More committed coaches + Archives revisited.

Sessions with our junior athletes inbetween lockdowns. Lucy Edwards is leading the stretching at the Leamington track and below, Sandy Green is leading hurdle drills with young coach Maddie Clark at our own track. Please read below a fascinating article by and about our U13 Age Group Leaders. This week we have another fascinating article on our Junior Age Group Leaders. This week it's the turn of the U13's. The article once again shows the absolute commitment and dedication of these AGLs. We're lucky to have them. We also have club stalwart Sarah Bland writing her Lockdown Lookback. Many thanks Sarah and many thanks for all you have done this year, along with your support team of Matt, Ryan, John and David, to keep the Shakespeare Races going. There are also the winners of last month's 100 club draw. After a few month's gap I've dusted down some of the Paul Hawkins Archives with articles going back upto 30 years ago. Finally there's mention of the commitment of some of our junior endurance group, who have still been turning up on the Welcombe Hills on a Sunday morning to train, in pairs, setting off at different times, despite there being no organised training. Take care - two weeks down and two to go hopefully. Best Wishes. David Jones. Clockwise from top left : Cait Davis, Paivi McMillan, Lucy Edwards and Elaine Ledden Following on from last week's informative and interesting article from our U11's Age Group Leaders, this week it's the turn of the U13's U13's Age Group Leaders - Cait Davis, Paivi McMillan, Lucy Edwards and Elaine Ledden. Report - Paivi McMillan. * Who are you and what is your role in your respective group in the junior section? To answer this question, we need to go back to March 2020. Back in March Jenny Sheppard and Elaine Ledden had been successfully running the U13s for several years and due to personal and working commitments the opportunity arose for a new coaching team to take up the reins. After some discussions, instead of having one or two lead coaches, a team of three agreed to share the responsibilities Cait Davis, Lucy Edwards and Paivi McMillan. Elaine is still involved with the U13s when work commitments allow and Jenny is now coaching the U15s. All three coaches take part in the weekly, monthly quarterly and annual activities, session plans, athlete and coach updates, quarterly brainstorming, and annual selections for the Club awards. Lucy and Paivi keep on top of the league team management for the winter Sportshall and summer T&F competitions as well. * Who are the coaches? Cait has been with the club +10 years as a parent and a coach. She’s gained the expertise from coaching in most of the year groups with different fellow coaches and also coaches in primary schools and helps with the annual primary school Sportshall and T&F competitions. She has a great insight and understanding of quarterly and annual training cycles. Being part…