Club Champs, Big 10k, Ironman and more

  Competitors at the recent truly memorable Club Championships Well that will teach me to go on holiday for a couple of weeks. My have you all been busy. Lots and lots to report on this week. Firstly, there's a reminder from Paul Bearman on what a truly memorable day the recent club championships were, this is supported by some fabulous photos courtesy of Dave Parkin. We have a report on the performance of 8 of our talented juniors competing for Warwickshire in the U13/U15 Inter-Counties T&F Championships in Hull, where they helped Warwickshire secure victory against 7 other counties, together with a report on the end of a long and extremely successful season for Freddie Clemons at the England Schools Combined Events Championships. There's lots of Ironman action, with Emma Bexson finishing on top of the podium in Ironman Tenby and in doing so securing her place at the 2020 World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Cadie Hbberd raced in her first Ironman event at Woburn and 5 members completed the Ironman 70.3 at Weymouth. There's the international performances of Phil Brennan and Andy Reeves to report on, as they represented Team GB at the European Masters Athletics Championships in Jesolo, Italy. I know it seems ages ago but we have a report on the successful Stratford Big 10k with almost 60 members competing. Lesley Kirk and Louise Stewart ran the 17 mile option of the Forest Marathon. Andy Cox completed the Great North Run while Graham Hill ran the Rutland Half Marathon. Finally, I managed a bronze medal in the British Masters 10,000m Championships in Jarrow. Phil Brennan has asked me to say that due to the slowness of the official results being published, his report on the Balsall Common 5 and 10k races will appear next week. Enjoy the rest of your week. Best Wishes David Jones An Urgent Appeal Press Officer As a club we currently enjoy excellent coverage in the local press. This does not happen by accident. It is thanks to a great team of volunteers who write these reports . These volunteers, who are listed below, then send their reports to our press officer, who edits and collates them before sending them on to The Herald and Observer. This is a vital role, without which we would not feature as prominently as we do in both the paper and online editions of these two newspapers For the last 18 months or so Jon Mulkeen has filled this vital role superbly but for personal and work reasons he has now decided to step down. If anyone would be interested in helping with this vital role, please contact Paul Hawkins and he can talk to you about it and give you a bit more detail. paul.hawkins66@btinternet.com The other press reporters in the team are: Senior Cross Country - Tony Jackson Junior Cross Country - David Parkin Senior Track & Field - Paul Hawkins Junior Track & Field - Paul Bearman Masters Track & Field - Andrew…