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Next Management Meeting: TBA |
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Copy of Minutes are available on request. |
The Club AGM is on the 4th July 2022 at the Dell.
Starting at 7.00pm. All members are welcome.
Any nominations for Officers, Committee Members should be
made to the
Club Secretary prior to the meeting.
After 37 years as Club Secretary, she has decided that it
is time for someone else to take over and will be resigning the position
at this years AGM.
Also to conform with England Athletics latest Club
Standards, the AGM needs to approve the Clubs new Constitution.
This is available to view
via this link.
Due to
Safety considerations and available space on the track. The club have
found it necessary to
limit the number of athletes in the Academy Group and
some other Groups.
Therefore the club has a Waiting List .
For your child to be placed on the list, please contact the club by email with your contact
details. Can we kindly request that you do not come to the
Dell on training nights, unless requested to do so by the club Secretary.
The club have booked the track for Club training on
Tuesday and Thursday Nights from 6.30pm to 8.30pm until the end of
September 2022. All members attending must register with the Membership
Secretary or whoever is taking Training Fees that evening.
Club Training Night Fees are currently £3.00
each night
All enquiries regarding membership should be addressed to
the following email
dashmemberships@gmail.com
The Clubs WEB SITE is over 16 YEARS OLD
and needs replacing with a more up to date version, with a more modern
look. But we also need someone to take over the role of running the
website.
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Please Note;- A page for Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers Athletic Club
can be found on Facebook. This has no official link to the club and
therefore the club's management committee accepts no responsibility for
its content or any information on there. |
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Club
Records
Women's Records........
Click the Link
Men's Records........
These Records are from
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Unfortunately the Men's Senior Cross Country team have been relegated
from Division 2 of the Birmingham CC League. But hopefully this means
that promotion next season back to Division 2 is more than possible.
The following day, all the younger athletes ran well in the WMYACC
league at Nuneaton. They have come on leaps and bounds this winter under
Steve Prince's coaching.
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Jamie Tranter set a new U/20 Club Record in the recent YDL meeting. |
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Runners from DASH ran
well in the recent Action Heart 5 mile Road Race in Dudley.
Trevor Shaun Osborne
had an excellent race to finish in 2nd place with a time of 27.08, as
Tom Isherwood was 4th and 1st M40 in 27.23. Ben Foster finished 7th in
28.54, Ian Cox 9th in 30.27 and Jerome Gillespie 18th with 32.12. |
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DASH Senior Men at Coombe
Park

The Senior Men's team at the start of the 3rd Birmingham League race at
Coombe Park, Coventry. |
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Some very
muddy legs after the 2019 DASH Christmas Handicap. With Clare Wood 1st
home in the 5k, followed by Logan Parker 1st in the 1.6k run. Adam Bodin
was fastest in the 5k with 18min 10 sec as Luke Bailey set a new
short course Record of 5min 57 sec. The first runner to break 6 minutes
on the 1.6km course.
Thanks to
all the helpers that enable this long standing tradition to take place. |
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DASH have a New Throws Cage
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The U/13 Boys team all had good runs in the 2nd
WMYACC League race at Perry Park, as Luke Bailey improved finishing in
the top 20 in 18th place. William Kay was again at the front, but this
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In the second Birmingham League race at Stratford,
DASH senior men finish an excellent 3rd team with 164pts. Although we
have scored lower when in Divisions 3 and 4. In such a quality league,
this was the clubs team best performance for over 50 years.
Well Done Lads, lets keep
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William Kay had a great run in the U/17race at the 1st WMYACC League held at Warley Woods, winning
comfortably, despite slipping over, in a time of 17.28. Isabelle Plant also ran well to finish
in 9th place in the U/15 Girls race.
