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14-06-05 News from your Chairman - Gary Denning
Raffles at Cannock and Stafford meetings

There is a Young Athletes League meeting at Cannock on Sunday July 17, a Young Athletes League meeting at Stafford on
Sunday July 31 and a Junior League meeting at Cannock on Sunday July 24. We will be holding raffles at each of the meetings
and any prizes would be gratefully received. They can be handed to any committee members at Cannock and Stafford. The
more prizes we have the more funds we can generate for the club.

Hire of Cannock Stadium

With a view to giving athletes a better environment in which to meet, warm up and train – and hopefully to bring in more
money to the club – we will be hiring the whole of Cannock Stadium on Tuesday and Thursday nights from Tuesday July 5 2005.
This will mean athletes will pay their entry fee for the night directly to the club (there will be a desk and signing-in book in
reception). We will have full use of the whole of the stadium, including the two rooms upstairs. We plan to sell refreshments to
athletes/coaches and parents from the kitchen in the main room. ALL ATHLETES WHO ARE PAID-UP MEMBERS WILL BENEFIT
CONSIDERABLY FROM THIS WHEN PAYING THEIR ENTRY FEES. A full breakdown of the charges will be circulated before July 5.

Subscriptions

There are still many subscriptions outstanding for the 2004/05 year. Athletes should be aware that they need to be members of
Cannock & Stafford AC to compete in championships and to ensure they are properly covered by insurance. Please pay your fees
NOW – it is only fair on your fellow athletes.
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20-05-05 Dot smashes British Record (again!!!)
On 17th May Dot Fellows ran in the Stone St Michaels 10k and broke the British record for W60 with a time of 43min 06 seconds.
This took two seconds off the old record set in 1994.
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18-05-05 Midland Vets League - 05-05-05
Men's Results
Women's Results
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14-05-05 Great Britain call-up!!
World famous website designer, Steve Haywood and his better half Lucy Williams have been selected to represent Great Britain
in the European Triathlon Championships held in Lausanne, Switzerland this August. Didn't we do well!!!
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26-04-05 National Junior League - 24-04-05
Results from the first National Junior League of the season. Results
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20-04-05 Fradley 10k 20-04-05
Tom Humphries wins the Fradley 10K
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27-03-05 WMYACCL - Wolverhampton - 27-02-05

Full Results

The young athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic completed their final West Midland League meeting and there were some
excellent performances with individual and team medals.
Under 15 athlete Chris Harvey was in splendid form throughout the four league meetings finishing second in every one being
beaten on each occasion by his main midland rival Greg Dival of Royal Sutton Coldfield so with the latter taking the gold medal
it was Harvey who took an excellent silver medal. Team mate Ian McCann had his best run of the season finishing a good ninth
place. Rachel Atherton was another athlete taking the silver medal in the under 13 girls event and with each race producing a
different winner it was the C&S runner who won the final meeting but overall she had to settle for silver behind her main rival
Monique Powell of RSC.

The under 13 girls team were also in the medals but going into this final meeting they were lying in fourth place thirteen points
behind Birchfield Harriers but great team work saw the them lift themselves up in to third place finishing the league just three
points ahead of the Birmingham team. Giving Atherton good support were Becky Cooke 26th, Hollie Allan 30th, Chloe Boulter
36th, Rebecca Bray 41st, Ellise Cookson 44th, Zoe Tomkins 50th and Anna Denning 80th.

The under 15 girls went one better as they took a brilliant second team spot behind Sutton Coldfield with Cally Read finishing in
third place on the day and sixth overall and with good backing from Siobhan Arms 6th, Emma Gore 10th, Emma Wagstaffe
19th, Jade Lepla 22nd, Jill Cash 29th and Kirsty Kelsall 45th they finished worthy runners up well clear of third place.
The five runners in the under 13 boys were seventh overall with good runs from Aden Symonds 7th, Jack Hammond 25th,
Tom Newman 30th, Adam Trimbrell 46th and Alistair Rigby 56th.

The under 11 girls also finished seventh with Alexandra Liddiard 33rd, Paige Greening 65th, Shanie Read 67th, Beth Denning
69th, Esme Ferneyhough 77th, Becky Colclough 80th and Katie Gray 82nd.
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20-03-05 Stafford Half Marathon
Results
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20-03-05 Elite Mile - Stafford
The young athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were in tremendous form last weekend when they contested the first
ever Stafford Town Centre Elite Mile race promoted by Stafford Borough Council........more
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15-03-05 WMYACCL - Wolverhampton - 27-02-05
The young athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic completed their final West Midland League meeting and there were some
excellent performances with individual and team medals......Race report Full Results
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22-02-05 National XC Champs - Cofton Park - 19-2-05
Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club contested the first major championships of the season when they travelled to
Birmingham to compete in the National AAAs at Cofton Park......more

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19-02-05 National XC Champs - Cofton Park

Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club contested the first major championships of the season when they travelled to
Birmingham to compete in the National AAAs at Cofton Park.
With almost three hundred runners in most of the races there were some outstanding performances from several of the club
athletes and some splendid team performances. The under fifteen boys had the best showing on the day with Staffs champion
and Midland bronze medallist Chris Harvey narrowly missing out on a national medal finishing in fourth place.
Always in contention during the first lap the second lap saw two athletes break away so coming into the final straight there were
three athletes all battling for the final medal position and although Harvey saw off the challenge of one of the opponents he had
to give way to Sutton Coldfield Greg Dival who also beat him by one place in the Midlands.
The team also took an excellent eighth place with good support coming from Sam Evans in 70th Ian McCann 120th and Glyn Owens
in 124th. The under 13 girls finished a creditable 22nd with Rachel Atherton crossing the line in a superb 20th with Chloe Boulter 170th,
Hollie Allan 175th, Zoe Tomkins 199th, Ellise Cookson 217th and Rebecca Bray 241st.
The under 15 girls also ran well finishing 17th with Cally Read 38th, Siobhan Arms 96th, Jade Lepla 164th, Jill Cash 176th and Emma Hunt
199th.
The senior men had one athlete competing in a race of over a thousand runners and Chris Powner in his first year as a senior did not
disgrace himself with an outstanding effort crossing the line in 42nd place.
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16-02-05 Dot Fellows - National Record!!!
At the Alsager 5 miler on Sunday 6th Feb, Dot ran 34min 21secs which puts her top of the W60 all time rankings!!!
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16-02-05 Birmingham Games NIA - 29-01-05
Results
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15-02-05 Daniel Nash - Midland Indoor Champion!!
Daniel Nash became the Midland Counties U17 high jump indoor champion 2005 on Sunday 13th Feb at the NIA with a new PB of
1.95m. He also came 1st in 2 other MCAA open meetings. See Daniel winning the title!!!
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14-02-05 Staffs County School's Champs - Stoke - 5-2-05
The young athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were amongst the medals......race report - results
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31-01-05 Midland X/C Champs - Stafford - 29-01-05
Athletes from Cannock & Stafford Athletic Club enjoyed another successful meeting last weekend when they contested the Midland
Championships.....more
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29-01-05 BIRMINGHAM GAMES SAT 29th JAN 2005 AT THE N. I. A.

