A date for the diaries. The Little Aston 5, which is organised by Royal Sutton, will be taking place this year on Sunday 2 September. Further details will be posted on the website in due course.
Results
Regional Sportshall Final
Well done to Chrissie, Hannah L, Kane H and Matthew P who all represented Birmingham in the Regional Sportshall Final in Stoke on Sunday. All 4 athletes came home with at least one medal and now progress through to the National Final. (Whoop!) Chrissie won the shot putt. Matthew was 2nd in the vertical jump and the 4 lap run. Hannah and Kane both did 3 events as part of the Under 15 ‘All Rounder’. Hannah was 2nd equal in the 4 lap and 4th equal overall. Kane won the 2 lap and standing long jump and finished 5th equal overall after his 8th place in the speed bounce. All athletes also had successes in relays. Well done to all four athletes, who were members of the winning Birmingham team. Best of luck for the next round – do Sutton proud! For all the results, visit this link: http://www.sportshall.org/VTL/ASUK_2012.aspx
England U17 Indoor Championships – 26 February
Stefan Anderson set two new indoor PBs whilst competing at the U17 England Indoor Championships in Birmingham last weekend. In the 60m he recorded a time of 7.36. In the 200m he recorded a time of 23.28 and made it through to the semi finals. Both were excellent performances, especially considering Stefan still has another year to go in the U17 age group.
Report by John Topliss
Sainsbury’s vouchers are now being collected at the coffee bar
Hi all,
Please bring all your Sainsbury’s vouchers to the athletics club so we can get some new athletics equipment. The vouchers are now being collected at the coffee bar. Make sure you ask nans, grandads, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends and neighbours for their vouchers too!
Thanks,
Meg and the Management Committee
English National XC Championships – 25 February
An outstanding performance by the U17 women who finished in second place in the English National XC Championships at Parliament Hill today. This tops an exceptional season in which they have already won the Warwickshire and Midlands Championships. The individual placings were Katie Ingle (8th), Megan McBrien (21st), Rebecca Robinson (28th) and Gabrielle Kinney (42nd).
We also had runners competing in the U15 girls and boys age groups. For the U15 girls Elemena Saunders finished in a superb 20th place, Elizabeth Ward was 196th, Molly Rees was 205th and Sophie Karksi was 210th. The team was 20th. For the U15 boys Alfie McBrien was 98th, Shaun Evans was 123rd and Jerome Austin was 197th.
Well done to all our runners. The provisional results are available here. Video coverage of the races is available on the athleticos website here.
West Midlands Young Athletes XC League – 19 February
Mark Kirsten took some fantasic photos of last Sunday’s races which are available on the private area of our FLICKR account. If you are a club member and would like a link to the photos please email us at rscacphotos@yahoo.com and we’ll send you a link.
The results are now available here.
Good luck to all our runners competing at the National XC Championships this weekend.
Nadine Okyere selected for World Indoor Championships
Congratulations to Nadine Okyere who has been selected for the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March. Nadine, who runs for Birchfield, is a member of Joe Caines successful training group. Her selection follows some fantastic performances at the UK Trials and the Aviva Grand Prix. Details of the team are available here.
EVAC and VAC Championships – 19 February
Donald Brown put in some great performances at the EVAC and VAC Championships (including unofficial BMAF Masters’ Championships). His results in the M45 category were as follows:
- 60m – 7.48 (2nd place)
- 200m – 24.42 (1st place)
- 60m hurdles – 8.91 (1st place)
Report by John Topliss
2nd Midland Indoor Open – 19 February
Three runners were in action at the 2nd Midland Indoor Open:
- Nicholas Pryce – Senior Men 400m 49.33 (1st place)
- Charmaine Riley – Senior Women 60m 8.17 (1st place)
- Luke Fleming – U20 Men 400m 52.97 (2nd place and a PB)
Full results available here.
West Midlands Young Athletes XC League / 2nd Midland Indoor Open – 19 February
Another busy weekend ahead for the club. Our young athletes are in action competing in the final league race of the season at Perry Park on Sunday. Overall, the team is currently in 4th place, only 77 points behind Halesowen A & CC. A number of individuals and age groups are also in contention for top 3 finishes. Race information is available here.
There is also indoor athletics taking place at the NIA on Sunday, with the 2nd Midland Indoor Open. Details are available here.
For the armchair athlete there is some top quality athletics on TV. The Birmingham Aviva Grand Prix is being shown live on BBC1 from 1pm. Iplayer coverage now available here.
Good luck to everyone competing!
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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