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Lewis breaks British record and moves up to 2nd in UK U20 all-time list. In his quest to throw the European U20 Championships qualifying distance of 18.85m in the shot put, Stratford AC’s Lewis Byng finally broke that barrier three times in one competition at the University of Birmingham Open. His best mark of the series,19.14m, added 55 centimetres to the British age-17 best. It also moves him to second on the UK U20 all-time list, 14 cms behind the current record that has stood for 10 years. Lewis will next compete at the England U20 Championships on 22 June, when he will aim to secure his place on the British team for the European U20 Championships in Boras, Sweden, in July. Apologies for the slight delay in sending this week's newsletter out due to a holiday break in Sussex. Above you will read details of Lewis Byng's latest fabulous performance in throwing the qualifying distance in the shot put for the forthcoming European U20 Championships and in so doing he moved up to 2nd place on the UK all-time list, just 14cms behind the furthest ever throw. It's Track and Field to the fore as 10 of our Masters athletes returned with a magnificent haul of 22 medals from the recent Midlands Masters Championships in Nuneaton. There's a report on the this season's first Heart of England Division 1 fixture at Abingdon, where our juniors completed a 70 point victory over the second placed club, this despite gaps in our team. We have Andy Reeves's report on a fabulous night in Redditch, where our men's team recorded their first ever victory, by just 1 point, at the 2nd Vet's T&F fixture of the year. This, together with another superb performance from our women, meant the club finished in 2nd place to Worcester but narrowed the gap from 47 points in the first fixture, to just 13.5 points. There's also Jon Mulkeen's report on 32 of our members competing in the ever popular Two Castles Run. Finally, there's a couple of lovely reports from Lesley Kirk on her never-ending quest to find ever hillier races. Best Wishes David Jones Photo: Above - (backrow) David Wilson, Elaine Ledden, Paul Hawkins, Brian Gravelsons, Christine Coote, Peter Coote; (front row) David Jones, Phil Brennan, Paula Williams. Missing from the photo is Andy Reeves. Below - Phil Brennan, far left and David Jones, 4th from left, at the start of the 1500m race. Midland Masters Championships. Report: Brian Gravelsons. Stratford Masters take Midland Championships by storm. Club athletes came away from the recent Midland Masters Championships with a magnificent haul of 22 medals, 12 of them gold. Paula Williams single-handedly earned a third of the club’s gold medals. Competing in the W45 category, she won the 80m hurdles in an equal-PB of 12.7 and then went on to win the 100m (13.31), long jump (4.69m) and javelin (35.12m). She also took the silver medal in the shot put with 10.57m, just 11 centimetres shy…