It’s been a busy week.
Some magnificent photos from last weekend's Cheltenham Restart Open, courtesy of Mike Sheppard. From the top : Ruby Edwards on her way to a PB of 4.37m in the long jump. Ruby was delighted, having been jumping over 4m at the track and at school, that she was finally able to manage it in a competition! Millie Leighton and Charlotte Gravelsons battle it out in the 400m hurdles. They both finished with identical times of 70.2 seconds, PBs for both of them. Luca De Freitas Pires straining every sinew in his 100m. Putting together this week's newsletter has reminded me of all the stuff, as a club, we do. It has also reminded me that training and competition is actually happening to a considerable degree. Much joy. I am acutely aware of the fact that, of late, the newsletter seems very T&F orientated. I think it's probably fair to say that for members of the senior section, road running is the majority activity. It would be wonderful to receive some reports on these type of races. I know that at the weekend there is our own prestigious Hilly 100 and also the Tysoe Windmill Run and I'm really hoping that members taking part will feel able to submit reports that could be included in the newsletter and possibly submitted to the local press for inclusion. This week The Herald have once again supported us by featuring a report on the last of The Winter Series races, alongside a lovely photo of the series winner Matt Burdus-Cook and his 8 year old son Noah. From comments I have received, I do know that senior section members like to hear about what the junior section are up to and vice versa. I am indebted to Paul Bearman for his detailed report on last weekend's T&F fixtures at The Pingles and Cheltenham. I know it's The Masters T&F Championships at the weekend and, again, I'm hopeful someone will be able to submit a report on them. Elsewhere in the report we have details of the Warwickshire County T&F Championships, 11 year old Sam Plumb's first official 1500m race and a very impressive one it was. We had a couple of our Masters sprinters competing with 200 others at Wednesday nights Night of 100m event. There are details of the upcoming internal SUAAC Super 2 events to be held at the track for the under 13,15 and 17+ groups. We have a reminder that club members competing should be wearing a club vest and there are details of how to purchase them. We've had the first of what I hope will be many responses to the "getting to know you" initiative featured in last week's newsletter. Almost inevitably there is news of yet another PB by Cadie Hibberd. I'm selling my treadmill in aid of club funds and we have a few more photos from this past week's activities. Phew ! Good luck to those of you who are competing at the weekend and…
