Seniors Midland Road Relay’s
Midland road relay results were excellent for both our men and women.
BRAT Juniors @ The Midland Road Relays
A slight preamble before getting into how the BRAT juniors got on… Personally, I have ran a few variations of the seniors road relays over the past few years, and when I heard about the junior road relays, I was under the impression that the junior route wouldn’t be in any way similar to the senior route, alas! THAT HILL! Yes, THAT HILL! After a lovely 100m of downhill from the start, you are essentially faced with a climb that goes on for the best part of a kilometer. Another thing to mention here, the juniors, all age groups (right down to our 11 year olds) run 3.88km, it really is quite a challenge. My view is that the organizers enjoy pain, and enjoy inflicting pain, and enjoy watching everyone run hard on the endless undulations, with a nice bit of lactic acid already in the legs after the first…
Brewer Games Cheltenham 18th September 2021
With the end of the season fast approaching this was the penultimate weekend for the BRAT Juniors to improve on their PBs and move up in the Club Championships. It was an early start for some with the first events kicking off at 10:00, and a long day for those competing in the Quadrathons. U15 Ruby Smith improved on her discus PB with a throw of 20.32 to move her up to a Standard 4 and U15 Isabelle Carruthers threw a PB in the shot with 7.70. U15 Isla O’Connor improved on her long jump by a whopping 65cm to jump a PB of 4.46m and U15 Jake Gosnall jumped a further 5cm in the High Jump to clear 1.60m. Jake also ran a PB in the 300m in a time of 39.7 and U15 May Smith ran a PB in the 800m in a time of 2.38.8. U15 Jamie…
Leamington Open 11th September
A number of the BRAT Juniors headed to Leamington on 11th September to take part in their Open. The U11’s and U13’s were involved in the Quadrathon, but unfortunately as it was the Leamington Club Championships they could only compete as guests and were not eligible for any medals. Had they been able to, U11 Tiernan Clark would have received Gold with his 180 points which was 29 points clear of 2nd place!! Sebastien Emery came 4th and Will Tinsley 9th. It was U13 Matthew Morris’ 1st ever open where he took part in the 100m, 800m, javelin and long jump and jumped an impressive 4.10m. He too came 1st along with Amira Emery in the U13 girls quadrathon where she ran a PB in the 800m of 2.51.8 Also taking part in the U13 Quadrathon was Samuel Vaughan who pipped Amira to the line in the 800m in a…
West Midlands Schools Trials
30 Junior BRATs took part in the West Midlands Schools Trials in Sutton on 19th June, hoping to qualify for the English Schools on 11th July in Manchester. Between them they competed in 10 different events and collectively there were a staggering 35 PBs and 4 SBs which is a phenomenal achievement. The most popular event seemed to be the 100m where 15 different athletes ran, and this accounted for 11 PBs and 2 SBs! U15 Jamie Keene’s 800m time of 2.08.05 has ranked him 29th in the country, and Lily Smith’s Long Jump of 5.05m has ranked her 17th. Well done to all athletes who took part, and the results can be seen below.
Senior T&F League B’Ham Uni 20/06/21
Back home at last… Never mind ‘football coming home’, athletics finally found its way back home for the BRAT team on Sunday 20th June as we hosted the first senior league match of the season – the first league match of any kind since August 2019 and our first home meeting since 2013! The rain just about kept off for us as teams from Birchfield, Royal Sutton Coldfield, Solihull and Bromsgrove descended upon the university track where a small army of BRAT volunteers had helped to make sure everything was ready on time. On a day of ‘firsts’ BRAT had a number of winners; Jenny Scott (great to see Jenny back with a winning double in the Discus A and Javelin B), Adam Peacock (800 A), Lewis Carr (800 B), Becki Timmings (3000 A), Lucie Tait-Harris (3000 B), Khari Mitchell-Lewis (110 hurdles A), Dan Hindle (High jump A), Eva Gunn…
BRAT Hosted Track & Field League (Senior)
On Sunday 20th June, BRAT are hosting the Midlands Senior League Athletics Match at our track. This will be the first major athletics match that we have hosted in several years, and to make it a success, we are calling upon our members to help out on the day. The match will run from 11am – 5pm, but any time you can spare on the day would be greatly appreciated. If you are able to help out, please get in touch with Nigel Clegg: nigelclegg007@gmail.com
Beginner Track Sessions Return
It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for …. BEGINNER TRACK is BACK!
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…
UoB Track & Field Series – 9th June
A great evening of athletics for the club! Birmingham Running Athletics & Tri club achieved some very special performances at the latest UoB Track & Field Series, held 9th June at the University. 27 members competed, achieving 12 age-category wins, a new all-time ladies club record, 2 all-time age category club records and an amazing 20 individual personal bests or age-category personal bests! There were so many outstanding performances, topped by Rachel Gifford’s all-time club record for women in the 1500m, showing she is a natural 1500m runner. Lucie Tait-Harris ran an age-category club best and is now currently ranked 1st in the UK for W45 over 1500m. James Marshall continues to edge closer to a sub-2-minute 800m. His performance is another M40 club age category club best and he now is currently ranked 2nd in the UK for M40 over 800m. Here are the results for all club members:…
Cheltenham Young Athletes Open 6th June 2021
6th June seems to have been a busy one in the BRAT calendar – the Hilly 100, the Leeds Triathlon and the Cheltenham Young Athletes Open. The Cheltenham event is for athletes aged at least 9 and has events for U10’s, U12’s and U14’s, including 60m, 100m, 600m, 800m, Long Jump, Howler, Shot, Long Jump and High Jump. The young BRATs were out in force, and many achieved podium finishes. Highlights include the U10 Long Jump which had BRAT finishing 1st with Erin Colclough who jumped 3.35, 2nd with sister Josephine with a jump of 3.27 and 3rd with Amber Stevens who jumped 3.05 – well done girls, a complete BRAT podium! Josephine also came 1st in the 600m in a time of 02:09, with Amber coming 3rd in a time of 02:10. U12 Josh Taylor was 1st in the 1200m in a time of 04:23. U14 Evie Rendell was 1st in the…
West Mids Schools Long Throws
Two BRATs took part in the West Mids Schools Long Throws which was held at the Birmingham Uni Track on 29th May. The main event will take place on 19th June in Sutton, but because their cage has been condemned BRAT stepped in to host this event. This was the first licensed T&F event the club has hosted since 2013 and our first on thenew track!! U15 Jamie Callaghan took part in both the hammer and discus, and threw a further 7.28m in the hammer for a PB of 31.86m which currently puts him 9th in the country, and was just 1.5m off of his discus PB with a throw of 26.72m. It was Ruby Smith’s first outing as an U15 throwing the new discus weight of 1kg. She threw a PB of 18m which is 2m further than her U13 PB and gives her a UK ranking. Well done to both…