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Athlete of the Month Award

The award for November goes to Tom Slater for his excellent run for 8th place in the U/11Boys race at Aldersley in  the WMYACC League.

Paul Mountford is Decembers Athlete of the Month for both his 13 place in a field of 242 runners, the Birmingham League Div 2 race and fine performances in the Telford and Wheaton Aston 10k Road Races.

Coaches and Team Managers please nominate any athlete who you feel should get the Athlete of the Month Award.  Barbara has the forms.. 

The U/15 Girls packed well to improve the teams position to 7th overall at the 4th meeting of the WMYACCL. Tom Slater in the U/11 Boys and Elliot Jones U/13 Boys had good runs and are both in 5th place in the individual overall scores.

Despite finishing 3rd team on the day, DASH senior men dropped to 4th overall in the 3rd Birmingham league and with it chances of promotion to Div 1. Good packing led by Paul Mountford 19th, Ian Furness, making a welcome return to form in 21st and Lee Slater 22nd. With Dave Ratcliffe continuing to improve in 31st , Dave Nation 45th and Luke Stevens 89th closed the team out, scoring 227pts.

DASH Christmas Handicap saw 26 runners take part with Glyn Jones beating the handicap by 4min to be first home in a time of 24.56. Jack Davies was first of the younger athletes in 7.02. Fastest athletes for the 1.6km were Phoebe Warner 8.10 and Jordan Davies in 6.14. Dave Nation was again fastest man on the 5km with 17.48. Freya Cox was fastest lady with 25.25. Times and positions on results page.

All the Handicap winners.  (Nice Hat !!!!!!)

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3rd race in the WMYA CC league saw the runners travel to Leamington. Several athletes where missing but DASH still maintained its league position.

Good runs again from Elliot Jones 6th U/13 and Tom Slater 9th, who is now 4th overall in the individual U/11 Boys. Molly Whitehouse ran well in the U/17 ladies race for 11th and a special mention to Daisy Slater in the U/13 girls in 77th and an apology, as I missed Daisy out of the last race results. 

The senior men's team finished in 3rd place at Northampton in the 2nd Birmingham League Div 2 race, to remain in 3rd place overall. Paul Mountford led the team home in 13th, with Lee Slater 22nd and Dave Ratcliffe 34th. Simon Link 37th, Ian Furness 45th and Dave Nation 51st, gave the club a score of 202pts. With 242 finishers this was great running by the team. Jordan Smith in his first league run was a respectable 107th as Sam Freeman brought the club home in 213th.

The second WMYA cross country at Aldersley saw U/11 Tom Slater and U/15 Elliot Jones continue their good form with 8th and 6th respectively. The U/15 girls team finished 8th team with solid performances, particularly by Danielle Bradburn in 32nd with Carissa Fullwood improving 17 places for 64th.

The senior men made a great start to the winter cross country season, finishing 3rd team in the first Birmingham Div 2 race at Leamington. Lee Slater had a good run for 11th, with Paul Mountford 18th and Paul Waby 26th. Dave Ratcliffe really improved on last year for 38th, with Simon Link 47th and Dave Nation closing the team in 51st. Ian Furness ran although injured as a back up for a solid 59th, with Luke Stevens and Sam Freeman, 139th and 225th. With 248 finishers a good performance all round.

Such a bunch of fine athletes!!!!!!

DASH young athletes are successful in the final Sportshall meeting as the club win 2 trophies.

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The first WMYA cross country race at Sandwell Valley saw a good turnout from the girls, but the boys teams were a bit thin, but had some good performances with Elliot Jones 8th in the U/13 and Tom Slater 9th in the U/11 Boys. The U/15 girls team did well for 8th place  with Danni Bradburn 1st home in 26th. With 123 finishers in the U/11 girls Molly Ryan and Grace Slater did well for 41st and 42nd places. Well done to all those who ran.

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The final match of the NJAL at Aldersley saw DASH again finish 6th on the day, and 6th overall for the season.

There were wins for Peter Oliver (u/20) 1st in the 100mA 11.3, and Dan Hughes (u/17) 1st in the 100B 11.8. Dan then set a PB in the B 200 with 23.6.

Joe Smith scored his usual high points tally with 1st Discus 30.98m, 1st Shot 11.60m and 2nd in the Hammer, with a PB of 35.26m.

In the ladies sprints Kirstie Overfield and Rachel Timothy did their usual winning double in the 100m races, with Kirstie running 12.4 1st A and Rachel 12.9 1st B. They both ran the 200m Kirstie 2nd A 26.0 with Rachel 1st B in 26.8.

Special thanks to Charlotte Whitecombe for taking over as Team Manager for both Ladies and Men's teams, she did an excellent job all season. Hopefully she will more athletes to call on next year.

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Round 3 of the NJAL saw DASH finish in 6th position scoring 179pts, 10 more than in round 2. Dheshan Pannala(u/17) scored a very good double, with 1st  in both the Long Jump and Triple Jump. He won the LJ with 5.93m and set a new club record in the TJ with 12.56m. The existing club record had stood since 1992.

Other winners on the day were Joe Smith, Shot Putt 11.89m, Kirstie Overfield, 100mA in12.6 and the 200mA with 26.0.

The first National Junior League at Telford with quite a few athletes missing due to injury saw DASH finish 6th of 7 teams. The very windy weather was against any good times but the clubs male throwers did very well, gaining many points for the team.

Some of the Cross Country Award winners at the DASH BASH.

Back row-Brian, Freya Cox, Barbara, Tom Bardsley, Jess Rowley, Danni Bradburn and Andy Mason.

Front Row-Javana Priantoro, Abbi Emery, Georgia Attwood, Katie Cartwright, and     Daisy Slater.