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:…
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…
Cotswold Hilly 100
100 miles, 1 million hills, and some picturesque scenery.
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…
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…
Swim sessions return!
The return of brat swim sessions It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally able to run club sessions once more!!! All are now live on Clubspark. Open Water Swimming – 18:00 Thursday – Upper Bittell Reservoir We are delighted to be able to offer our popular open water swimming session once more for the summer season. Please read all of the info on our Open Water Swimming page. Friday Night Bromsgrove – 19:30 Bromsgrove Sports and Leisure Centre The ever popular Friday Night Bromsgrove swim session is back! Peter, Andrew, Nigel, Louise, Ann and all the crew have been working hard to secure this session and are looking forward to welcoming everyone back. This session has four adult lanes and two junior lanes. Sunday Evening Central – 17:00 University of Birmingham Rob Slater has been working tirelessly to get our central swimming sessions back up and running. Although…
AGM 2021 – 23rd May – 18:30 on Microsoft Teams
Hi all, The 2021 AGM is upon us! It will be held on Sunday 23rd May at 18:30 on Microsoft Teams. Please email Secretary@bratclub.co.uk to secure an invite. Please remember that you have to be a registered club member to vote at the AGM so please renew via Clubspark now if you have not done so already. Posts on the Executive Committee up for election are: Chairman (to be elected from a current member of the exec – Chris Davy has agreed to stand again) Welfare Officer – Rachel Hill is offering to stand again. Running Representative – Martin Ludford is offering to stand again. Coaching Representative – Kevin Oakes is offering to stand again. Club Development (currently vacant) Social Representative (currently vacant) It is extremely helpful for us to know in advance if you are intending to stand for election. Please indicate your intention in your email to the…