KATHERINE JONES 60m S.W HEAT ( 1 ) 7. 69
" " " " SEMIFINAL 7. 62
HELEN SMALL 60m SW HEAT (4 ) 8. 32
ABBI TYSON 60m U17G HEAT ( 1 ) 7. 89
ADEM SMITH 400m U15B HEAT ( 1 ) 1.01. 44

SUNDAY 30th JAN

KATHERINE JONES 200m S.W HEAT ( 3 ) 27. 23
" " " " SEMIHINAL 24 . 71
" " " " FINAL 25.. 25
HELEN SMALL " " HEAT ( 1 ) 27. 23
ALEX HOPKINS 60mh U20 FINAL 8. 60
LAURA SIMMONDS L/J U17 5. 14
CARRIE ANN PEARCE " U15 4. 62

MIDLANDS OPEN SAT 5th FEB N.I.A

ALEX HOPKINS 60mh U20 8. 77
RICHARD EVANS 200m U20 24. 50
HELEN SMALL 200m SW 26. 75
LUCY DUBBERIEL 200m U15G 27. 51
HELEN SMALL 60m SW 8. 37
ABBI TYSON 60m U17W 7. 93
LUCY DUBBERIEL 60m U15 8. 38
DANIL NASH H/J U17 1. 90
LAURA SIMMONDS L/J U17 5. 11
CARRI ANN PEARCE L/J U15 4. 33

MCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 6th FEB NIA

JAMIE GILL 200m SM HEAT ( 2 ) 23. 23
" " " " SEMIFINAL 23. 18
KATHERINE JONES 200m SW HEAT ( 2 ) 24. 69
" " " " FINAL 24. 5 PB
ALEX HOPKINS 60mh U20 FINAL 8. 63
ABBI TYSON 60m U17 HEAT ( 1) 7. 93
" " " " FINAL 7. 84
HARRIET COOPER 60m U15G HEAT ( 2 ) 8. 55
RICHARD PARKER SHOT U20 13. 87
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26-01-05 C&S Vets Results
On Sunday 16th Jan the Midland Veterans cross-country championships were held at Birchfield and we had two gold medals to
report, Christine Kilkenny won gold in the W50 age group and Dot Fellows took gold in the W60 group. In a field of over 30 runners
both had many younger athletes behind them with Chris finishing 7th overall and Dot 14th. For the first time in many years we failed to
field a team at this championship.

On Friday 21st Jan the North Staffs Road Running Association held their presentation evening and Dot picked up one of the major
awards when she was presented with the Veteran Lady Runner of the year award for 2004, this was in recognition of her finishing the
season in 6th place in the league even though she has now turned 60. There were also awards for Jeanne Bryan, Gillian Russon and
Gill Caldwell.

Not for publication on the web but Gill Caldwells husband Ron passed away on the day of the presentation and will be missed in
road racing circles, He had completed 22 London marathons 19 of them with Gill and has been a long standing member of our club.
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24-01-05 Reebok Challenged Cardiff - 23-1-05
Several athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club travelled to Cardiff last weekend to contest the latest round in the
Reebok Cross Country Challenge and they came away with some excellent results.....more
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20-01-05 WMYACCL Nuneaton - 9-1-05
Full results
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20-01-05 Staffs County X/C Champs - 15-1-05
Athletes of all ages from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club had a highly successful County Championships last weekend
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19-01-05 Extraordinary General Meeting
The meeting planned for February to discuss a proposed amalgamation between Cannock & Stafford, City of Stoke,
Staffs Moorlands, Trentham and Cheadle has been postponed to a later dater. After a lack of contact between the
clubs since the autumn, our committee needs time to talk to officials at the other clubs before presenting a fuller
picture to Cannock & Stafford members.

Gary Denning - CHAIRMAN C&S A.C.
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19-01-05 Extraordinary General Meeting
The meeting planned for February to discuss a proposed amalgamation between Cannock & Stafford, City of Stoke,
Staffs Moorlands, Trentham and Cheadle has been postponed to a later dater......more
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15-01-05 Milford 21
Entry forms for the Milford 21, that is being held on Sunday 6th March 2005, can be downloaded here.
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14-01-05 Employment Position available!!!
Athletics Development Officer - Walsall - Application Form
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01-12-04 Coaching Courses Update
The dates for the 2004 / 2005 UKA coaching courses are now available. Please contact Pat Cropper for further information.
Pat's details are listed on the form which you download here.
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01-12-04 Inter-County School's - Coventry - 20-11-04
The young athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic club were in action last weekend when they travelled to Coventry
to compete for Staffordshire schools in the annual Inter County Match
Hosted by the West Midlands at Memorial Park it gave several athletes the chance to show their continuing good form
over the cross country against some of the strongest counties in the country.

In the year 7 race it was Rowley Park squad member Becky Cooke, winner of the recent qualifying race at Rowley Park
who contested the lead with two runners from other competing counties and it was only over the later stages of the race
that her two rivals were just able to get the better of her but a bronze medal was still a major achievement.
Giving Becky good support were Hollie Allan 21^st, Rebecca Bray 25^th, Zoe Tomkins 32^nd and Shanie Read 62^nd giving
the team a well-earned second place.

In the Year 8/9 race a bronze medal was again the colour for C&S as Rowley Park winner Cally Read kept with the leaders
until she also had to settle for third place with all three in contention until the last few strides.

