Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

Brian –
Sun 22 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Park run and conditioning;
Tue 24 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Hartop Road session;
Thu 26 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Park run with 50 pace kicks;
Sun 29 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Strength and conditioning session;
Tues 31 Dec 10:00 – 11:30 – Speed endurance session in the park – probably on arena field;
Thur 2 Jan 10:00 – 11:30 – Park or track fartlek. Stretching session in the clubhouse;
Sat 4 Jan – County XC Championships –Warks at Warley Woods – Staffs XC Champs at Stafford Common;
Sun 5 Jan 6.00 to 7.20 pm – Strength & conditioning – clubhouse

Chrssie/Sherri/Fiona –
As normal this week, then no sessions until the new year. The first session back is Thursday 2nd Jan 10:00 – 11:30 (and there will be a throws session for the throwers 11:30 – 12:30). Sessions are back to normal 6-7.30pm from Tuesday 7th Jan.

Martin/Marc/Helen/John/Stephen –
Sat 21 Dec – Pudding Run – meet at club house at 8.50am;
Thu 26 Dec – Boxing Day Run – All parents are welcome. Meet at the club house at 10am. (Will not run Far – promise!)
Sun 29 Dec 10:00 – 11:30
Tue 31 Dec 10:00 – 11:30

Paul – Finish 19/12/19 and Return on 07/01/2020.

Simon/Adrian/Spencer/Lynne –
Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and 2nd January from 10:00 to 11:30. No training on Boxing Day!

Steve M –
Tue 24th Dec – Mince pie & coffee
Thur 26th Dwc – Left over turkey (curry)
Tue 31st Dec – champagne & truffles!
In other words – no club sessions till Thursday 2nd Jan at 6pm as normal

Tony/Nikki/Meg –
Tues 24 Dec 10.00 – 11.45;
Thurs 26 Dec – no session;
Tue 31 Dec 10.00 – 11.45;
Thurs 2nd Jan 10.00 – 11.45

Taster Group (Phil and Katie) will reconvene on 9th January.

Our very own Donald Brown has been shortlisted for the Athletics Weekly Readers’ Choice Award for Best Britsh Male Athlete. Please follow this link and scroll down to cast your vote: https://www.athleticsweekly.com/uncategorized/aw-aoty-2019-vote-1039926297/

Winning this award would be the perfect end of a great year for Donald. For those who may not be fully aware of his achievements this year, they are as follows:

World Masters Championship:

1. Gold 60m Hurdles
2. Silver 4 x 200m relays
3. Bronze 60m

European Masters Championships:

4. Gold 100m
5. Gold 200m
6. Gold 100m Hurdles
7. Silver 4 x 100 Relay

National Outdoors Masters Championships:

8. Gold 100m
9. Gold 200m
10. Bronze 100m Hurdles

National Masters Indoor Championships Lee Valley

11. Gold 200m
12. Silver 60m
13. Silver 60m Hurdles

British Records:

14. 100m Hurdles – 14.83
15. 100m Hurdles – 14.62
16. 300m – 39.17

Personal Bests:

17. 60m – 7.60
18. 60m Hurdles – 9.02
19. 100m Hurdles – 14.62
20. 100m – 11.73
21. 200m – 24.06.

World Rankings:

22. No1 for the 100m
23. No1 for the 200m
24. No1 for the 60m Hurdles
25. No1 for the 100m Hurdles

Royal Sutton Coldfield AC:

26. Outstanding Athlete of the Year Award (Clare Fancote Award)

Good luck Donald!

Young athletes from the Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club continued their winning ways on Sunday December 8^th. 

In blustery and showery conditions, they competed against 20 other clubs in the 2^nd fixture of the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League at Perry Park in Birmingham, finishing overall in FIRST position.

Building on their success from the previous fixture at Warley Woods, 6 out of the 8 Sutton teams finished in the top 3 of their age-category events.

The under 11 girls once again excelled, coming first as they dominated the top order, with Molly Beeton 4^th; Tiffany Lathan 5^th; Erin Cook 10^th; Imogen Neal 12; Sofia Shorrock 13^th; and Willow McCarthy-Brown 15^th.

