T&F season is well and truly here.

  L to R Dan Boyd; Dan Hague; Emily Madden Forman; Rory Dwyer. View this email in your browser A somewhat shorter newsletter than last week's but there's still quite a bit to report on. As the T&F season get's in to full swing, there were 6 of our athletes competing at the The British University & College Sports (BUCS) Outdoor Championships in Bedford. A further 10 competed as 2nd claim members in the UK Youth Development League at Stourport. At the Brewer Memorial Games in Cheltenham on Bank Holiday Monday there were 9 of us. There's a couple of half marathons by Lisa Dallisson and Sarah Wheeler to report on and what seems like a weekly report on an ultra-marathon by Tara Lambert. Both Sarah and Tara finished as first female in their races. There's also Rachel Pearce finishing as 2nd lady in the Hagbourne Fun Run. There's another massive weekend coming up for the club, with something like 120 members competing in the Warwickshire AA T&F Championships in Nuneaton on Saturday and Sunday and then our very own iconic and unique Hilly 100 on Sunday. Good luck to anyone competing in either of these events, indeed good luck to any of you competing anywhere. Many thanks to those of you who made positive comments about last week's newsletter. They were very much appreciated. Finally, somewhat unforgivably, I omitted to mention last week that the club won both the male and female team awards in last week's Shakespeare Half marathon. Mightily impressive. Best Wishes David Jones. Jess Sheppard. British University & College Sports Championships. Report - Paul Bearman. The British University & College Sports (BUCS) Outdoor Championships held over 3 days in Bedford, in very challenging cold, windy and showery weather conditions included 6 Stratford AC athletes, with 5 of them competing in these championships for the first time. BUCS is a competition that attracts many young British track and field stars, which means the Stratford youngsters really had to step up their game. GB junior international Rory Dwyer, competing for Loughborough Students, is getting back to his best and he sailed over 1.89m in appalling conditions to qualify for the final. Jumping in better conditions the following day, Dwyer finished with a silver medal after jumping his best ever season opening jump of 2.12m, finishing just behind his long term rival Will Grimsey his Loughborough team mate. BUCS first timer Jess Sheppard was competing for Nottingham Uni in the 400m. In her heat she finished with a time of 60.55s which was good enough to qualify for the semi-finals and in a very fast run heat Jess finished in 60.10s. Dan Boyd is studying at Gloucestershire Uni and this was his first outdoor BUCS appearance. He competed in a very talented and fast heat of the 100m and was pulled along to finish in his fastest time for 3 years of 11.33s. Boyd’s Long Jump was another good event for him and he finished with an outdoor PB…