I Believe in Yesterday

Dave Wilson's Membership Card from 1985. As something of a music fan (an understatement), I'm writing this on the 50th anniversary of the announcement that The Beatles ( juniors - ask your parents or maybe your grandparents) had broken up, so I make no apologies for the occasional Bealtes references. Apart from heralding the return of Jack Sumners from the USA, this week's newsletter is predominantly a dip into the club's archives. I have now taken delivery of The Paul Hawkins Archives, covering the years from 1989 to 2009, so that should keep me busy for the next few weeks. Many thanks to both Pauls, Bearman and Hawkins, for providing me with quite a bit of material. I hope you will find it enjoyable to read through. I had to smile at the thought of Andrew Pozzi winning a gold medal in the standing triple jump. It was interesting to see our junior XC team were in 14th position in the West Midlands Young Athletes Cross Country League in 2007. This year they finished in 2nd place, just prevented from winning the title in the last race of the last fixture. Some things stay the same - In 2007 our juniors won the Warwickshire Sportshall League. I note with interest that in 1989 the senior ladies paid a lower level of subscription than their male counterparts. It was also interesting to see that there were 4 leagues in the Grand Prix competition, with promotion and relegation. I've taking the liberty of showing some members of the junior endurance group as they've grown from 8,9,10 year olds into young adults. I'm not sure how many of them will thank me for it though. Despite the current crisis, there's still lots of club activity going on. Many of the Senior members are currently competing in the first ever Virtual Shakespeare Race and there's talk of a virtual team competition for some of our junior T&F members and a possible Virtual Strava " Tour de Stratford " added to which are Rob Minton's weekly Zoom sessions. Just imagine how fit we are all going to be when this is all over. Please send me any articles or photos of your athletic career that I can share with other club members Please do take care and try to stay fit and healthy Best Wishes David Jones 100 Club Winners Dear all, hope this fine weather is finding everyone well and helping ease the strange times we are all experiencing. Our 100 club still continues and the draw was made on line by 3 of our coaches. April's winner's are 1st prize Laura Hendy 2nd prize Kirsty Fairweather 3rd prize Nicola Baxter A huge congratulations to you all. Don't forget you can join the 100 club at any time just email on jo100club@gmail.com for more details. All of the proceeds minus the winnings are used to support the club. Please stay safe and look after each other. Jo Hutchinson From The Archives. Some of the…