Saturday saw the last major race of the cross country season with the English Schools cross country championships at Ilton, Somerset. A number of our athletes were in action with the highest placed athlete being Kate Ingle, who finished 8th in the senior girls race. The full results are available here.
Results
100 club prize draw – 29 March
The next 100 club prize draw will take place on 29 March in the club house after training. The prizes for the March draw are as follows:
- 1st prize – £50.00
- 2nd prize – £30.00
- 3rd prize – £25.00
- 4th, 5th and 6th prizes – £15
If you would like more information on how to enter visit our 100 club page (click here) or speak to Phil Pollock.
Florette Fradley 10K – 11 March

Home athletes competed at the Florette Fradley 10K in a field of about 900 athletes.
Nick Corker set a fast pace from the outset, and battled with Ashley Hurdman before pulling away to finally win the race in a new personal best time of 32:37.
Other club runners had success too.
Tony Hinchley was 22nd and Clive Sayers was 1st for his age group.
Mark Rickards (who knocked 2 minutes off his PB) and Bunny Kyd also competed.
Full results are available here. Photos available here
Inter Counties XC Championships – 10 March
Seven of our athletes were in action for Warwickshire at the Inter Counties XC Championships at Cofton Park on Saturday. The star performance came from Katie Ingle who finished in a fantastic 9th position in the U17 Girls age group. This follows an 8th place finish at the English National. Great performances from our other athletes as follows:
- U17 Girls – Megan McBrien (22nd), Rebecca Robinson (44th), Gabrielle Kinney (69th)
- U15 Girls – Elemena Saunders (40th)
- U13 Girls – Laura Richardson (157th)
- U15 Boys – Alfie McBrien (133rd)
Full results are available here. Race videos are available on the Athleticos website here. Well done to everyone!
Inter Counties XC Championships – 10 March
A number of our athletes will be representing Warwickshire this weekend at the Inter Counties XC Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham. The races will be televised on Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports HD3 from 11am. A preview of the race is available here. Good luck to everyone competing!
Little Aston 5
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.
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

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