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News Index Last Update 08/11/2007 |
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Next Management Meeting:-19th November 2008 at 7.00p.m. |
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Copy of Minutes available in Club Room. |
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Athlete of
the Month Award- Sponsored by Sweatshop Brierley Hill
Awarded for the
outstanding Athletic Performance of the Month.
Athlete of the Month for September is Jamie Wilkes..
At the H of E league Jamie set a new PB and club record in the 100m with
11.7. He also won the 200 in 24.1 and Long Jump with 4.94m. Both the 100
and 200, being Grade 1 performances...
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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Christmas Handicap Run is on the 28th
December 2008.
A Fun Event for ALL
club members.
On a traffic free Out and Back course along the
Railway Walk from Lower Penn to Wombourne.
1.6km for younger members and 5km for the older
athletes..
See club notice board details and sign
up....... |
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Track Awards & Disco Evening at Wordsley Centre on 1st November.
For a list of winners follow link.....
Some of the Award Winners at the Disco..............
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Senior Men finish 6th team after the opening Birmingham League Division
2 race at Senneleys Park..
Ian Furness recently selected to run for
the England Masters team at Swansea led DASH home in an excellent 5th
place. Good support from Paul Waby 13th and Lee Slater 20th gave the
team a great start to the season. other places on results page.
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Good turnout at the opening WMYACC League at Pype Hayes on 12 Oct, with
Jordan Smith running his first cross country race finishing 4th in the
Under 15 race.
Results to follow.....
The Under 13 Girls and Boys teams with mascot |
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Charlotte Knott and Callum Elcock both set PB's in the first Winter
Walks League at Nuneaton. See results page . |
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Senior Men's Team finish 52nd from 80 teams in the Midland 6 stage Road
Relay at Sutton Park.
Ian Furness led off with 19min 26sec, Lee
Slater 20.41, Dave Nation 21.57, Mark Staves 23.18, Eric Smith 22.43 and
Ivan Dawes 23.32. |
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Thanks to all those who made the Final Heart of England meeting at the
DELL such a success.. It was great to have a home meeting at last, with
the team finishing an excellent second on the day.
James Wilkes and Adam Foxall, completed a
treble of wins, both taking the 100,200 and long jump. In the 100 James
set a new U/15 club record of 11.7 and Adam a PB of 11.4. Double wins
from Emily Horne, Emma Goulding, Joe Smith and Asley Raybold set the
team on the way.
Well Done to team managers Fran and Dave. |
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 Stourbridge
Chronicle visit the DELL to put DASH in the picture... |
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Track & Field Point
Scores Follow Link......... |
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DASH relegated from Div 3 in the Midland Track and Field League... |
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Nancy Hitchmough wins the W55 800 and 1500 in 2.37.3 and 5.17.3, at the
National Masters Champs, with Eric Horwill taking the M75 5k walk and
2nd in the M75 3k walk. |
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UKA Young Athletes League at Leicester on 22nd June
Jordan Smith
U/15 running his first 1500m race won with 4m37s(G3) and also winning
the 200 in 25.9(G4). Nigel Wood U/17 knocked 0.9sec off his 200pb with
25.5 and Bradley Sibley U/13 ran an excellent 1500 coming 2nd in 5.15
(G4). The Under 15 Boys ran well in both relays with a close 2nd in the
4x100 and winning the 4x400.
Adele Reynolds
U/17came 2nd with pb's of 12.8 (G3) and 54.9 in the 80m and 300m
Hurdles. Another athlete setting pb's was Emily Horne U/13 winning her
long jump with 4.35m a Grade 1, and a great performance, she also
finishing 2nd in the 150m in 22.1sec (G4). Jenny Smith U/13 continued
her good season by coming 2nd in the 70m Hurdles iwith 13.3 sec, only 1
tenth of a grade 2 standard. The Under 17 women kept up the clubs good
form in the relays with 2nd in the 4x100 and winning the 4x300m.
