Mark Hill, Chris Crosswell and the Acorns Race Committee would like to thank all the members of Worcester AC who turned out on Sunday to marshal and steward the Acorns Triple Run Malvern Half Marathon. Your assistance was very much appreciated by us and not least the competitors who took part; particularly the lady who collapsed and required emergency treatment. You’ll be pleased to know that she was discharged the same day.

The event is a much needed fundraiser for Acorns Children’s Hospice and is totally unique in bringing participants of all abilities, age and fitness together in one sporting event. All those who generously gave up their time will have been inspired by the courage displayed by some young entrants. Please continue to give up your time so that we can as an athletics club support such worthwhile events as this. It is only through our involvement and commitment that road races of this distance will remain on the athletics calendar for all our benefit.

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Acorns Results at Raceahead

Chris Crosswell

At the Midland Counties on 24 May '08, Helen Reeves achieved Bronze for the 800m under-15 Girls and Alex Bradnik struck Gold at the 100m for under-15 Boys. Congratulations to you both!
Furthermore the DASH Quadrathlon for under 9's and under 15's will take place at Sportcity in Manchester on 22 June '08, for more information please click on the link or go to Fixtures.

Finally got through the backlog! For starters, several new reports have been added regarding award winning WAC members and the sports:hall round up of 2006 to 2008. Please go to Results and click on Reports. Also in Results a new section has been added for all the sports:hall records. The fixtures list has been updated and in particular the Acorns Triple Run/Half Marathon/Spring Run, please click on the link or go to the Fixtures table for all the relevant documentation, entry form and WAC volunteer form, including all the Team Challenges. And finally the entry forms for the England Athletics Outdoor Championship are available for download from the Fixtures table.

Loads of new results have been added! Please check out the Results section for the WAC Open meeting, Cross Country and Tipton Games results. Also the latest newsletter of April '08 is available, visit 'Newsletters' to download your copy.

On Sunday 13^th April, Richard Calado won the under 17 men’s high jump at the Tipton Games with another new personal best of 1.98m. This ranks him third in the UK (for U17 men) and sets a new club record. In the six months Richard has been at Worcester, he has increased his PB from 1.75m to 1.98m, which is a massive improvement. To jump over 2.00m is a major milestone and the highest jump in the UK by any under 17 man in the past three years is 2.05m. Go for it Richard!

Richard Calado not only became Midland Indoor High Jump Champion for under-17 men on 9th February at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, but also broke the club’s long-standing senior men’s high jump record with a fantastic leap of 1.92m. In doing this, Richard also achieved the milestone of jumping over his own height of 1.84m. Since joining Worcester AC in November, Richard has increased his personal best from 1.75m to 1.92m, which currently ranks him 6th in the UK in his age group.

Deirdre Elmhirst, High Jump Coach