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Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for their fantastic kit carrying at English Schools today. (Plus Charmaine who missed the photo)

Congratulations to Flossie for winning the inter mixed 4 x 100 relay with her West Mids team mates in a new championship record of 45.12
1st leg – Shaiya, 2nd – Flossie, 3rd – Harvey, 4th – Mayo.

The club is sad to announce the passing of Joe Cox on the eve of his 81st birthday on 26th March 2024.

Joe was a popular Irishman and represented the club in cross country in the Birmingham and District league events together with representing the club in both Warwickshire and Midlands championships.

In the summer he took part in various road relay events together with various events in the track and field leagues that the club was attached to.

A talented runner, it was always a pleasure to run with him for he was always telling jokes and funny stories. He always had a cheeky glint in his eye, a devilish good habit of spurring and encouraging you on and a real asset to the club.

As a result of taking his wife (Les, also a club member) away they moved to a delightful part of the world in Dorset where they spent many happy days together in the town of Dorchester.

In a fitting tribute to RSCAC, a picture of Joe competing in the road relay championship was put by the side of his coffin at the service and his club vest was put in his coffin. There was a good number of fellow club members in attendance at the church service.

RIP Joe

• £50  no.49   BARRY LLOYD
• £30  no.54   JOHN TOPLISS
• £25  no.57   RICHARD BAKER
• £15  no.47   HAZEL POLLOCK
• £15  no.75   ALEX BUCHANAN
• £15  no.43   JOHN DOYLE

Thank you once again to all 100 Club members for your continued support.

Numbers are available for £16.20p per year.

If you are interested in joining the 100 Club please contact me at  johnmills12@yahoo.com

Registration for the Club Championships, scheduled for Saturday, April 13th, 2024 is now open! To sign up, simply visit Entry4Sports and look up our club number: 594.

The competition will kick off at 10am and wrap up around 5pm. We are currently finalising the event timetable, which will be shared with you shortly.

Please note: The deadline to submit your entries is 23:59 on April 10th 2024. Make sure to register before this cut-off to secure your spot in the competition.

We look forward to seeing you compete!

Our annual Club Championships will be held on the 13th April at Wydnley.

More details on events, timings and how to enter will be sent out and put on the website, but for now please book this date in your diaries.

Please find club Christmas training times below: 

Wishing all of our members a wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy 2024.

• Ann/Dave/Meg: No training on 26th & 28th Dec. Other sessions as normal.

• Chrissie: Last session Tuesday 19th Dec, returning on 9th Jan.

• Brian: 10am – 11.30am on Tues 26th (Boxing Day) and Thurs 28th Dec. (Not on track). All other Tues and Thurs are at 6pm. 

• Gemma/Dean:  No training on 26th & 28th Dec. Other sessions as normal.

• Joe: No training on 26th & 28th Dec. Other sessions as normal.

• Lynne/Simon/Adrian/Gaynor: No training on Boxing Day. 28th Dec 10am – 11.30, in the park.  Back to 6pm start on Tues 2nd Jan.

• Martin/Marc/Colin’s u11 group: 10am – 11.30am on Tues 26th (Boxing Day) and Thursday 28th Dec. (Not on track). All other Tues and Thurs are at 6pm.

• Simon L: No training on Boxing Day. 10.30-12.00 on 28th Dec, in the park. Normal training the following week.

• Steve M: Tues 19th Dec 6-8 pm Track. Thurs 21st Dec 6-8 pm local roads. W/c 25/12 no evening sessions or track use (possible morning session one of the days but won’t need the club house). Tues 2nd / Thurs 4th Jan 6-8 pm (track on Thurs 4th Jan).

• Tony/Andy: No training on 26th & 28th Dec. Other sessions as normal.

In very testing conditions, as the current wintry weather refused to release its chilly grip, our young athletes performed superbly at the 3^rd set of races in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League held at Warley Woods in Smethwick. Again, a big thank you not only to our heroes, but also to the coaches and parents, without whom such success would be impossible.

Let’s highlight the best bits!

Worthy of special mention are the following:

In the U11 girls, Isabel Vickery (5^th); Emilia Dudley (9^th); Clara Willetts (10^th) and Isla Daly (11^th).

The U11 girls team are currently 1^st out of 22 teams by an impressive 90 points.

In the U11 boys, Sam Howell (8^th);  Seb Lees (11^th); and Tommy Seager (12^th).

The U11 boys team are currently 1^st out of 19 teams by an equally impressive 64 points.

In the U13 boys, Miren Randhawa (7^th); Oskar Alsop (9^th); Yuvan Sidhu (10^th) Jack Radnor (12^th); George Harradence (15^th) and Hakam Allouh (16^th)

6 athletes in the top 16 contributed significantly to extending the team’s 1^st position out of 20 teams to a lead of a massive 220 points.

AND…

The headline news is that after 3 out of 5 fixtures, the club are overall 2^nd out of 22 teams. This is a fantastic achievement. This is down the magnificent effort from EVERY SINGLE ONE of our athletes. They ALL made a contribution and we applaud them for it.

With sadness we share details of Val Eames’ Funeral:

Monday 16th October at Sutton Crematorium at 12.15. Afterwards, to celebrate Val’s life, at Wishaw Sports and Social.

The family would like to know how many are hoping to attend so please can you text Bunny if you can make it on 07977 096020.