After a couple of weeks of strong wind and very heavy rain it was a relief when Sunday 12th December 2021 was dry with a slight breeze. Race Director Dave Mansbridge and his organising team from Telford staged three great races with
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It is with great sadness that the Midland Counties Athletics Association announces the death of Norma Blaine over the weekend. Norma was a former President of the Midland Counties Athletics Association and the Midland Counties Women’s Athletics Association (when a separate body
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The Midland Counties Athletics Association will be holding its annual Road-Running Open Forum online at midday on Sunday 16th January 2022. The purpose of this forum is to give club representatives an opportunity to state their views and ask questions about the
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The Midland Counties are pleased to announce the Men’s and Women’s Teams for the forthcoming Inter-Area 10k to be run within the Telford 10k on Sunday 12th December 2021. There are increasing numbers of athletes who were born in the Area who
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Earlier this month the Midland Counties Athletic Association were pleased to announce that Clova Court had been nominated as Sportswoman of the Year 2021 in the Grass Roots category on the Sunday Times website. Now we can go one better and report
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The date for the 2022 Midland 7 and 5 has been set for Saturday 19th November 2022 and the Midland Counties Cross-Country Association are now seeking a club to host the event. There have been recent comments in some quarters about the
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In 2021 the following events were selected by the Midland Counties Road-Running Committee to host the Midland Championship Race over the distance shown below. 5k Road Race Twilight 5k – Sunday 18th July 2021 10k Road Race Wilne 10k – Sunday 5th
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The Women’s 5-mile cross-country was won by Martha Coyle of Notts Athletic Club who came home in 30:55 – 1 minute and 33 seconds clear of the runner-up, Tamara Freemen of Bromsgrove & Redditch who clocked 32:28, with Ella Taylor of Charnwood
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With some well-known names among an entry of 1,500 and a dry morning with only a very gentle breeze, Race Director Richard Kay was hopeful that he might see two new course records. As it happens only 1,049 runners toed the start-line
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The Midland Counties recently saw a copy of an email that Howard and Clova Court had sent to UK Athletics and England Athletics. With their permission we have turned their email into an Open Letter. The letter paints a bleak picture for
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