WWW.HALESOWEN-ATHLETICCLUB.CO.UK
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
Friday 17th February 2012 Whisky tasting evening
£6 a head. Follow link for all details
Andy Nock is organising so will take names and money
Click here for details of whisky
Latest News
Posted Wed 25 Jan 2012
Midland Counties Cross Country Championships
A timetable for this event is available on the Midland Counties website using the following link
Click here for timetable
Once on, scroll to the bottom of the page
Posted Wed 25 Jan 2012
WMYACCL
Sunday saw the young athletes taking part in the 4th fixture of the young athletes cross country league at Pingles Stadium Nuneaton.
To date, no results have been published so watch this space or look on their website
Click here for WMYACCL website
Posted Wed 25 Jan 2012
Midland Masters results and photos
Sunday saw a dedicated number of Halesowen athletes return to Droitwich (the scene of the recent Worcs country championships) to compete in the Midland masters cross country championships.
Tom Kenderdine put in a sterling performance to finish 3rd both overall and in his age category (Over 35) over the 8km course in 29 mins 53 secs.
Paul Allen (Over 65) competing over 6km finished in 28 mins:47 secs (7th for his age category) and Julie Dale (also over 6km) finished in 29 mins 46 secs (4th for her age category (Over 40)
Full results and photos courtesy of Lee Brown can be found on the results page of this website
Posted Fri 20 Jan 2012
WMYACCL
Sunday sees the 4th fixture of the west midlands young athletes cross country league
Check their website for location details etc
Click here for WMYACCL website
Posted Fri 20 Jan 2012
National Indoor arena fixtures and training opportunities
The first 3 weekends in February see the NIA being used for Indoor competitions.
4-5 Feb - Birmingham Games. Entries closed, but Halesowen athletes will be competing
11-12 Feb - Midland championships. Online entries still possible until 23 Jan
19 Feb - Open meeting. Online entries still possible until 30 Jan
Click here for Midland Counties website
A great opportunity to train on the NIA track.
Monday 6 Feb, Thursday 9 Feb, Friday 10 Feb.
Monday 13 Feb
Monday 20 Feb, Tuesday 21 Feb
Click here for more information
Posted Fri 20 Jan 2012
Droitwich half marathon 4th March 2012
Dont forget to enter the Droitwich half marathon (which includes the Worcestershire Half Marathon Championships)
Halesowen are defending champions so lets try and retain the title
Click here for Entry Form and info
For those who want to have a preview of the course, watch this video on youtube which takes you around the course.
Click here to Watch the video
Posted Fri 20 Jan 2012
Women cross country league race results
These results are now available via the results page on this website.
Posted Sun 15 Jan 2012
Sportshall
Friday saw a number of young athletes from HA&CC take part in the Birmingham Sportshall competition at Stockland Green.
This is an indoor based competition which takes place four times during the winter months.
Last year Alexander Hale won the U15 Girls Individual all rounder award.
The results from Friday and earlier in the season are on the Sportshall website.
Click here for full results
HA&CC have been involved with this league for a number of years and thanks must go to Julie Belfield who manages the team,
along with Chris Brook, Lynn Bellfield and Bert Bellfield who officiate at all the events.
We have also been informed of the athletes from Halesowen who will represent the Birmingham U11 team at the regional final on 29 January 2012 in Coventry.
They are Aaron Pitter, Ryan Prins, Ben White, Lorna Smith and Iris Oliarnyk.
Congratulations on your selection and good luck.
Anyone who wants to know more, contact Chris or Julie
Posted Sun 15 Jan 2012
Men and Women cross country league race report-results
Saturday saw Halesowen cross country athletes getting back to league action following the successes at the Worcs County championships the previous weekend.
The womens team travelled the short distance to Baggeridge Country park to compete on a 6.5Km course which was extremely tough and hilly, more like a fell race.
A great turnout of 10 athletes saw Sam Morton 57th, Tracey Alderson 71st and Julie Dale 79th finishing in the 1st three positions for Halesowen to complete the ‘A’ team.
They were closely followed home by Michelle Dale 94th, Sally Spencer 109th, Dianne Hillier 157th, Anna Cosimetti 162nd, Caroline Lambert 173rd, Sam Love 193rd and team captain Marion Bailey 197th.
