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Welcome to the HA&CC ATHLETIC SECTION website
Halesowen A&CC is a well established club based on
the edge of the Clent Hills Country Park,
a National Trust area of outstanding beauty.
The club stands in its own grounds
in the shadows of Halesowen's historic Manor Abbey, hence the name
'Manor Abbey Sports Ground'.
We cater for athletes of all standards, from beginners to
elite,and offer a wide range of facilities, from track & field to road to cross
country
Forthcoming HA&CC Athletic Section Events
ATHLETICS 2012 SATURDAY CLUB
With the London 2012 Olympics now speedily approaching, Halesowen A&CC are proud to announce the launch of their “Athletics 2012” Saturday Club.
Click here for more information
Click here for Saturday Club Application form
Worcs Midweek 10k road race series
Information regarding this ever popular race series is now available.
Fixture dates are as follows
Wed 16 May - Hagley
Wed 13 June - Redditch
Wed 11 July - Droitwich
Wed 8 August - Halesowen
Click here for entry form for series including full details of the Hagley race
2012 Membership form
2012 Membership fees are now due (as of 1 January 2012)
Please print off the form and return to the new membership secretary as soon as possible.
Click here for 2012 membership form
Membership cards are now available
Membership cards are now being distributed on a Wednesday evening by Alex Morgan in the clubhouse, 8:30pm onwards.
Latest News
Posted Fri 18 May 2012
Hagley Midweek series race results
Results from the Midweek race at Hagley can be found here.
Click here for results
Feedback of the Hagley race can be made here.Or just read what others thought of it
Click here for feedback
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
Website updates
I have today posted a number of updates (all dated Sun 6 May 2012) so please continue to scroll down to see all updates).
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
Midland Track and Field League results 5-5-2012
Saturday saw the 1st meeting of the Senior mens and womens track and field fixture hosted by Shrewsbury, held at Telford.
Thanks to all athletes,officals and supporters who attended the meeting.
Results are still awaited and will be posted when avaialble.
Anyone who wishes to compete in this league,please contact Dave turvey (mens) or Andy Lloyd (Womens)
click here for contact details
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
Worcs Midweek 10k road race series
Information regarding this ever popular race series is now available.
Fixture dates are as follows
Wed 16 May - Hagley
Wed 13 June - Redditch
Wed 11 July - Droitwich
Wed 8 August - Halesowen
Click here for entry form for series including full details of the Hagley race
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
DK10k results
The annual Dudley Kingswinford 10k road race took place on Wed 2 May.
As usual, a number of Halesowen athletes took part with Mark Hadley coming first home for Halesowen in 35:26 in 13th place overall and 3rd VET 45
Congratulations Mark.
1st Halesowen lady home was Samantha Love in 51:05
Click here for FULL results
Results from all previous years races are also available.
Click here for results from 1986 to 2012
If you look at the inaugural race from 1986 you can see Andy Nock and Steve Millington both finishing in the top 20 with Sub 34 min times.
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
National Junior league results 29-04-12
As a club we compete in a number of track and field leagues across all age groups. For details on Fixtures, click here
Last weekend, saw the first track and field meeting of the season for our club which happened to be in the NJAL at Aldersley stadium home of Wolvs and Bilston.
The weather on the day was abysmal. Other meetings in the league were called off due to the bad weather, but this one went ahead.
Firstly a big thank you to all the officials and athletes who respresented Halesowen that day, I hope you dont have to suffer weather conditions like that again.
Halesowen's efforts meant they were able to secure 3rd spot in the overall results.
Click here for results
If you are interested in competing in this league please contact Andy Gifford who can be found at the club on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
Athletic section social evening
Just over a week ago, the section held a social evening to show off the new design of club kit as well as an opportunity for the membership to socialise, with music and food laid on.
If anyone is interested in the fantastic new club kit, contact either Helen Webb or Andy Lloyd for avaialbility and price.
for contact details, click here
Posted Sun 6 May 2012
London MINI marathon results
A fortnight ago, on the same day as the London marathon was held, the 3 mile London MINI marathon was held
with a few Halesowen athletes representing the West Midlands.
