And the Winners Were.

Chairman Paul Hawkins photographed on Thursday holding the County Championship Trophy. Paul Bearman, who visited Paul to present him with the trophy reports that the really good news from Planet Hawkins is that he's looking forward to returning .....socially distanced.....in January. We're counting the days Paul, as I'm sure are you. It will probably annoy Paul that I've led with this photo which seems as good a reason as any for doing it! This week it's largely about the various awards made at the track, recognising success in September's Club Championships. A quick head count from the featured photos shows close to 150 track based junior athletes, together with close to 20 coaches showed up for these awards that were made in front of the pavilion. This strikes me as a pretty good reminder of the strength of our junior section. Not to be outdone, some of our successful Vets T&F team held their own Club Champs Awards on Monday night. Let's hope that in '22 we can revert to holding our normal type indoor Awards night. Fingers crossed. Finally, believe it or not, we actually had some members racing last weekend. See Emma Parkin's Draycote Water report. Please take care. Best Wishes David Jones View this email in your browser Senior Member's Christmas Runs After a good deal of deliberation and after consulting Kate, Jo and my wife Ann we made the difficult decision not to go ahead with hosting the Christmas Run at my house this year. We think this is a sensible and safe decision to make considering the current high incidence of Covid. All members will be seeing loved ones over the Christmas period and it just seems such an unnecessary risk to take. That's the bad news - the good news is that the actual runs are still going ahead as follows Tim Hutchinson will lead a 7-9 mile run over the Welcombe Hills, starting at 10.15 and meeting at the top of Maidenhead Road. There are roadworks at the top of Maidenhead Road so it would be best if you park at the sports club and jog up to the start point Sarah Odell will be leading a 10k run from the sports club at 10am. It will be out to Clifford Chambers, Milcote then back down The Greenway. Some of you will have done the Stratford 10k so it’s pretty similar. Everyone is welcome. It will be a nice steady pace. Kate Sergent will be leading a 5k run at 10am, that starts and finishes at the club house and takes in a lovely route on both sides of the river. This run will be suitable for runners of all speeds and Martyn will be the back marker to make sure no-one is left behind or gets lost. Hopefully some of the new Couch to 5k graduates will take part. There will be other runners looking after faster paces. Feel free to wear your Christmas hats and fancy dress on all of the…