Full results are still awaited
Click here for Original photo, courtsey of Nicki Turvey
The men travelled in strength to Coventry to cement their mid table place in Division one of the Birmingham and district invitational cross country league.
The course, normally heavily waterlogged and muddy, was instead dry and firm which produced a very fast 5.5 mile race.
Worcs County medallist Christian Booker was first home for Halesowen in 27 th place followed by Nick Hazelwood 59th, Mark Hadley 68th,Tom Kenderdine 74th, Dan Cleary 90th and Marc Turner 93rd to complete the A team.
The B team consisted of Andy Butler 123rd, Dave Turvey 130th, Kevin Monk 140th, Andy Nock 150th, Phil Scarr 158th and Chris Royal 178th.
The rest of the Halesowen contingent finished as follows Andy Merrell 183rd, Roger Mallard 185th, Alex Morgan 189th, Bill Nock 209th, Steve Millington 223rd, Andy Lloyd 224th, Paul Allen 230th, Ali Grant 235rd.
Click here for full results from league website
Posted Sun 8 Jan 2012
Worcs County Cross Country Championships. Report and results
Saturday 7 January saw athletes from clubs across Worcestershire and beyond take part in the Annual Worcs County cross country championships at Droitwich.
In total 61 athletes from Halesowen A&CC took part, spanning all age groups from U13 to senior/vets.
On a cool sunny day with a stiff breeze but firm underfoot, the undulating partially wooded course provided a good test for the athletes, the event coming as it does in the middle of the cross country season.
The successful athletes from this event will now go forward to represent Worcestershire at the televised Inter counties cross country championships against the other counties from around the country at Cofton Park in Birmingham on Sat 10 March.
A very successful day with Halesowen medal winning performances listed below.
U13 girls - Abigail Saker - Gold.
U13 girls team Gold, Abigail Saker,Ellie Childs, Courtney Smith
U13 boys - George Walsh - Silver
U13 boys team Gold, George Walsh,Ishaaq Inajabat,Paul Shioleftou
U15 Girls - Phoebe Dodd -Gold
U15 Girls team Silver, Phoebe Dodd,Nicole Bailey,Lydia Wilkinson
U15 boys - Dominic Bill - Silver
U15 boys team Gold, Dominic Bill,Jack Holman,Joshua Timmins
U17 women team Gold,Harriet Ellis,Sophie Page,Nicole Bailey
U17 men - Max Parker - Silver, Joe Donkin - Bronze
U17 men team Gold - Max Parker ,Joe Donkin,Brandon Sibley
U20 men - Dan Cleary - Silver
U20 men team Silver - Dan Cleary,Max Park Davies,Robert Spencer
Senior men - Christian Booker - Bronze
Senior/vet men team Gold, Christian Booker,Tom Kenderdine,Andy Butler,Bill Nock,Kevin Monk,Dave Turvey
Over 50 men - Andy Nock - Gold
Over 60 men - John Hill - Gold, Paul Allen - Bronze
Click here for full Results.
Posted Fri 6 Jan 2012
Worcs County Cross Country Championships
These championships are taking place at Droitwich on Saturday 7 Jan 2012 with a good contingent of Halesowen athletes taking part. Good luck to all.
Click here for timetable, course maps etc
Posted Fri 6 Jan 2012
Old father Time 5m results
Paul Allen has again been travelling to Wales to take to the line of yet another race.
Both he and Mark Hadley took part, Mark in 5th place overall (2nd V45 open) in 27:34 with Paul in 74th place overall (1st V65 Welsh masters/open) in 35.37
Click here for full results
Posted Fri 6 Jan 2012
Wheaton Aston 10k results
A handful of Halesowen athletes gave the traditional Halesowen Boxing day handicap a miss in favour of the Wheaton Aston 10k run on the 27 December.
Tim Bailey running his first race for two years achieved his goal for the race which was to be under 40 mins. He achieved this by clocking 38:39.
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Click here for full results
Posted Fri 6 Jan 2012
Boxing day handicap results now available
Click here for Results
Posted Sun 1 Jan 2012
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
Posted Sun 1 Jan 2012
New years eve run
Around 20 HACC athletes took part in the traditional new years eve run around Clent and Belbroughton.
Another run where the weather was kind to us and enjoyed by all who took part.
