Fruit & Veg Throwing – Yes really !

All manner of fruit and veg being thrown for the half-term challenge ….bananas, huge shallots, and items from the squash family! Another mixed bag this week. We start off with a report on the Half Term Challenge activities of some of our junior members. Highly impressive they are too. There is a race walking article by chairman Paul Hawkins about his journey to becoming one of the countries leading race walkers in his age group. Paul also reports on the current success of our race walking squad in the Racewalking Association's virtual league. Racewalking squad - that's a term I haven't used before! We have a report on Kate Sergent, our international marathon runner, on her City of Newport virtual half marathon at the weekend. Alex Adams' again triumphed in last month's Magic Mile with our junior members excelling. Finally there is the club's submission to Stratford upon Avon District Council's Celebration of Sport and Physical Activity initiative. Enjoy the weekend. Nearly there. Hopefully! Take care Best Wishes. David Jones Holly Cifford's wonderful collage of her half-term challenge activities View this email in your browser Under 11's Half Term Challenge Report - Carolyne Johnston Dismal and dreary conditions did not deter our younger athletes from competing in the half term challenge. A number of Under 11s dragged their parents out to assist with timing and photo shoots to prove their efforts. No toilet rolls required this time but the odd banana or carrot was pinched from the kitchen to see how far it could be thrown! There was a lack of banana cake in the Wood household by the time Alex had finished with the bananas he was throwing! Their challenge was to complete at least 2 activities ranging from a sprint circuit, skipping, slalom circuit and crisscross running. They could choose to do their activity over any 5 days during half term and for fun we threw in a vegetable throw for distance and bunny hops for distance challenge. Their chosen events were repeated twice over the 5 days so they could compare their results to see how they had improved. Well done to Clea, Holly, Lois, Scarlett, Martha, Alex and Liam for stepping up to some half term fun and fitness, not forgetting their siblings that joined in too! Niamh and Seb Hillard's Half-Term Challenge Seb and Niamh also put in some great efforts in the half term challenge. I'm exhausted just reading it ! Seb’s Half Term Challenge Saturday - 9K walk Sunday - StratfordAC Virtual 5K Monday - Oversley Woods Walk Tuesday - Hurdle Training Warmup, Drill and Hurdles. 1/2 Virtual Zoom Core and training Wednesday - 9K run Thursday - Core and Walk Saturday 40k bike ride Sunday - Hill training and run. Niamh’s Half Term Challenge Saturday -5k SUAAC Virtual Race 21.43 Sunday -Welcombes Hills 6.9k Monday - Oversley Woods Walk - 5.6k Tuesday short fast one. The usual warm up plus a few drills then it was a 30/30 session. It’s short so…