A few RSCAC members met Shara Proctor and Tiffany Porter earlier tonight as they prepare for tomorrow’s Grand Prix at the NIA. (Asha Philip was there too, but she escaped before we could pin her down for a photo.) Best of luck to all three athletes as well as 8 RSCAC athletes who will be running at 12:23 and 12:28 in a club connect relay.
Go RSCAC! All support welcomed so get there early if you can to support the athletes. It will also be televised, so set your TV to record.
Tony and Meg can’t make training tomorrow so there will be no training for Tony’s sprint group tomorrow. See you all Tuesday.
Good luck to all those who are competing.
Tony and Meg are at the Regional Sportshall Finals with 4 of our Under 11s tomorrow, so there is no training for the sprints group.
Good luck to Freya, Lucy, Mia and Patience.
Just to say that this group is now up and running. (It is only on in term time.) We had to change the induction group from Tuesday to Thursday to enable more helpers to attend.
It is £1.50 a session. Meet in the clubhouse on Wyndley Lane at 4.55 pm. No need to book a place – just turn up with your child. Bring a water bottle and wear appropriate clothing.
In order to enable more coaches to help with this induction session, the 5 – 6 pm induction group has been moved from Tuesday to Thursday.
The first session is on Thursday 26th September, 5 pm – 6 pm.
Any keen athletes should turn up at the athletics club house (on Wyndley Lane) at 4.55 pm on Thursday 26th September.
The session costs £1.50.
Children must be aged 7 – 9 to take part.
Calling all members…
If you can help at Wyndley on Sunday it would be very much appreciated.
The event starts at 11.15 am, so we are setting up at 9.00 am. We need to get hurdles out, set up long jump/triple jump boards, get the pole vault and high jump out, check the bar height of these, find all the relay change over flags and batons, find the scales to weigh throwers’ implements, put up the club tent, set up the sound system….Clearly there is a lot to do, so the more help, the better.
At 5.00pm we’ll need to put everything away, so any help at 5.00pm would also be greatly appreciated.
And if you can stay to help in between we’ll be able to use you: in the coffee bar, raking pits/collecting shot putts, putting out hurdles, taking refreshments to officials, running results from timekeepers to the announcer, pinning results up. If you can stay, we’ll happily find you a job.
Hopefully see lots of you on Sunday. GO TEAM RSC!
RSCAC was on the athletics map again this week-end with great performances all-round.
Katie Ingle competed in her first ever European competition over the week-end making it to the final of the U23 European Championships 3000m steeple in Rieti, Italy.
Results of the final can be found here.
Nick Price dominated an international class 200m field at the Birmingham Games on saturday (Alexander Stadium),
winning in a new PB of 21.38, smashing his own Senior Mens club record of 21.81.
In the process he also beat Joshua Ross (Australia’s No 1), and Richard Strachan who regularly features on the british 4x400m relay teams at international level.
Results of the 200m races are here.
In London, 7 club athletes had the chance to compete against Paula Radcliffe at the Olympic Park run.
They had to enter a ballot to take part in the five-mile (8,047m), 12,500 runners strong, National Lottery Anniversary Run around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton was also taking part while fellow cyclist Sir Chris Hoy was the official starter of the race.
There were about 30,000 spectators.
Vikram Balachandar was first home is a fast time of 29:15 followed by Colin McAuley in 30:57. Mark Rickards came home in a fantastic PB time of 31:21. All three beat world champion marathoner Paula Radcliffe to the line – not something you get to do every weekend! Vici Richardson, Lucy Jennings, Emma Neachell and Katie Jennings also competed in the event.
Full results are:
Vikram Balachandar 29:15 (68th)
Colin McAuley 30:57 (148th)
Mark Rickards 31:21 (183th)
Vici Richardson 38:57 (1961th)
Lucy Jennings 47:10 (5591th)
Emma Neachell 50:33 (7281th)
Katie Jennings 51:24 (7668th)
Finally, Simon Ralph showed he is on his way to returning to top form with a sub 40min 10k result in a relay leg of the City of Birmingham 2013 Triatlon, Sunday at Sutton Park.
Well done Simon.
Well done to Steve Marklew and Mark Bridges who spent last weekend running the length of Hadrian’s Wall. Steve completed the 70 mile run in just over 15 hours, whilst Mark completed the two day team challenge in just over 11 hours. Suddenly that track session doesn’t seem so hard after all!
Please please please do not go to Tipton tomorrow. They have had to cancel the meeting as their starter has fallen ill and they can’t find a replacement. Please spread the word. It will hopefully be rearranged for later in the summer.
Well done team RSCAC. We finished second in today’s meeting thanks to everyone’s hard work. We snatched second place by 2 points, proving that every point gained is well and truly vital.
Very well done to all who took part.
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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