The sprint squad (coached by Tony, Liz, Nikki &Meg) are training 6-8 tonight (Tuesday). Then throughout the holidays training for this group will be 10-midday on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays (including Xmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.) Training will be back to 6-8 pm on Tuesday 5 January.
Results
Results roundup
There’s been lots of action involving RSCAC athletes over the past couple of the weeks on the country, road, hills and indoors.
There were some great runs by our junior athletes in the Young Athletes XC match at Warley Woods where the team finished 4th (out of 20). The top performances came from Georgia Curry (2nd U17 women), Hope Stirland (3rd U11 girls), Alex Jones (3rd U17 men) and George Chadha (6th U11 boys). There were great team performances from the U11 boys (2nd), U13 girls (2nd) and U17 women (3rd). RESULTS FOTOCCOMPLI PHOTOS
In the Midland Women’s XC we had 2 runners out. Helen Elsoueidi finished 163rd and Emily Campion was 242nd. A separate report is on the website for the men’s race. RESULTS
Andrea Deathridge had a great run in the Centurion 5 finishing 2nd woman in 31.59, whilst Paul Jenkins was 25th overall. In the Cardington Cracker fell race Nick Corker finished 8th.
Yesterday Steve’s group were out in force for a free Xmas Pudding at the Sneyd 10 mile road race. Dave Long was first home for the club in 1.00.11, with Steve Marklew, Mark Rickards, Matt Stenson and Paul Jenkins all not far behind. RESULTS
Finally, there was a Sportshall match on Saturday night with lots of our young stars in action. RESULTS FOTOCCOMPLI PHOTOS
Well done everyone!
Taster session 1 mile run raises £150 for Children in Need
Phil Pollock reports on the recent 1 mile run by our Taster Session:
“The Taster session group recently organised a 1 mile run in order to raise funds for the Children in Need appeal.
The winner was Harrison North in a magnificent time of 6mins 39 seconds considering he is only 8 years old. He will surely be a valuable asset to the club when he reaches 9 years old and can represent the club on both track or cross country. Well done to all the 35 runners that took part in the event.
The watching parents were encouraged to take part also and it was a delight to see so many put their trainers on and take part whether running, walking, pushing a pram whilst texting, or youngsters on a scooter. Such was the success of the event that we will organise a similar event next term!
In addition to the money collected on the night, RSCAC donated their training fees that had been collected and along with a further donation from the Club, a cheque for £150.00 has now been sent to Children in Need appeal. Last year we raised £100.00. So well done everyone.”
100 club
The winners for the November 100 Club draw were:
- £50 11 Ernie Eames
- £30 48 Linda Lord
- £25 55 Trevor Brown
- £15 22 Kirsty Tarr
- £15 73 Ruth Dobbins
- £15 21 John Fletcher
Many thanks for your support.
The £100 single number draw will take place on Thursday 17th December.
There are still some numbers available (not eligible for December draw)
Interested? It’s only £16.20p per year. Please ask at the coffee bar.
Senior XC – 5 December
A great turn out and fantastic performance by the senior men yesterday. The outstanding performance came from Shaun Evans who finished in 2nd place (1st junior) in only his second senior XC race. A great run on a hard hilly course.
The A team finished 3rd on the day and is in 4th place after the first two races. The B team finished 6th on the day and are 5th after the first two races.
The positions as follows:
- A team – Shaun E – 2nd; Ollie H – 7th; Jerome A – 40th; Rob A – 42nd; Tom C – 48th; Steve M – 72nd
- B team – Simon C – 89th ;Jon H – 104th; Chris T – 118th; Paul T – 146th; Tony H – 155th; Simon H – 166th.
- C team – John F – 169th; Matt S – 182nd; Paul J – 198th; Matthew P – 208; Jim G – 215th
The full results are available on the Birmingham XC website. We’ll post the women’s results when available.
Thanks to Phil and Roy for supporting the teams on the day and to Selina for sending through the photo and results.
West Midlands Young Athletes XC – Race 2
Well done to all our athletes who competed at Wolverhampton last weekend. The team finished 5th on the day and is 5th overall in the league after two races out of 20 competing clubs. Fantastic effort everyone!
There were some great performances on the day across all the races – Georgia Curry was 2nd in the U17 women, with team finishing in 2nd place (Verity O’Shea and Lois West were the other counters finishing 12th and 14th). There was a good team effort by U11 boys to finish 4th, with Ben Stewart 1st back for the club in 20th place.
