1st Place for BRAT @ Stourport (Heart of England League) – 3rd July 2021
The Heart of England League is known as the “friendly league” and was formed in 1978 to give Midland based clubs local competition to a broader range of athletes including, under 11s. There are 28 clubs, and normally they compete in 3 matches across 4 divisions with promotion and relegation at the end of the season. However, this year (due to the pandemic), it’s been regionalised to reduce travel, and there is no promotion or relegation. This did not affect the youngsters though who gave it their all and finished first out of 7 clubs!! This was the 1st Heart of England BRAT were able to compete in since July 2019, and was eagerly anticipated. The last year has been a difficult year for many athletics clubs and BRAT is no exception to this. The overwhelming majority of our U11s and U13s had never taken part in a club competition…
Summerfield Smash 2021
A fast 5km race for those that care about their time (no matter what that time may be). A simple event with minimal fuss. Just run hard, get a PB and go home proud.
Triathlon Volunteers
The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022 is fast approaching and we have been invited to provide specialist volunteers for the Triathlon events.
Volunteers wanted
The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022 is fast approaching and we have been invited to provide specialist volunteers which are roles that could be filled by UKA licensed officials.
Sign up on the official Birmingham 2022 website.
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
The Ride Tribe Tour of Cotswolds Sportive
The Ride Tribe are running a Sportive on the 5th September riding around the Cotswolds.For anyone who wishes to enter there is a discount club code: RIDETRIBEDISC. Make sure you are a member of the BRAT club when you sign up.The discount code is valid until 30th June.
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:…