We had a couple of runners testing out the mud at the Staffordshire XC Championships at Stafford Common. Larna Partridge was 7th overall in the combined U20s and senior/vets women’s race, whilst Libby Dunne was 15th in the U15 girls race. Staffordshire XC results
Results
Warwickshire XC Championships – 4 January
A fantastic day of cross country racing at Halesowen saw Royal Sutton athletes return with a good haul of medals and trophies. On a really testing hilly course with lots of thick mud there were victories for Katie Ingle and Georgia Curry. Megan McBrien finished in 2nd place in the U20 women’s race, whilst 11 year old Alex Stapleton had an outstanding run to finish 3rd in the U13 boys race. There were further individual medals for Andrea Deathridge and Nick Corker in the Masters events. There were also team medals for the U13 girls, U15 girls, U17 men and Masters men.
Lots of runners recorded top 10 finishes which should ensure that there are plenty of Royal Sutton athletes competing at the Inter County Championships in March. Well done everyone!
There are some great photos taken by Marc Kirsten on our FLICKR page.
The full list of Royal Sutton medal winners and a link to the results is below:
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| Katie Ingle (U20 women) | Megan McBrien (U20 women) | Alex Stapleton (U13 boys) |
| Georgia Curry (U15 Girls) | U13 girls team (Mel Adkins, Caitlin White and Ellen Humpherston) | Andrea Deathridge (Masters Women) |
| U15 girls – (Georgia Curry, Grace Stirland, Lois West) | Nick Corker (Masters Men) | |
| U17 men (Shaun Evans, Jerome Austin, Max Sellers) | ||
| Masters men (Nick Corker, Simon Corker, Rob Andrew, Fred Tremblay) | ||
Breaking news – Katie Ingle and Georgia Curry win at the county champs
Congratulations to Katie Ingle and Georgia Curry who had fantastic victories at the Warwickshire County Championships today. Full results and report to follow….
rscac.co.uk 2013 – website statistics
Looking back at 2013, below a link to some statistics for rscac.co.uk for 2013.
48,000 views….enough to fill the Sydney Opera House 18 times.
Well done to John Topliss who is our number 1 pundit judging by the number of comments posted in 2013.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 18 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
County Championships – 4 January
2014 kicks off with a big weekend of action for the club with the cross country county championships taking place on Saturday.
The Warwickshire County Championships take place at Halesowen. The course, which was used for the recent Young Athletes meeting, is likely to be both hilly and muddy. Details are available on the Warwickshire County AA website: Essential Information and Full Programme
The Staffordshire County Championships take place at Stafford Common. Details are available on the Staffordshire Athletics website.
Good luck to everyone competing!
Royal Sutton has ten athletes listed in the AW UK Rankings
It’s been a great year for our Senior and Masters athletes as demonstrated by the fact that ten of our athletes are included in the AW 2013 UK rankings.
Katie Ingle (under 20)1500m Steeplechase 1st 4.52.77
3000m Steeplechase 2nd U20, 7th SW 10.20.67
Laura Whittle (Senior Women)
5000m 3rd 15.35.24
3000m 7th 8.57.63
1500m 30th 4.17.16
Fiona Ellis (W35)
100m 5th 13.06
200m 10th 27.85
Janice Pryce (W50)
Triple J 1st 9.97
Long J 7th 4.26
Lorna Foster (W50)
Shot 9th 9.63
Kevin Brown (M45)Discus 1st M45 and M40, 14th SM,
Donald Brown (M50)
100m 3rd 11.98
200m 5th 24.64
100mH 4th 14.79
Nick Corker (M35)
3000m Steeplechase 10th 10.05.5
Rob Andrew (M50)
800m 3rd 2.07.1
1500m 2nd 4.18.3
David Price (M70)
Javelin 4th 30.33
Fred Tremblay is not included as he is represents France. However, his 800m time of 1.57.03 would have put him in third place in the UK for the M35 age group.
Well done to everyone and all the best for 2014!
Senior distance squad Xmas training session this Friday
If you’re suffering from too much turkey and Christmas pudding then come and join the senior distance squad for training in Sutton Park on Friday 27th December. We’ll be meeting at the clubhouse at 9am – anyone welcome.
100 club
And the results for the 100 Club December Draw are in and the winning number is………………………ball number 88. Congratulations to Lynne Duval who wins £100.
Best wishes to all 100 Club members and thank you for your support.
Christmas Training
There will be no “normal” 6pm-8pm training sessions at the club on Tuesday 24th December, Thursday 26th December and Tuesday 31st December.
However there’s no excuse not to train as various groups will be organising training sessions over the Xmas period – please contact your coach for further details.
The sprints group (Tony Ashford, Meg, Fiona, Liz, Nikki and Dennis’ group) will be training at the following times over Christmas:
Tuesday 24th December = 10 am – midday
Sunday 29th December = 10 – midday
Tuesday 31st December 10 – midday
Thursday 2nd January = 6 – 8 pm
Friday 3rd January = 5.30 pm – 7 pm at the Alexander Stadium indoor centre. You pay at the main reception, then walk to the indoor centre. Long, triple, high jump and hurdles are on offer at these indoor sessions.
Then it’s back to normal sessions: 10 – midday on Sundays, 6 – 8 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 5.30 – 7 pm on Fridays. The Friday sessions are at the Alexander stadium indoor centre until further notice. Long, triple, high jump and hurdles are on offer at these indoor sessions.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Thursday induction group 5 – 6pm
This group (for 7 – 9 year olds) is now on its Christmas break. It restarts on Thursday 23rd January (weather permitting) 5 to 6 pm.
We have no arrangements for indoors so all sessions are outside.
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