BRAT AWARDS 26/11/2022
Saturday 26th November saw the return of a full blown BRAT Awards evening at Birmingham City Football Ground. It was great to be able to get everyone together again in person to celebrate the amazing performances across all agegroups and disciplines. The evening would not have been able to go ahead without the input from a number of people, but especially Julie Smith for organising it all, Gordon Ainsley for collating performances and Martin Ludford for sorting all the trophies. Awards got underway with the Junior Club Championships and AAA Awards, with the recipients detailed below:- Position Points U-11 Girls 3 Erin Colclough 47 2 Josephine Colclough 48 1 Anna Newman 50 U-11 Boys 3 Joseph Baker 41 2 Kai McMillan 47 1 Elliot Jones 49 U-13 Girls 3 Erin McDaid 62 2 Noor Bailey 68 1 Niamh O’Carroll 73 U-13 Boys 2= Oliver Knight 68 2= Dominic Moynihan 68…
Action Heart Tuff’Un
The BRAT club had its annual trip to Baggeridge Country Park on Sunday 20th November for the Action Heart Tuff’Un.
BRAT Awards – 26th November – Get your tickets now!
Right, here it is, the biggest social event of the year. It’s been a few years since we had an in-person presentation evening where all the club gets to celebrate, but we are back! This event is an opportunity for our athletes to spend time with their teammates and friends as we come together as a club to celebrate our successes over the past year. There will be a host of awards to be given out, along with baking competitions, quizzes, music and more. Who should attend Everyone! We would like as many of you to attend as possible, regardless of whether you are new to the club or you have been with us for years. Regardless of which group and which sessions you do, please come along. It’s rare for us to have an event that encompasses all our groups. Event Details Date: Saturday 26th November Time: 6:30pm Venue:…
Another strong XC performance for the BRAT Junior Team!
Another excellent turn out with 59 BRATs competing on the fast grassland course at Newbold Revel. After our excellent 4th place at the first match at Walsall, we again finished 4th on the day which consolidated our overall position in the league. The standout performance on the day was Nya 5th in U11 Girls, and she has two more years in this age group, a massive improvement by Josh finishing 6th in U13 Boys and Jack 9th U15 Boys and Amira 10th in U13 Girls. But remember this is a team effort and all the athletes contribute to the overall score! If you finish 50th you score 151 points, so it all adds to the performance of the club. it was great seeing so many athletes out enjoying themselves and especially the support of the parents and team managers! The next match in the league is at Warley Woods on…
New Club Record for 10 Miles at Portsmouth
The Club record for 10 Miles was previously set by Brian McEvoy in April 1990 at Wolverhampton. He ran 49:46 and his record has stood for over 32 years, until last week (16th October) in Portsmouth, when Charlie Davis ran 49:18 to smash Brian’s performance by nearly 30 seconds! Charlie finished 9th in the race and was ‘very satisfied’ with the run, not even knowing he had broken the Club record. The 10 Miles is seldom raced in today’s road calendar which now tends to focus more on the half-marathon distance but the longevity of Brian’s record stood as a testament to his sheer hard work and determination. When Brian, who is still a club member, found out about his record finally been broken, he reflected that ‘the record would be broken one day.’ Congratulations to Charlie on a brilliant performance! Check out the club rankings HERE
A great start to the XC season for BRAT juniors!
Taking a step back from standout individual and team performances, it’s worth mentioning how the scoring works for the cross-country league. Each race has 5 scoring athletes apart from the u17 categories that have 3 scoring athletes. Typically, each athlete will obtain between 100-200 points depending on their finishing position. If we don’t field a full team of scorers in each race, we will lose at least 100 points (but typically more- 1st 200pts 50th 151pts) per athlete missing, because our team is not complete. So, what was particularly pleasing yesterday, was that we fielded a FULL TEAM in each and every age category, for perhaps the first time ever. Yes, that means that all of you that turned up yesterday played a part in what was a very good start to the cross-country season. My memories of doing cross-country as a junior were those cold and rainy days when…
Women’s Cross Country
Cross Country season is fast approaching, and the cross country team are looking for athletes to take part, it’s a great opportunity to meet people from across the club too.
BRAT Field Fest
Due to losing the track to redevelopment and subsequently Covid striking, BRAT last held a licenced athletics open event on June 26th 2013, so the Field Fest on 11th September was quite a momentous occasion for the club. 65 athletes (including 41 BRATs) from 17 different clubs took part in the 12 field events which were laid on, resulting in 107 entries overall on the day. Athletes had travelled from as far afield as Aberdare, Windsor and Trafford to take part! The U11’s took part in a triathlon which comprised of Long Jump, Howler and Speedbounce (and medals), while the U13’s – U20’s could do up to three events which consisted of Long Jump, High Jump, Javelin, Discus, Hammer and Shot. Although the day started with a deep set autumnal mist, the weather held and it was a pleasant temperature. The coffee van was early and the ice-cream van got…
HUUB Triathlon Relay Championships
BRAT do organised chaos at the Triathlon Club Relays 2022
Autumn Road Relays Sign-up
The Autumn Road Relay’s are coming up and we are looking for people to sign up, for one of biggest events in the BRAT calendar.
CHAMPIONS!!
Champions! On Saturday 13th August the BRAT track & field senior team went up to Stoke for the final league meeting of the season. Our task was to finish in the top three on the day – if we did so we would be guaranteed promotion back to the top flight for the first time in a decade. However, we wanted more, we wanted to go up as champions especially after all the hard work everyone has put in this season. The biggest problem we faced wasn’t so much the heat but our lack of available athletes – we went without 18 regular competitors due to work, holidays and a fixture clash with the Midland Under 17 championships! By hook and crook, we somehow managed to get enough competitors to fill the majority of the events and throughout a scorching hot afternoon the BRAT athletes fought for…
Summerfield Smash 2022 Provisional Results
The provisional results of the BRAT Summerfield Smash are out.