Big thank you to
all who competed and those who helped with the field events during the
day. |
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Ian Furness runs fastest time in the National Masters over 50 Road Relay
at Sutton Park, as DASH lead for the first 2 legs...Results Page |
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1st UK Young Athletes League at Corby 4th May
No results yet but some good performances
as Jamie Wilkes in his first track race won the U/15 100 in 12.0 (G2),
Adam Foxall won the U/17 100 and 200 with 11.5 and 23.2 a PB and both
G2's. Jordan Smith won both his U/15 events the 400 in 56.2 and 800 with
2.11.2 (G2). For the ladies Kirstie Overfield did the 100/200
double with 12.9 and 26.3(G2) and Sophie Horne came 2nd in the U/17 300m
with 44.0(G3), a great performance considering she broke her leg last
October. |
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In the first combined Midland League the club finished in 4th place due
to some excellent performances in the field.
Richard Woodall scored valuable points
with 2 firsts and a second with good support from Dave Sharp. For the
ladies Alison Tolley won 2 events with Ann Marie Walton taking first in
3 events. Vicky Baggott with 6 events scored valuable points.....See
results page... |
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The Walks section have had some good results on the road....
Victoria Park London was the venue for
the RWA Young Athletes Championships where Charlotte Knott finished 2nd
in the U/11 1k with a PB of 6m46s. Earlier in the season at the Jeff
Ford Open at Sheffield on 19th April
Callum Elcock set a PB in the U/15 3K for 5th in 19m 37s.while Eric
Horwill recorded a Club Best M75 with 70m 50s for the 10k. |
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Paul Waby finishes 197th in 2hrs 41min for London (28th O/40). |
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Cross Country Awards for 2007/8
and Presentation Pictures follow link........ |
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Midland 6 Stage Masters Road Relay at Sutton Park on 5th April.
Ian Furness gave the club a flying start
with 2nd place on the opening 5.3 mile long leg in 27min 53 sec. Mark
Staves back from injury ran 19.17 for the shorter 3.2 mile short leg,
handing over to Eric Smith who ran the fastest short leg time for the
club with 18.20. Dave Eades ran the next long leg in 37.47, with Fred
Homer and Ivan Dawes bringing the team home on the final 2 short legs
with 20.02 and 18.28. Final team positions are not known yet. We only
had 3 runners in the senior race with Jim Brown running 39.23 for the
long leg, Lee Slater 17.39 and Dave Nation 17.39 completing the depleted
team. |
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DASH younger cross country runners finished a very creditable 13th
overall from the 20 teams competing in the WMYA CC League.
Good runs from Danielle Bradburn 16th in
the U/11 Girls and Ben Lamming in the U/15 Boys taking 20th place.
Special mention of Aimee Seddon in the U/17 Girls to finish 12th in her
first race for the club. Well done to all who raced over the season |
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Paul Waby takes 4th place in the Action Heart 5mile Road Race and first
O40 vet with a time of 27min 45sec. Amanda Dipple was 2nd Lady in 37th
place in 31.43.
Dave Nation finished in 23rd with 30.42, Eric Smith 44th in 32.14 and
Jim Brown 139th with 37.01. All running faster than last year. Well
Done. |
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Ian Furness with a 5th place in the final Birmingham League race was
equal 3rd overall in the individual awards. With team finishing 10th on
the day to remain in Division 2. |
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DASH senior men continue to pull clear of relegation in Div 2 of the
Birmingham League.
Ian Furness had another fantastic run
this time finishing in 3rd place!!! and with Paul Waby also improving to
16th, the team got of to a flying start.
Lee Slater made a welcome return in 47th,
with Dave Nation showing solid form for 73rd. Fred Homer and Dave Eades
completed the team in 146th and 158th with Jim Brown as back up in
185th. This puts DASH 700 pts clear of the team below. |
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DASH Athletes win Gold at the Worcester CC Champs on 5th Jan.
In the joint U/20 and Senior Ladies race,
Tessa Parkinson won the overall race and 1st U/20 with Amanda Dipple
finishing second in the race and taking the Senior Ladies Gold medal.
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