Send Us Victorious.

Elfric McKenzie and Sandy Green at the County Championships last weekend. Andrew Pozzi in the Olympic 110m hurdles final. Andrew Pozzi qualified for the final of the 110m hurdles in Tokyo, finishing in 7th place. After the race he said "I came here wanting to win a medal, I wasn't moving quite how I wanted. Sadly, in that race I tried to fight it a little bit. It's a disappointment not to win a medal. "It's been a big journey, I'm so grateful for everyone who's contributed over the last decade. It's frustrating, it's not quite where I want to be. "I'm proud of the progress I'm making, although I'm not happy with the result today I'll keep building. Thank you to everyone at home." Paul Bearman, who was up watching the race at 4am said "As Andrew said in his interview and reflecting afterwards he will be disappointed that he wasn't amongst the medals and that his time wasn't a bit quicker but it was probably the best field I've ever seen in a hurdles race and as the pressure builds during the race there's a tendency to push harder and that messes the athletes rhythm. I'm so chuffed for Andrew that he got to the final and he's only just turned 29, so next year he has the World's, Europeans and Commonwealths and then Paris to look forward to.....he's taken us on a terrific ride over the last 20 years and the ride hasn't ended yet" Andrew being interviewed after the final. Paul Bearman with some of our junior athletes being interviewed by BBC CWR in the lead up to Andrew's race. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09r8hqy?at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom3=LR%20BBC%20CWR&at_campaign=64&at_custom4=06090C9C-F501-11EB-B003-50550EDC252D&at_custom1=link&at_medium=custom7 The feature is between 2:42.00 and 2:49.30 on the ‘CWR Breakfast with Phil Upton’ show and is available via BBC Sounds. Paul commented that "there was a planned 8.20am visit from BBC CWR before Andrew's race. This was the 3rd Olympics I had been interviewed.....in London I was a roving reporter from the Stadium. The broadcast was delayed and the excellent interviews with our athletes Annie Silvers, Niamh Hillard, Zach McKenzie and Charlotte and Harry Gravelsons annoyingly seems to have been missed out being broadcast although my "live" bit was broadcast. The athletes interviews were terrific; confident, eloquent, erudite and full of interesting snippets. I was very proud being able to take a back seat and let them take centre stage representing SUAAC only for it not to be broadcast ..... disappointed!" Once again there are some stunning performances to report on this week across all disciplines. At the weekend we managed to retain the Warwickshire Vase at the County Championships for the 5th successive time, with over 80 of our members, across all age ranges, contributing to a comfortable victory. In Tokyo, Andrew Pozzi qualified for the final of the 110m metres hurdles. A massive achievement. There were a couple of outstanding performances from triathletes Hannah Osborne and Joe Lee. Finally there is a superb report from Stuart George on his London Landmarks Half…