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1st Div 2
Birmingham League Race
DASH started well in the
first race with Dave Nation leading the team home in 15th, closely
followed by Shaun Osborne in 18th. Ben Foster was next in 24th, with
Adam Bodin making his league debut in 48th and Dave Ratcliffe completed
the scoring 6 in 53rd. See the Results page for other places. |
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DASH Senior men finish
65th in the National 6 Stage Road Relay having qualified by finishing
33rd in the Midland 6 Stage. See the Results Page for details, but in
both events the last leg was run by one of our younger athletes. Harry
Walters in the Midland and Adam Bodin in the National. |
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What an
Inspiration Eric is to all our athletes.
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DASH WALKERS LEAD THE WAY
in the JIM SHARLOTT MEMORIAL WALKS
Held at Leicester on
30th June. In the Open 2km Walk Elena Richards was 1st U/13 in 15min
12sec, with
Natasha Goldsby 2nd
but 1st U/11 in a time of 15min 13 sec. Well done girls!!!! |
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DK 10K
DASH runners where well to the fore as 14
club members took part in the DK 10K Road Race. Rob Meredith was
first for DASH in 6th, Trevor Osborne 7th, Ben Foster 8th, Dave Nation
9th. All the places and times are on the Results Page. |
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LONDON MARATHON
Lorna Hulme and Mark Judge took part in
the Virgin Money London Marathon. Lorna set a PB of 3hrs 11mins 18sec as
Mark ran 3hrs 28min 13sec. Was this a PB ? |
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MIDLAND VETERANS LEAGUE
Elaine Restorick had
a busy night in the first Midland Veterans League meeting at Stourport,
taking part in 6 events, with 4 Club Records and finishing 5th team. In
the Men's mile races Ben Foster, running as a guest set a new M35 club
record of 4.49.4 as Dave Nation ran 4.53.9 for 2nd place. In the M40
race Darrell Bodin was 4th in 5.27.0. |
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Manchester Marathon
3 DASH members took part in the
Manchester Marathon on 7th April with some good times.
Phil Boardman in 311th with a time of 2.53.17, James Wright 918th in
3.02.13 and Darrell Bodin 972nd in 3.03.02. Well done lads. |
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DASH Finish 58th in the
National 12 Stage Road Relay
A good solid team performance had the
club battling with Halesowen for most of the race to finish in 5hrs 7min
43sec. The slower time is due to 2 short stages being replaced by 2
long, hence its a longer race. Here special mention must be given to
Mark Judge, with a long leg, and Phil Nation on a short who stepped in
to run the last 2 legs and complete the team. |
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DASH Qualify for the
National 12 Stage Road Relay
An excellent team performance on 24th
March 2019 in the Midland 12 Stage Road Relay saw the club finish in
16th place from 58 complete teams with a time of 4hrs 29min 47sec. This
is the first time DASH has qualified for the National since 1995. A long
wait. |
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Action Heart 5 Mile Road Race
Rob Meredith led the way home finishing
in 2nd place in 27.59, with Trevor Osborne 4th in 28.14. Dave Nation was
only 4 seconds behind with 28.14 and Elliot Jones in 9th in 29.33. |
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DASH Senior Men's team finish 14th in the
Midland Cross Country Championships on 26th Jan at Newbold Common
Leamington from 33 complete teams.
Dave Nation
continued his fine form leading the team home in 67th in a time of
45.08, with Trevor Shaun Osborne 84th in 46.06. Next came Dave Ratcliffe
140th in 49.19, 167th was Darrell Bodin 50.48. Darran Bishop 181st in
51.29 and Martin Harrigan 225th in 53.50 was the scoring team. mark
Judge was 227th in 57.07 and Greg Middleton 360th in 63.01. as 403
runners finished the race.

Rob Meredith ran the Staverton 10 mile
Road Race finishing 10th in
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The weekend of 12th and
13th Jan was a busy time for DASH athletes as the Seniors
had their best
team performance of the season finishing 7th, with good runs from Dave
Nation and Tom Isherwood, 9th and 12th respectively. Trevor Shaun
Osborne was 17th, his best placing and Rob Meredith made a welcome
return from injury to finish 35th. Dave Ratcliffe in 58th and Elliot
Jones 65th completed the team.
