Super Sunday and Summer Six.

  Medal winners one and all. L to R - Paul Hawkins, Andy Reeves, David Jones and Phil Brennan, all of who won medals at last weekend's British Masters Championships This week we have a report on the British Masters Track and Field Championships, held at a wet and very windy Alexander Stadium, with all 4 of our club members who were competing, coming away with medals. We also have a Summer Six report, including introductory comments from Tony Jackson on the importance of this race to both the club's finances and reputation. There's a report on our Vets' Track and Field team's final league fixture of the year, in what has been our most successful campaign to date. Although we again finished 2nd to the all conquering Worcester team, we managed to reduce the total score deficit between ourselves and Worcester from 169 points last year to 101.5 this year. The ladies have gone from and 83.5 point deficit to 59.5 and the men from 85.5 to just 42. I know 2nd place is still 2nd place but we have closed the gap considerably. Our ladies team tied with Worcester in the last fixture and in the 2nd fixture, our men's team defeated Worcester men by just 1 point. It was the first time Worcester men have ever been defeated in a league fixture. Finally, after a spread of photos, there a report on Team Adams and Hutchinson's recent parkrun in Scotland. If any of you do a spot of parkrun tourism, please drop me a report, together with a photo and I'll be sure to feature it. Enjoy the rest of your week. Best Wishes David Jones Paul Hawkins on the way to one of his 2 silver medals at the weekend British Masters Track and Field Championships. Report - David Jones and Jon Mulkeen All four club members competing at the British Masters Championships on 10-11 August came away from Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium with medals around their necks. Four of the 5 medals being claimed on the club's very own Super Sunday. In what was the finish edition of the championships to be held at the home of British Athletics prior to work commencing on the stadium in readiness for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Stratford quartet faced not only the cream of Britain’s athletes aged 35 and over, but also wet and extremely windy conditions. Club chairman Paul Hawkins picked up a pair of silver medals in the M60 race walking events. First up was the 3000m where he quickly settled into second place, tracked by Hardeep Minhas. Hawkins was overtaken by Minhas after five laps but stayed just behind his opponent until the final 120m. Paul then started to overtake and Minhas responded to his move by going too fast, as a result of which he was disqualified for bending his knees. It meant Hawkins finished second to claim the silver medal in 18:41.88, 25 seconds shy of his season’s best in a race that…