Unfortunately this Friday’s quiz night has been cancelled. The event will be rescheduled for later in the year. Details to be posted on the website in due course.
Results
Royal Sutton’s Sport Relief mile
Well done to all the under 8’s who braved the rain last Thursday night to complete the Sports Relief Mile at Wyndley. Definitely a good night to where a onesie to training! The event raised £100 for Sports Relief.
Sale Harriers Open Series – 23 March
The Flying Frenchman (Fred Tremblay) showed he’s in great form running 1.25.55 to win his 600m race at the Sale Harriers Open. Great running Fred!
Midland Counties 3rd Open – 22/23 March
There were some strong performances at the 3rd indoor open meeting at the HPC. Amiyah Forrest ran a PB of 8.20 in the 60m and 12.95 in the 100m. Nicholas Mbewe ran 11.62 to win his race in the U20 100m. Elliot Walker jumped a PB of 5.88 to win the U17 long jump.
Home Countries International – 22 March
Well done to Megan McBrien who represented the Midlands at the Home Countries International on Saturday. Competing against the best runners from across Britain she had a great run finishing in 21st place.
Photo from Dave Payne’s Mudrunner Photography page.
“CLYDE – SIDERS”
Royal Sutton stalwart John Mills will be going to this summer’s Commonwealth Games as a volunteer helper (Clyde-sider). He has the following request:
“Are there any other club members who are going to be at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as volunteer helpers. If so, please let me know so we can share info, etc. Speak to me at the clubhouse or email me: johnmills12@yahoo.com
Midland Road Relays – 16 March
Great performances by our men and women at the road relays in Sutton Park on Saturday. The men, who were missing a number of runners, secured qualification to the National Road Relays with a 22nd place finish. Ollie Harradence ran the fastest long leg for the club (27:31), whilst Chris Taylor ran the fastest short leg (15:22). There were particularly strong runs by Carl Dunne, Dean England and Marcus Smedley who have all had battles with injury over recent months. Well done also to Steve Marklew and Dave Long who ran decent times on legs 11 and 12 after running the Stafford Half Marathon in the morning!!!
- Simon Corker (35) 30:38
- Frederic Tremblay (33) 15:24
- Oliver Harradence (25) 27:31
- Dean England (26) 16:34
- Carl Dunne (26) 30:21
- Rob Andrew (26) 16:49
- Thomas Chew (26) 31:05
- Marcus Smedley (26) 15:52
- David Liddall (26) 16:26
- Chris Taylor (24) 15:22
- David Long (23) 16:19
- Steve Marklew (22) 16:04
The women had an incomplete team of only four runners – a shame as the team was in 5th place at the end of the 4th leg. Katie Ingle had a particularly strong run to record the 8th fastest time of the day. Kate McBrien also ran well, especially given that she had also run a half marathon during the weekend (although at least she had had a nights sleep between races).
- Katie Ingle (4) 15:09
- Megan McBrien (4) 16:19
- Amy Johnson (5) 17:27
- Kate McBrien (5) 17:22
The National Road Relays take place on 5 April in Sutton Park where we hope to put out strong men’s and women’s team. Please let Steve (Men’s Team) or Margaret (Women’s Team) know if you’re able to run.
Photos and results are available on the Race Results website
Stafford Half Marathon – 16 March
The marathon runners were back out again on Sunday, although it was only 13.2 miles this weekend – barely worth getting out of bed! There were no fallers at this half marathon but there were plenty of complaints about the headwind. Steve Marklew showed he is returning to form with a great 7th place finish. Matt Stenson also had a superb run to break 90 minutes for the first time. Results for Royal Sutton runners below:
- Steve Marklew – 1.18.24
- Russell Simpson – 1.21.31
- Dave Long – 1.22.13
- Colin McAuley – 1.22.55
- Paul Terleski – 1.27.56
- Tony Hinchley – 1.28.00
- Subodh Dave – 1.28.25
- Matt Stenson – 1.29.55
Photo of Dave Long from www.racephotos.org.uk/
QUIZ NIGHT
There will be a RSCAC quiz on Friday 28th March, 7pm for a 7.30pm start at the Goldieslie Road bowling club. (This is the road that is opposite Sutton Girls’ School. The bowling club is at the other end of the road to the Sutton Girls’ School.) 4 people per team if possible. It is £4 a ticket, which includes crisps and a sandwich. Tickets available from the coffee bar on Tues and Thurs 6 – 8pm.
Donald Brown wins two golds at the British Masters Indoor Championships
Donald Brown had a great weekend at the British Masters Indoors Championships, with two gold medal winning performances in the M50 age group.
Having won his heat in the 60m in 7.61 he stepped it up in the final to take first place in a time of 7.57. This is an excellent time and close to the club record of 7.40 which was set by Ron Taylor (and at the time was a world record).
In the 60m Hurdles Donald ran another quality race to take first place in a time of 8.73, shattering his recently established club record by over three tenths. Well done Donald – great performances!
Report by John Topliss
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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