Results
No Plantsbrook Sessions for 2 Weeks
There are no Plantsbrook sessions for the next 2 Tuesdays, so please go to the track.
The remaining Plantsbrook sessions are 03/03 and 10/03.
Sportshall Success
Well done to all those who competed at tonight’s sportshall event. Results will soon be available here:
Storm Ciara fails to blow Royal Sutton Coldfield off course
Despite extremely challenging weather conditions, Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club braved the increasingly appalling conditions, storming to a flood of great results at the fourth and final fixture in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League, held at a wet, windswept and muddy Aldersley Stadium on Sunday February 9th.
Medals galore were won by several teams and individuals, although, due to a technical hitch on the day, the athletes concerned will have to be patient before they receive them!
Where to start? On the day, 6 out of the 8 teams competing finished in the top 3 for their relevant age groups. For 5 of those teams, this cemented their positions in the overall league results, with team gold medals for the under 11 girls and the under 15 girls; and team silver medals for the under 11 boys, under 13 girls and under 15 boys. The under 13 boys just missed out on team bronze medals.
Adding all these impressive results together meant that the club as a whole came 3rd out of 21 clubs, beating heavyweights such as Birchfield Harriers, Coventry Godiva and Tipton Harriers.
Individual medals were also won by the following athletes due to their superb overall placings after the 4 races: Noah Homer(2nd), Zak Tisdale (3rd), and Dan Smith(4th) in the under 11 boys; Tiffany Latham(3rd); and Mollie Beeton(4th) in the under 11 girls; Sian Duval (3rd) in the under 15 girls; and Lucy Carey(3rd) in the under 17 women.
Well done to ALL the athletes who competed on a day which no-one will forget!
For full results please go to: www.wmyaccl.com
For photos, check out our Flickr page.
Car Parking on Thursdays
On Thursdays especially, in order to ease traffic on Wyndley Lane, please park in Wyndley’s main car park where possible.
No Taster Session on 20th Feb
The taster session will not be taking place on 20th February 2020 due it being half term.
Midland Cross Country Championships, Prestwold Hall, Saturday January 25th 2020
There were some impressive results across the board from Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club athletes at the recent Midland Cross Country Championships held at Prestwold Hall on Saturday January 25th.
The Under 20 women’s team finished 1st, comprising of Ellen Humpherston(15th), Caitlin O’Connor(19th), and Emma Cavendish Tribe(21st).
There were 2 outstanding individual results that deserve highlighting.
In a field of over 360 athletes, Shaun Evans came 6th in the Senior Men’s Race. And Lucy Carey was 13th in the Under 17 women’s race.
The Under 15 girls team were an extremely creditable 5th, with Bethan Homer home first for the team in 19th, followed by Martha Wood(38th), Charlotte Prince(48th); Matilda Strachan(50th); Amaya Tisdale(53rd) and Zara Buchanan(63rd).
The Under 13 girls team were 7th, and included Evie Sandland (42nd), Emily Symes (47th); and Eva Cartwright (59th).
In the boys’ events, great team spirit and determination saw the Under 15 boys finish in 5th place, only 4 points from finishing 3rd. Ethan Patel (21st); George Hope(29th); George O’Connor(30th); and Ethan Cook (47th) made up the team.
The Under 13 boys team were an encouraging 7th, with Isaac Cartwright(38th), George Bromley(40th); and Adam Wilkinson (41st).
In the Under 17 men’s race, James Pentland was 33rd, whilst Tom Lloyd was 64th.
Sutton Coldfield Sports Award Winners – Well done to Donald, Nicholas and Izzy!
Very well done to the RSCAC athletes who took won awards at last night’s Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards.
Isabel Thomas-Male won the Grassroots Junior Female Award.
This comes after a super season for Izzy:
– Midland Champs 100m 1st /200m 1st
– Midlands Indoors Champs 60m 1st
– Warwickshire Champs 100m 1st/200m 1st
– West Midlands Schools 200m 1st
– Mason Schools Trophy 200m 1st
– English Indoors Champs 200m 4th
– English Champs 200m 7th
The second winner from RSCAC was Donald Brown who won Veteran Sports Person of the Year. Donald won three gold medals and a relay silver at the European Masters Champs in Venice, Italy, with a new British record in the 100m Hurdles to add to his M50 British record. He started the year by winning the 60m Hurdles at the World Masters Indoors in Torun Poland. Here is a brief summary of his 2019 performances.
World Masters Indoors Poland
– 60mHurdles 1st 9.02
– 60m 3rd 7.60
British Masters Indoors, Lee Valley
– 60m Hurdles 1st 9.24
– 60m 2nd 7.75
– 200m 1st 25.75
British Champs Birmingham
– 100m 1st 12.08
– 200m 1st 24.90 ( – 1.8)
European Masters Venice
– 100m Hurdles 1st 14.62 ( -1.9) BRITISH RECORD (WAS 14.93). He also holds the M50 record of 14.34 set in 2015
– 100m 1st 12.13 ( – 3.9)
– 200m 1st 24.06 (-1.1)
The third winner from RSCAC was Nicholas Pryce – Male Sports Person of the Year.
A great season for Nicholas in which he took 2nd place in the English Champs and represented England at the Home Counties International in the 200m and the 4x100m and made it through to the semifinals of the 200m in the recent British Champs. He set new PBs in the 60m and the 100m and was unbeaten in the 100m, 200m and 400m in the League. Here is a brief summary of his 2019 performances.
Seasons best times:
– 60m 6.98 PB
– 100m 10.66 PB
– 200m 21.13
– 200m Indoors 21.90 NEW CLUB RECORD
English Champs Manchester
– 100m 5th 10.66
– 200m 2nd 21.14 (21.13 in semi)
Home Counties International:
– England 4x100m relay team 1st
– 200m 6th
British Champs:
– 100m Heat 3rd 10.69
– Semi Final 9th 10.70
– 200m Heat 5th 21.51
Nicholas competed in 43 races during the season.
Well done to the other RSCAC finalists:
– Martha Wood – Grassroots junior Sports Female Award finalist
– U13 girls cross country squad – Junior Team of the Year finalist
– Chrissie Prince – Volunteer/Coach of the Year
More Sprint results!
From Loughborough on 11th January:
– 60m Nick Pryce 7.05
From Birmingham on 19th January:
60m
– Isabel Thomas-Male 7.9 0.01 outside Izzy’s PB. She is ranked 1st in the West Midlands
– Florence Thomas-Male 8.78 PB
– Bethany Connolly 8.79 0.08 outside Beth’s PB
– John Furber 7.22 PB
– Jaequarn Campbell 7.44 PB
– Aaron Oshenye 8.19 PB
Both Kane Hewitt and Nick Pryce have had an excellent start to the season in the 200 metres.
– Kane ran 22.08 on 22nd January and 21.9 on 26th January.
– Nick ran 22.65 on 18th January and 22.0 on 26th January.
These results see Kane ranked 1st in the West Midlands and Nick 3rd.
Congratulations to all!

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