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Next Management Meeting: 6th September 2010 at Wordsley Community Centre,
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Copy of Minutes available in Club Room. |
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Athlete of
the Month Award
Awarded for the
outstanding Athletic Performance of the Month.
June Athlete of the month was Dan Power for his Grade 1 Discus throw of
43.15m at the YAL taking 1st place .
Under 15 athlete Emily Horne is given the award for July for achieving a
Grade 1 in the Long Jump with a distance of 4.96m.
Coaches and Team Managers please nominate any athlete who you feel
should get the Athlete of the Month Award. Barbara has the forms..
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Nancy Hitchmough runs a new British Record for the 800m in the W60 age
group in Hungary and follows it with a new 1500m record at the Dell in
the final Midland League meeting as the team are relegated back to Div
4. Nancy also won 1 Gold and 3 Silver medals in the championships. |
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Kirstie Overfield sets a new club Junior 200m record of 25.7 at the Dell
in the 3rd Junior league. Peter Oliver continues his good season with an
11.5 100m |
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The track season is well under way but no reports from team managers
yet!!!!! |
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DASH over 50 team finish 32nd in the National Road Relay Championships
at Sutton Park. |
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Paul Waby finishes 3rd in the Ironbridge Half Marathon runing a PB of
75.15. |
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The final WMYACC League saw a good turnout by the girls with Danielle
Bradburn having her best run for 20th place in the U/13 girls race.
Elliot Jones also saved the best till the last race to finish an
excellent 7th and take 9th in the overall race series. |
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DASH senior men finish an excellent 11th overall in Div 2 of the
Birmingham League after the final race at Malvern.
Ian Furness was again first home in 6th
with an ill Lee Slater in 12th. Dave Nation had his best run for 41st as
Paul Waby lost 20 places due to a pit stop on the last lap to finish
73rd. Mark Staves and Sam Freeman completed the team in 103rd and 176th
places. Jim Brown was allowed to drop out on lap 3 and save his energy
for Tuesday night as we were certain of finishing a team. |
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The 4th race of the WMYA CC League at
Nuneaton went ahead on a rearranged course and DASH athletes put in some
solid performances.
Elliot Jones was chased home by Reece
Ashfield in the U/11 Boys race finishing 12th and 13th, 5 seconds apart.
Danielle Bradburn had a solid run for 25th place and continues to move
up the field in the U/13 age group as the team finished 10th. |
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The 3rd Birmingham League saw a depleted men's team due to illness and
other commitments but despite this, the team managed to limit the damage
with Ian Furness and Paul Waby gaving the team the usual good start with
10th and 17 places. Dave Nation maintained his excellent winter form
with 56th and Guy Robertson had a massive 25 place improvement for
126th. With Mark Staves and his son Adam running whilst recovering from
heavy colds closing the team in 151st and 203. Such was the team
precarious position, team manager Jim Brown ran as back up and nearly
got the better of Adam but lost out over the final half mile to finish
205th. |
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Again the bad weather affected to turnout for the
Worcester Cross Country at Droitwich but well done to those athletes
that braved the conditions. |
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Christmas Handicap
Despite the bad weather all the runners managed to complete the course
safely and return for warming drinks in the Village Hall. First runner
home in the 5km was Glyn Jones with Lee Slater and Amanda Dipple taking
the male and female fastest times.
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The New Young Athletes Sports Academy is proving a great success with coaches Gill
Dyer, Rachael Minogue, and Richard Westwood holding sessions on Tuesday
nights at the Dell. |
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Good runs from Elliot Jones 10th U/11 boys, Molly Whitehouse 27th U/15
Girls in the 3rd WMYA CC League at Sandwell Valley. On a very wet and
muddy course well done to all who ran. |
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Ian Furness leads DASH with a solid run for 7th in the 2nd Div 2
Birmingham League race at Gloucester. Lee Slater in his first CC race of
the season was 11th with Paul Waby 23rd. Dave Nation 57th, Ivan Dawes
91st and Mark Staves 123rd saw the team finish 8th on the day and 9th
overall. |
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Track and
Field Award Winners for the 2009 season follow link... |
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Under 11 Boys win the team trophy in the
Heart of England Track League for 2009.
Dan Cartwright, Elliot Jones and Reece
Ashfield with the trophy. |
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DASH senior men started their cross country campaign at the mass field
at Sennelys Park. Ian Furness and Paul Waby gave the club a good start
in 20th and 23rd place saw the team finish 9th from 18 teams on 432pts,
well in front of all the local rivals. |
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A good start to the cross country season in the WMYACC League at Pype
Hayes Park saw DASH finish 17 overall with the U/13 Girls and U/15 Boys
both taking 11 place from 19 teams. Elliot Jones was the clubs highest
finisher with 12th in the U/11 boys. |
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The Senior track team finish in 2nd place in Division 4 and should be
promoted to Div 3 for next season. Well Done to all the athletes. |
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DASH finish joint 3rd in the Final Heart of England meeting.
In the
3rd and final meeting of the H of E
league, DASH finished a fantastic joint 3rd at Leamington on 5th
September. Once again the team produced some excellent performances,
with some athletes gaining personal best through out the day. Two
outstanding performances came in the U/13 Girls Discus as Ellie
Cumberbatch produced a Grade 1 performance to win with 24.92m and
English Schools sprint champion Jamie Wilkes produced a hat trick of
wins taking the 100, 200 and Long Jump in the Boys under 15 age group.
Under 17's Dan Power and Joe Smith finished 1st in both A and B string
Shot and Discus-a feat they have achieved all season in the Young
Athletes and H of E leagues. Other winners for the club, in the Ladies
U/17 Kirstie Overfield did the sprint double and Rachel Perry easily won
both the Shot and Discus. Other club winners in the Mens U/17, Peter
Oliver also took the 100 and 200 and Jordan Smith the 1500m as DASH won
50% of the age group events. |
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In the final National Junior Athletics League at Tipton, and in very wet
conditions, DASH athletes put in some very good performances.
Joe Smith won the Javelin with a throw of
39.57m a Grade 4 and was 3rd in the Shot Put with 10.78m again a Grade
4. Both PB's and as an Under 17 he was throwing the Junior weight
implements. Rachel Perry was 2nd in the Ladies Discus with 29.64m a
Grades 4, and Kirstie Overfield had an excellent run in the 400m t6aking
2nd in 61.8 another Grade 4.
To round of the
meeting, the Ladies won the 4 x 100 convincingly and finished 2nd in the
4 x 400. |
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DASH finished 3rd at Sutton in the 5th and final meeting of the National
Young Athletes League with 185 points, only 17 behind 2nd place.
There were many excellent performances
with PB's on the day across all events.
The most notable
achievements were Emily Horne setting a new club record in the Under 13
girls 75m with 10.4sec, and Jamie Wilkes running 11.1 for the 100m a
week after winning the English Schools. This was not only a Grade 1 for
his Under 15 age group but also for the Under 17 age group.
DASH finished
11th in the final standings, an improvement on last seasons 13th place.
However this is below what the club is capable of achieving if a full
strength team was available at every meeting, rather than just the DELL
and Leamington. Lets do better next season!!!
Thanks Dave and
Fran |
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