Hark The Herald & Club Awards

The back page of this week's Herald with two further pages of coverage inside. This week's newsletter leads with the fact that The Herald deemed us worthy of almost 3 pages of coverage on how we, as a club, have coped with the pandemic so far. We're gradually returning to the new normal, with the culmination of both the virtual Shakespeare Race and EA Relays, Rob Minton's Zoom sessions have resumed and the juniors have been issued with comprehensive Lockdown home training guidance. Tomorrow night is the Senior Members Annual Awards via Zoom, the juniors having held their Awards in December. The results of January's virtual Shakespeare Race are shown and there are provisional dates and venues for this year's Vets T&F fixtures. Fingers, legs and arms crossed ! Take care Best Wishes David Jones Club Awards. Senior Members Just a reminder that the Senior Members Annual Awards will be via Zoom, tomorrow, Friday 22nd, starting at 6.30 pm The junior held their own Awards at the pavilion in December. No red carpet, no tombola but I'm sure you can supply your own food and drink, sit back and enjoy reliving the highlights from the strangest of years. This is the Zoom link for these Awards https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87911853394?pwd=UExEK1JJT0NleGxYcUc3RVU1QjhWQT09 Meeting ID: 879 1185 3394 Passcode: 857029 Hurdler Lucy Lane is closely followed by Holly Newton at the Club Championships in September. Millie Leighton, watched by Nick Butler and officials Michael Lane and Louise Leighton, takes flight in the triple jump during the Club Championships The Stratford upon Avon Herald This week The Herald have devoted almost 3 pages to our wonderful club. They tell the story of how well we as a club have coped during the pandemic. It is a reminder of what we have gone through in the last 10 months and how, hopefully with light at the end of the tunnel, we will emerge as strong, if not stronger than when it all started. The copy was also submitted, in a greatly reduced form, to Stratford District Council, hopefully for inclusion on their website for their Celebration of Sport. This will be an online showcase of the commitment of individuals, teams, coaches, teachers and volunteers during 2020. They asked to hear about how clubs or individuals adapted to enable sport and physical activity to take place and of organisations involved with helping the community to stay active. Below is the copy that was submitted to The Herald, copy that was featured almost verbatim. A big part of the attraction of athletics is being able to meet and get to know like-minded individuals, it is about making friends with like-minded individuals and it is about competing with like-minded individuals. It is also about the individual’s physical and mental wellbeing. For a large part of the last 10 months, many of these attractions have been denied to the 500 plus members of Stratford upon Avon Athletic Club, a local community club that seeks to look beyond these 500 members in an…