The following day a small
band of youngsters travelled to Rugby for the WMYACC League and all ran
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The final Hereford & Worcester Sporthall competition
took place on 6th Jan and DASH Under 13 Boys came away with the team
trophy. Well Done. several athletes are expected to be chosen to
represent the League. |
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DASH Christmas Handicap
saw 38 athletes take part, with Sharon Bailey overall winner and the first 5km
runner home, with Jenson Gregory in 6th being the 1st 1.6km back. Luke
Bailey was the fastest boy on the 1.6km setting a new course record of
6min 5sec and Elly Lees quickest girl in 8.37. Fastest male on the 5km was Rob Meredith in 17.14
with Grace Slater fastest lady in 22.35. All times on the Results Page.
The happy band of runners
at the finish.
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Some good DASH runs in
the 3rd WMYACC League race at Perry Park and on the Road.
Under 15 girl Isabelle Plant improved 11
places from the previous round finishing in 14th place as did Luke
Bailey in the U/13 Boys race with 18th. Again the U/17 men maintained
the team position in 5th. The U/17 Team below-William Kay, Adam Bodin
and Harry Walters.
  
Meanwhile on the road, the
seniors put in some solid runs. In
the Snyed 10mile race
Shaun Osborne was 7th in 59.31, Darran Bishop 34th in 65.24 and Mark
Judge in 65.24, with 385 finishers. Elliot Jones ran in the fast, high
quality Telford 10k. The first 17 all under 30 minutes, Elliot finishing
in 288th in a time of 36.33 with 1243 finishers. |
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An under strength DASH
team finish 10th in the 2nd Birmingham League CC Race
Dave Nation was first home in 13th with
Tom Isherwood right behind in 14th.
Trevor Shaun Osborne was 26th, Darrell Bodin 75th, Dave Ratcliffe 88th
and Darran Bishop completing the counting 6 in 109th. DASH are 8th
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DASH athletes run well in
the Suicide 6
16 year old Harry Walters runs well for
an excellent 7th place in 40.10 with Elliot Jones just 10seconds behind
in 8th. Dave Ratcliffe making a welcome return from injury in 23rd.
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The 2nd WMYACC League
race took place at Warley Woods on 15/11/18.
Again the U/17 men led the way
finishing 4th team as William Kay continued his fine form also finishing
in 4th place. Other good performances from U/15 girl Isabelle Plant 25th
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Ben Foster has a top Ten finish in
the first Birmingham League Cross Country Race
Ben Foster had a
great run finishing 8th in the first League race in a time of 35.32
leading the team to 8th place. Ben was followed home by Trevor Shaun
Osborne in 19th in 36.15 with Dave Nation just 3 seconds behind in 21st.
Other scorers were Darrell Bodin 78th, Dave Ratcliffe 85th and Martin
Harrigan 111th. Other places on the results page. |
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Darrell Bodin tackles the
scenic but tough Snowdonia Marathon.
Middle Distance Coach Darrell Bodin had an excellent
run in the Snowdonia Marathon on Sunday 28th October. In one of the
toughest road marathons in the UK Darrells chip time of 3hrs 30min 58sec
and position of 158th in field with 2243 finishers was a great
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The 4 Stage Midland Cross Country Relays where held
at Aldersley on 20th of October, with the DASH A Team finishing in a
very good 19th place with the B Team in 39th. Details and times on the
Results Page. |
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The first WMYACC League
race took place at Hatton Country Park. Although the club only had a
small turnout, the athletes all ran very well, especially the U/17's.
William Kay having moved up an age group finished an excellent 4th, with
good support from Harry Walters returning from injury in 20th and Adam Bodin in
30th. The team finished 4th from 19 teams. Again Cian Wood and Rhys Lees
finished close together in the U/13 Boys race for 71st and 72nd.
Adam may still have had the Windsor Half in his legs after getting the
better of his dad in a time of 1.24.25 with Darrell running
1.27.00. Again a good time for dad, considering Darrell's injury hit training. |
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2 weeks later in the
Nationals with 76 teams finishing the relay, the club finish an
excellent 61st. Think this is the first time the club have qualified for
the National 6 Stage, so to put in such a solid performance, Well done
to the athletes. |
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DASH Qualify for the National 6 Stage Road Relays.
