100m to 100k – Impressive or what ?

Some of the members of our successful Midlands League T&F squad Well that will teach me to have a week off. Blimey you've been a busy lot. You don't let something like 30 degrees of heat put you off do you ? Lots to report on this week, with everything from 100m to 100k and from members aged 8 to almost 80. What a club. It's like Mike Sheppard says in his report - doing what we do as part of this club is why we do athletics. For me at the moment it is very much a case of the morning after the night before. Last night our club once again rose to the occasion by hosting a Midland Vet's T&F league fixture, with over 100 athletes from 6 midland clubs competing. More on this next week. I'd like to finish by saying thank you to Christine Cooper for the tireless work she does in ensuring that our activities are sent to The Stratford Herald every week. The Herald continue to be hugely supportive of our club in both their online snd physical editions but without Christine's input there would be nothing for them to feature. Owain Jones takes the plunge in the steeplechase. Midlands League T&F League - Warwickshire Division. The first two fixtures. Report - Mike Sheppard After two years away from league competition Stratford AC' Senior team has enjoyed a joyous return to competition, performing brilliantly to win the first two league fixtures of the 2021 season. In the blustery damp of Nuneaton and under hot sun in Leamington, the gold and black tide simply swept away the efforts of local rivals Leamington, Coventry Godiva, Rugby & Northampton and Nuneaton. The league is always great fun, bringing together athletes and officials from all parts of the club. Matches feature spirited competition between athletes aged from U17 through to Veteran across the full range of 'run, jump and throw' disciplines. Although self-isolations and a late change in date conspired to keep some athletes away, Stratford's strength-in-depth has been evident with the Club still able to field a powerful all-round squad in both fixtures. There have been many mighty performances, Personal Bests and Seasons Bests - far too many to detail in a short report. But above all, this season has been about renewing the faith. It has been fantastic to see the enthusiasm of the club's most accomplished seniors as they pull-on the Stratford vest once again. Equally impressive has been the calm maturity and competitiveness shown by our talented cohort of younger athletes as they tackle senior competition for the first time. And our officials - what a team! This is why do Athletics! Club chairman Paul Hawkins added " Because of my medical issues I’ve not been able to contribute much to this season but I have been able to watch both matches, albeit from a distance. The team spirit from all the Stratford AC athletes has been wonderful as has the quality of the…