Telford 10K Results

Results from the 2011 Telford 10K now available on TAC web site

http://www.telfordathleticclub.co.uk/races/telford-10k/telford-10k-2011

Photos and results can always be found on Brian Smith's Running Scene

Cardington Cracker 2011

Results for the 2011 Cardington Cracker now available on the TAC web site
http://www.telfordathleticclub.co.uk/races/cardington-cracker/cc2011

British and Irish Masters Cross Country Champs.

It was great news for Telford AC as Claire Martin, Kim Fawke, Paul Ward and Greg Wilson were all selected to run for England in the British and Irish Cross Country Championships in Glasgow on Saturday. Claire led the way home as she retained the British and Irish womens over 35 title that she won last year in Dublin. In tough windy and wet conditions she came home first in 21.42, 9 seconds ahead of Caroline Betmead the over 40 winner from Blackpool, whilst Lesley Chisholm in 3rd was the 2nd over 35 in 22.02. Kim Fawke fresh from her 2.44 marathon in Dublin last month was 5th over 35 in 22.17 and theyw ere both part of the winning England team.

Paul was the 2nd over 45 to finish in 26.08 behind the Welsh winner Austin Davies, from Brecon who won the category in 25.24. Greg was also second in the over 55 category just 9 seconds adrift of his fellow Englishman, the category winner David Butler.

London Marathon

London Marathon

Telford Athletic Club have 3 guaranteed places for the 2012 Virgin London Marathon. These are available for fully paid up club members 11/12, first priority will be given to those members who have applied for a marathon place for the 2012 London Marathon and have been rejected. If there are more than 3 names will be drawn 'from a hat'. If there are still places remaining they will be available for club members who have not already applied for a marathon place but would like to run. Again if there are more wanting a place than there are places available names will be drawn 'from a hat'.

Members who are interested should contact Paul Sanderson

( jpsanderson_tac@hotmail.com or 0771 534 7587 ) before Friday 9th December 2011. The draw if required will be held done by TAC officers on Saturday 10th December. Entries have to be sent to the Virgin London Marathon by 13th January 2012.

Birmingham XC Lge Div 2

Chris Rimmer and Paul Ward, in their first cross country race of the season were an impressive 2nd and 3rd in the opening Birmingham and District Cross Country League Division Two race at Leamington on Saturday. The race was won by Leamington's Richard Harper in 36.44 with Chris Rimmer then second just 17 seconds behind with Paul Ward, who recently got married just a further 2 seconds behind in 3rd. Greg Wilson warmed up for his forthcoming international race finishing 27th in 40.22 just one place ahead of his team mate Ryan Heath celebrating his 18th birthday weekend still managed to finish 28th and 6th junior in 40.31. Johnny Sanders made a welcome return to cross country action finishing 69th with Paul Williams completing the scoring 6 in 90th and Dave Tatton not far behind in 101st. The club finished 6th on the day with 219 points, but only 28 points behind 3rd placed Dudley and Stourbridge who were 3rd. The top 3 get promoted to Division 1. Rugby won the team race with 129 pts, Wolverhampton and Bilston were 2nd with 146 pts, Worcester 4th with 206 pts, Severn 5th with 213 pts.

The team were split on Saturday as another team of TAC senior men, a slightly slower group went to the North Wales XC Lge at Deeside. The club had 16 men out at both venues, another great turn out.

N Wales Cross Country at Deeside

It was a busy day for Telford AC with the club having to field teams at the North Wales League, the Birmingham League and the Midland Womens League all on the same day. A group of 9 senior men travelled to another new course this time at Glyndwr University, Northop organised by Deeside.

The race winner was again Rob Samuels from Eryri, with his team mate Richard Roberts second. John Garmson led the Telford squad home in 33rd, the same position as in the previous race at Llandudno, he was 4th over 45 in 35.22. Steve Jones was the next man home improving from 56th at the last race to 39th this time, in 35.43 and first over 55. sam Garmson was the next finisher in 87th, 39.39 just one place and 9 seconds ahead of Spencer Davies. Paul Sanderson was the 5th scorer, 111th in 41.42, with Mike Whitehead improving 10 places on his last race to complete the scoring 6 in 127th, 42.57. He was just ahead of Nigel Tatton, still on target for his 50th race this year, finishing 129th, 19 places higher than at Llandudno, in 43.12, with Darren Fincham 133rd, 43.28 and Dave Davies 151st in 48.07.

The club finished 6th team on the day out of 8 in Division 1, but we are still 3rd overall with 2 races to go. Eryri lead with 249 pts, Meirionnydd are 2nd with 569 pts, TAC 3rd with 946 pts, Shrewsbury 4th, 1138 pts, Tattenhall 5th 1175 pts, Colwyn Bay 6th 1241 pts, Wrexham 7th 1419 pts and Menai 8th 1460 pts.

