Royal Sutton Coldfield AC

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Midland Masters Championships – 7 June

We had some great performances by our athletes at the Midland Masters Championships at Nuneaton Sunday.

Kevin Brown M50 1st Discus and Shot with new Club records .Due to his recent injury these had to be standing throws.
Lorna Foster W50 1st Shot,2nd Javelin,2nd Discus,and 3rd Hammer. A busy weekend for Lorna after competing for the Senior team at Corby on Saturday.
David Price M70 1st Javelin
Richard Henry M40 2nd 100m
Jhalman Singh M75 2nd Shot.

Finally just received the news that Swaran Singh (Current British M70 Discus Champion) has won the 2015 Indian Masters Championship and additionally took the silver medal in the Hammer.

All the best. John T

June 8, 2015 megs Uncategorized

Heart of England at Corby

Another good day for RSCAC young athletes at Corby yesterday. There were so many good performances. Nearly every athlete got at least one pb! Results aren’t yet published so I will keep you posted….I predict third place. Well done everyone.

June 4, 2015June 5, 2015 megs Uncategorized

Lower Age YDL Team maintain second place in League

On Saturday 30th May, the under 13 and under 15 team travelled to Solihull to compete in a league where the standards are extremely high. The team performed well and finished the competition in third place behind two very strong Midlands clubs, Solihull and Small Heath and Tamworth. More importantly, the team has maintained second place in the league overall by a whisker.

In fine form, a number of the athletes who competed achieved new PB’s. A special mention for Ryan Humphreys, who in his first competition for the club achieved a first place in the hurdles B race and high jump. Daniel Olatundun came first in the 100m A race and a close second in the 200m. Ben White achieved first place in the 300 m and 800 m B races. James Ward won the discus by an impressive margin.

For the girls team, Maddie Hammond and Ellen Humpherston stormed home to win the 1200 m and 1500 m races.

The team was depleted due to the school holiday, the Sutton Fun Run and the Aston Villa Cup final! Two athletes deserve a special mention as they truly stepped out of their comfort zone to compete in 4 individual events each – Maddie Hammond and Freya Liddington.

Can all athletes please do their best to ensure the team continues to do well by making themselves available for the next competition on Sunday 21st June at Corby.

Nikki Iliffe – Team Manager

June 2, 2015June 2, 2015 Rascasse Race reports

Great Midlands Fun Run – 31 May

Royal Sutton again had a winner at the Great Midlands Fun Run, with Nick Corker winning this years race.

We also had a winner in the buggy category, with Mark Rickards completing the course dressed as Forest Gump whilst pushing his daughter in a buggy.

Well done to all the other RSC runners who took part in a 7,000 strong field.
The results will be available from Friday in the Observer and online.

May 30, 2015May 31, 2015 RSCAC Admin General Info

Great Midlands Fun Run

Many of our athletes will be competing at the Fun Run tomorrow. Amongst them will be Mark Rickards, who will be running the course dressed as Forrest Gump pushing his 18 month daughter Sadie in a buggy. He will be running for the charity “Children with Cancer”. You can sponsor Mark on his just giving page: http://www.justgiving.com/Mark-Rickards5

Good luck to everyone running!

May 30, 2015May 30, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Midland Vets League – 27 May

Here are the results of Wednesday’s meeting: MVL Results – 27 May There were many excellent performances with the men finishing in 3rd and the women in 5th places.

We had two women competing in the League for the first time, Mel Woodward and Rachel Joyce with Mel breaking two club records and setting an inaugural record in the W35 Triple Jump. The details of the records are (all W35)

800m 2.27.0 (Old record was set by Chris Rollason in 1989)
3000m 10.31.7 ( Old record set by Andrea D in 2013)
Triple Jump 7.29m (inaugural record).

One other performance I will mention is Donald’s second place in the M35 200m in 24.8 seconds since he is an M50. A special thanks to Ruth and Phil for officiating at the meeting.

All the best. John T

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

BUPA London 10k

Six Royal Sutton athletes made the trip to London for the BUPA London 10k. Mark Bridges ran the fastest time for the men in 35.49. Andrea Deathridge returned to flatter firmer ground following her recent success on the fells to run 39.20. Well done also to Paul T, Matt S, Clive H and Vici R.

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 megs Uncategorized

Staffordshire champs

Well done Emily Sambrook. She got double gold at

the Staffordshire County Championships.

U13 girls’ javelin – 1st – 14.57

u13 girls’ shot – 1st – 6.46

Ben White also competed in the Staffordshire champs where he was 3rd in the 100 & 300, getting a new pb in both. Well done Ben.

May 25, 2015May 26, 2015 megs Race reports

Warwickshire champs

Just had 2 days at the Warwickshire Championships where Sutton athletes were on usual top form.
We have at least four county champs.

Our county champions are:
Nick Pryce (senior men 200m in 21’76), Shaun Evans (u 20 1500m & new PB in 4’08.70), Alex Jones (U17 800m & new PB 2.00.70) & Meg Evans (senior women long jump in 4m98).

Other successes were: Alex Blackham 2nd in U17 1500 Steeplechase, Ellen Humpherson 3rd in U15 1500m. Maddie Hammond came 2nd overall in the Girls Under 13s 800m race with a new PB of 2 mins 36.76. Freya Liddington (u13 long jump bronze medal.) Jennie Hopkinson (U15) 200 metres. Ist in Heat 27.68 new PB. 7th in final & 100 metres 3rd in heat 13.21 new PB. 6th in final. Regan Keating(U15) 100 metres. 6th in heat 14.72 new PB. Shot 5th in final 6.59 metres new PB. Hannah Smith (U17) Hammer 4th in final. Fiona Smith ( W50) Hammer 4th in Senior Womens final. Chrissie Chantelle Prince (U17) 2nd and Silver Medal in Shot. 2nd and Silver Medal in Discus. 3rd and Bronze Medal in Hammer. Ethan Brough for his 4th places in U17 100 and 200.

Well done all the RSC crowd, you did us all proud !!

May 24, 2015 RSCAC Admin Race reports

Andrea finishes 24th at Inter Counties fell running championships

Hi Everyone , Just came across the results of last weeks Inter Counties Fell Running Champs at Betws-y-Coed where Andrea Deathridge was representing Warwickshire . She was 24th overall and the second finisher for the County in a time of 48.10 over a course in excess of 10K and helped Warwickshire finish in fifth place. Additionally she was the second W40 in the race. Well done Andrea .Great stuff (Not bad for a pole vaulter).

John Topliss