Matching their 2^nd place from the first race, the under 11 boys continued their brilliant season, with Noah Homer 2^nd; Zak Tisdale 3^rd; Dan Smith 5^th; Dylan Geddes 6^th; and Finn Sandland, improving by 8 places,  42^nd.

The under 15 girls again performed impressively, coming 2nd, with Sian Duval 4^th; Bethan Homer 10^th; Charlotte Prince 20^th; Martha Wood 22^nd; and  Zara Buchanan 25^th.

Also 2^nd were the under 17 women, with Lucy Carey 6^th, Elsa Buchanan 11^th; and Charlotte Hey 15^th.

Both the under 13 girls and the under 13 boys teams finished 3^rd. In the girls event, Olivia Allen was 7^th; Emily Symes 20^th; Evie Sandland 27^th; Amber Hoey 30^th; Eva Cartwright 32^nd; and Francesca Allen 34^th. Coming in for the boys were Will Stead 16^th; Adam Wilkinson 20^th; George Bromley 24^th; Isaac Cartwright 27^th; and Harvey Gillett 37^th.

George Hope 15^th; Ethan Patel 20^th; George O’Connor 23^rd; Noah Edwards 29^th and Nick Crees 49^th; brought the under 15 boys team home in fourth place.

WELL DONE TO ALL: A REAL TEAM EFFORT!

100 Club drawn 28th November.

£50 no.65 Helen Keetley

£30 no.62 Val Eames

£25 no.72 Bruce Deakin

£15 no.29 Linda O’Connor

£15 no.19 Fiona Smith

£15 no.9 John Topliss

Next draw Thursday 19th December – single number for £100. Who will win big for Christmas?

Thank you all for your support. Numbers are still available, £16.20 per number. If interested, please see John Mills at the clubhouse. A great Christmas gift at a very reasonable price!

All sessions are at the track tonight – Plantsbrook sessions for those doing indoor sportshall competitions resume on 14/01/20.

Join RSCAC coach Joe Caines and friends on Sunday 24 November. Suitable for athletes and parents / carers. All details below.

After the disappointment of the washout at Hatton last month, yesterday’s WMYACCL ‘first’ fixture at Warley Woods was eagerly anticipated, and our athletes…DELIVERED.

On a course ideal for both athletes and spectators, and in great cross-country weather conditions, the statistics speak for themselves: out of 8 teams that competed, no less than 5 finished in either 1^st or 2^nd place, and overall the combined squad finished 3^rd out of 21 competing clubs.

A brilliant run by Tiffany Latham, finishing 1^st in a field of 96 athletes, was complimented by 3 other athletes in the top 10: Mollie Beeton (3^rd); Willow McCarthy-Brown (8^th); and Erin Cook (9^th). Together with the rest of the team, including Sofia Shorrock (15^th) and Poppy Bashford (17^th), this placed the U11 girls in a commanding 1^st place.

Also finishing in 1^st place were the U15 girls, with excellent performances from Sian Duval (7^th); Martha Wood (16^th); Charlotte Prince (18^th); Matilda Strachan (22^nd); and Bethan Homer (27^th), again helped by the rest of the team.

Another stunning individual performance by Noah Homer, finishing 2^nd out of 105 athletes. in his first full season of cross-country, led the way for the U11 boys who finished 2^nd. No less impressive was the support from 3 other athletes in the top 10: Zak Tisdale, (3^rd); Dan Smith (5^th); and Dylan Geddes (7^th).

The U13 girls also finished 2^nd, with strong runs from Olivia Allen (6^th); Evie Sandland (21^st); Francesca Allen (22^nd); Emily Symes (24^th); and Phoebe Allen (29^th).

Yet another team to gain a 2^nd place were the U15 boys, with George Hope (8^th); Jack Wakefield (10^th); George O’Connor (13^th); Ethan Cook (17^th) and Noah Edwards (29^th) scoring the points.

The U13 boys finished a very creditable 5^th with 4 athletes in the top 33: Will Stead, Isaac Cartwright, Harvey Gillett and Adam Wilkinson.

As someone who witnessed (and photographed – see club’s Flickr page), the day’s events, I can only say:

• well done to the parents for their support
• well done to the coaches for preparing such a great team of athletes
• AND A HUGE WELL DONE TO ALL THE ATHLETES.