TAC were 6th on the day in Masters League and are 4th overall.

The next league race is hosted by TAC at Lilleshall on Saturday 14th January, which again clashes with the Birmingham and Midland Womens League. We will again aim to get teams in both leagues on the same day as well as organise a home fixture. Please support and run if you can if not please come and help.

Paul Sanderson

Midland Womens XC League

Telford AC's senior ladies team took part in the first Midland Womens League of the season on the tough Leamington course on Saturday. Claire Martin, last years overall league and over 35 masters champion, led the way home in 4th and first over 35, in 28.13 behind the winner Sara Treacy of Birchfield. Michelle Clarke was 37th, in 31.11 and the 8th veteran, Denise Sanders 99th, in 34.40. Julie Kirby, making a welcome return to cross country was 131st, in 36.19, with Lisa Blagden 147th, 37.29. Sharon Clayton 188th in 40.15 and Sue Baker 242nd, in 45.24. The team were 8th out of 34 teams and were the first Vets team out of 26 teams. Well done girls a great start to the season. The next race is on 3rd December.

Paul Sanderson.

Shropshire Young Athletes Cross Country League - Oswestry 2011

Record Turnout for Cross Country League.

Cross country has a reputation for wind and rain but it was another glorious sunny afternoon for the second round of the Shropshire Star sponsored Shropshire Young Athletes League. It was a record turn out with nearly 200 athletes taking part at Oswestry school fields and the dry weather had made the conditions really hard and fast.

The first race of the day was the Under 11 girls and although the start is uphill the forty runners set off very quickly indeed. The hilly course was just over a mile and the winner Jess Humphries completed the distance in 6 minutes and 8 seconds. She was caught up near the finish by Isobel Boden of Wenlock Olympians but pulled away to take the victory in the last 300 metres. Sadie Craig of Telford AC took third and was given the same time as fast finishing Lucy Elcock of Bridgnorth who looks to be an athlete for the future. Wenlock Olympians took a surprise team victory form Telford with Wrekin College Triathletes third,

The under 11 boys set off even faster over the same mile distance and it was local athlete Jacob Tidridge who took the honours finishing 7 seconds ahead of Harry Bower of Shrewsbury in 5 minutes 42 seconds. Harry’s team mate William Davies came in third with Alex Veitch of Wrekin College Triathlon fourth. Shrewsbury are fighting back in the team event in this age group beating Telford AC by the large margin of 27 points and making the team event wide open.

The under 15 ‘s and under 17’s start off together and its not until the first of the small laps that the field divides and you can see who is winning the younger age group. In the girls race last times winner Lauren Pestana of Telford AC rushed to the front hoping to build a good lead closely followed by Isabel Bradley of Telford AC. Isabel, an England international, took the lead once the course split and ran away very strongly from her younger rival and team mate Danni Rawlinson. The next two places were filled by Alex Cawthra and Chloe Evans of Maldwyn Harriers with Emma Clarke of Ludlow rapidly improving in fifth. Meanwhile two other Ludlow runners had caught Lauren and started to pull away on the last of the three laps in the Under 17 category. Megan Lloyd winning in 17-08 with Eilish Gilbert second Lauren third in 18-01 with Ellie Bryan making a welcome return in fourth.

The Under 15 and Under 17’s boys set off at a gentler pace as the older athletes know they had nearly 20 minutes of running in front of them. There was a turn round in places with Joe Morris of Oswestry beating Josh Burrows of Telford AC but Joe had to settle for second again as Jimmy Kershaw ran away on the last lap to win by 14 seconds. Triathlete Macauley Carline finished strongly in fourth. Oswestry won the team event easily form Telford and the team event looks very competitive moving into the third of four fixtures. The Under 15 race saw two Telford AC athletes dominate Alex Burrows and Jack Forrester. Jack seems to be getting closer with every race and on this occasion Alex won by 4 seconds. Telford took the team award but Ludlow runners are moving up with a strong team finish in second.

Freddie Fielding raced away from the start in the Under 13 boys race. He is a Telford AC runner but was running for his school in this race his time of 11-02 was exceptional and he was 39 seconds clear of Joseph Crutchley of Maldwyn Harriers in second with Cameron Van Onselen of Oswestry third. Packwood finished 4 runners in the frost eleven and took the team, hosts Oswestry second and last meeting winners Telford back in 5^th .

