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Site last updated 14th May 2013 ( Brewers Games Report, Crowle 10k Report and Bromsgrove 10k Report added).
The Timberhonger 10k starts at 6 pm at Sanders Park in Bromsgrove. There is also a Children's Challenge about 1,500m in the park. Click here for the Timberhonger 10k website
The Waseley Wobbler Multi-Terrain Race over the picturesque Waseley and Lickey Hills will take place on Sunday 22nd September. Are you up to the challenge? Click here for the Waseley Wobbler website
12-5-13 Ashley Ross (Above centre) finished 2nd over a hilly course in the Bromsgrove Lymphoma & Leukaemia Research Run Report
12-5-13 Three B&R runners competed in the Crowle 10k. Matt Meckin newly returned to the club finished 2nd and Ann Stuart was 1st female vet 50. Report
6-5-13 A small group of B&R athletes competed at the Brewers Games in Cheltenham and there were wins for Martin Aspley-Davis and Izzy Billau. Report
Who has run the most Birmingham League Cross Country Races for B&R AC? There has been loads of discussion on the League website about appearances by runners from all the clubs. As of 18/3/13 the record was 132 by Cavin Woodward of Leamington, one ahead of Halesowen's Andy Nock and Mick Edwards of Sparkhill Harriers. Ian Keyte has raced 77 times in the League for B&R, debuting on 1st November 1975 (his first 7 races were as a youth). He has appeared 29 times in Div. 1, 41 in Div. 2 and 7 in Div. 3.He reckons this is worth a few days running round wet, muddy fields. Is this a B&R record? Let us know if you have done more! (Ian is pictured above wearing 280 just ahead of another B&R runner Ralph Andrews (278), both representing Heferord & Worcester at the English Schools Championships at Redditch in 1977).
4-5-13 Our Under 15 and 13 athletes made a strong start to in the Youth Development League Midland Division 2 West b, finishing third out of 8 clubs in the first match at Nunnery Wood in Worcester. Results
2-5-13 B&R's men finished 2nd and our women were 3rd in the opening match of the Midland Veterans Track & Field League South Division at Nunnery Wood in Worcester. Results There was a host of new club records: Pete Mould in his first year as a M60 took almost 3 seconds off the old M60 100m record reducing it from 16.0 to 13.4. Pete now has the M40, M45, M50 M55 and M60 100m club records. Len Quartly improved his own M70 2k walk record by 11 seconds to 12:15.1. The men's relay team of Scoltock, Hartshone (Dean in his first vets league appearance), Freeman and Apley-Davis lowered last year’s 2 x 200m M35 club record to 1:48.3. Ann Stuart returned to the track and set a new W50 1500m club record of 6:24.7.
28-4-13 B&R's U17 and U20 athletes opened their campaign in the new Youth Development League Upper Age Group Competition at Hereford. They finished 4th out of 8 teams just 1.5 points behind 3rd placed Maldwyn Harriers and ahead of the combined North Worcestershire team. Our U17W 4x100m team are shown above. (N.B. it was Simeon Clarence that won the U20M 400m A race not Alistair) Results
26-4-13 B&R’s Helen Russell was 2nd woman in the Wolverhampton & Bilston AC-organised Fordhouse 5k on roads and canal towpaths around Pendeford. She ran 19.23 but was pipped by just 3 seconds by the first woman from Birchfield Harriers.
21-4-13 B&R youngsters got ready for the Track & Field Leagues by competing at the Birchfield Open and Josh Pearson win the 100 and 200m double. Report
21-4-13 Rob Mole reports from the Virgin London Marathon where 8 B&R runners competed. Report
11-4-13 Becky Selvey set a new club F40 record of 6:30.1 for the mile at Abbey Stadium.