The DASH A team by finishing 29th in the Midland 6 Stage Road Relays
at Sutton Park on the 22nd September 2018, qualified for the National
Championships. The B team ran well for 71st place. Times and positions are on the Results Page |
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Three DASH youngsters ran well in the recent Dudley Schools Cross
Country Championships, all qualifying to represent Dudley in the West
Midland trials. Luke Bailey just missed out on the top spot, despite a
fantastic final sprint and had to settle for 2nd place, a great
performance though. Cian Wood and Rhys Lees put in strong performances
to finish 9th and 10th. |
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Following on his
excellent 3rd place on Friday 6th April in the Fordhouses 5k in a time
of 16.38, Rob Meredith stormed to victory in the 2018 Action Heart 5
Mile Road Race on Sun 8th April with a time of 27.26, leading DASH to a
clean sweep taking the first 3 places. Ben Foster who also ran on
Friday for 9th place, chased Rob home taking 2nd in 27.41, as Dave
Nation completed the 1,2,3, with 3rd in a time of 28.04. Other DASH
runners quickly followed as Elliot Jones finished 5th in 31.38, Darrell
Bodin 6th in 31.41 and son Adam 13th in 32.57. Well Done lads and Coach
Jim Brown for getting the lads in such good condition.

The 1st 3 Dave, Rob and
Ben and then all DASH below.

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2017 Track Awards follow
link....... |
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Thanks to Neil and co for organising a great Awards
Night, that I think everyone enjoyed, even those that lost money.
The 2017 Track Award Winners

2017/18 Cross Country Award Winners

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DASH Christmas Handicap resulted in wins for Tom
Slater in the 5km run and
Tyler Kendrick in the 1.6km event. Fastest Boys time in the 1.6km was by
Luke Bailey and Charlotte Walters the Girls. In the 5km young William
Kay again took the honours with Julie Everton fastest lady. A much
better turnout than in recent years. Thanks to all those who
helped to organise what has been a long standing tradition in the club.
See Results Page for full details...... |
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The final Sports Hall meeting at Worcester took
place on Sunday 17th December. DASH WON both Boys and Girls U/11 Events.
Well Done to all those who competed and those selected to represent the
Sportshall Team. |
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Away from the cross country DASH walkers have
performed well in the Winter Walks League with series medals going to
Katie May finishing 2nd U/13 Girls. Stuart Edgar 3rd Handicap in the
senior races, as the DASH team finished 2nd overall. John Gordon and
Peter Cassidy completing the team. |
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After 2 races in Div 2 of the Birmingham League DASH
are mid table in 10 with 923pts. In both races Ben Foster has led the
club home with Dave Nation and Rob Meredith close behind, giving the
team a good start. In the 2nd race, Elliot Jones had his first run for
DASH since returning to the club from W & B finishing an excellent 54th
and 5th Junior. Martin Harrigan, Darrell Bodin and Simon Vines completed
the clubs turnout. |
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Nancy Hitchmough wins Double Gold in the European
Masters Championships being held in Denmark in August. Taking the W65
age group 800m and 1500m titles and then helping GB to a Silver in the 4
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A fantastic performance by the younger DASH athletes
in the Triangular League, after the 3rd and final meeting, the club won
6 of the 7 Trophies available. Well Done to all who took part and to
Gill, Claire and Eric for organising the teams. |
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CROSS COUNTRY AWARDS for
2016-2017...Follow Link

The winners after being presented with the Awards by club President
Wendy Cuff. |
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In
winning the Pentathlon at the Wenlock Games Emily Sherwood set a new
games record of 3286pts. Well Done Emily yet another podium finish. |
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At the 3rd Vets League DASH had a team in the Medley Relay for the first
time since the 1990's. Its therefore a club record!!!!