Training partners Rachel Atherton and Emma Gore made it a 1 2 3 for Staffordshire as they crossed the line in eighth and
eleventh respectively with Sophie Faulkner being the fourth C&S runner finishing in 30^th place. The team also took the silver medals.

The year 10/11 race had seven club runners all competing as year 10s and they all performed with great credit to the county as
Siobhan Arms finished second Staffs athlete in 21^st followed by Emma Wasteful in 30^th, Emma Hunt 37^th Jill Cash 40^th, Jade
Lela 49^th and Stephanie Ridgeway 54^th and Holly Wildman 62^nd again taking the silver medals.

In the boys races James Trollope was a convincing winner in the year 10/11 event leaving it till the start of the final lap to pull
away from his rivals to finish well clear with club mate Chris Harvey, who is a year 10 athlete, finishing third Staffs scorer in a
splendid ninth place with another year 10 runner Ian McCann 56^th earning them another second team award.

The year 8/9 race had one runner in Jack Hammond 74^th and Tom Newman 30^th in the year 7 race.

In total there were 21 athletes from C&S competing for Staffordshire with three others unable to compete showing that the
club is full of improving talent.
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13-11-04 C&S Veterans News
Dot Fellows won her third 10 mile County Champs title in the W55 age group in a time of 72mins 52sec, just one month before her 60th
birthday!! Please follow these links -
Vets achievements Vets Performances
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06-11-04 Staffs Schools Cross Country League
The junior athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were in action last weekend when they competed ....more
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06-11-04 Staffs Schools Cross Country League - Full Results
The junior athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were in action last weekend when they competed for their schools in the
Year 7, 8, 9, Championships held at Rowley Park in Stafford.

The girls from C&S had the most success with both female races won by club members and it was Rowley Park squad athlete Becky
Cooke from Penkridge Middle School who was a convincing winner in the year 7 race that covered a distance of one and a half laps
of Rowley Park.

From the start Becky quickly moved away from the rest of the pack that included runners from many schools from all over Staffordshire
and she continued to increase her lead crossing the line well clear of the opposition.

Also having outstanding performances were training partners Hollie Allan ( Year 7 Weston Road) who took an excellent bronze medal,
Shanie Read ( Year 6 St. Josephs J.S.) fourth , Rebecca Bray

(Year 7 Penk. Midd.) sixth, and Zoe Tomkins ( Year 7 Weston Road ) twelfth.

The year 8s and 9s were in a combined race also over one and a half laps and again C&S were totally dominant with Year 9 athlete
Cally Read (Cardinal Griffin) finishing well clear of her opposition with year 8 Rachel Atherton (Cheslyn Hay) second, next came
two year 9 athletes Catherine Bushnell (Walton High) fourth and Emma Gore (St.Dominics Stone) fifth.

Also performing well were Katie Hulme ( year 8 Cheslyn Hay) seventh, Sophie Faulkner ( Year 8 Blessed William Howard) tenth,
Chloe Boulter ( Year 8 Weston Road) fifteenth, Bethany Clewes (Year 9 St. Dominics Brewood) twentieth and Laura Allan
( Year 9 Weston Road) twenty second.

In the year 8/9 boys race Huw Owens ( Year 8 Chasetown High) ran a splendid race to finish just outside of the medals in fourth
place with Jack Hammond ( Year 8 Cannock Chase High) eleventh and Alasdair Rigby ( year 8) also Cannock Chase High in eighteenth.

In the year 7 boys Tom Newman Cannock Chase High was tenth .
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30-10-04 Reebok Challange - Senneley's Park
Full Results from the first meeting.
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30-10-04 Reebok Challange - Senneley's Park Download Full Result

The young athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club had a very successful day last weekend when they travelled to
Birmingham to contest the second round of the Reebok Challenge at a very muddy and tough course at Senneleys Park
containing many of the country’s top runners.

The under 13 girls started the meeting and it was Rachel Atherton who had scored an impressive sixth place in the first
round at Falkirk who went with the leading pack and another excellent performance was achieved as she crossed the
line in 11^th place in a time of 12.00.

Giving good support to Rachel were Becky Cooke who finished in a splendid 22^nd spot (12.24) and Hollie Allan who
secured the team score with a fine 45^th place (14.29). The team scored 78 points, which was good enough to give them

the bronze team awards coming behind Lincoln Wellington A.C., and their main midland rivals Sutton Coldfield who were second.
The under 15 girls were also in the medals as they also received the bronze awards with outstanding efforts from
Cally Read in 33^rd 14.40) followed by Siobhan Arms in 35^th, (14.45) Emma Gore 37^th, (14.53) Emma Wagstaffe 49^th (15.21)
Jill Cash 50^th (15.25) and Hollie Wildman in 66^th (16.23).

The under 13 boys also had something to celebrate as they took a fantastic second spot in the team wards with excellent
performances from Aden Symonds in 22nd (13.50) followed by Jack Hammond 32^nd (14.55), Alasdair Rigby 37^th (16.19) and
Toby Bowett in 42^nd in a time of 18.35.

On the individual front Chris Harvey put up a brilliant performance as he battled all the way to line with the leading
pack to finish in fifth place in 11.36 followed by team mate Glyn Owens in 69^th with a time of 13.34.

In the under 17 / 20 girls race Stacey Johnson ran a splendid race to finish seventh in the under 20s in a time of 18.49.

Two athletes contested the under 17 race with Emily Upton finishing 54^th (23.51) and Lucy Owen 56^th (24.38).

There were also two athletes in the senior women’s race with Christine Kilkenny finishing 75^th (26.59) and Jeanette Garrett 161^st (32.42).

