Coventry Godiva Harriers

Congratulations to the individual winners: Sian Rainsley (U15G), Danielle Stewart (SW) and Matt Rose (U20M). In addition, we had first team positions in U13B, U15B, U15G, and SM.
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With teams in all of the 8 races held at Sutton Park on Saturday and Sunday the main results were:
Senior Men - 3rd and 6th (1st B Team)
Senior Women 22nd
U13 Girls 9th
U13 Boys 3rd
U15 Girls 3rd (Sian Rainsley fastest time of the day on leg 1)
U15 Boys 4th
U17 Women 3rd
U17 Men 2nd and 7th (1st B team)
Full results for all races can be found on www.race-results.co.uk

Congratulations to Michael McKeown, who set a new club record of 3m 54.62s for the U17M 1500m at Watford, the previous record by David Glassbarrow having stood for forty years!

Well done to Sian Rainsley, who comfortably won the U15G 1500m event. In addition Georgie Hartigan came through qualifying in a time of 2m 15.97s to finish 5th in the final of the U17W 800m, and Michael McKeown also came through qualifying to finish 9th in the U17M 1500 final in a time of 4m 00.35s. In the U15G 75mH Annabelle Pask recorded a time of 12.03s.

Well done to all the athletes who made sure of a win for Godiva in the final Midlands League fixture at Tamworth. The combined men's and women's total of 403 points put us ahead of Cannock & Stafford (391) and Tamworth (323). This means that, subject to confirmation, the club is promoted into the second division next year.

Congratulations to Michael McKeown, who won Gold in both the U17M 1500m and 800m events, and to Nathan Udall, who won Gold in the U17M 1500m steeplechase.

Silver winners were Georgie Hartigan (U17W 800m) and Lucy Smith (U17W Shot), while Bronze Medals were won by Penny Oliver (U15G 800m), Annabelle Pask (U15G Long Jump) and Daniel Smith (U15B Triple Jump).

Congratulations to Rowena Cole who, having won her semi-final, ran a well judged 800m final in Tallin to take the Silver Medal in yet another personal best time, 2m 03.43s.

After an injury-hit 2010, Rowena Cole has now improved on her time set almost exactly two years ago in Bressanone. She won the special "On Camp With kelly" 800m race which was run during the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, in a time of 2m 03.61s.

Congratulations to Sian Rainsley, who won the U15 1500m English Schools Competition in a time of 4m 35.02s. This time also sets a new club record, and places her top in the Power of 10 performance listing.

Having previously run the necessary qualifying time, Rowena Cole's victory in the U20 Championships 800m at Bedford earned her an automatic entry into the European Junior Championships in Tallin, 21-24 July.

In addition, Georgie Hartigan (U17) and Sian Rainsley (U15) have recently achieved selection for the English Schools Championships, to be held at Gateshead, 1-2 July.

Well done to all three!

The Jack Hartley trophy for best performance by any athlete in the Championships has been awarded to Rowena Cole for her time of 2m 06.8s in the SW 800m. The Coronation Cup has been awarded to Nick Lyster for his time of 3m 58.7s in the SM 1500. Jordan Broome receives a Commemorative Shield for his time of 23.7s in the U15B 200m. (He also beat the county record at 100m, but this was wind-assisted so does not stand.) Congratulations to all concerned.

Well done to Sian Rainsley, who ran 1500m in 4m 41.3s at Wolverhampton, and now takes 3rd place in our U/15 best performances, displacing Suzie Creamer's time of 4m 44.9s set in 1992.

Congratulations again to Sian Rainsley who was 5th in the Junior Girls race in Antrim, Northern Ireland, helping the England team to an emphatic victory.

Congratulations to Sian Rainsley who was 5th in the Junior Girls race at Wollaton Park, Nottingham. This qualified her to represent England in the forthcoming Schools' International.

Creditable performances were achieved by Sian Rainsley (7th U15G) and Matt Rose (6th U17M)
Senior Men (10km)* race:
107 Toby Spencer 40:06, 142 Rich Simkiss (Kenilworth Runners) 40:47, 143 Scott Hazell 40:51, 155 Chris Bannon 41:05, 161 Nigel Marley 41:12, 178 James Griggs 41:35 230 Alistair Smith 42:51
574 Tobias Gehrke 48:38, 577 Job King 48:40, 778 Martyn Brunt 51:56, 1167 Martin Slevin 62:23
Team positions were:
1st Leeds City 188 pts, 2nd Tipton Harriers 235, 3rd Notts AC 283, 13th Coventry Godiva 974
Senior Women (6km)* race:
23 Frances Briscoe 25:51, 83 Myshola Kirkham 28:06, 149 Sarah Rose 30:03, 256 Zarinda Batstone 32:09
Team position:
17th Coventry Godiva 511pts
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Congratulations to the Senior Men who won the Birmingham & District League title with a convincing win in the final fixture at Northampton, the six scorers being placed within the first fifteen positions. Success was also registered by the next six runners, who achieved an overall first place for the B-team.