19-4-13 54 B&R members have run a total of 235 Park Runs at Arrow Valley in Redditch. Click for a summary
14-3-13 Two B&R U13 Girls teams finished 24th and 52nd in the National Young Athletes Road Relays at Sutton Park Results
13-4-13 The National and Midlands Road Relays Championships were help at Sutton Park. Our women's team finished 9th in the Midland and 37th in their six stage competition. Our men were 20th in the Midland and 68th in the National over 12 stages. Report Photos by David Ball
11-4-13 Well done to all the B&R youngsters who braved the weather to take part in our Track & Field Selection Meeting at the Abbey Stadium and of course to the senior "milers". Thanks to the organisers, officials and supporters who made the evnt possible. Click for Boys & Mens Results or the Girls & Womens Results
7-4-13 April Candy Lockett took gold in the hammer (25.62m), silver in the discus (20.67m) and bronze in the shot (8.39m) in the U15 Girls competition at the Nottingham Spring Spruce Open meeting. Results
7-4-13 B&R's Ashley Ross was third at the Scenic Six multi-terrain race at Peopleton. Report
The 2013 Cotswold Hilly 100 Relay Race will be on Sunday 19th May. Each team is made up of 10 runners and each leg is about 10 miles. The race starts and finishes in Stratford upon Avon and is run only on roads. If you would like to take part for B&R, please let Clive Brown know. (Please indicate if there is a particular leg or time of day that you prefer). Clive will be at the Abbey Stadium on Tuesday evenings if you want to talk about this with him or his mobile number is 07729396652. His e-mail address is clive.brown4@btinternet.com. Hopefully we will have enough runners to enter 4 teams as in recent years. Only fully paid-up B&R members may take part for B&R. Thanks to Clive for managing our teams for this popular event.
24-3-13 The dates for the Heart of England and Youth Development T&F Leagues have been added to Fixtures. Note that the U20/U17 and U15/U13 athletes have separate YDL fixtures on diffeent dates and venues. The B&R Selection Meeting will be on Thursday 11th April at the Abbey Stadium in Redditch. Fixtures
9-3-13 The Inter County Cross Country Championships were held at Birmingham's Cofton Park and may B&R runners represented Worcestershire. Report Photos by David Ball. Photos by Andy Freeman
6-3-13 The Bromsgrove Boars ran on the famous Iffley Road track during the Teddy Hall Relays at Oxford. Report
Any B&R over 35's interested in running, jumping, throwing etc.for the club in the Midland Vets Track & Field League should contact Calvin Scoltock, B&R women won their division in 2012 and the men chased champions Worcester AC to the finish. Give it a go, you might have a hidden talent! Click here for details
3-3-12 Not a relaxing break at the Spa. B&R runners tackle 13.1 miles at the Droitwich Half Marathon. Read Daryll's Report
3-3-13 Moley and the Bandit missed the start of the Cambridge Boundary Run marathon. Did they still manage a first class result? Read Rob Mole's Report
23-2-13 Dewi Hammond ran three races at the English Athletes U20 Championships at the NIA in Birmingham including the final and in each he beat his personal best and club record of 6.92 over the 60 metres. In the heat he recorded 6.88 and in the semi final 6.85 (the new club record) and was placed 5th in the final in 6.91.
17-2-13 Dewi Hammond is the Welsh U20 Men's 60m champion after his victory at the Welsh U15/U20 Indooor Championships at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cyncoed, Cardiff. His winning time of 6.95 seconds was just outside his B&R club record of 6.92. Click here for full results on the Welsh Athletics website Click here for photos by Welsh Athletics
16-2-13 There were two new club records in the Midland Counties Open Indoor Meeting at Birmingham's NIA. Peter Mould set a M60 record of 59.89 seconds for 400m and Lucy Solloway ran 10.47 seconds for the U20W 60m hurdles. Club Records
10-2-13 B&R's youngsters had to deal with mud all round the course at Birmingham's Perry Park in the last fixture of the West Midland's Young Athletes Cross Country League. B&R finished 9th in the final overall league table. Results , Final League table and Photos by David Ball
9-2-13 Another good performance by 13 B&R runners saw our senior men finish 10th A team and 6th B team in the final Birmingham League fixture at Pitville Park. B&R finished 7th and 5th in the A and B tables.Severn AC, Warwick University and Telford AC are promoted to Div. 1. Newcastle, Trentham and Owls are going down. Photos. Results
9-2-13 Our women were in the medals in the Midlands Cross Country League. Six of our women competed at Cheltenham Spa. The senior team was 9th out of 27 teams in both divisions to clinch team bronze in div. 2.Our masters team was 11th on the day to finish 8th vets team overall. Sally Hogan won individual bronze in U20W class. Results Photos by David Ball
2-2-13 The final fixture of the Gloucester Cross Country League took place through the mud at Plock Court in Gloucester. Our Senior Women's team were second on the day and in the league. Our men (pictured above) were third and Plock and finished fifth in their table. Click Here for David Ball's photos. Click Here for results.
