A Trip Down Memory Lane ?

Sorry Paul - I did warn you. Daisy Musk, Georgie Campbell and Imy Sheppard. Strange times. This week there are what are likely to be the last two competition reports for quite some time. During the current hiatus I would like to carry on with the newsletter in some form. A club member emailed me earlier in the week to say that the newsletter gave them a sense of belonging. I hope this is true for many of you. I realise that lots of you will keep in touch via social media but I would also like to think that the newsletter, with just over 850 subscribers, can also play its part in enabling us to keep in touch with each other. It's been said before but being a part of this club is like being a part of a large extended family and it is at an unprecedented time like this that we need our families and we need to stay as close to them as we possibly can, even if that can't be physically close. Rob Minton's wonderful initiative, outlined below, is a perfect example how we can reach out to each other. Paul Bearman has already supplied me with a few newsletters from 20 years ago and Paul Hawkins has also said he will let me have some historical newsletters and photos. I will endeavour to include these in future newsletters. Personally, I think it might be a nice idea for us to share our individual thoughts, stories, experiences and photos of our life in athletics via the newsletter. These could be about what got us started in the first place, memorable personal performances, memorable live athletic events we have attended etc. etc. Just to show you that you have no need to feel embarrassed about sharing details and photos of yourselves back in the day, I've started the ball rolling this week with details of my own, somewhat underwhelming athletic career. This might have been a little more fulfilling and successful had I not taken a 40 year break after leaving school and before starting running again ! If you have any stories or photos to share, I'm pretty sure lots of us will enjoy reading them. If enough of you respond it will enable me to keep the newsletter going during these trying times. Over to you. Take care and stay well. Best Wishes David Jones. How are you all doing? A message from Rob Minton. Strange times for us all I'm sure. Lot's of us are having to adapt to different way of working, home schooling, communicating, even a walk or a run, which we're still allowed to do involves doing a 5-10 meter manoeuver to get around someone coming the opposite way. And then there are all of the events we've had cancelled and our training sessions (which I'm sure sometimes you were in two minds about attending) which have also had to be cancelled. However, we want to help. At the club…