The last race of the day was the Under 13 girls and with 42 runners it was the largest field of the day. Lasts year Eva Wade of Telford AC was directed off course, but this year there were no such problems and she covered the two lap course in exactly seven minutes to win from Katherine Smith of Shrewsbury and Ellie Sykes of Shrewsbury High School third. Telford AC claimed the team award with Shrewsbury High just ten points behind.

The next fixture is hosted by Wenlock Olympians at William Brookes School on Sunday 13^th November.

Colin Lancaster

Annual General Meeting

All club members are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Telford Athletic Club on Thursday 3rd November at 8 pm at the White Horse , next to Oakengates Leisure Centre.

Presentation Evening 2011

Telford Athletic Club staged its Annual Presentation Evening at the Park Inn, Telford, with long time club sprints coach Dave Drew honoured as the guest of honour to present the awards.

Jim Tipper and Alexis Newton - French took the best overall track and field awards. Jim finished 3rd in the World Masters Championships in Sacremento last summer whilst Alexis was 3rd in the AAA Under 15's 75 m hurdles at the national championships in Bedford. Isabel Bradley and Alex Burrows won the best overall cross country performance awards. Isabel finished 8th in the English Schools Junior Girls Championships and went onto represent England Schools in the Home Countries International. Alex another athlete who had a superb season finished an amazing 4th in the National Cross Country Championships in the under 13 boys age group at Alton Towers. Claire Martin took the senior womens award for her performance in winning the British Masters Cross Country Championships whilst Chris Davies won the mens award for several impressive performances over the winter. Greg Wilson won the best road performance for his win in the British Masters Championships winning the over 55 age group whilst the womens award went to the Telford AC team of Kim Fawke, Amanda Davies, Michelle Clarke and Claire Martin that won trhe British Road Relay Championships. Sophie Worrall and bemn Simons won the best indoor performances whilst Aimi Whitehouse and Haydn Finn won the best sports hall performances.

Complete list of award winners see below

Telford Athletic Club Presentation Evening

Friday 20^th October 2011 – Park Inn, Telford.

Guest of honour – Dave Drew

Cross Country

Club Champs (SYA Lge)

U/13 Girls	U/15 Girls	U/17 Women
1. Danni Rollinson	1. Isabel Bradley	1. Harriet Grandfield
2. Fian Sweeney	2. Ellie Bryan	2. Jo Fogarty
3. Robyn Vickers	3. Lauren Pestana	3. Chloe Murphy
U/13 Boys	U/15 Boys	U/17 Men
1 . Alex Burrows	1. Jack Forrester	1. Ryan Heath
2. Aidan Wade	2. Rhys Furlong	2. Luke Tatton
3. Freddie Fielding	3. Josh Burrows

SYA XC Lge Team Managers Award

Girls

Ellie Bryan

Boys

Daryl Coldicott

Sheila Norton Trophy ( Most points in the SYA XC Lge )

Isabel Bradley and Ryan Heath

English Schools Cross Country Champs – Nottingham - TAC athletes

Isabel Bradley	Maddie Wong	Danni Rollinson
Jack Forrester	Rhys Furlong	Chloe Murphy
Harriet Grandfield	Jo Fogarty	Alex Burrows
Ryan Heath	Molly Brown	Emily Grandfield
Haydn Gleave	Ellie Bryan	Josh Burrows

Kiwi Trophy ( Best TAC performance in the National XC Champs. )

Female

Isabel Bradley

Male

Alex Burrows

Battery Trophy ( points scored in all xc league and champs )

Female	Juliet Hoad	Male	Chris Davies
Female Veteran	Lisa Blagden	Male Veteran	Paul Williams

Most Improved Young Athlete

Girl

Danni Rollinson

Boy

Rhys Furlong

Most Improved Senior

Rob Hughes

Indoor / Sportshall

Club Champs( SYA League)

U/13 Girls	U/15 Girls	U/13 Boys	U/15 Boys
1. Chantelle Doyle	1. Shannon Reeves	1. Haydn Finn	1. Kyle Gladwin
2. Chloe Forrester	2. Amy Bowen	2= Rio Mitcham	2. Paul Jones
3. Sophie Bleazard	3. Emma Holl	2= Jack Brothers	3. Sam Johnson

SYA Sportshall League – Team Managers Award

Girls

Holly Bleazard

Boys

Haydn Finn

Road and multi – terrain.