26-1-13 Snowy fields turned to mud as B&R runners took part in the Midlands Cross Country Championships at Stafford Common. Our U13 girls were 17th team. The senior women were 11th with Katy Anderson (28th) our first finisher. Mark Appleton (70th) led our men's team in as they achieved a terrific 9th place out of 24 teams. Joe Smith (104th) amazed spectators and fellow runners alike by running half the senior men's race in just one shoe. Click Here for full results on Midlands AA website and Here for race photos by David Ball.
20-1-13 Despite the threat of more snow, the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League's fourth fixture at Pingles Stadium in Nuneaton went ahead. Click Here for Results and Click Here for David Ball's photos.
The 2013 Welsh Castles Relay (about 200 miles over 20 legs) will take place on Sat. 8th and Sun. 9th June. Last we had our fastest overall team since 2000, there were 4 new B&R leg records and Katy Anderson took the yellow jersey on leg 15. Any B&R member wanting to run should contact our Welsh Castles Team Manager Mark Appleton as soon as possible as places are filling up fast.
The 25th anniversary Bromsgrove Fun Run in aid of Leaukaemia and Lymphoma Research will be held on Sunday 12th May 2013. The event takes place at Bromsgrove Rubgy Club, Finstall Park, Finstall Road, Bromsgrove B60 3DH. The 10k starts at 11 and the 5k at 11.05. Click Here for Entry Form
12 & 13-1-13 There were medals for Candy Lockett (above right), Richard O'Connor (left) and Izzy Billau at the Midland Counties Open Meeting at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Results
12-1-13 B&R's A team were 11th out of 32 teams in the Midland Womens C
ross Country League at Sandwell Valley. Our veterans finished 5th out of 22 teams. Click HERE for results on the Midlands AAA website. Click HERE for David Ball's photos
12-1-13 B&R had 16 runners start at Wyken Croft in Coventry in the Birmingham Cross Country League. The A team finished 8th and are now 7th in Division 2. We also had the 4th B team and lie 4th in the B Team table. Click HERE for full results on the League Website
5-1-13 B&R's women struck gold in the Worcestershire Cross Country Championships on a tough muddy and hilly course at Malvern Common. Katy Anderson (above centre) won the race and Tamara Ball (left) was 2nd. Helen Russell (right) completed the golden trio that won the team event. We think that our U17 boys won the team silver. Click HERE for results on the Worcs. AAA website. Click HERE for photos by David Ball Click HERE for photos by John Bartoszewicz
3-1-13 The deadline for current members to renew their subscriptions at the discounted rate has been extended for a week. Click here to check for the correct rate. Please send your Membership books and a S.A.E. with your cheque to: Irene Nicholls, Membership Secretary, B&RAC, Rainbow Cottage, 15 Meadow Lane, Alvechurch, B48 7LH.
27-12-12 A successful trip to a watery Wheaton Aston 10k for a small group of B&R athletes saw Matt Hawcroft come 4th (3rd senior man) and category wins for Pete and Len plus PBs for some of our other runners. Pete's Report and Photos from Brian Smith's West Midlands Running Scene website.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & 
HAVE A TERRIFIC 2013.
