Royal Sutton Coldfield AC

January 19, 2012January 20, 2012 megs General Info

Club records

Check out the Performance section of the site (click here), where we now have copies of all our club records. Are there any you can aim to smash this season?!!!

If you are a club member and believe that you have a record, but it isn’t listed on the club record page, please contact rscac@hotmail.co.uk with details of your performance. Please note that for a performance to be a club record it must be done at a recognised event with qualified time keepers/officials.

Have a good weekend….good luck to anyone competing.
Meg x

January 18, 2012January 18, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Not The Roman Nine – 15 January

Well done to Pete Parker who was the M55-59 age group winner in the Not the Roman Nine race. He ran the 12km course in a time of 45.01. Other Royal Sutton runners were Ali Evetts, Stephen Sutton, Sarah Smewin and Bunny Kyd. Results are available here

January 17, 2012January 17, 2012 RSCAC Admin General Info

Club members make 2011 British Masters rankings

Congratulations to four of our athletes who were listed in the 2011 British Masters rankings published in Athletics Weekly:

Kevin Brown – 1st Place in the M35, M40 and M45 categories for the Discus with a throw of 52.35m. Kevin set this whilst representing the club during the league match at Newport.
Donald Brown – 3rd Place in M45 Long Jump with a jump of 5.82m. This was set at the British Championships at Lee Valley.
Janice Pryce – 1st Place in W50 Triple Jump with a jump of 9.84m. Again, this was set at the British Championships at Lee Valley.
Sandra McDonald – 3rd Place in W50 200m with a time of 29.05. This was set at the Scottish Championships in Edinburgh.

January 16, 2012January 16, 2012 RSCAC Admin General Info

Training at the NIA

For anyone keen to try out the indoor track, the NIA is available to use on selected dates in February. The cost is £3 for an adult and £2 for U18s/OAPs. Further details are available here

January 15, 2012January 16, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race reports

1st Midland Indoor Open Meeting – 14/15 January

Nicholas Pryce, Adam Barnes, Charmaine Riley and Georgia Dodd were all in action at the High Performance Centre on Saturday and Sunday. Results are available here

January 14, 2012January 15, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Birmingham XC League Division 1 – 14 January – Results

The results (provisional) are now available for today’s race:

Bham XC Div 1 – Individual Results – 14.1.12

Bham XC Div 1 Team Results – 14.1.12

We finished 13th on the day but are now in 14th place in the league (140 points behind Stoke and 145 points behind OWLs). There was a good turnout and some great individual performances. Well done in particular to Colin McAuley who scored for the “A” team for the first time and Kevin Sharkey who had a great run on his debut. Race photos are available on Nick Price’s flickr site here.

Many thanks to Megan who sacrificed her Saturday afternoon to perform marshalling duties.

January 12, 2012January 13, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race Notices

Birmingham XC League Division 1 – 14 January

The senior men are back in action this weekend in the 3rd league race of the season at Coventry Godiva. The team is currently one place above the relegation zone, with a slender 7 point lead over OWLS.

Full race details are available here. Meet up at the clubhouse for a 12.30 depart. Please contact Steve Marklew if you require further information.

(Photo from Race 1 courtesy of Brian Smith).

January 11, 2012January 13, 2012 RSCAC Admin General Info

New Year Message from Katie Jennings

I would like to take this opportunity to wish our members a Happy New Year and every success in 2012. In this Olympic year let us show people and other clubs how muchtalent Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club has. The fantastic results from the recent Warwickshire and Staffordshire County cross country races are certainly proof of thegreat athletes and coaches we have at the club. I look forward to an exciting and successful year and hope you all achieve your dreams.

Best wishes,

Katie

January 8, 2012January 10, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Warwickshire XC Championships – 7 January

Great results in all age groups at the Warwickshire County Championships yesterday. In particular congratulations to Katie Ingle who won the U17 women’s title and to the U17 women’s team who dominated their age group with the first two teams home. Well done to Megan McBrien (3th), Rebecca Robinson (4th), Gabrielle Kinney (5th), Rachel Smith (11th), Nicole Parsons (15th) and Miranda Stoddart (16th).

Other medal winners were:

Laura Richardson – 2nd in the U13 girl’s race
Amy Johnson – 2nd in the U20 women’s race
Elemena Saunders – 3rd in the U15 girl’s race
U13 girl’s team – 2nd place for Laura Richardson (2nd), Grace Stirland (14th) and Jessica Tarr (16th)
U15 boy’s team – 2nd place for Alfie McBrien (5th), Shaun Evans (6th) and Jerome Austin (15th)
U15 girl’s team – 3rd place for Elemena Saunders (3rd), Molly Rees (12th) and Elizabeth Ward (14th).

Well done also to Andrea Deathridge who had a great 4th place finish on her club debut in the Masters women’s event and to the U13 boy’s team (Keiran Mullis, Joel Kirsten and Ben Horton) who had a 5th place finish.

The Masters Men’s team finished just outside the medals in 4th place and the Senior Men finished 7th. More importantly, the Masters Men beat (trounced) the Senior Men for the second year running on points scored – bragging rights earned for another year!

The full results are available here: Warks XC results – 2012

Photos are available to view here

January 7, 2012January 9, 2012 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Staffordshire XC Championships – 7 January

The Staffs XC results are now available: Staffs XC results – 2012

Well done to Gemma Gilbert who finished 6th in the U17 women’s race and Lizzie Farrow who finished 6th in the U20 women’s race.

Photos are now available on Bryan Dale’s site here