Click here for results
Congratulations go to the following athletes for both qualifying for the West Midlands team and competing.
Max Parker 16:15
Brandon Sibley 16:46
Hannah Sharkey 20:32
Posted Mon 23 Apr 2012
London marathon results
This weekend saw Halesowen endurance athletes travel south to the capital to take part in the London Marathon
6 athletes took part from both sexes
1st male home for Halesowen was Chris Cleary in 3:09:13
1st female home for Halesowen was Samantha Morton in 3:34:43
Our other athletes finished as follows
Kevin Monk 3:13:21
Julie Dale 3:40:14
Anna Cosimetti 4:20:55
Andrew Jones 4:25:25
Congratulations to all of them in completing this most demanding of events.
Posted Tues 17 Apr 2012
Athletic Section Social Night And Disco Friday 27th April
Click here for more information
Posted Mon 16 Apr 2012
WEEKENDS ROUNDUP
Apologies to those who competed at Tipton,Stourport or elsewhere where no results have yet been published.
This weekend saw Halesowen men compete in the National 12 stage road relays at Sutton Park having qualified from the Midland road relays a few weeks back.
The team finished 50th in a combined time of 4hrs 53mins 42secs
The event consisted of alternate long and short legs with individual times below
1 Marc Turner 30:57
2 Nicolas Hazelwood 15:43
3 Roger Mallard 33:15
4 Mark Hadley 16:54
5 Daniel Cleary 30:29
6 Max Park-Davies 18:44
7 David Turvey 31:00
8 Christopher Royal 17:30
9 Matthew Allen 32:06
10 Andrew Nock 18:08
11 Andrew Butler 31:18
12 Philip Scarr 17:38
Click here for Full results
Posted Sun 1 Apr 2012
ATHLETICS 2012 SATURDAY CLUB
With the London 2012 Olympics now only 4 months away Halesowen A & CC are proud to announce the launch of their “Athletics 2012” Saturday Club.
Starting on Saturday 14th April the weekly club aims to give children aged between 9 and 14 the chance to emulate the stars of the sport such as Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and not forgetting the great man himself, Usain Bolt.
Click here for more information
Click here for Saturday Club Application form
Posted Sun 1 Apr 2012
BUPA LONDON 10000
The club has on offer 12 places in the the BUPA London 10K to be held on Sunday 27th May 2012.
There are 6 places for the men and 6 places for the women,
These places are available FREE OF CHARGE to members of Halesowen A & CC
Athletes must be 17 or over on 31st August 2012.
Anyone interested in taking part in this event should e-mail the following details to stevenmillington@talktalk.net
Name,Address,Date of Birth,Predicted Time and UKA Membership Number.
In the event of us receiving more entrants than places, a ballot will be held to decide who gets the places.
Closing Date for entries is 9pm Monday 30th April.
Click here for Official web site
Posted Sun 1 Apr 2012
Weekends roundup
This weekend saw the annual midland mens 12 stage and womens 6 stage road relays competition at Sutton Park.
The mens 12 stage is contested over a mix of long (5.383 miles) and short legs (2.994 miles)
The womens 6 stage is contested over only the short leg distance (2.994 miles)
Halesowen were one of only a handful of clubs to field two complete mens teams.
The Mens 'A' team finished in 21st place in a combined time of 4hrs 29mins19secs.
Nick Hazelwood 29:45 (long)
Domonik Morton 16:43
Tony Bill 18:13
Daniel Cleary 30:21 (long)
Chris Cleary 18:01
Chris Royal 17:34
David Turvey 31:39 (long)
Marc Turner 16:20
Andrew Merrell 18:34
Andrew Butler 31:04 (long)
Andrew Nock 18:00
Bill Nock 23:05
For full details on Halesowen 'B' team and other clubs results click here
The Womens team finished in 27th place in a combined time of 2hrs 15mins17secs.
