This weekend 23 athletes and 11 parents all travelled to Conwy, Wales, for a middle distance residential trip. The girls have had a fantastic weekend of beach training sessions, a Pilates class, lane swimming, celebrating 4 of their birthdays but were unable to beat their parents at beach rounders!
The girls have been a real credit to the club and we also need to say a big thank you to Brian, Martin and all the parents for making this trip happen.
Just a reminder that our annual RSCAC presentation night is on Friday 6th October 2017 7pm for a prompt 7.30pm start at a new venue, the Pavilion, Moor Lane, Birmingham. B6 7AA http://www.thepavilion.co.uk
We are also requesting raffle donations to hold a raffle at presentation night. Raffle donation suggestions are bottles wine/fizz/spirits, tubs of chocolates, vouchers for Sutton Runner or feel free to think of something else! If you want to donate a raffle prize please drop these at the clubhouse bar from Tuesday 12th September.
Please vote for RSCAC to win a Skipton Building Society ‘Grassroots Giving Grant’ for £500. We plan to use the money on new Sportshall equipment such as: standing long jump and speed bounce mats, a vertical jump, balance bars, bean bags, hoops, mini hurdles, soft javelins, gym mats and high steppers.
Please ask your friends and neighbours to vote for us too!
We are one of twenty-two organisations short listed and it is now down to a public vote; the ones with the most votes win.
Click on the below link and click on RSCAC, which is number 17 in the West Midlands. You vote at the bottom of the page by entering your email address.
https://www.skiptongrg.co.uk/apply-for-funding/2017-shortlisted-groups/west-midlands/#apply-map
THANK YOU!
Congratulations to all the runners who competed in the Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run today. We hope you had a great run and that you have now thawed out! The provisional results are available below:
Well done to overall race winners Ian Mansell and Fay Pollock.
Photos taken by Marc Kirsten are available on our FLICKR page.
Tomorrow is race day! Entries are being taken on the day (£15/£17) for the Little Aston 5 mile road race up to the race limit. The start time is 10.45 – leave yourself plenty of time if you plan to enter on the day.
The 2 mile Fun Run is taking place at 12 noon. Entry for the Fun Run is on the day only and costs £5.
The forecast is cool and cloudy. Hopefully perfect running conditions but bring warm/dry clothes in case we do get some rain.
For full details check out the Little Aston 5 page
See you all tomorrow for a great event!!!
As it is Bank Holiday Weekend, there will be no jumps and hurdles coaching tonight. Jumps will be back next Friday, 5.30 – 7pm. Hurdles will return the following Friday (8th September).
There’s now just a month to go until the Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run. The race takes place this year on Sunday 3 September. It starts and finishes at Little Aston Primary School and takes place along quiet undulating country lanes. The cost is £10 for affiliated athletes (£12 for unaffiliated)
Here’s the latest update from John T on some great performances by Katie, Donald and Shem:
Katie Ingle took the bronze medal in the 3K Steeplechase at Bedford today in the England Senior Champs in a time of 10.10.73 which is Katie’s second best ever time.
Donald Brown took the bronze medal in the M50 100m at Aarhus (Denmark) today at the European Masters in a time of 12.12 . He ran marginally faster times in his heat (12.05) and semi final (12.06).
Shem Nelson took third place in the 400m A race at the Cheltenham Open on Wednesday in a time of 51.7.
Here’s the latest club records as updated by Graham Felton.
Here’s Graham’s report of Muninder’s fantastic trip to Denmark:
Royal Sutton Coldfield athlete Muninder Singh Hayer won 5 medals at the Racerunning World Championships in Denmark. In the 100 metres he made a poor start but came through to win Bronze Medal. At 400 metres he knocked 12 seconds off his PB and won Silver and in doing so beat the previous World Record, now one of only 2 athletes to go sub 2 minutes. At 800 metres a 17 second PB and won Silver, beating the old World Record. In both the 400 and 800m he was beaten by Henrick Errikson from Sweden, if you have to lose to someone then Henrick is the man, a true friend and a great athlete, well done Henrick. In the 200 metres Muninder set a World Record of 52.19 seconds in the heats and then won gold in the final in another World Record of 52 00 seconds. In the 60 metres Muninder won Gold in a new PB. So to summarise: 5 events, 5 medals, 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze. 4 PB’s and 4 World Records. Coach Graham Felton said I’ll settle for that but he is disappointed about the 100m which he knows should have been Gold, that’s the mark of a true champion. So proud of you.
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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