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15-10-04 Extra content on the website
If you would like to see extra content on this site, whether it be extra features, mentions of performances of athetes or coaches - please email me
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11-10-04 Wheaton & Aston 10K and 3.5K Fun Run
The Wheaton & Aston Roman 10K and 3.5K Fun Run organised by both Cannock & Stafford AC and Wheaton & Aston R.R. is being held
at St Mary's School on Monday 27th December 2004. Entry Form
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01-10-04 Shugborough Road Relays 2004
A little late I know!! I sent an email to the organisers of the Shugborough relays the day after the race. It has only taken 3 months to arrive!!
Still - better late than never -
Cheers Brian. Full Results
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30-9-04 Burntwood Osteopathic Clinic
Osteopaths to the GB Athletic team and West Brom FC, Burntwood Osteopathic Clinic can offer a full range of services to C&S athletes
including: injury prevention and treatment, biomechanics assessments, training advice....more
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29-9-04 C&S Club Rankings 2004
The final standings for the season are now published on the Rankings page. Please email us with any corrections
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28-9-04 Timetables / start times available for 2004 / 2005
Click "Timetables" link on main menu or click here.
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27-9-04 C&S AC athlete makes mark at Triathlon!!
Steve "ironman" Haywood completed his first triathlon at Northampton on the 26th Sept, finishing 6th in the novice race in a field
of 124 (blow my own trumpet or what!!) Full results.
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27-9-04 Tom Humphries wins in America
Tom Humphries who is spending a year in America at the University of Missouri has already had two competitions one in
a 5000 meter race at Maryville which he won in 15.10, and last weekend in a 8000m race in Alabama finishing 2^nd in a race
of almost 100 other athletes.
Next week he competes in the National University Championships over 10,000 metres in Okalahoma against 2,000 fellow students.
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24-9-04 Midland Road Relays - Sutton Park
The junior athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club got their winter campaign of to a flying start last weekend when they
contested the Midland Road Relays at Sutton Park in Birmingham...............more
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24-9-04 Midland Road Relays - Sutton Park

The junior athletes of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club got their winter campaign of to a flying start last weekend when they contested the Midland Road Relays at Sutton Park in Birmingham.
The under 15 boys collected silver medals for an outstanding team performance with the under 13 and under 15 girls just missing out on the medals. Chris Harvey was first away for the boys and straight from the start he soon built up a commanding lead and by half way he had a ten second lead over Westbury Harriers in second place. Over the second part of the two and a half mile course he steadily increased his lead crossing the line twenty seconds ahead of his nearest rival with a time of 12 minutes and 48 seconds, a time that was the third fastest of the day. Next off was Sam Evans and despite losing one place he still gave a splendid performance returning in second place behind Westbury in 13.22 the thirteenth best time of the day and he crossed the line over a minute in front of third place. With a minute in hand third leg runner Ian McCann was under no pressure and a solid performance saw him cross the line in 13.48 finishing well clear of third place.

The under 15 girls had two teams competing with the A team just missing out of the medals in fourth place and the B team in 14^th. Cally Read on first leg produced an excellent performance storming into the lead on the final stretch of the course crossing the line in a time of 14.36, the second best time of the day. Emma Gore was next off and another good effort by Emma saw her cross the line in fourth place in 16.20. Last leg runner was Jill Cash and she too gave a splendid performance crossing the line and holding her position in fourth place in 16.30.

The B team were a creditable 14^th overall with outstanding efforts from Emma Wagstaffe 18.13, Holly Wildman 16.03 and Emma Hunt 15.50. The under 13 girls performed with great credit as Rachel Atherton returned in fourth place on the first leg in 15.37 handing over to Becky Cooke who crossed the line in third in 16.08 and Rebecca Bray 17.37. The team were 6^th club overall.

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22-9-04 Reebok Cross Challange 2004 / 2005
The series kicks off on the 9th October at Callendar Park, Falkirk. Entry forms can be downloaded or you can enter online here!!
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21-9-04 Cannock & Stafford AC Fixtures 2004 / 2005
Now available -Full Fixture list for this Winter!
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05-9-04 Vets Cup Final - Mansfiels
Our womens team were superb winning the cup by 20 points and claiming their title of the strongest veterans womens club team in the
Midlands and one of the strongest veterans club teams in the country. They have gone through the season undefeated winning all of
their league fixtures and the cup final. Our mens team has also made excellent progress finishing third in the league and third in the "B"
cup final, this is a big step forward from finishing fourth in the "C" final last year. Mens Results Womens Results
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05-9-04 Main Finals YAL - Alexander Stadium - Full results
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01-9-04 West Midland Coaching Courses
Coaching courses around the Midland area are now available for 2004 and 2005. These courses include Levels 1-4, children in athletics
and fitness in running and walking.
Download course dates
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31-8-04 Midland Vets League - Stafford - 14-8-04
Full results now available.
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15-8-04 Midland Men's League Div 2 - Leamington
Cannock & Stafford Senior Men's team gained promotion back to Division 1, as a result of finishing 2nd in the final league match of the
season held at Leamington on 7th August. Full results
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14-8-04 Midland Men's League Div 2 - The Dell
Cannock and Stafford's Senior Men's team finished second on the day to place second overall with one match remaining at The Dell on
Saturday 3th July 2004. Full Results
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25-7-04 National Junior League - Rugby
Cannock & Stafford's junior athletes excel at Rugby, with the women's team finishing 2nd and the men's team finishing 3rd overall.
Full results.

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25-7-04 British Master's 10k - S-O-T
The British Masters 10m champs were held at Tittensor Stoke on Trent on Sunday and the club were rewarded with 2 medals.
In the W35 age group Gillian Russon was delighted to secure a silver medal, her first national medal of any colour in the vets'.
In the W55 age group Dot Fellows also secured a silver medal. Gillian & Ron Caldwell and Les Green also competed.
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11-7-04 British Master's Pentathlon Champs
At the BMAF pentathlon Held at Solihull today 11 July Anne Wainwright won silver medal in W45 age group with a total
score of 2411points this event was combined with the Midland Veterans Pentathlon Championship in which Anne won gold.

We had one competitor in the men's events where Andy Weetman won BMAF and Midland Veterans Golds with a total
score of 2034 points
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10-7-04 Results Now Available:     Mid Vets Lg - 7-7-04
Staffs U14 Champs 7-7-04     Cannock Schools 30-6-04
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07-07-04 National Police Championships - Colchester
Carl Dunn and Steve Haywood from C&S gave solid performances at the National Police and Fire Service Athletics Championships,
with Carl finishing 3rd in the 1500m and Steve finishing 2nd in the 800m.
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26-6-04 British Master's Champs - Birmingham
Dot Fellows wins her 26th National title, while club records and personal bests get smashed at the weekend. Results
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26-6-04 BMC Grand Prix - Manchester - Sport City
Full results from the 3rd elite middle distance grand prix.

