Lily stars at Wenlock
A small group of BRAT athletes took part in the annual Wenlock Olympian Games, a multi sport festival at Much Wenlock on Sunday July 14th. Star of the games was our U13 G Lily Smith who broke the Long Jump club record for the sixth time this year with a magnificent leap of 4.91m. This places her fifth in the UK this year. She also won the 200m in a pb of 29.1s and came second in the 100m with 14.0s. Her sister May, competing in the same events was 5th in both the finals of the 100m and 200m in 14.9s and 31.6s respectively and 6th in the LJ with 3.40m. Isla O.Connor came 6th in the U13 G 200m, making three BRAT’s in the final,, 4th in the 800m in 2m 58.8s and she won the High Jump with a height of 1.30m. Our other medallists were Jamie…
Heart of England Athletics League – Match 1, Sunday June 2nd.
Well done to all our young athletes and a BIG THANK YOU to families, coaches and officials for supporting our junior team at the first Heart of England match for the season at Banbury Stadium! We saw fantastic performances all round. Our U15 girls and boys team achieved 1st place in their age group and stand out performances from Lily Smith saw her breaking our U13 H/J club record at 1.36m and Maisie Scamp in the U15 HJ with 1.46m! In spite of having no U17 female team we placed 4th for the match, just a few points behind Corby. Lets see if we can get that 3rd place off Corby at the second match this Saturday, 15th June at Pingles Stadium, Nuneaton!!!
It’s Gold for John
Flying the BRAT flag at the Midland U20/Senior championships , John Stolberg came 5th in the U20 400 Hurdles final in a personal best time of 60.95s , before storming to victory in the 2000m steeplechase in a time of 6m 54.70s and winning hie first gold medal in a regional championship.
BRAT youngsters shine at County Championships
On a beautiful sunny and warm spring weekend on May 11/12th our youngsters produce 28 performances in finals at the Warwickshire and Worcsetershire championships and came away with a magnificent 5 golds, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. Star performance was by U13G Lily Smith, at the Warwickshire championships, who won both 200m in 29.40s, after a 29.25s heat, and Long Jump with 4.60m. She then followed these up with a second place in the 100m in 13.92s, following a 13.69s heat. Not to be out done, sister May Smith won the U13G Discus with throw of 14.14m. Another discus winner was U13B Solomon Humphries with a pb throw of 17.88m, ranking him in the UK top 20. Our final winner was Jacob Gosnall in the Long Jump at the Worcestershire Chjampionships, with a leap of 4.29m and he also secured 3rd place in the 100m in a time of…
NATIONAL 6-STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Another Saturday afternoon in Sutton Park, this time for the National Road Relays. Fresh from the test-run over the same course at the Midland championships two weeks ago, Team BRAT were ready to race against some of the best clubs in the country. The women saw the men head off on their quest over the 12-stage event before Molly Browne lined up ready to get the 6-stage underway for Team BRAT. It was always going to go off fast and as the gun went, the first-leg runners charged down the initial hill. A rather windy out and back made for a tough leg but it was downhill from the stone (except those final two hills and the uphill finish). With a kick for home, Molly finished in 13th place, a great start for the team. Next up was Anne Kenchington on the first short-leg of the day, with a brilliant…
Midland 6-stage and 12-stage Road Relays
Saturday 23rd March saw Team BRAT head to Sutton Park for the Midland 6-stage and 12-stage Spring Road Relays. The sun was shining and the conditions were some of the best we’ve ever had for the relays, an improvement on the blizzard that runners battled with at the same event in 2018. BRAT had two complete ladies teams and the men had two complete teams and a third team shy of a couple of runners. The flags went up in our usual spot and eager runners arrived ready to give it everything over the familiar undulating and challenging long and short loops. BRAT Men were off first. Dan Robinson led the team out on the first of four long legs. Dan produced a brilliant run to bring the A team into 8th place. Great runs followed from Martin Matthews who wasn’t far behind in 36th for the B team and…
Midland Counties Indoor Championships
The BRAT sprint hurdlers enjoyed a very successful day at part 1 of the Midland Indoor Championships at HPC Birmingham on February 10th. Prince Ayeh replicated his outdoor sprint hurdle success at the outdoor championships last year by winning the 60mH in a pb time of 8.86s. Three of our young hurdlers who have moved up an age group also had a pleasing day with Eve Godsal finishing 4th in the final of the U15G 60m H in a pb time of 9.96s ,an improvement of 0.3s from her last race and similarly Zac Humphries also finished 4th in the final of the U15B 60mH in 9.92s. John Stolberg had a brilliant race in the U20M 60mH coming 6th in a pb time of 9.10s, an improvement of 0.6s. Unfortunately Simran Watson had a poor start in her heat of the U15G 60m H and whilst she finished 3rd in…
