Adam Peacock & Josh Hale – Midland Champions!
The MCAA T&F Championships was held at Nuneaton (12th/13th June), where Adam Peacock and Josh Hale were crowned Midland Champions. Adam won the 3000m title, beating former club member, Jack Gray. In a relatively slow race, Adam waited in the pack until the last 150m before kicking away to win in 8:46.30. Josh Hale claimed the Men’s U20 400m championship, running a new PB of 48.93. John ‘JP’ Stolberg was awarded a silver medal for his second place in the U20 2000m steeplechase and Lucie Tait-Harris picked up a bronze medal in the Women’s 800m, also running the fastest all-time in the club for her age and now ranked 4th in the UK as a W45. Club Results:200m (12th June) Dan Hindle (U20) – 5th ht – 23.24 (+4.6 wind) (pb) 400m (13th June) Josh Hale (U20) – 1st – 48.93 (pb)Dan Hindle (U20) – 5th – 52.05 (pb) 800m (12th June) Will McKemey (SM) 5th ht – 2:03.48…
BRAT club multievent competition for juniors
On Sunday 23rd May , 100 juniors took part in a multievent competition at the Birmingham University track on a cool blustery day, but fortunately the recent incessant rain stayed away. The U11’s took part in a triathlon , comprising of 75m, 600, and howler throw. Twins Erin and Josephine Colclough were joint winners in the U11 girls competition, whilst Mustopha Bailey took the U11 boys title. The U13’s took part in a quadrathlon, comprising of 100m, 600m, Shot and Long Jump. Alba Smith -Pena and Robert Lee were the respective winners. The U15’s were challenged with 5 events, 100m, 800m, Long Jump, Shot and high jump. Lily Smith and Nathaniel were the winners of each competition. Our thanks go to all the parents who volunteered to help the regular officials meet the challenging timetable of over 20 track races and 12 field event competitions, all squashed into a 3…
BRAT’s return to racing after lockdown
Full recent results are:- Carrington Ben M 10km 35:18 Kempton Park 03/04/2021Welborn Karl M 10km 32:30 Kempton Park 04/04/2021Robinson Daniel ‘Dan’ M 5km 15:37 Wigan 05/04/2021Tait-Harris Lucie F 5km 17:59 Wigan 05/04/2021Timmings Becki F 5km 17:04 Hereford 07/04/2021Tsolakis Athanasios ‘Thanos’ M 5km 16:32 Hereford 07/04/2021Welborn Karl M 5km 15:20 Hereford 07/04/2021Lima David M 60m 7.00 Loughborough (i) 13/02/2021Petzer Hannes M Discus 32.93 Campbeltown, AUS 14/02/2021Timmings Becki F Half-Marathon 1:20:08 Kempton Park 03/04/2021Tsolakis Athanasios ‘Thanos’ M Half-Marathon 1:17:49 Kempton Park 03/04/2021Petzer Hannes M Hammer 31.99 Campbeltown, AUS 13/02/2021Petzer Hannes M Javelin 47.72 Campbeltown, AUS 13/02/2021Quested Eleanor F ParkRun 35:10 Carnie Glades, AUS 23/01/2021
The National Cross Country Championships – Wollaton Park
Saturday the 22nd February saw the pinnacle of the cross country season, a historic race, one which is a rite of passage for most cross country runners – The English National Cross Country Championships. The familiar venue of Wollaton Park always holds potential for a brilliant cross country course and this year was no exception. As we arrived, the mud was evident and absolutely everywhere. We’d anticipated mud, but this took mud to a whole new level … it was going to be great fun! As we collected the numbers and set up camp there was a real buzz of excitement as thousands of club runners from under 11 to seniors came back from races caked in mud and frantically wrapped tape round their spikes before heading to the start. Our two-women-team saw co-captains Eloïse Lee and Molly Browne donning the club vest at the biggest event of the season.…
Midland XC League 2019-20
Saturday 8th February saw the final Midland XC League race of the season take place in Leamington Spa. Clubs and University teams from across the Midlands competed over four races between November and February with this year’s league taking us from the rolling hills and icy rain of Burton Dassett to a very hilly and boggy course in Stratford, then onto a challenging trail race in Trentham and through the infamous ditch of Leamington! The BRAT women have been out in force this season, welcoming old faces and new to XC – and what a season it has been! The season opener in November could not have been in worse conditions with heavy icy rain and a muddy hilly course it really was about as tough as XC gets. Anne Kenchington led the team home with a superb start to the season taking on the hills and conditions no problem…
Midland Indoor T & F Championships
Ten of our T&F athletes entered the Midland Counties Indoor Championships on February 8/9th at the HPC , Birmingham and in a very successful weekend came away with 3 medals, one of each colour, along with multiple personal bests. Spurred on by being in a warm, dry arena away from storm Ciara, which was lashing the country, Lily Smith continued her magnificent progress in the Long Jump winning the U15 title in a new pb of 5.04m, despite this being her first year in the age group. Mali Lloyd Griffiths, just missed out on a medal by dropping down to 4th in the final round but nevertheless still recorded a pb of 4.83m. Our other medal winning performances came in the senior men’s 60m Hurdles, where 3 BRATs lined up in the final. This was a very close race with only 0.5 s separating all 6 finalists, but in a…
Midland XC Championships 2020
Saturday 25th January saw runners from across the midlands set up camp at Prestwold Hall in Loughborough for the Midland XC Championships. With the numbers collected, a walk around the course confirmed that the new route for 2020 would be challenging and heavy going … perfect! A number of BRAT juniors ran very well in the earlier races (U13G, U15B, U17B). Lauren Hevey came 97th in U13Girls, Tom Burdett 19th and Morgan Hill 78th in U15 Boys and Rueben Kite 21st in U17 men. Then it was suddenly time for the BRAT women to take to the start line. The course was two laps with lots of mud, a log to jump and a steep hill to contend with. The gun went and as expected it was a quick start on what felt like the only downhill section of the course. A leading pack went off early and soon there…
Midlands Road relays
On a lovely and pleasant Saturday,….if anyone can remember what that is ! BRATS were there in force; dominant over all others in numbers having with six teams, and a strong A team to boot. The B team were looking a real potential force to qualify, but illness hit their team making qualification it a tall order. The six stage when compared with the twelve in Spring; has always been more difficult for us to shine, however, we are not traditionalists. The best of the Midlands all in our sights. First leg, just like an “old man’s” particular seat in a pub had Dan’s name on it (He is a veteran, so appropriate). There were four athletes away: Bath, Bristol, Bath, Newcastle and Dan; who took on the lead on the way down to the lake. A great performance and pb putting us into 4th position. Karl was flying, overhauling…