Bollard Trophies ( Best TAC Performance in the 29^th Sexarathon )

Jun Women	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	Jun Men	Luke Tatton
Women	Claire Martin	Men	Chris Davies

Steve Burrage Trophies ( Best TAC Performance in the 29^th Sexarathon )

Vet Women

Michelle Clarke

Vet Men

Dale Wilkinson

Track and Field

Club Champs (SYA and NYALge)

U/13 Girls	U/15 Girls	U/13 Boys	U/15 Boys
1. Sophie Bleazard	1. Amy Bowen	1. Rio Mitcham	1. Haydn Finn
2. Charlie Weaver	2. Chantelle Doyle	2. Josh Davies	2. Kyle Gladwin
3. Francesca Garrot	3. Alexis Newton French	3. Jake Davies	3. Jack Brothers
U/17 Women	U/17 Men	U/20 Women (Jun Lge)	U/20 Men (Jun Lge)
1. Rhiann Davies	1. Nick Pearce	1. Sophie Worrall	1. Aidan Reynolds
2. Nancy Ndure	2. Andreas Vanezzi	2. Becky Fagan	2. Tobi Ogundipe
3. Ellie Bryan	3= Callum Rubery	3. Chloe Murphy	3. Ryan Heath
	3= Michael Goodall
Senior Women	Senior Men
1. Zoe Davies	1. Malcolm Dawes
2. Amelia Reynolds	2. Ian Taylor
3. Kim Davies	3. John Bradley

English Schools Track and Field Champs – Gateshead - TAC Athletes

Rhiann Davies	Danielle Lloyd	Alex Burrows	Sophie Worrall
Josh Burrows	Becky Fagan	Callum Rubery	Aidan Reynolds
Nancy Ndure	Hayley Rubery	Amy Bowen	Max Beeching
James Bell	David Edwards	Alexis Newton French	Isabel Bradley

Team Managers Awards

SYA	Robyn Vickers and Mark Richards
Mid Mens	Ali Dummett
Mid Womens Sen	Naomi Farquaharson
Vic Musgrove Award Jun	Kim Carter
Nat Junior -	Becky Fagan and Tobi Ogundipe
Mid Vets -	Theresa Reynolds and Dave Drew
Nat YA	Ellie Bryan and Andreas Vanezi

Most improved Awards U/11-U/17

Sprinter	Chantelle Doyle	Haydn Finn
Hurdler	Sophie Bleazard	Mark Richards
Distance	Danni Rollinson	Jack Forrester
Thrower	Francesca Garrot	Joseph Worrall
Jumper	Danni Langdale / Susie Fagan	Gregor Sukara Fielding

Athletes of the Year Awards (U/11 – U/17)

Sprinter	Amy Bowen	Rio Mitcham
Hurdler	Alexis Newton French	Josh Davies
Distance	Isabel Bradley	Alex Burrows
Thrower	Danielle Lloyd	Callum Rubery
Jumper	Rhiann Davies	Jake Watson
Combined Events	Nancy Ndure	Max Beeching
Seniors
Sprinter	Sinead Johnson	Jim Tipper
Hurdler	Sophie Worrall	Malcolm Dawes
Middle Distance	Jo and Sam Fogarty	Jamie Davies / Dale Wilkinson
Distance	Claire Martin	Ryan Heath
Thrower	Becky Fagan	James Hopley
Jumper	Hayley Rubery	Aidan Reynolds
Combined Events	Sophie Worrall	Aidan Reynolds

UK School Games Representatives

Callum Rubery and Danielle Lloyd

ESAA CE Champs – Exeter. TAC athletes.

Sophie Worrall and Max Beeching

The very best of the year awards

International Representatives Awards

England – Isabel Bradley. England – Claire Martin

Best Performance at the Inter Counties XC Champs – Birmingham

Alex Burrows

Best XC Performance

Female	Claire Martin	Male	Chris Davies
Girl	Isabel Bradley	Boy	Alex Burrows

Best Sportshall Performance

Girls

Aimi Whitehouse

Boys

Haydn Finn

Best Indoor Performance

Female

Sophie Worrall

Male

Ben Simons

Fell Runner of the Year ( Shropshire Winter and Summer Series )

Simon Daws

Best Road Running Performance of the year.

Greg Wilson

Masters Relay Team, Claire Martin, Kim Fawke, Amanda Davies and Michelle Clarke

Best male and female performance at the Shropshire AA Champs – Alexis Newton French and Rio Mitcham

Best performance at the Telford Games –

Junior ( Post Office Trophy) – Alexis Newton French Senior ( Malcolm Davies Trophy) – Hayley Rubery

Best Javelin Performance ( Vic Musgrove Trophy ) – James Hopley

Best Discus Performance ( Alvin French Trophy ) – Hayley Rubery

Best Shot Performance ( Jim Kerrigan ‘ cap ‘ Trophy ) – Becky Fagan

Best International Performance – Richard Rubenis and Jim Tipper

Hartshorne Trophy – Jamie Carter

Best Track and Field Performance of the Year – Alexis Newton French and Jim Tipper