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26-6-04 British Master's Champs
In the women's 5000m Christine Kilkenny won silver in the W50 age group in a time of 18.58.44secs, Dot Fellows won gold in the W55
age group in a new club record time of 21.06.75secs, she actually won her race by one third of a second. Jeanne Bryan took silver in the
W60 age group again in a new club record time of 24.05.37secs.
Jeanne took 10seconds off her old record and Dot took 2min 50secs off her W50 time.
It is probably worth pointing out that this was Dots 26th National title. She has won 12 on the track, 9 on the road and 5 on the country.
On day two of the champs Christine Kilkenny won gold in the W50 10,000m in a time of 38.58.94secs.
Alison George had a busy day winning silver in the weight competition with a throw of 10.15metres. She was 4th in the W40 shot with
9.42metres and 6th in the W40 Hammer with 24.72metres.
Anne Wainwright finished 5th in the W45 Long Jump with 3.82metres
Gary Myles was our most successful man with a silver medal in the M40 110h in 15.6secs.
Dave Constance was 6th in the M40 5000m in 16.46.44secs.
Martin Roberts was 6th in the M40 Hammer with 43.91metres
Martin Weetman ran 12.6secs in the M40 100m but did not qualify for the final. Full Results
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23-6-04 Mason Trophy - Alexander Stadium - 19-6-04
Individual results and team results now available
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20-6-04 Midland AAA's Senior Champs - Perry Barr
Gold for Chris Tremayne (PV), silver for Helen Small (400mH) and 4th places for Stacey Johnson and Steve Haywood (800m),
headed the success for C&S at the weekend. Full Results
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18-6-04 Midland Men's League Div 2 - Leamington
Cannock and Stafford's Senior Men's team topeed the table at the 2nd round of the Midland Men's League Div 2 match at Leamington
on Saturday 5th June 2004. Full Results
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12-6-04 Staffs County School's Champs - Cannock
Cannock & Stafford Athlete's star at the County Champs this weekend with 38 National and English School's
Standards achieved. Full results now available
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12-6-04 Results Now Available: YAL - Cannock - 6/6/04
Cannock Schools 9/6/04 Vets League -Telford - 10/6/04
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10-6-04 Midland Vets League
We had our latest vets league at Telford last night and once again our women's team came away with a victory.
On the track we only had one winner with Chris Rollason having a 8oom/3000m double, but amazingly none of our
athletes was out of the first three and no-one could match our consistency. In the field only one of our athletes
finished out of the first two and we had victories for Anne Wainwright in the pole vault Alison George in the shot
and Carol Lowndes achieved a Discus/Javelin double. A really fine team performance.
In the men's team Terry Faulkner picked up a second place in the 8oom and also helped our relay team to second place.
We haven't got the men's team sorted yet, but we still managed 5th spot on the night.
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06-6-04 Midland Vets Champs - Solihull
Outstanding performances were displayed by C&S Vets, including Jeanne Bryan, who smashed the championship record in the
W60 5000m by 26 seconds!.......more
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06-6-04 Midland Vets Champs - Solihull
Outstanding performances were displayed by C&S Vets, including Jeanne Bryan, who smashed the championship record in the
W60 5000m by 26 seconds! Alison George in the W40 Hammer also improved the championship record by a staggering 3.5m!!
Other Gold Medals:
5000M        - Christine Kilkenny W50
Long Jump- Anne Wainwright W45
High Jump - Anne Wainwright W45
Silver Medals:
5000m        - Dot Fellows W55
110 H         - Gary Myles M40
Hammer    - Martin Roberts M40
Bronze Medals:
400m          - Terry Faulkner M60

Club records were also set by:
Alison George - W40 Hammer - 26.98m
Christine Kilkenny - W50 5000m - 18.54.9
Terry Faulkner - M60 400m - 64.0sec
Gary Myles - M40 110H - 16.4sec
Dot Fellows - W55 5000m - 23.55.5
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23-5-04 National Junior League - Derby
Junior athletes from C&S place 2nd in the National Junior league at the weekend....Full Results men's and women's

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22-5-04 BMC Grand Prix - Solihull
Craig Pearson and Steve Haywood ran a season's best in the senior men's 800m, with times of
1.55.4 and 1.56.8 respectively, in the first BMC Grand Prix of the season... full results
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15-5-04 Staffordshire AAAs Champs - Northwood Stadium
Cannock and Stafford AC win 40 Gold Medals at the Staffs County Champs at Stoke......full results

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12-5-04 Midland Veterans League - Tamworth

At the first veterans league meeting held at Tamworth on 12th May we had rather a successful day winning the women's match by
just 2 points and coming 5th in the men's match equalling our highest ever finish. C&S Athletes broke 10 club records!!....more

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9-5-04 National Young Athlete's League - Swindon
Full Results available from the first National Young Athlete's League...more

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23-5-04 Uttoxeter Half Marathon (Staffs Champs)

On Sunday 23rd May in the Uttoxeter half marathon C&S had 4 runners competing. Mike Rogers in the mens race,
Gillian Russon, Jeanne Bryan and Dot Fellows in the ladies. This race also incorporated the County half marathon
championship and Dot managed to secure the gold medal in the W55 age group again beating all of the W45s and
W50s in the process.

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22-5-04 British Master's Road Relay Champs- Sutton Park

On Saturday 22nd May the British Masters held their road relay championships at Sutton Park. We fielded the same team
as last year in the W45 age category.

Christine Rollason got us off to a great start running 40 seconds faster than last year and bringing us back in 5th place.

Dot Fellows ran the second leg and though marginally slower than last year, managed to gain one place to 4th.
Christine Kilkenny then ran a storming last leg (3rd fastest on the day) to get the team up to bronze medal position.
She was also 10 seconds faster than last year. The race was won by Bath with Holmfirth in second position

Result Bath 55m 44secs

Holmfirth 57m 03secs

C & S 58m 09secs

When you take into account that all of our team are over 50 (Dot will be 60 later this year) they were all giving a lot of years
to younger athletes and that there were 32 teams in the W45 age group you can see how well they competed.

