Congratulations to Brian Higson who won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sutton Sports Awards on Friday night. This is in recognition to the years of support he has provided to our young athletes. Well done Brian – thoroughly deserved!
Results
Sian and Caitlin qualify for English Schools XC Champs
Well done to Sian Duval and Caitlin O’Connor who qualified to run for Staffordshire at the English Schools XC Championships. Sian won the junior girls race whilst Caitlin was third in the senior girls.
Speedy Sprinters
Some great performances this January by some of our sprinters.
Sheffield Festival of Athletics
Nicholas Pryce (Senior Men)
- 60m 3rd 7.15 race 1
- 200m 3rd 22.44 race 1 (SB)
Midland Counties Open
John Furber (Under 20)
- 60m 1st 7.31 race 2 (PB was 7.49)
Joel Bent (Under 13)
- 60m 2nd 9.35 race 1 (PB was 9.5)
Isabel Male (Under 15)
- 60m 1st 8.04 race 1 (SB)
Lola Woodward (Under 15)
- 60m 5th 9.08 race 3 (Equals PB)
Cardiff Met Grand Prix 2
Kane Howitt broke his own Senior Club Record with a time of 6.93 secs in taking 5th place in the Final. This breaks his own record of 6.99 set in 2018. He also recorded 6.94 in his heat.
He won the number one 200m race too in a time of 22.07, which was the fastest time recorded at the meet of 13 races. This is a new indoor PB for Kane beating his previous best of 22.35.
Midland XC Championships
Sutton’s U13 girls followed up their success in the Schools’ races by taking team medals in the Midland cross-country championships at Leamington last Saturday 26th. The team finished 3rd out of the 26 competing Midland clubs. The scorers and bronze medal winners were Martha Wood (10th), Mante Nausedaite (13th), Charlotte Prince (35th), and Emily Symes (42nd) in a field of 121 runners. Good back-up support came from Francesca Allen (59th) and Olivia Allen (61st). Good runs also from Sammie Wakefield, Eva Kelly, and Lucy Rigby.
In the U15 girl’s race, notable performances from Lucy Carey (16th) and Sian Duval (32nd) with excellent support runs from Elsa and Zara Buchanan, and Jess Hales in her first championship race.
The U20 race featured brave performances from WM Schools’ champion Ellen Humpherston (15th) and Georgia Delaney.
Kane breaks 60m indoor sprint record
Here’s a quick update from John T:
Hi Everyone, Just seen the results of the Indoor Meeting in Cardiff yesterday ( Cardiff Met GP2) and pleased to report that Kane Howitt broke his own Senior Club Record with a time of 6.93 secs in taking 5th place in the Final. This breaks his own record of 6.99 set in 2018. He also recorded 6.94 in his heat. He also won the number one 200m race in a time of 22.07 which was the fastest time recorded at the meet of 13 races. This is a new indoor PB for Kane beating his previous best of 22.35.
Well done Kane.
All the best. John T
West Midlands Schools Championships
Seven Royal Sutton athletes qualified for the National English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships when they finished in the top 6 in their respective age groups at the West Midlands Schools’ Championships, held at Warley Woods Saturday 19th January. Royal Sutton won individual medals in all three of the girl’s races with Martha Wood winning the junior girls race, Lucy Carey coming second in the Inter girl’s race and Ellen Humpherston taking gold in the Seniors.The other qualifiers for English Schools’ in the Junior race were Charlotte Prince (4th), Zara Buchanan (5th) and Mante Nausedaite (6th). In the Inter girl’s race, Charlotte Hey finished 5th, and in the Junior boys, Jack Wakefield was 4th.
The National English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships will be run in Leeds on Saturday 16th March.
Three of our Year 7 athletes also finished in the top 6 in the Minor girl’s race, namely Evie Sandland, Francesca Allen and Olivia Allen with Sammie Wakefield finishing 11th. These young girls also qualify for a similar National Schools’ event on the 23rd March.
Sportshall Success
The results are out from Saturday’s Sportshall competition:
U 11 boys 1st
U 11 girls 3rd
U 13 boys 2nd
U 13 girls 2nd
U 15 boys 2nd
U 15 girls 1st
Well done to all of our fantastic athletes!
Full results are available on the Birmingham Sportshall League website: http://www.birminghamsportshall.com/Calendar.asp
Plantsbrook Tonight
Plantsbrook sessions for Sprint Squad & those doing Sportshall comps start back tonight, 5.50pm – 7.50pm.
Warwickshire Cross Country Team Champions
Royal Sutton Coldfield u13 girls retained the Warwickshire cross-country team champions trophy for the third year in succession.
Team gold medals were awarded to the three scorers: Martha Wood (2nd), Bethan Homer (4th) and Charlotte Prince (6th).
Martha was awarded the individual silver medal for her second place and has been automatically selected to run for the County in the National Inter-Counties Championships in March.
Bethan and Charlotte also have a good chance of selection for this prestigious event.
There was good support from Emily Symes who finished 11th.
Help needed 5.50pm – 6.15pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays
If you can help collect money/ stamp hands / supervise track entry on Tuesdays or Thursdays, 5.50pm – 6.15pm, please alert someone at the coffee bar. You don’t need to commit to every week.
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