Senior Men Rugby & Northampton AC senior men’s road running team started the Autumn season in fine form with their best ever performance at the annual Midlands 6 stage road relays. The event took place in Sutton Park, Birmingham, and R & N rubbed shoulders with the elite of road running from the off. Luke […]
Rugby and Northampton AC’s under 13 and under 15 teams made the long journey north to Manchester to compete in the final of the UKYDL on Saturday 31st August. They were competing against six other clubs from across the UK who had qualified through regional league competitions for the final. On a glorious day RaNAC’s […]
Having won the regional round of the UK Youth Development League, Rugby and Northampton AC were invited to compete in the National Finals against the other top clubs in the country. This is a competition for under 17 and under 20 athletes. The standard of the event was extremely high with National champions and international […]
On Sunday 26th Birchfield Harriers staged the National Relays Championships in the Commonwealth Stadium in Birmingham. The top ranked clubs nationally were invited to compete and R & N were invited to no less than eight events. The morning session saw the heats, where all R & N teams progressed to the finals. First up […]
Rugby & Northampton AC took part in the re-arranged final Heart of England League match at Solihull on Sunday and produced a whole string of outstanding performances from U11 to U17. In the U11 boys competition, Chuckwuemaka Okwara starred with a fine individual win in the 75m – as did the mixed U11 4 x […]
One of the highlights of the track and field season took place on 12th and 13th July – the English Schools Championships at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Thirty-nine Rugby and Northampton AC athletes were selected to compete for their county schools teams, with athletes representing a number of different counties, namely Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Northamptonshire, […]
Rugby and Northampton AC’s young athletes made the long journey to Stoke for the second match of the Lower YDL on Sunday 19th May. On an extremely hot day the young athletes acquitted themselves very well, with numerous top three places and personal bests. A great all round effort meant that the club secured victory […]
After claiming victory in the first UKYDL Midlands Premiership match, hopes were high of a repeat performance and the athletes did themselves and the club proud. This Upper age group league is for U17 and U20 athletes with each club fielding two athletes in each event with the overall winner being calculated based on accumulated […]
Following on from the previous week’s marvellous victory in the first match of the Lower YDL, it was the turn of Rugby and Northampton AC’s under 17 and under 20 athletes to excel in their first match of the Upper YDL. The club scored a resounding victory, with a total score of 769 points, with […]
Rugby and Northampton’s under 13 and under 15 athletes started their season in fine style at the first match of the Lower YDL held at Rugby on 20th April, on a mainly sunny day! The under 13 teams impressed, with many athletes making their YDL debuts and giving superb performances. There were a number of […]