The team comprised of Julie Dale, Ellen Ambrose, Sally Spencer, Diane Hillier, Michelle Dale, Nina Mills
For full details on womens individual times and other clubs results click here
Posted Thurs 29 Mar 2012
Timetable and entry form for Vets track and field league
See fixtures page to view/ download timetable and entry form
Posted Thurs 29 Mar 2012
Weekends roundup
Tom Kenderdine competed at the British Masters Cross Country Championships at Bath on Sunday.
In unseasonably warm weather and a bone dry course, Tom represented the club in the 8km race in the V35 age group.
In the 3 lap race, Tom was in the top 10 after the 1st lap, slipping down to 20th by the end securing 4th V35 in a field of 155 runners.
On the same day, 3 other Halesowen athletes took part in the March Hair raiser multi terrain 10k in Wolverhampton.
First back for Halesowen was Paul Allen in 47:17 as 2nd male V60 followed by Les Woods in 54:21 as 1st male V70 and Marion Bailey in 55:03.
Posted Sat 24 Mar 2012
New local Parkrun venue
A New 5km parkrun event has been set up at Walsall arboretum
Click here for more details
Posted Mon 19 Mar 2012
I M P O R T A N T N O T I C E
The track is being repaired, cleaned and lines repainted this week starting today so no-one should use the track until further notice, hopefully before the end of the week
Any issues, please refer to Andy Lloyd chairman (see contacts page for contact details)
Posted Mon 12 Mar 2012
Weekends roundup
This weekend saw Halesowen athletes competing at both cross country and on the road.
Saturday saw the inter counties cross country championships take place at Cofton Park Birmingham.
Halesowen athletes were representing their county Worcestershire in all age groups against teams the length and breadth of the country.
Good performances by all, but the special mentions should go to the U17 Men with Max Parker in 59th position, Joe Donkin 106th, Brandon Sibley 200th, and Luke Hodgkiss 253rd.
Results available via power of 10 website
Click on External results on the power of 10 page.
On Sunday a handful of athletes made their way to Fradley to compete in a 10k road race.
Nick Hazelwood leading the Halesowen contingent home in 6th in 34mins 27secs, Chris Cleary 133rd in 42mins 43secs, Tracy Alderson 136rd in 42mins 48secs and Steve Horton 241st in 46mins 58secs.
Posted Fri 9 Mar 2012
Cross-Country Inter-Counties Championships
This Saturday sees probably the highest quality cross country race of the season and its on your doorsteps.
The inter counties brings together the best athletes of the county championships held earlier this year from around the country.
Halesowen athletes will be partaking for Worcestershire and good luck to them all.
A number of Halesowen members will also be assisting in setting up the course and marshalling.
I believe its televised on one of the Sky Sports channels.
Timetable:
11:05am U20 Men 8000M
11:33am U13 Boys 3000M
11:51am Senior Women 8000M
12:23pm U15 Boys 4500M
12:42pm U17 Women 5000M
13.08pm U20 Women 6000M
13:33pm U13 Girls 3000M
13:53pm U17 Men 6000M
14:15pm U15 Girls 4000M
14:36pm Senior Men 12000M
Posted Thurs 8 Mar 2012
Membership cards are now available
Membership cards are now being distributed on a Wednesday evening by Alex Morgan in the clubhouse, 8:30pm onwards.
Posted Thurs 8 Mar 2012
Full set of track and field league fixtures for 2012 now available
Fixtures for all leagues we compete in are available on the fixtures page. get your spikes ready.
Click here for Fixtures Page
Posted Mon 5 Mar 2012
WMYACCL Perry Park results and overall standings
The results from Perry Park and the final tables are now available at the WMYACCL website
Click here for WMYACCL website
Posted Mon 5 Mar 2012
Weekends roundup
Sunday saw the Droitwich Half marathon which incorporates the Worcestershire half marathon championships
On a surprise cold and snowy day, Halesowen acquitted themselves well.
Halesowen men won the 3rd team prize, the team consisting of Matt Allen 1hr 21mins, Kevin Monk 1hr 22mins and Rob Weaver 1hr 28mins.