There was a top ten finish for Alex Jones, who finished in 6th place for the U17 men. The team was 7th out of 18.
Hope Stirland was 6th in the U11 girls race to lead the team home 5th, whilst Ben Horton was 17th for the U15 boys. The team was 11th out of 19 clubs.
The U13 girls finished 3rd out of 18 clubs with Maddie Hammond having a great run to finish 22nd. The U13 boys were 10th with Jacob Higgins 1st home for the club.
The U15 girls finished 5th in the final race of the day with Ellen Humpherston 1st back.
The next race is on 6th December at Warley Woods. See you there!!!
Senior Xross – 7 Nov 2015
The senior men and women’s teams were off to a good start at the first cross country race of the season last Saturday at Leamington Spa.
Women’s results for the 379 runners, can be found here.
Andrea Deathridge finished at a fantastic 35th place and 6th overall in the Master’s category.
Helen Elsouedi celebrated her first Xross country for the club in a commendable 181st position which promises a lot.
The men’s team battled through a field of 236 runners.
They showed great strength in depth by aligning 17 runners – almost 3 complete teams, including 2 juniors joining our ranks and boosting results all-round.
The A team scored a low 204 points to finish in 5th place on the day out of 17 teams, whilst the B team finished 5th as well in the B rankings.
Men’s results can be found here and videos of the stream jump-walk-crawl or swim can be seen here.
Oliver Harradence (4th), Shaun Evans (15th, and 3rd Junior), Tom Chew (26th), Rob Andrew (35th), Dave Long (56th), Jerome Austin (65th, 10th Junior)
Fred Tremblay (72nd), Simon Corker (81st), Russell Simpson (110th), Jon Higgins (118th), Paul Terleski (127th), Tony Hinchley (138th)
Matthew Stenson (182nd), Paul Jenkins (194th), Jim Greenwood (199th), Trevor Lewis (202nd), Mike Deasey (212th)
And remember, if you have not heard it before:
“This year the race numbers for the men’s will be RE-USABLE & PRINTED WITH YOUR NAMES”.
Even if you can no longer see your name behind that layer of muck…
Birmingham Half Marathon – 18 October
Well done to all the RSC runners who completed the Birmingham Half Marathon today, with some cracking times recorded. The first runners home for the club were Ollie Haradence who completed the course in 1 hour 14 and Andrea Deathridge who finished in 1 hour 28. Both also managed to get their Royal Blue vests on TV – remember to smile for the camera next time guys!!! Great Birmingham Run Results 2015
West Midlands Young Athletes XC – 11 October
Last weekend the juniors kicked off the XC season with a match at Northampton. There were some fantastic performances across the age groups. In particular there were a number of top ten finishes:
- Hope Stirland – 2nd; Arantxa Middleton – 7th; Sian Duval – 10th (U11 girls)
- Georgia Curry – 5th (U17 women)
- Alex Jones – 7th (U17 men)
The club finished 4th on the day out of 20 clubs – a great start to the season. The full results are available on the WMYACCL website.
Next up is Wolverhampton in early November. See you all there!!!
National Road Relays – 3 October
Well done to everyone who ran in the road relays in Sutton Park this weekend. On Saturday the senior teams took to the roads, with the senior women finishing 55th and the senior men finishing 61st. The leg times are below:
55 Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 1:14:59 1 Helen Elsoueidi (75) 19:40 2 Andrea Deathridge (65) 16:41 3 Amy Johnson (59) 17:59 4 Rachel Thebridge (56) 20:39
61 Royal Sutton Coldfield AC:03:41 1 Oliver Harradence (61) 19:20 2 Shaun Evans (56) 18:50 3 Frederic Tremblay (61) 21:25 4 Max Sellers (66) 21:44 5 Thomas Chew (61) 20:48 6 Jerome Austin (62) 21:34
The highlight was a fantastic run by Shaun Evans who recorded the fastest leg time by an RSC athlete for many years.
On Sunday it was the turn of our Young Athletes. There were some strong performances across the age groups. The highlights were 31st place finishes for the U13 girls and U17 women’s teams, a 41st place finish for the U17 men and a 46th place finish for the U15 girls. The full results are available here: RACE RESULTS
Marc Kirsten took some fantastic photos on both days which are available on our FLICKR page.
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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