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The first meeting of the year for the sprint squad took place on Saturday 16th
January at the Indoor Performance Centre, Alexander Stadium.

With 60 metres the only sprint available, the pressure was on and the 3 athletes 
who took part performed well. Ethan Brough was pitched against the best sprinters
in the Midlands and equaled his PB of 7.6 seconds.

For both Rachel Iliffe and Cameron Harris, it was their first time running this 
distance and both moved up an age group to u 20 and u 17 respectively. 
Rachel ran a respectable 8.63 seconds, with only a small improvement to 8.5 
seconds needed for a ranking on the Power of Ten. Similarly, Cameron achieved 
7.89 seconds with 7.7 seconds needed for a ranking.

Unfortunately, Mollie Darrock had to pull out at the last minute due to injury.

The sprint squad (coached by Tony, Liz,  Nikki &Meg) are training 6-8 tonight (Tuesday). Then throughout the holidays training for this group will be 10-midday on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays (including Xmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.)  Training will be back to 6-8 pm on Tuesday 5 January.

Finally, the results from the Telford Games. Some excellent performances from Royal Sutton athletes on what started as a wet and windy day, making conditions difficult for the younger athletes in particular. As is normally the case with this competition, standards were very high.

For the u 11 girls, Caitlin Ralph achieved a silver medal in both the 60 metres and Long Jump and 4th position in the 150 metres. An excellent performance in what was Caitlin’s second track competition. Zara Buchanan won a bronze medal in the Long Jump with a new PB and was 6th in the 60 metre final.

In the u 17 men’s 100 metres both Ethan Brough and Cameron Kirkbride got through to the final, with Ethan running a new PB, in what proved to be a tough race. Both also ran well in the 200 m final.

In the u 15 boys 100 m, Cameron Harris ran well but just missed out on a place in the final. Cameron also performed well in the 200 m final. In addition to the achievements already outlined  in a previous report, Ryan Humphreys also achieved a new PB in the 80 m hurdles.

Connor Race, Evan Pritchard and David Iliffe battled it out in the u 13 boys 100m, with Connor achieving a PB in both the heats and the final. Evan and Connor also ran in the 200 m, with Connor again achieving a new PB and a place in the final. Both David and Evan performed well in the Long Jump.

Rachel Iliffe won a bronze medal with a new PB in the u 17 women’s triple jump and ran a new PB in the 100 metres final. Rachel also ran well in the 200 m. Hannah Smith set a new PB in the same race.

Jenny Hopkinson ran well in both the u 15 girls 100 and 200 metres, reaching the final in both events. Madeleine Shay set a new PB in the 100 m.

Freya Liddington won bronze in u 13 girls Long Jump and set a new PB in the final of the 100 m.

Elsa Buchanan just missed out on a medal in the 800 m and Long Jump, achieving 4th place in both events.

Well done everyone!

There is no training tonight (Friday) because of the Athletics Presentation Evening. Enjoy your night off!

As the season draws to a close, you might want to consider entering some ‘open’ competitions. These are competitions you pay to enter yourself, so you can enter whichever events you’d like to do.

Look on the website for the athletics club mentioned to find the entry form.

18.8.15 Corby AC 100m, 300m, 400m, mile (You enter on the day)

22.8.15 Coventry Godiva – high jump, 2000/3000 race walk, mile (under 15 and under 17), 3000m (The 3000m is Midlands Senior and Under 20 Champs.) (Closing date Mon 10th Aug.)

22.8.15 Stoke – Under 11 and above.  A good selection of events. The closing date is 15 August. The entry form is here: http://www.stokeac.org.uk/openmeeting2015form.pdf

23.8.15 Coventry Godiva 100m (Under 13 and older), 200m (U13 and older), 400m (under 17 and older), wheelchair races. (Closing date Mon 10th Aug.)

12.9.15 Telford AC. Under 11 and older. There is a good selection of events. This should take you to the entry form. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0ZWxmb3JkYXRobGV0aWNjbHVifGd4OjRiNWUyMDMzYjVlMWJmYzk Closing date 24th August.

27.9.15 Dudley – The Dell – Under 13 and above. The field events are: Long jump, javelin and shot. There are a selection of track events. This link should take you to the entry page. Closing date is 7th September. http://www.dashac.co.uk/news/news_item_Openentry.htm

Meg and Nikki are unable to make it tomorrow so there will be no high jump, long jump or triple jump. Hurdles will be on as normal.

It’s the Sutton community games today and tomorrow so we can’t train on the track so there is no SPRINT group training tomorrow. Distance groups will still train in the park.

Enter yourself in the Telford games on Saturday 12th September. Entry forms on Telford Athletics Club’s website. http://www.telfordathleticclub.co.uk/track-field/telford Entries close 24th August. You enter yourself.

The lower YDL team travelled to Corby on Sunday with everything to play for. At the conclusion of the second meeting at Solihull in May, there were only 2.5 points between second place Royal Sutton and third place Tamworth. At Corby, Royal Sutton Athletes increased this margin by an amazing 59 points! Coaches and parents on the day, commented on the amount of effort that every athlete put into their event and the result is testament to all the hard work. Well done everyone!

A number of athletes secured new personal best performances. Of particular note is the performance of Sam Grimshaw, who improved his performance in the 300 m, shot and discus. In his first season with the club, Sam has achieved Power of Ten rankings in 5 events.

There were victories in both u13 1200 metre races for Maddie Hammond and Holly Tyson and for Elsa Buchanan and Freya Liddington in long jump. Emily Sambrook achieved first place and a new PB in the shot.

Rachael White achieved a new PB and a win in the u15 1500 m.  Regan Keating and Jenny Hopkinson achieved new PBs in the discus, gaining valuable points for the team.

Ryan Humphreys and Luke Stoddart improved their performance in the u15 80 m hurdles and Ryan again achieved first place in high jump. James Ward continues to perform well with a win in both the discus and the hammer. The boys u15 4 x100 relay team consisting of Cameron Harris, Ben White, Aidan Bishop and Sam Grimshaw stormed to victory.

The final meeting is at Tamworth on Saturday 18th July. Make a note in your diary!

Nikki Iliffe

Team manager

Another good day for RSCAC young athletes at Corby yesterday. There were so many good performances. Nearly every athlete got at least one pb! Results aren’t yet published so I will keep you posted….I predict third place. Well done everyone.