Telford Games, Saturday 11th September
With just 3 weekends left until the end of the season, 14 BRATs travelled to Telford for their Medal Open on 11th September. The weather held out, and the BRATs came away with an impressive 12 medals from the field events and 5 from the track. Newcomer U17 Kori Rose ran a PB in the 100m of 12.12 to take Bronze, and U13 Anthony Golding also won bronze in his age group for that event and a bronze and PB in the 200m. U15 Isabelle Carruthers and U13 T’yana Josephs both made it through the heats to the 100m finals. U13 Josh Taylor ran a PB in the 800m of 2.52.8 to secure bronze, and the final bronze from the track was for U13 T’yana Josephs in the 200m with a PB time of 30.57. U11 sisters Erin and Josephine Colclough both made it through the heats to the final…
Karl Welborn 2nd in Wrexham Village Bakery Half
Karl Welborn finishing second overall at the Wrexham Village Bakery Half in a time of 1:07:54.
Olly Knight stars in the U11 Warwickshire Champs
Warwickshire Under 11 ChampionshipsLeamington25 Aug 21 The U11s have done lots of quadrathlon practice over the summer, so it was great to see our young BRAT juniors taking those valuable skills with them to competition. The quadrathlon at Leamington was the Warwickshire U11 county championships, a great competition for our young crew. Oliver Knight took the county title with an impressive score of 237 points, 15 points ahead of second place. An impressive throw of 35m in the howler secured the win, after impressive performances of 12.0s, 3.32m and 1:59.9 respectively in the 75m, long jump and 600m. Well done Olly! Will Tinsley and Mustopha Bailey also both performed strongly, recording various PBs across multiple events. As for the girls, lots of our athletes were also in the first year of the U11 age group and therefore can have another go next year. From the year 4 girls, Amber Stevens…
Summerfield Smash 2021 Final Results
After a review of the provisional results we are pleased to announce the final results for the 2021 Summerfield Smash.
Adam Peacock smashes his PB for 800m again.
Adam Peacock ended his 2021 track season, smashing his personal best (PB) over 800m at Stretford, Manchester (24th August 2021). The pace at the start was quick, with the pacemaker going through the first 400m in 53 seconds. Adam, sitting at the back of the field and was able to come through the field to finish 4th in a magnificent 1:51.46. His time ranks as the 2nd fastest ever by a club member behind the great Andy Myatt in the 1980s. His performance is also the fastest by the club (and former clubs), in 32 years! Adam, who was the winner of the recent BRAT 5km, has also been one of the best performers for the club this year, recording 15 personal bests (including 4 PBs over 800m) and a positive inspiration to athletes at the club, proving hard work, perseverance and belief works.
James Marshall – British Masters Champion
James Marshall was crowned National Champion at the British Masters Championships held Derby. His victory came in the M40 category over 800 metres on Sunday 22nd August 2021. In a slow, tactical race through 400m, James sat in the pack before kicking for home with 550m to go, to win in a time of 2:00.65. His win completes a momentous season for James, breaking his long-standing PB for 800m and being part of the Midland Masters team that broke the M40 British record for 4x800m relay. He also finishes the 2021 track season being ranked 4th fastest 800m in the UK and has set the all-time club best performance for 800m in the M40 age category.
Midland Championship / British Masters & Kettering Open 21st & 22nd Aug 21
This was a busy weekend in the athletics calendar, with BRATs competing in the Midlands Championships, British Masters and Kettering Open. Gordon has confirmed that these were the best Midlands Champs since we became BRAT; a sure sign that the Junior Academy is starting to yield results in the older age groups. There were 3 golds, 4 silvers, 3 bronze and 3 x 4thplaces, with around 20 getting into finals. U15 Bonheur Tshibola also broke the club record in the 75m Hurdles. Highlights (other than Bonheur’s club record) include Jamie Callaghan throwing 37.56 in the hammer to move him to 13th in the UK, Isla O’Connor’s triple jump of 9.74m to maintain her position of 12th in the UK and Jacob Gosnall’s 300m time of 39.92 to give him a Standard 3 AAA. The U13 Boys Quad had 3 BRAT entrants who finished 2nd (Robert Lee), 4th (Anthony Golding) and 7th…
Club Records & Rankings in Athletics
Our athletics club records and rankings are now available. We have endeavoured to provide the most accurate list of athletics ‘known’ performances and include the following lists: Club rankings of all athletics performances by club members All-time club athletics records All-time club age-best performances for each athletics event All-time top-10 performances for each age group and each athletics event. You will find links to all of these record and rankings available HERE and they will be updated on a regular basis. Please contact us at: rankings@bratclub.co.uk
Summerfield Smash 2021 Results
The results of the BRAT Summerfield Smash are out, check them out here:
England U15 / U17 Championships
U15 Lily Smith travelled to Sportcity in Manchester on Sunday 8th August for the England U15 / U17 Championships to take part in the Long Jump. To qualify for the competition an athlete has to have achieved a certain standard, and Lily was the only BRAT to have made the grade. Lily went on to finish 6th with a jump of 5.10m, and there was only 40cm separating the top 6 jumpers! Lily was thrilled with the result and it was a fantastic experience. Huge congratulations.
Warwickshire & Worcestershire County Championships
What a weekend! Whilst Team GB are bringing home the medals from Tokyo, the BRAT athletes have been doing likewise at the Warwickshire and Worcestershire County Championships. Our junior athletes have turned out in force, with the help of a handful of seniors, and all have put in a series of excellent performances over the weekend of Saturday 31st July / Sunday 1st August. With all of the major clubs across the two counties being represented across all disciplines and age groups from under 13s up to seniors (and a handful of vets) these were good quality events to take part in. In total the BRAT medal haul of 11 Golds, 7 silver and 6 bronze shows that we are one of the premier clubs in the Midlands, if not in the country and our under 13s and 15s accounted for an incredible 8 of these golds! BRAT medal winners…
Cheltenham Midsummer Open 28th July
6 BRATs travelled to Cheltenham for their final Midsummer Open Event on 28th July. The forecast had promised a pleasant evening, but the events were delayed by 15 minutes due to a torrential downpour. U15’s Jamie Callaghan and Jacob Gosnall were in the 300m with Jacob running a storming race to knock 0.6 seconds off of his PB for a time of 40.5. V40 James Marshall was running the 400m for the first time since 2018 where he ran a SB of 54.2, and SEN Adam Peacock ran a PB of 51.9 Adam was also participating in the 800m alongside SEN Chris Pickering who ran a PB of 2.00.2 and SEN Paul Joliffe. Photos courtesy of Toby Gosnall