Phil ran the 400, Dave the 800 with Darrell and Mark
the 200's. |
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Shropshire 4 mile the June
addition, this time Ben led the way home. Ben 6th 21.37, Rob 7th 21.39,
Dave 21.46, Craig 42nd 24.02 and Mark 63rd in 25.46.
The Phoenix Flyer 5k was next race on 17th May and again a close battle
ensued. Dave 11th 16.40, Ben 12th 16.43, Rob 16.50,
Craig Brown 48th 18.36,
Mark Judge 19.30 and Simon Vines 71st 19.50
The DASH
Senior Men where well to the fore in the Lilleshall 5 Mile Road Race as
Dave Nation came 6th in 27.27 with Rob Meredith 7th and Ben Foster 8th
close behind, with both given the same time of 27.32. Great running with
385 finishers. The race is the 1st race of the Telford Sexarathon, only
another 5 races to go. |
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DASH runners formed a strong part of
the Worcester Senior Men's team in the Inter Counties held at
Loughborough on Saturday 11th March 2017 over 12km with Dave Nation
204th in 44.55, Ben Foster 225 in 45.31 and Rob Meredith 242
in 46.15 scoring for the team.
Harry Walters finished 173rd in the U/15 Boys race with a time of 17.54.
The Senior scoring 6.
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Sunday 5th
February at the Action Heart 5 Mile Road Race, 3 DASH athletes where
well to the fore, as an old member in Lee Slater won the race. Again
Dave Nation got the better of Ben Foster taking 3rd in a time of 28.17
with Ben 4th in 28.28. Just behind came Rob Meredith for 5th in 28.57.
Well done lads. |
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A small
band of DASH athletes travelled to Wollaton Park for the all important
National Cross Country Championships. With 1762 finishers in the Senior
Men's Race Dave Nation and Ben Foster ran really well for 409th in 47.55
and 415th in 47.57. Pretty Close. In the U/15 Girls Race Grace Slater
was 293rd in 20.18 and Ellie Taylor 406th in 23.31. The Boys U/15 Race
saw Harry Walters continue his fine season for 179th in 16.59, like
Grace only 2minutes behind the winner. Adam Bodin was 324th in 18.59. A
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The following day the
final WMYACC League race took place at Aldersley. DASH finished 14th
overall from the 20 teams taking part. U/15 Harry Walters continued his
good form for 10th on the day and 11th overall, just 1 point behind the
10th place runner. Other good runs from Grace Slater in the U/15 girls
race for 32nd and 38th overall. Grace missed 1 race so would have
finished a lot higher but for that. U/13 Chloe Everton despite a mixed
season finished 30th O/A.
On the same day at
Stourport in the Midland Road Walking Championships in cold weather, not
good for race walking. Katie Haynes finished 1st in the U/15 Girls 3km
race in a PB of 22.03 and 1st Worc. In the U/13 Girls 2km race Jolie
Hamer was 2nd in 15.08 a PB and 1st Worc and Abigail Lycek came 3rd in
15.11 and 2nd Worc. The team was 1st. Well done Girls |
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Ben and Dave Over the log
Rob over the mud |
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On a flat and fast parkland course at Coundon Park
Coventry, the final Birmingham Cross Country league race saw some
great racing, it was not until the last 1 km the eventual winner managed
to get clear. Likewise DASH athletes had some close races, as Dave
Nation and Ben Foster battled all way round the 10k+course, with Dave
coming home in 19th with a time of 39min 40sec, showing great
consistency, his 3rd top 20 finish of the season. Ben never gave up the
chase for 22nd in 39.46, Ben's highest placing. Getting closer to
the top 30, Rob Meredith had his best run for 33rd with 40.47, as did
junior Ashleigh Bentley who despite a cold, ran well for 86th place in
43.46. DASH's last 2 scorers, Scot Palmer and Dave Ratcliffe ran most of
the way together, as both have had injury problems but wanted to support
the team. Especially Dave normally a top 30 finisher, but he was out
sprinted by Scot, who took 102nd in 44.23 as Dave was 107th in 44.30.
