Road, off-road, T&F and Triathlon.

Daisy Musk. Another varied week. Aren't they all ? There's a report from Paul on the progress being made by our senior T&F team, having moved up to the more competitive Division 3. This is accompanied by the usual high quality photos from Mike Sheppard. We have a report on a dozen of our members competing in the challenging but scenic Offa's Dyke 15. Three of our junior triathletes performed well in Leeds. There's the details of the Arden 9 with, appropriately, 9 members taking part. 9 members also competed in the Sphinx Summer 5. The newsletter just wouldn't seem complete without a report on a Phil Brennan medal warning performance. Just a silver this week Phil ? Pull your socks up ! There's an important notice from Peter Coote on training possibilities for existing or aspiring Vet's T&F athletes Finally, a couple of photos that really do capture the atmosphere of last night's Shakespeare Race. Best Regards David Jones Fergus Allison Dan Boyd and Imy Sheppard. Midland Track & Field League, Match 2 at Tipton. Report - Paul Hawkins. Stratford AC went into the second match of the season in Division 3 of the Midland League looking to improve on their opening match where they had finished in fourth place and were able to strengthen the team despite several injuries. Amongst the highlights was a Harry Allwood coming second in strong 400m and recording a personal best by a full second. In the middle distance events Stratford had a father and son act with Fin Hutchinson returning from injury in the 1500m while dad Tim ran the 3000m, a much shorter race than normal. Dan Boyd ,in his first league match for a year, equalled his best in the long jump to come second before having a good run in the 200m and then came third in the 100m despite almost pulling up with a hamstring injury in the last 10m. Meanwhile, decathlete Nacho Fernandez had his usual busy day accumulating a hat full of points for the team in the 200m, both hurdle races, discus, javelin and shot. In the shot put both Stratford athletes achieved personal bests with Nacho joined by newcomer to the club Roger Milbourn. In the women’s sprints, sisters Imogen and Jess Sheppard were the mainstay of the team. Imogen was 3rd in the 100m while Jess was 2nd in the 200m. However, in their main event, the 400m, they were dominant, both winning their races by big margins. The 800m was another strong event where Daisy Musk won the A race and Emily Field won the B in a PB time. Emily, who has recently moved clubs to Stratford, had only set a PB the day before in a school’s race at Exeter so will be very pleased with the weekend. Both Daisy and Emily then moved onto the 1500m and both finished second in their races. In the 3000m Cadie Hibberd ran well to come 4th with a remarkable 15 second personal…