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12-5-04 Midland Veterans League - Tamworth

NEW CLUB RECORDS

In the W35 Age group

100m Gillian Russon 14.7 Tamworth 2004

H.Jump Gillian Russon 1.10m " "

4x200m Relay 2.12.9 " "

In the W50 Age group

1500m Christine Kilkenny 5.25.3 Tamworth 2004

In the W60 Age group

2k Walk Jeanne Bryan 14.46.9 Tamworth 2004

In the M40 Age Group

1500m Dave Constance 4.40.7 Tamworth 2004

T.Jump Andy Weetman 8.41m Tamworth 2004

Inthe M50 Age group

1500m Tim Buss 5.38.2 Tamworth 2004

In the M60 Age group

400m Terry Faulkner 66.1 Tamworth 2004

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8-5-04 Midland Men's League Div 2 - Tamworth
Full Results now available from the first Midland Men's League...more
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5-5-04 10K Staffs Champs (Clayton 10K)

Congratulations to Dot Fellows, who won gold in the championships in
the W55 category, beating all the W55 and W50 in the process.
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28-4-04 BMC 1500m - Birmingham University
Craig Pearson started the season in excellent form, winning the 1st Regional British Miler's Club 1500m in a time of 4.04min... more
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28-4-04 Birmingham University Open
Emma Gore u15 girls 1500 5.24
Jade Lepla u15 girls 800 2.31 + 200 28.2
Cally Read u15 gils 1500 5.14
Emily Upton u17 ladies 800 2.38
Chris Harvey u15 boys 1500 4.29
Ian McCann u15 boys 1500 5.03
Sam Evans u15 boys 1500 4.44
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25-4-04 National Junior League - Cannock Stadium
Full results from the first fixture, when C&S athletes placed 3rd in the men's and 4th in the women's competitions.....more

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18-4-04 London Mini Marathon

Young Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic took part in the London Mini Marathon last weekend when they represented Staffordshire Schools and they all performed superbly coming away with some excellent results.

In the Boys 13-14 Chris Harvey ran a splendid race finishing in the top ten in ninth place in a time of 14 minutes and 14 seconds followed by Sam Evans in 53^rd (15.21) and Miles Rowley 63^rd in a time of 15.44.

The Boys 15-17 race had James Trollope recording an excellent time of 14.30 crossing the line in 56tth place.

The Girls had four C&S runners who all ran exceptionally well with Cally Read finishing 17^th in a time of 17.08 with clubmate and training partner Rachel Atherton one second behind in 19^th place. These two were then followed in by Rebecca Cooke in 35^th (17.34) and Sophie Faulkner 76^th in a time of 20.46.

The girls 13-14 saw three C&S girls with Jill Cash crossing the line in a creditable 31^st place in 16.52 with Emma Gore 46^th (17.24) who in turn was followed by Siobhan Arms in 69^th in a time of 17.58.

The Girls 15-17 had one club runner in the ranks with Emily Upton flying the flag for C&S and she also performed well crossing the line in 70^th place with a splendid time of 18.07.

All of the C&S athletes showed great determination and gave a good team performance for their county.
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18-4-04 Charnwood AC Open Meeting Loughborough
Jess Leek   U11   100m - 16.5
Jess Leek   U11   Long Jump   3.38

Katie Leek U17   300m - 42.8

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12-4-04 Birmingham Rowheath AC with Birmingham University Open Meeting

U/20 MICHAEL WATSON 400mts 51 .7 200 24
U/20 JOHN BIDDLE 400mts 52.1
U/17 BECKY RUBENIS 100mts 14 200 28, 9
U/15 NATALIE EDWARDS 100mts 14.2 200 28.5
U/15 LAURA SIMMONDS 100mts 13.7 L/J 4.64 H/J 1.20
U/15 CARRIEANN PEARCE 200mts 30.8 L/J 4.58 H/J 1.25
U/11 JESS LEEK 75mts 12.1 L/J 3.51
U/11 ZOE BARRATT 75mts 12.5 150mts 25 L/J 3.25

FIRST TIME TRACK MEETING
LIAM 600mts 1.54 5 150mts 22.5 L/J 3.69
RYAN 600mts 2.22.4 150mts 27.2 L/J 2.82
GEORGE EDWARDS 75mts 14.8 150mts 31.9 L/J 2.26
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24-3-04 Primary Schools Millennium Cross Country - Cannock Stadium
Nearly a hundred and fifty runners from Primary Schools covering the Cannock and Rugeley area contested the annual 10 stage Millennium
Cross Country Relays that were held at Cannock Stadium.

Organised by John Turner the event was another outstanding success that hopefully will see many of the Primary School athletes
progressing into the ranks of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club over the next couple of years.

With ten runners from each school consisting of five girls and five boys there was some excellent performances shown by many of the
young athletes.

The final placings were:

1 FLAXLEY                  RUGELEY
2 ETCHING HILL         RUGELEY
3 CHADSMOOR           CANNOCK
4 ST. JOHNS                  CANNOCK
5 REDHILL                    CANNOCK
6 WESTON SPRINGS    RUGELEY
7 CHURCHFIELD          RUGELEY
8 HAYS MEADOW        RUGELEY
9 WALLHOUSE             CANNOCK
10 MOORHILL               CANNOCK
11 REDHILL `B`             CANNOCK
12 ST.JOSEPHS              CANNOCK
13 PYE GREEN              CANNOCK

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4-4-04 National AAA's Road Relays Championships - Sutton Park
Teams from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club performed well last weekend when they contested the National A.A.A.s Road Relays at Sutton Park in Birmingham.

Although there were no team medals two athletes took top honours with the fastest legs of the day in their age groups and the teams that did compete did the club proud with the under 15 boys being very unlucky when they finished fourth beaten in a sprint to the line.

First leg runner was Chris Harvey in his first year as an under 15 but he produced a splendid time of 12.50 to cross the line in fifth place handing over to another first year under 15 athlete Sam Evans who despite dropping to twelfth place still did a good time of 13.52.

Third leg runner was James Trollope who almost brought the team into the bronze medal position with the fastest time of the day of 12.20 but the effort proved just too much as he was out sprinted in the last ten metres but the performance of the team was more than was expected.

Stacey Johnson proved she is still one of the top under 17 girls in the country when running on her own for the club she produced a brilliant time of 13.54 which was ten seconds faster than the second best time.

Making the performance even more incredible was the fact that during her leg there was a ferocious storm that almost blew the C&S tent over.

The under 13 girls scored an excellent sixth place with Emma Gore returning in fourteenth in a time of 15.36 handing over to Cally Read who improved by seven place as she crossed the line in seventh in 15.10.

Going off on the third was first year athlete was Rachel Atherton who took one more place to finish in a splendid sixth.

