Shrewsbury Athletic Club made a successful start to their 2010/2011 North Wales Cross Country League campaign at Colwyn Bay, finishing 3rd Mens’ Team, 3rd Mens’ Masters Team and 3rd Womens’ Team(Division 2) on the day. The Mens’ Team were boosted by the arrival of Shrewsbury School’s new master, Ian Howarth who stormed to 7th place in his first race for the Club, closely followed by fellow Shrewsbury School master and established Club star Pete Middleton in 10th place. Kevin Francis, fresh from a successful summer on the roads and fells was 31st, then Dom Kirby, heading back to form despite an ongoing battle with a long term injury, in 34th place, Club Captain Graham Jones, 35th and Duncan Beales, completing the Team scorers in 44th place.
The Womens’ Team were lead home by Welsh International Anna Bartlett in 6th place, closely followed by Claire Burgoyne in 7th place, her first top ten placing reflecting her outstanding summer season in the Sexarathon Series, then Rebecca Houston , a track specialist competing in her first cross country in 53rd place, Emma Sheekey 84th and Sheila Richards 108th.
On the fell running scene, the Shropshire Hills Winter Series 2010/2011 commenced with the Breidden Hills Race, where Club fell star Steve Cale got his campaign off to a flying start, despite suffering a heavy fall on one of the descents, but had to settle for 2nd place in 56/45, behind Mercia’s newly crowned British Fell Running Champion Tim Davies, followed by Juan Castillo with an outstanding run in 5th place in 1/00/13, then Adam Stockwell, 66th in 1/19/40 and Derek Owen 98th and 9th Veteran over 55 in 1/34/13.
Colwyn Bay Results:
Men: 7th Ian Howarth 33/08, 10th Pete Middleton 34/01, 31st Kevin Francis 36/06, 34th Dom Kirby 36/20, 35th Graham Jones 36/30, 44th Duncan Beales 37/04, 56th Steve Waters 37/56, 66th Steve Turk 38/22, 86th Tim Vine 39/54, 88th Chris Wakeman 40/12, 141st Steve Oliver 44/42, 152nd Derek Owen 45/54.
Women: 6th Anna Bartlett 18/28, 7th Claire Burgoyne 18/34, 53rd Rebecca Houston 22/41, 84th Emma Sheekey 25/20, 108th Sheila Richards 33/49.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Shropshire Young Athletes League Cross Country, Oswestry
Shrewsbury's young athletes continued their fine early form on the cross country circuit in the second fixture of the 2010 season.
With 4 of the teams in medal positions after the first race in Newport, all at the club were looking for a repeat performance over the hills in Oswestry.
Emily Mitchell & Charlotte Westwood found the early pace a touch too hot in the first race of the day, but after settling down they both came through nicely during the second lap to steal a number of valuable places for 13th and 18th respectively. Unfortunately for Chloe Everall, an ankle injury sustained on lap one prevented her completing the race.
Maya Richardson again was the sole representative wearing the club colours in the U11girls race, and again showed her strength to compete strongly throughout. This particular category is producing some strong running from top to bottom, and both races so far have been ran at a fair pace. With a strong middle section, Maya put herself in contention for a top 10 finish, before loosing out in a competitive run in to finish 15th.
Our strong U15boys trio again raced well to maintain their position atop the standings. Ben Ashcroft again led the team home, in 3rd position, with George Speakman in his footsteps in 4th place. Ryan Cullen again backed up the front runners with a strong finish in 8th place for second team on the day.
The excellent team running this season has been epitomised by the performances of the boys teams in all the age groups. Again the U13boys packed together
and paced each other along during the 2lap course. Luke Howes and Ross Kirby again worked together to stay in contention with the chasing pack who themseleves
were in the shadows of another dominant Telford 1-2. Their efforts were rewarded with 9 &10th place, and with the trio of Stuart Duff, Freddie and Tom Turner in 14th,15th and 16th place, ensured the SAC team score was strong enough to see of the challenge of hosts Oswestry for 2nd team position behind Telford.
