Category SKF Athletes

Three Club Records in 12 Days for Callum Abberley

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It all took-off at Tipton Harriers Athletics Club, with the 1 mile event clocking 04:24.3 beating Ron Harris’ longstanding U17Mens record set in the 80s. It was a fairly consistent pace with Callum finishing fourth just behind Sutton’s Shaun Evans. Full…

English Schools Report 2017

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Good decision making emerges through practice and must be lived and learned. If you don’t kick at the right time you won’t make it through the heats. We all improve through practice! Congratulations to Rugby player Josh Hale who finished…

Abberley Breaks Record from 1973

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Callum Abberley smashed his 1500m personal best clocking 4:01.66 to achieve a new Burton Athletics Club record. Inspired after watching the London marathon Callum took 1.04-sec off John Warnock’s 44 year old record. His 61 second last lap ensured that…

Randolph Achieves New Indoor PB

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Thomas Randolph finished 4th in Heat 2 at the England Athletics Indoor U17 Championships last weekend running a new indoor best of 1:58. Thomas’ personal target was sub 1:55 with his coach setting him a realistic target of 1:56. Tom…

Abberley wins Staffordshire Inter Boys Category

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Callum Abberley completed his first cross-country race of the season finishing second place in the Staffordshire Schools senior and inter boys race. Callum led up until the last lap where senior boy Maddox pushed on and opened up an impressive…

CROSS MAKES GREAT BRITAIN DEBUT

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Ellis Cross finished 15th at this years European Cross Country Championships in Sardegna, Italy. Claiming an automatic spot at the Euro trials in Liverpool, Cross produced an outstanding performance in the U23mens race to claim a team bronze medal. His…

CROSS MAKES GREAT BRITAIN DEBUT

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Ellis Cross will be relishing the chance of competing for England this weekend in the Iris Cross Cup in Brussels. The Staffordshire middle distance star will be put to the test against some of the finest junior distance runners across North West Europe.…

England Calls for Cross

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England calls for Cross – Ellis Cross has been called up by the English Cross Country Association to represent England in the Iris Cross Cup to be staged in Brussels. His eleventh place finish at the European Cross Country trials…

Worcester Warriors Recruit Hale into Development Squad

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12-year-old Josh of Birmingham has been called up to represent his county in the Greater Birmingham’s Rugby Development Group. The trials took place at King Edwards High School in Kings Heath, which was also attended by a Worcester Warriors academy scout. Following Josh’s…