Martin Harrigan completed the DASH runners in 143rd in 46.49. With 6 to
score DASH finished 8th on the day so dropped 1 place to 6th
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Ashleigh
Scott and Dave
Martin
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The 3rd race of Div 2 of the Birmingham Cross
Country League took place over a very wet and muddy 5 1/2 miles at
Lilleshall Sports Centre in January 2017, as DASH finished 6th team on
the day, but remain 5th overall with just one more race to go. Ian
Mansell had his best run of the season, finishing in 8th place, in such
a high quality field this was a great performance especially with over
230 runners taking part, Ian was well backed up as Dave Nation finished
17th and Ben Foster ran well geting into the top 30 with 27th. Rob
Merediith in 52nd, Scott Palmer 94th and junior Ashleigh Bentley 99th
completed the team. Martin Harrigan in 114th and Eddie Fletcher was
216th.
The following day a small group of the younger
athletes made the journey to Northampton for the 4th WMYACC League race.
Harry Walters had another good run for 10th in the U/15 Boys race, but
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Harry Walters finishes 2nd in the U/15 Boys race at
the Worcester CC Championships, leading the team of Adam Bodin and
Alex Hurrell to 3rd place. |
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The DASH Christmas Handicap 2016 could have done
with a few more athletes, but those that ran performed well and Gill
looks like she enjoyed it!!! |
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First home was 1.6k runner Jolie Hamer just 4
seconds in front of the first 5k finisher Chloe Everton. Fastest on the
1.6 course was Ben Wood in 7.31, with Harry Walters taking the Fastest
5k male in 19.13 and Grace Slater the fastest lady over the longer
course in23.24. More competitors next year please !!!!!!!!! Full
Results in Club House |
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Harry Walters had a great run in the 3rd WMYACC
League at Perry Park on the 11th December, finishing his best position
of 6th in the U/15 Boys race. In the U/13 Girls race Chloe Everton had
her best run of the season for 17th place. On the same day the Telford
10k took place, being one of the best in the country with over a 1000
runners and winning times well under 30min. 3 DASH athletes had good
runs with Ian Mansell 138th in 34min 34sec, Ben Foster 144th in 34.41
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Good team packing in the 2nd Birmingham League saw
DASH finish in 5th place with 297pts and stay in 5th overall. On a new
course over undulating ground with 2 climbs per lap, it proved a testing
run. After a close tustle on the last lap, Dave Ratcliffe just
outsprinted Dave Nation finishing 27th and 28th, with Ben Foster having
another good run for 31st.Rob Meredith was 44th as both Scot Palmer and
Ashleigh Bentley improved greatly for 73rd and 94th. Martin Harrigan was
106th and Eddie Fletcher making a welcome return was 224th. 247 runners
finished the race. |
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The 2nd WMYACC League took place at Warley Woods on
Sunday 21st November with a good turnout in both the U/11 and U/15 Boys
saw both teams finish a lot higher up the table. Harry Walters in the
U/15 Boys continued his good form improving to finish 9th in a time of
12.50, with William Kay just 6 seconds behind in 11th place. Alex
Hurrell also improved to finish 34th as the team moved up to 6th
overall. |
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DASH senior men started the Birmingham League season
with a very solid performance in the first race at Leamington, over a
muddy 10k course Dave Nation lead the way in 17th. A close battle
between Dave Ratcliffe and Ian Mansell saw Dave get the better over the
last half a lap for 25th, with Ian in 26th. Ben Foster still recovering
from injury, had a good run for 30th and Rob Meredith ran really well
for 36th as Scot Palmer in 130th closed the team out for 7th place.
Times and Teams on Results Page

DASH move up to 6th as Tamworth have penalty points added for not
providing an official. |
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Same day as the Shocker on a more refined course the
first WMYACCL took place at Hatton Country Park, Nuneaton. 15 athletes
made the journey, with the best run of the day going to Harry Walters in
17th, leading the team to 10 from 20 clubs. Isabelle Plant had an
excellent run to take 21st in the largest field of the day with 122
finishers.