The 2013 Cotswold Relay will take place on Sunday 19th May.
Click HERE to read the club newsletter following the AGM in November which includes details of subscriptions and levy for 2013 and a list of club officers
16-12-12 Carl Hatton won the second "mass start" race at the Telford 10k and set a new P.B. and Daryll Thomas smashed his P.B. to break 40 minutes for the first time. Report
9-12-12 There was a strong contingent of B&R men at the Sneyd Christmas Pudding 10 mile road race Report
9-12-12 B&R's young athletes tackled the mud and the hill in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League at Sandwell Valley. Calum Smith 10th in the U17M race was our highest placed runner. Click for results Click for photos by David Ball
8-12-12 Our women shone in the mud at Tewkesbury finishing 4th in the Glocester League at Tewkesbury with Sally Hogan 3rd in the senior race and Orianna Ball 3rd in the U17 girls race. Our men improved on their result at Cheltenham to finish 5th senior team.Click for photos by David Ball Report
8-12-12 Rob Mole finished second in the Broadmeadow Marathon at Stratford on Avon. Report
1-12-12 B&R's woman tackled the wet and icy Burbage Common to finish 9th out of 34 teams in the second Midlands Ladies Country League race. Our first three vets finished 12th out of 24 teams. Results
1-12-12 A squad of thirteen B&R runners splashed around Plock Court in the second men's Birmingham League XC Fixture and Adam Lloyd (18th) was first home as our A team were 8th. Report
The dates in 2013 for three popular local off-road races have been announced. Sunday 3rd Feb. for Stourbridge R.C.'s Stourbridge Stagger, Sunday 10th Feb. for Amazing Feet R.C.'s Wyre Forest 8 and Sunday 7th April for the Scenic Six at Peopleton. These are three terrific course and well-organised races. Unfortunately there have been hardly any B&R runners at the first two over the last few years. Try to support these local races - you'll enjoy them! Links to entry forms are on our Fixtures page
25-11-12 Dave Gemmell was 5th in the very muddy Suicide Six at Baggeridge Country Park
24-11-12 Click HERE for photos by David Ball from the 2012 Club Awards Evening
17-11-12 Andy Freeman ran a P.B. at the Shakespeare Raceway Half Marathon. New member Sarah Richardson ran 1-44 and Spencer Hopkins ran the 10k. Report
B&R have been allocated three places in the 2013 London Marathon. Click here for details of how these places will be allocated.
11-10-12 B&R's athletes were out in force at in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. Click for David Ball's Photos
10-11-12 B&R's women (see above) overcame the mud and hill at Newbold Comyn in the first Midlands Womens Cross Country League match at Newbold Comyn. The first three scorers Sally Hogan, Katy Anderson & Tamara Ball took the A team to 10th out of 38 clubs. The first three vets also finished 10th team. Click for Results on Midlands AA website Click for Photos by David Ball
10-11-12 Our men made a great start in the mud at Leamington Spa in the Birmingham Cross Country League finishing 5th A team and 3rd B team. Rich Lomas, Adam Llloyd, Dave Gemmell, Simon Lanckham, Mark Appleton & Andy Freeman scored for the A's. Click for full Results on the league website Click for David Ball's photos
4-11-12 Matt Hawcroft coped with a flooded route to win the Marlowe Half Marathon Report
3-11-12 Our women's squad put in a great performance at Cheltenham's Pitville Park in the second Gloucester Cross Country League fixture with the senior A team finishing 3rd and there was 4th place for the club in the veterans competition veterans. Our men's senior team and veteran team finished 8th & 11th in their respective competitions Click for photos by David Ball. Report
Cathryn Worth is the new club press officer and has already been doing a great job getting reports of B&R in the local papers. So if you want some coverage send her your items or reports - include 1 or 2 photos (highest res possible) and submit as soon as possible after an event! Cathryn can be contacted via cathworth@me.com .Still keep sending reports for the website to me at phil.ando.anderson@talk21.com
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