With the powerful Aldershot Farnham & District (winners of all three age groups) finishing their `B` team in fifth place the under 13s were actually fifth club finishers.

Their performance showed again that C&S can hold their own and take on the bigger clubs in the country.

4-4-04 National Under 20s College Championships - Loughborough
Two Under 20 athletes Lisa Knight and Lyndsey Meek who are both recovering from illnesses performed well at the National College
Championships
at Loughborough, competing for the West Midland area with Lisa finishing in eleventh place and Lyndsey in thirteenth helping the
West Midlands to take the title.

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British Masters Cross Country Championships - Durham - 20- 3--04

Congratulations to both Cannock and Stafford Athletes who competed in the British Masters cross country championships at Durham,
on the 20th March. Les Green ran in the M65 age group and did what Les does best by running, finishing and enjoying himself.
Dot Fellows ran in the W55 age group and secured a bronze medal, not bad when she is at the top of her age group.

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2-4-04 C&S Athlete of the Month
Each month this site will publish a C&S Athlete of the month starting from April 2004. A separate page will be dedicated to the winning athlete
including:
achievements, photographs, mentions of coaches, training team mates and training programs. The winning athlete may even be interviewed
and win a prize
donated by one of our site sponsors - SUTTON RUNNER To recommend an athlete for this award simply click on the above link
"Recommend Athlete of the Month" and explain your reasons for your recommendation.

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Junior Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club wound up their cross-country season when they represented Staffordshire in the All England Cross Country Championships at Mote Park in Maidstone.

Jo Harper took pride of place with a brilliant forth place in the senior Girls race and with Stacey Johnson finishing twenty forth the team scored an excellent second place in a race with over three hundred competitors and over forty counties.

The intermediate girls race saw Cannock and Stafford athletes Emily Upton finish 261st and Lucy Owen 266th.

The junior boys also performed well finishing fifth team overall with Chris Harvey leading the way for Staffs in an outstanding ninth place but with only the first eight being selected for the Home international he must now wait as reserve and hope for a withdrawal from one of the other runners.

Giving good support were Sam Evans in 35^th, Miles Rowley in 94^th, Glyn Owens 140^th and Ian McCann in 255^th.

The Intermediate Boys were another team in great form finishing second overall with James Trollope crossing the line in 42^nd with Adam Watkins finishing 119^th.

The junior girls had five C&S finishers with Cally Read in 89^th followed by Jill Cash in 127th, Siobhan Arms 218th, Stephanie Jones-Ridgeway 248th and Hollie Wildman 313th.

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WOLLATON PARK NOTTINGHAM 06-03-04

Athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club performed well last weekend when they represented Staffordshire at the Inter County Championships in at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.

Junior international Tom Humphries who is still an under 20 athlete under U.K. Athletics rules had to compete in his first major championships as a senior because these championships which are also the Trials for the World Championships are held under I.A.A.F. rules.

Packed with top senior runners from all over the country hoping to gain an automatic slot for the worlds it was a tall order for Humphries but he showed no signs of being overwhelmed by his much older opposition as he kept with the leading runners for the first two of the three lap race and it was only on the third and final lap did the older runners start to move away but he stuck to his task and he crossed the line in an excellent 15th place ahead of many well known British runners.

In the under 15 Boys Staffordshire collected their first ever team victory at this age group and it was C&S athlete James Trollope who returned in 26th place to take the third scorers spot for the County to earn himself a well deserved Gold team award.

. Just missing out on a medal himself was fifth place runner for Staffs. Adam Watkins who performed really well considering he cam out at the back of the starting pen behind his seven teammates.

In the under 13 girls Emma Gore retuned in a respectable 40th place followed by team mate Cally Read in 94th and Rachel Atherton 126th.

The under 13 boys had two C&S runners with Zac Leason finishing a worthy 118th while Adam Smith finished in a splendid 140th.to help the team finish in 14th place.

The Staffordshire under 15 girls team performed really well finishing in second overall place with Jill Cash running well for 101st and Stephanie Jones-Ridgeway in 150th

The under 17 ladies had one C-S athlete with Jo Harper finishing second scorer in tenth place and in the under 20 race Lyndsey Meek finished in a good 58th place.

World Indoor Athletic Champs - Budapest - 5-7 March 2004 - Tom Mayo
Tom Mayo fought bravely in the semi-finals for the men's 3000m race. However, Tom failed to qualify for the final, finishing 10th in a time of 8:03:88. The first 4 qualified automatically and the 5th, 6th and 7th place athletes also qualified as fastest losers. The photo finish below shows how close the race was, with only 29 hundredths of a second in between 2nd and 6th place. During the race, athletes achieved two national records, one personal best and one season's best.
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NATIONAL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CHAMPIOSHIPS

PRINCETHORPE COLLEGE RUGBY 27-02-2004

Two athletes from Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club competing for the Midlands won National titles last weekend when they travelled to Rugby to contest the National Independent Cross Country Championships at Princethorpe College.

Alex Barnfather took the title in the Year 8 boy’s race of nearly a hundred athletes crossing the line well clear of his opposition, as did Emma Gore in the year 8 girls race with a similar performance.

Both these athletes are now looking forward to this weekend’s National Inter County Cross Country Championships at Nottingham, which they will both contest as Staffordshire County champions. Back to Home Page Back to Results Page

The under 11 girls of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were celebrating last weekend when they competed in the final round of the West Midland Young Athletes League at Perry Park in Birmingham coming away with an excellent third place in the team awards.

With trophies for the first six there was a splendid fourth place individual award for Rowley Park athlete Becky Cooke who despite finishing sixth on the day had done enough in the earlier rounds to enable her to keep her fourth spot.

The team went into this final round in third place just ahead of fourth place but a solid performance saw them remain in third with Cooke receiving good support from Jourdanna Beresford-Smith in 11th, Becky Philips 21st, Rebecca Bray 23rd, Dannielle Finlay 28th, Sophie Bales 48th, Daisy Perry 49th and Fay Al-Nakeeb 52nd.

Another athlete achieving a trophy was Rachel Atherton in the under 13 girls with several good performances over the five rounds which earned her an excellent fifth place overall.

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Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club had a highly enjoyable time, when they travelled to Leeds to contest the National Cross Country Championships, which were held, at Temple Newsam Park in Leeds.