Well done all athletes
for competing !!!! |
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October 2016 produced some good performances as Dave
Nation and Ian Mansell finished 2nd and 3rd in the Sheepwalk Shocker,
anyone familiar with this area of Kinver knows how hilly it is, hence
the name. Later in the month Dave Ratcliffe haad a great run in the
Birmingham Half in 1hr 18min 54sec for 49th with Paul Mountford not far
behind in 70th with a time of 1.21.02 |
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25th September saw the DASH senior men in action at
the Midland 6 Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park, finishing a very good
38th from 96 teams. Dave Nation ran 20.28 for 36th as Dave Ratcliffe
improved to 34th in 20.52, with Ian Mansell taking DASH down to 31st
running 20.57. Ben Foster returning from injury had a solid run of 21.10
handing over 31st place to Martin Harrigan who ran 22.35 for 38th, with
Scott Palmer bringing the team home in 38th with 21.31 |
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Emma Sherwood wins the Junior Girls High Jump at The
English Schools Championships held at Gateshead with a clearance of
1.75m. |
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Dave Nation led the way home in 4th place in the
Fordhouses Fast 5km race in a time of 17.38. Harry Walters had an
excellent run for11th in 18.46, with coach Darrell Bodin 22nd in 19.45.
Adam Bodin was 40th with 21.11 and Erin Owen 60th in 22.57. well done
for good performances in wet and muddy conditions.
Link to Pictures.......... |
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Nancy Hitchmough takes a Silver Medal in the W65 800
at the Masters European Indoor Championship being held in Ancona Italy.
Nancy's time of 2.52.78 was just 0.4 behind the winner Ros Tabor. 3 days
later Nancy won another Silver in the 1500 again loosing out to Ros in a
time of 5.52.8. Nancy was also part of the GB Relay team for the
W65 4 x 200 that also finished in 2nd place. Another Silver
Medal!!
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At Perry Park on the Sunday the younger athletes
competed in the final WMYACC League as DASH finished 15th overall from
19 teams. Again only a small number of athletes ran, but good
performances from Chloe Everton 23rd U/13 Girls, Alex Hurrell 28th
in the U/13 Boys race. Grace Slater finished 24th in the U/15 Girls race
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DASH Avoid
Relegation
In the final Birmingham League Division 2 race at
Gloucester on 13th Feb 2016, DASH senior men finished 9th on the day
with 327 points. This moved the club out of the relegation zone.
Dave Nation returning from injury was first home in 16th, followed by
another athlete making a welcome return, M55 vet Ian Furness in 30th.
Dave Ratcliffe had a solid run for 48th, with Ian Mansell
64th and Ashleigh Bentley 75th and 5th Junior overall with Martin
Harigan completing the team in 94th place. Scott Palmer ran well for
108th and Simon Vines was 122nd with 191 runners finishing.
Well done lads, lets hope Jim does not have to run
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DASH where in action on
both Saturday and Sunday over the weekend of the 5th/6th December, as
the Senior men tried to close the gap on the teams above them in Div 2
of the Birmingham League. Ian Mansell was again first home for the club
in 41st place as Dave Ratcliffe improved 36 places for 54th, with
Ashleigh Bentley a solid 67th.
Dave Nation making a welcome return from injury, ran steady for 102nd as
Darell Bodin in 141st and Scott Palmer 143rd completed the team. DASH
will need some good runs in the final 2 meetings to try and avoid
relegation. The Sunday saw the younger athletes in action at
Warley Woods as the team moved up 2 places to 13th overall, with strong
team runs in the U/13 Girls as Chloe Everton 35th and Kiera Avery 57th
saw them finish 9th team. Alex Hurrell had another solid run for 33rd in
the U/13 Boys, as did Harry Walters with 37th in the U/15 Boys
race. |
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Pam and
Eric Horwill receive Unsung Heroes Award from British Athletics
At the
recent Diamond League meeting at Alexander Stadium, Pam and Eric were
given the award in recognition of the service they have given to
athletics over the past 60 years.
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