Variety is the spice of life !

Cole Williams at the recent Warwickshire County Championships where he was given the best individual performance award in the Under 17 M category. Welcome to the 150th newsletter. This one is going out to 840 subscribers. The first one, in August 2015 went to 236. Onwards and upwards. They say variety is the spice of life and this certainly applies to your activities at the moment. This week we hear of 4 of our athletes winning awards for outstanding achievement at the recent County Championships. Adam Evans completed the Edinburgh Marathon while two of our juniors, Charley Marshall and Molly Bullock completed the Edinburgh 5k. Maddie Linfoot was at the Vitality Westminster Mile alongside Sir Mo - well not exactly alongside but you know what I mean. There's details of our Senior T&F team competing in their first fixture of the season. We had 9 competitors racing in the Ryton 5 and Phil Brennan donned his England vest yet again, this time in the Birmingham 10k. Kate Sergent finished 2nd in her age group at the Wells 10k while John Butler went one better by winning his age group at the Pitchcroft 10k and finally, Paul Hawkins and I stretched our legs at Abingdon Enjoy the rest of your week. Hopefully I'll see lots of you tomorrow evening competing in the Beer Relay Best Wishes David Jones Podium Power. The 4 club members who were chosen as the best individual performers in their respective age categories. Top left - Cole Williams alongside Harry Sugden who won bronze.. Top right - Tom Weaver with Jake Richardson (Bronze) and Freddie Williams (Silver). Below L to R - Lewis Byng and Freddie Clemons. County Track and Field Championships – Awards. Report - Paul Bearman. Warwickshire County Athletics Association recently announced that Stratford upon Avon AC has won the Warwick Vase which goes to the best Club overall, based on points for positions in finals at the county championships. They have now announced the awards to the best individual performance in each age group. Stratford athletes have made a clean sweep of the U20 male and below categories. The prestigious Jack Hartley Trophy is awarded to the individual who WCAA judge to have recorded the best performance overall. This year it has been awarded to Lewis Byng for his shot put of 17.07m which is over 2m further than the previous County record which was set 16 years ago. The other Stratford winners were : Cole Williams Under 17 Men 100m Hurdles 13.32 Freddie Clemons Under 15 Boys 80m Hurdles 11.47 Thomas Weaver Under 13 Boys Javelin 32.10 After hearing of his award Cole thanked Warwickshire County Athletics and added “I always enjoy the County Champs and I am delighted that all the hard work my coach, club and I have put in over the year has been recognised”. Club coach Pau Bearman said “we’re thrilled for the lads with their outstanding performances being rewarded. It takes hard graft and determination as well as…