Bake Off Beckons

Not content with being a super talented runner, it would seem that Bake Off may beckon for Georgie Campbell, after she produced this wonderful cake for the Cross Country presentation evening. Slim pickings this week and I suspect for many weeks to come. On Thursday evening there was a lovely event at The Pavilion when our junior XC team members were presented with awards and medals for their part in the most successful season in the club's history. 3 of our members did manage to take part in a couple of events that did take place, the Bath Half Marathon and Banbury 15 and there are reports on both of those. Please do your best to keep fit in these trying times but more importantly, take care. Best Wishes David Jones Ready for the presentation. The 3 individual age category winners together with team manager Paul Hawkins display their trophies. L to R - Alex Adams, Paul, Georgie Campbell and Tessa Parkin. Some of the older endurance runners after the presentation ready for their training session Cross Country Presentation Evening. Last Thursday evening saw some 70 plus junior athletes, along with sundry parents, coaches etc, totalling approximately 120 in all, gather together in The Pavilion for a presentation to our athletes for their part in the most successful junior XC season in the club's history. It turned out to be something of a last hurrah before the hibernation to come. Over the full season we came second in the league, close behind Wolverhampton & Bilston, in addition to which we also won five individual medals, three of them gold, and four of the age group teams won medals - both under 11 teams, the under 13 girls and the under 17 women. Two of our other teams finished just outside the medals, in 4th place. At the last fixture of the season there were problems with the chip timing and also the weather was horrendous. As such, the league were unable to present any of the medals or trophies. Rather than our athletes having to wait until our Awards night in October, it was decided to present them with their just rewards sooner rather than later.. Adrian Mason Bath Half Marathon Report - Adrian Mason I ran the Bath Half Marathon this weekend. It went ahead by the skin of it's teeth and I was elated with my result! After a very difficult decision with all the 'Covid-19' precautions being rolled out across the world, the organisers took the decision to "Run the Bath"!. With the announcements on Friday and Saturday that all the big spring races were being cancelled/postponed, it wasn't a decision taken lightly, but from the 15,209 runners signed up, they still finished with 6,827 runners crossing the finish line. The day was WET as was most of the UK but this didn't dampen the atmosphere. The officials put on a great event and the streets were still lined with plenty of spectators. Marshals, starting corrals and…