Gabrielle Kinney and Kate Ingle! 

For full results click here

A good performance by the senior men saw a 69th place finsh and an improved time from the Midlands relay:

69 Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 2:03:01

1 Nick Corker (61) 18:56

2 Oliver Harradence (67) 19:57

3 Frederic Tremblay (67) 20:30

4 David Long (71) 20:51

5 Simon Corker (68) 21:00

6 David Liddall (69) 21:47

Photos of the team were kindly provided by Bryan Dale – Many thanks!

Click here for full race results

Click here for all race photos by Bryan Dale.