Posted Sun 1 Jan 2012
Midland Masters cross country champs 22 Jan
A reminder that the Midland Masters Cross country Championships will be held at Droitwich on Sunday 22nd January, entries close 16th January
Click here for details and entry form
Posted Sun 1 Jan 2012
Blakedown Bolt
The Blakedown Bolt is now open for entries -
Click here www.churchillvillage.co.uk
Go to www.churchillvillage.co.uk click on the 'Blakedown Bolt 2012 announced' line and you'll get straight through to the information page, from where you can download an entry form.
Posted Sun 1 Jan 2012
Race Walking article
England Athletics development news vol 1 edition 1. Includes an article on middle distance runners switching to race walking.
Click here for newsletter
Posted Wed 28 Dec 2011
Boxing day handicap PHOTOS
One of the spectators kindly took some photos of the Boxing day event and has provided us the link
Click here for photos
Posted Tues 27 Dec 2011
Thanks to everyone involved in making this years Boxing day handicap a roaring success.
Results will be posted once they are available (be patient).
Some old faces taking part as well as a few new ones and the weather was great.
Fancy dress award (no prize) goes to Batman whoever he was :-)
Posted Mon 19 Dec 2011
The Christmas run on Sunday was a great success
30 odd runners turned up as well as a good number of walkers.
The weather was kind to us, though the ground in parts was icy.
Afterwards in the club, food was made available and it was good to see so many
using the clubhouse.
The next club event is the boxing day handicap. For full information, see notices at the club.
Posted Mon 19 Dec 2011
Paul Allen comes second in Welsh Masters Cross country championships
Our very own Paul Allen took 2nd place in the Over 65 age category at the Welsh Masters Cross country championships held on 10 Dec at Builth Wells.
Congratualtions Paul.
For full results and other information about Welsh Athletics
Posted Thurs 11 Dec 2011
The Xmas team meeting was a great success last night
Following the normal monthly race reports from team captains, forthcoming races and social events etc, came the XMAS extras.
* A great performance from the BCUPS of traditional and Christmas tunes on their ukuleles.
* The oldest race T shirt competition narrowly won by Dave Pew with his 1981 marathon offering. Some other great shirts on show.Thanks to all who brought shirts along.
* XMAS sports quiz expertly run by Steve Millington. A new format which worked brilliantly. The winner, Andy Lloyd with a knowledge of sport which belies his young age.
Posted Thurs 11 Dec 2011
Sunday saw Halesowens young athletes venture to Hatton Estate near Warwick to compete in the 3rd cross country league race of the season.
A good turnout saw good performances from all age groups as well as a number of debutants for the club. c
Click here for results
Posted Wednesday 7 December 2011
Results for the Womens cross country league are now available.
Congratulations to the Halesowen Women that made the long jaunt to Northampton
Click here for results
Posted Monday 5 December 2011
Entry forms for Midland Counties Cross country championships and National cross country championships are with the appropriate team managers
Posted Monday 5 December 2011
The weekend saw a number of our senior athletes taking to the start line for various races.
The senior men took part in the Bham CC league at Cofton Park. 23 Halesowen men competing and finishing in 12th place.
Click here for results
The senior women took part in the Midland CC league at Northampton. Results still awaited. Watch this space.
Other senior athletes took part in the 'turkey trot' in Wolverhampton. Below is a short report from Dianne Hillier
5 Halesowen athletes ran the Turkey Trot this morning. There were 246 runners in total and the results are:
Nick Price - Time: 30.29 came 10th
Michelle Dale - Time: 35.18 came 31st and was third lady home
Steven Horton - Time 36.55 came 48th
Diane Hillier - Time 40.36 came 82nd
Leslie Woods - Time 40.52 came 88th and was first male home over 70
Overall a fab run with some good results for the club.
Posted Sunday 4 December 2011
Two of our young athletes Jack Lawrence and Dominic Bill, have won awards for their achievements in athletics at
the Dudley Schools Sports Association, Awards for Sporting Excellence presentation on Dec 1.
Click here for photos of Jack and Dominic with Dave Moorcroft
Posted Sunday 4 December 2011
The draw has taken place for club entries to the London marathon 2012
There are 4 places with a reserve place.
The places go to
Kevin Monk
Stuart Geggie
Diane Hillier
Andy Jones
The reserve place goes to Anna Cosimetti
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