Following hot on the heels of the diminutive Fergus Stevens, who again comfortably secured a top 10 finish, the U1boys team ran tirelessly for a superb 3rd place on the day, only 7points behind the host club Oswestry. Stevens (8th), had a full team behind him with schoolmate Lloyd Humphreys and Archie Hale in 13th &14th. Only
a few seconds behind was Rhys Humphreys, brother of Lloyd , in 17th on his first outing for the club. Sebastian Westwood made huge strides to finish 24th and again finished with a sprint and a smile. A hugely satisfying team run which puts the U11s back in the mix for the team competition.
The core of this team have a further year in this age categorgy, and are showing great potential as they gain valuable experience in each race.
Next fixture is 14th November at Much Wenlock William Brooks School, normal race timetable.
With 4 of the teams in medal positions after the first race in Newport, all at the club were looking for a repeat performance over the hills in Oswestry.
Emily Mitchell & Charlotte Westwood found the early pace a touch too hot in the first race of the day, but after settling down they both came through nicely during the second lap to steal a number of valuable places for 13th and 18th respectively. Unfortunately for Chloe Everall, an ankle injury sustained on lap one prevented her completing the race.
Maya Richardson again was the sole representative wearing the club colours in the U11girls race, and again showed her strength to compete strongly throughout. This particular category is producing some strong running from top to bottom, and both races so far have been ran at a fair pace. With a strong middle section, Maya put herself in contention for a top 10 finish, before loosing out in a competitive run in to finish 15th.
Our strong U15boys trio again raced well to maintain their position atop the standings. Ben Ashcroft again led the team home, in 3rd position, with George Speakman in his footsteps in 4th place. Ryan Cullen again backed up the front runners with a strong finish in 8th place for second team on the day.
The excellent team running this season has been epitomised by the performances of the boys teams in all the age groups. Again the U13boys packed together
and paced each other along during the 2lap course. Luke Howes and Ross Kirby again worked together to stay in contention with the chasing pack who themseleves
were in the shadows of another dominant Telford 1-2. Their efforts were rewarded with 9 &10th place, and with the trio of Stuart Duff, Freddie and Tom Turner in 14th,15th and 16th place, ensured the SAC team score was strong enough to see of the challenge of hosts Oswestry for 2nd team position behind Telford.
Following hot on the heels of the diminutive Fergus Stevens, who again comfortably secured a top 10 finish, the U1boys team ran tirelessly for a superb 3rd place on the day, only 7points behind the host club Oswestry. Stevens (8th), had a full team behind him with schoolmate Lloyd Humphreys and Archie Hale in 13th &14th. Only
a few seconds behind was Rhys Humphreys, brother of Lloyd , in 17th on his first outing for the club. Sebastian Westwood made huge strides to finish 24th and again finished with a sprint and a smile. A hugely satisfying team run which puts the U11s back in the mix for the team competition.
The core of this team have a further year in this age categorgy, and are showing great potential as they gain valuable experience in each race.
Next fixture is 14th November at Much Wenlock William Brooks School, normal race timetable.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Road Runners alternative training session Wednesday
Alternative training session this Wednesday in Ironbridge.
Meet at 6.45pm at the Robin Hood pub. Beer & food afterward
Meet at 6.45pm at the Robin Hood pub. Beer & food afterward
Monday, October 18, 2010
Club Jackets
If anyone is interested in purchasing one of the Ron Hill Team jackets as pictured below, can you please let Dom Kirby know asap?
Cost will be approx. 39quid, depending on how many orders we place. Sizes available are Small, Med, Large XL. (minimum or is multiples of 4 in any size) I will be looking to finalise the order within the next two weeks.
Ron Hill advise of a delivery in 6weeks, so will hope this is possible before Xmas.
Cheers
Dom
Cost will be approx. 39quid, depending on how many orders we place. Sizes available are Small, Med, Large XL. (minimum or is multiples of 4 in any size) I will be looking to finalise the order within the next two weeks.
Ron Hill advise of a delivery in 6weeks, so will hope this is possible before Xmas.
Cheers
Dom
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