John Hill coming in 4th for Halesowen came 1st in the M60 category in 1hr 32mins
Kevin Monk also picked up silver in the M45 championship category.
Chris Cleary used the event as part of a 17 mile training run in preparation for the London marathon, finishing in 1hr 30mins
Meanwhile the women were led home by Sam Morton finishing as the 1st W40 in 1hr 34mins
Julie Dale 1hr 37mins, Anna cosimetti 1hr 54mins and Helena Bustin in 2hr 0mins completed the Halesowen entries.
Click here for Results
Click here for Photos coutesy of Lee Brown
Posted Sun 4 Mar 2012
Midland Senior track and field league dates-venues available
The fixtures page now contains the dates and venues for this league
Click here for Fixtures Page
Posted Sat 3 Mar 2012
Open meeting information
The fixtures page now contains a list of the open meeting taking place across the summer in the local area.
Fixtures Page
Posted Mon 27 Feb 2012
Weekends roundup
The weekend saw more activity from the athletes of Halesowen.
A number of athletes made the long jaunt down to Parliament hill in London to compete in the English Cross country championships (better known as 'The National').
This event attracts literally thousands of athletes from the whole of England.
The men were able to field enough athletes to complete a team, finishing in 55th place. The scoring 6 comprising Tom Kenderdine, Kevin Monk, Chris Royal, Bill Nock, Matt Allen and Andy Nock, with Phil Scarr, Andrew Carruthers, Nick Price, Andrew Merrell and Paul Allen following them in.
Other Halesowen athletes were
U13 girls
Abigail Saker, 88th place
U17 Men
Joe Donkin
Brandon Sibley
Junior men
Max Park Davies
Junior Women
Emily Monk, 68th place
Sunday saw great success for Halesowen with Nic Hazelwood Winning the locally held Action heart 5Mile race around the streets of Dudley finishing in a time of 27Mins 30Secs
Rob Weaver and John Hill also finished high up the field with Tracey Alderson the first Halesowen lady home as 3rd finishing female Vet in 34:57
Paul Butler, Steve Horton and Les Woods completed the turnout of Halesowen athletes
Posted Sun 26 Feb 2012
Senior Mens Cross Country competition results
With the 'National' now contested, the Halesowen Cross Country competition is now concluded. Results are available below.
Click here for Final standings
Posted Sun 26 Feb 2012
English Cross Country Championship results
Provisional results are available on the ECCA website.
Click here for Provisional results
Posted Wed 22 Feb 2012
London MINI Marathon details
The following notice received from Stewart Barnes of England Athletics
A reminder for your young athletes that the Trials for this years Virgin Money saving London Mini Marathon will take place at the Stourport Cycleway on Saturday 3rd March. First race starts at 12.00noon for both the Under 13 Boys and Girls. The Under 17 Women and Under 15 Girls at 12.30 and finally the Under 17 Men and Under 15 Boys at 1.00pm.
It would be appreciated if those who intend to compete notify Becky Freeman at the email address shown on the flyer although not is not compulsory as entry, free is on the day up to half an hour before each race starts.
I attach a flyer as a full reminder.
Posted Wed 22 Feb 2012
Forthcoming Regional Sportshall Final, 26th Feb 2012
Chris Brook has informed me of the selected Halesowen athletes to represent Birmingham in the Sportshall regional final.
Courtney Smith
Josie Oliarnyk
Luke Southall
Alexandra Hale
Posted Wed 22 Feb 2012
BMAF OPEN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Paul Allen wanted me to let you know about this Masters event coming up on 25 March 2012 at Bath. Use link below for more details or talk to Paul Allen.
Click here for Race info
Posted Wed 22 Feb 2012
English Cross Country Championships
Saturday sees the penultimate competition of the cross country season, and by far the biggest. The English cross country championships, better known to us all as The National.
The entry list of runners is now available at the link below for all age groups. Halesowen will be represented by athletes in many age groups.