Midland League XC Finale
The final Midland League XC fixture was held south of Gloucester, despite the questionable Midlands location, the course was definitely worth the trip down the M5. The first challenge was navigating the farm animals and mud (which had been significantly lacking this cross-country season) to reach the start. Despite the strong winds, the BRAT flag and tent were up and we headed out to walk the course. What appeared at first as a large lake, was in fact a very flooded field. If you looked closely you could see the course markers poking out of the water where they had been placed the day before. A slight course change to avoid swimming made for a challenging course with an extra couple of hills, and little did we know a bonus km and a half. We took it all in our stride. All warmed up, red ribbons in and ready to…
BRAT Ladies make history at the Midland XC Championships 2019
Standing in a hilly, muddy field on a slightly soggy Saturday could mean only one thing … cross country. This time Team BRAT were up against the best runners and clubs in the Midlands for the regional cross country championships. The familiar venue of Newbold Comyn in Leamington saw the return of the dreaded ditch along with a new route taking in the many hills of the golf course. It was going to be tough! The women’s race, covered a two lap course taking in the ditch and a couple of big climbs each lap. Despite a slightly depleted team due to injury and illness, with a brilliant XC season so far we had set our sights on an ambitious top 5 team finish. The news that one of our potential scorers was stuck in traffic was far from ideal. Start time and still no sign, we left their number…
2nd Midland Counties indoor open meeting
Some very fine performances were recorded by the large number of BRAT athletes who took part in the second Midland counties indoor and outdoor throws open meeting on January 26th/27th. Star performance was by Lily Smith who broke the club record in the U13 Long Jump with a fantastic leap of 4.47m , to place her 3rd in the UK this year. Later she ran 8.83s for 60m to place her in the UK top 40. N ot to be outdone sister May recorded a pb of 3.93m in the long jump and 9.25s in the 60m. Other results which included numerous personal bests were ;- Masters 60m James Colclough 7.79s Senior 60m Hurdles Prince Ayeh 8.89s (pb) U20M 60m H John Stolberg 9.75s (pb) U15B 60mH Zac Humphries 9.82s (pb) U15B 60m Kai Lindsay-Duffy 8.32s(pb) U15B Shot Solomon Humphries 5.71m U20W 60m Naomi Johnson 8.29s (pb), Eva Gunn 8.68s…
Warwickshire / Worcester XC Championships – Brilliant BRAT Results!
The first weekend of 2019 was a very busy and successful one for BRAT athletes. BRAT senior women’s cross country teams won both the Worcestershire and Warwickshire championships as well as Molly Browne being individual champion in Worcestershire. – Worcestershire Team Championship (Gold): Molly Browne (Gold) -1st, Eloise Lee – 4th, Rachel Farquhar – 8th – Warwickshire Team Championship (Gold): Becky Tipping – 4th, Anne Kenchington – 6th – Katrina Rye 8th. In the men’s events:– Worcester Team Masters Championship (Silver): Jonny Cullen, James Marshall, Anthanios Tsolakis, Simon Lanckham, Ashley Fawke and Iain Squires– Worcester Individual Masters Championship (Silver): Jonny Cullen – Warwickshire Team Masters Championships (Bronze): Chris Ashford, Nick Lewis, Rene Vergo and Adam Western were bronze medallists in the Warwickshire championships – Warwickshire Individual Masters Championships (Silver): Chris Ashford Junior age groups Morgan Hill and Rueben Kite were both seventh in their age groups and altogether 42 BRAT’s…
Award Nominations 2018
With over 30 BRAT Trophies to be presented at the Awards Evening, it’s sure to be a memorable night for many members. The following have been nominated in one or more of the various Running, Triathlon or Athletics award categories. Annie Faye, Margaret Ehrenberg, Matt Greaves, James Wright, Sheridan McWilliam, Rosie Davies, Colin Bailey, Nathan Smith, Peter Taylor, Nick Bettam, Nick Haigh, Rob Slater, Lauren Turvey, Robin Biles, Andrew Robbins, Hazel Padmore. Joshua Hale, Martin Matthews, Dan Robinson, Chris Ashford, Alex Clegg, Molly Browne, Hannes Petzer, Josie Williams, Monique James-Thomas, Eve Godsall, John Stolberg, Zac Humphries, Morgan Hill, Masie Scamp, Rachel Young, Poppy Close, Lily Smith, May Smith, Helen Pike, Tom Barber, Jacob Gosnall, Jamie Cooper, Abayomi Adedimeji, Ashley Fawke, Simon Lanckham, Nick Lewis, Steve Dunsby, Peter Kippax, Eloise Lee, Lucy Nell, Innes Villalobos Finigan, John Humphries, Nigel Clegg, Richard Carney, James Winterman, Lucette Gargett, Ruth Briggs, Julie Smith, Adele…