Although only one medal was achieved, an individual, there were several good team performances that shows that C&S, which is made up solely of local runners as compared to the clubs that buy in athletes, can proudly say that it puts them up with many of the country’s more wealthier clubs.

Inevitable it was junior international Tom Humphries who is in his second year of three in the under twenty race that the individual medal came and it was no disgrace to be beaten by Liverpool’s Phil McGlory who is in his final year in this age group.

On a course of two laps each covering four thousand metres the C&S youngster moved quickly to the front of the pack with McGlory the only athlete to respond to Toms pace.

By the end of the first lap the Liverpool runner had made a six second gap and although he tried to increase his lead he could not make any headway but neither could Humphries make any impression on the deficit and with these two well clear of the rest it stayed that way to the finish line.

With a bronze place last year and silver this time, it is hoped that next year he can take the gold medal to add to his under seventeen title.

The only two other runners for C&S in the under twenties were Chris Powner 75^th, (35.50) and Ben Taylor 122^nd, (38.18)

The under 15 boys who were third in the Midland Champs produced an outstanding performance finishing fifth overall with James Trollope crossing the line in 22^nd place in a time of 14.54, followed by Adam Watkins 35^th, (15.08), Chris Harvey 49^th, (15,22), Miles Rowley 102^nd, (15.52), Glyn Owens 121^st, (16.04), Sam Evans 142^nd, (16.19), Ian McCann 247^th, (17.26), and Liam Faherty 256^th, (17.34)

The under 13 boys also finished fifth overall and again splendid efforts were made by Alex Barnfather in 43^rd, (11.28) Zac Leason 47^th, (1.32) Adam Smith 77^th (11.46) Aiden Symonds 111^th, (12.02) Stuart Millage 187^th (12.51) and Craig Jones-Ridgeway 243^rd (13.52).

The under 13 girls were another team in good form finishing an excellent ninth overall with Emma Gore leading the way for C&S in 19^th, (12.11), Cally Read 35^th, (12.34), Rachel Atherton 43^rd, (12.40) and Sophie Faulkner 197^th (14.07).

The under 15 girls finished in creditable 17^th place with fine runs from Jill Cash in 75^th, (17.48), Stephanie Jones-Ridgeway 105^th, (18.11), Emma Hunt 167^th, (18.54), Siobhan Arms 176^th (19.04) and Jade Lepla 192nd (19.21).

Incomplete teams were the under 17 Ladies with Stacey Johnson 20^th, (21.09) Jo Harper 25^th, (21.31) and Emily Upton 105^th, (24.00), the under seventeen men, Toby Norman 140^th,(25.15),Jon Bevington 164^th,(25.50) and James Houghton 174 (26.05).

Lisa Knight despite problems progressing from young athlete to senior, showed much improved form in the under twenties to finish 52^nd in a time of 21.57.

There was one senior man taking part being Craig Pearson who finished in a field of almost two thousand competitors.

BURBAGE COMMON, NUNEATON, 07-02-04

The senior men of Cannock and Stafford Athletic Club were celebrating, when the club won promotion from the Second Division of the Birmingham League to the First which will give them the opportunity of competing against the top teams in the Midlands next season for the first time in seven years.
After successive relegations from the second to the fourth due to the lack of senior runners their rise back to the top was just as dramatic as they climbed from the fourth to the first with great determination and great team work consisting of young athletes and experienced senior athletes.
With the top three teams being promoted it was always going to be difficult for C& S but with good efforts in the first three rounds they found themselves in fourth place entering the final round at Nuneaton.
Telford and Cheltenham were both out in front following good performances as several of their international athletes had given them a big margin over the first three rounds so the real battle was for third place with Severn A.C. holding a seventy three point lead over C&S going into this match.
From the start junior international Tom Humphries and Telford`s senior international Chris Davies moved quickly away from the pack staying together for the first two laps when the more stronger Davies moved himself into a comfortable lead crossing the line twenty seconds ahead of Humphries.
Behind these two the rest of the C&S athletes were in determined form to try and reverse the points tally with Severn and finishing in an excellent fifth place was fellow junior athlete Rob Little followed by seniors Paul Lester in fourteenth and Craig Pearson in 26th.
The next two scorers were more juniors with Chris Powner in thirty sixth and Ben Taylor in forty eighth and with veterans Brian Peacock in 103rd and Tim Buss 150th the team had a sixteen point lead over Severn which gave them the required total needed o enable them to return to the top flight.
With Humphries not able to compete in all of the rounds due to international appearances Rob Little took the leading junior athletes gold medal with Chris Powner taking the bronze with Ben Taylor just missing out in fourth place.
Bob Hughes U.K. Athletics Coach and Team Manager
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C&S Website launch
Canncock and Stafford Athletic Club have finally launched their own Website. As of mid-February 2004, the club have their first on-line website designed for use by athletes, coaches and parents.
The website is still in it's early days and many of the features are disabled at present. However, in couple of weeks you will be able to enjoy the following features:

* A full results service throughout the year
* A guest book where visitors can leave there messages
* A chat room for coaches / athletes / parents ect to meet
* A hall of fame for holders of club track/field and road records.
* Top stories involving C&S club athletes
* Links to many athletic related websites
* Downloadable entry forms for open meetings and Club Membership

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The next open meeting staged at Cannock Stadium, was due to be held on Saturday 10th April 2004. Due to the lack of officials (starter) this event will be re-arranged for later on in the season. If any body can volunteer their services as track / field / timekeeping officials, pease email us at compete@cannockandstaffordathleticclub.com and I shall forward your details on.

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Pos	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark
1	243	Lagat Bernard	KEN	7:47.70	Q
2	8	Mottram Craig	AUS	7:48.09	Q	(NR)
3	113	Abate Abiyote	ETH	7:48.25	Q
4	96	Gallardo Sergio	ESP	7:48.27	Q	(PB)
5	400	Lebid Sergiy	UKR	7:48.28	q
6	55	Sullivan Kevin	CAN	7:48.38	q
7	261	Amyne Mohammed	MAR	7:49.92	q
8	427	Riley Jonathon	USA	7:55.58		(SB)
9	11	Weidlinger Günther	AUT	7:59.82
10	149	Mayo Thomas	GBR	8:03.88
11	390	Amirov Ajmal	TJK	8:38.37		(NR)

Heat 2 - Friday, March 05, 2004 - 12:45