Good luck to you all and lets hope for better conditions than at Alton Towers last year.
Click here for Entry lists
Just as an aside, the senior men hold a competition each cross country season in which the top 12 finishers in the various cross country races are awarded points based on their finishing position.
At the end of the season the athlete who has the most points is the winner. Simple. The trick is to compete in as many of the races as you can and finish as far up the field as you can.
All of this said, Bill Nock has sent me the following status report following the final Bham cross country race at Cheltenham.
a. Christian Booker cannot be caught and is now the champ.
b. Andy Butler belts into 2nd place.
c. Nick Hazelwood is back into a gong position.
d. Kevin Monk and Bill Nock to fight it out at Parliament Hill.
e. Andy Nock retains top 12 scoring for 7 events.
Woo-hoo,
Yabba-yabba
Posted Wed 22 Feb 2012
WMYACCL
I am still awaiting results of the fifth and final race of the season from Sunday. Once I have them I will post them up and
send a report to the Halesowen News.
Click here for WMYACCL website
Posted Mon 13 Feb 2012
Midland Indoor Championships results
The last two weekends have seen Indoor competition at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.
The previous weekend was the Birmingham Indoor games, unfortunately no write up here but Halesowen athletes did compete.
Jack Lawrence did however record the fastest time in the country so far this year for U17M 60m with 6.99 secs.
Results and videos of some races are available on the internet. Search for Birmingham Games 2012
This weekend saw Halesowen athletes taking part in the Midland Indoor Championships.
Jack Lawrence won his heat and took Gold in the final of the U17M 60m in a time of 7.08 secs
Hannah Sharkey took Gold in the final of the U17W 800m in a time of 2 mins 22.32 secs
Josie Oliarnyk took Silver in the U13G Quadrathlon, in which she won the shot and long jump disciplines.
Other results:
Sam Hamilton 4th U15B 200m
Sam Hamilton 4th U15B 60m
Sam Preston 4th U15B 400m
Beth Sharkey 4th U17W 800m
with Cameron Skinner and Courtney Smith also competing
Results day 1
Results day 2
Posted Mon 13 Feb 2012
Cross Country results
Saturday saw both the men and women cross country teams competing at the same venue, Pitville Park, Cheltenham just by the racecourse.
The races were the last league races of the season, with only the inter counties and National cross country championships to follow in the next 4 weeks.
The course was picturesque with a totally frozen lake splitting the course.
The womens race was first up with 5 of our women competing.
The 3 counting places for the women were Julie Dale 76th, Sally Spencer 100th and Caroline Lambert 127th, followed in by Sam Love and Marion Bailey.
Next up was the mens race with 18 Halesowen men taking part.
The six counting places for the men were Christian Booker in a superb 10th place, Nic Hazelwood 47th, Tom Kenderdine 55th, Daniel Cleary 61st, Mark Hadley 79th and Andy Butler 99th.
The B team consisted of Kevin Monk, Bill Nock, Roger Mallard,Andy Nock, Chris Royal and Nick Price
The C team consisted of Andy Merrell, Phil Scarr,Tim Bailey, John Hill, Paul Allen and Andy Lloyd.
Halesowen were one of only 3 clubs to field enough athletes to finish a C team.
The men finished the season 8th overall in the league gaining one place on the day. A great performance from all involved.
The mens results have yet to be published on the Bham league website but I can email to anyone who wants them.
Click here for Womens results
Posted Sat 11 Feb 2012
This weekends events
This Saturday sees both the senior mens and womens cross country teams compete at Cheltenham in the final league race of the season
Womens start is 1:30pm, mens 2:30pm.
Posted Sat 4 Feb 2012
This weekends events
This Saturday sees the first of two days of indoor athletics at the NIA in Birmingham where a number of Halesowen athletes will be taking part.
Sunday sees the annual Stourbridge stagger 10 mile multi terrain race starting at Mary Stevens Park Stourbridge. Again Halesowen athletes will be
on the start line, so show your support if you can.
Posted Sun 4 Mar 2012
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