A Mixed Bag.

Dan Boyd flies through the air with the greatest of ease. Unlike last week's single event Newsletter, this week we have a real mixed bag. There's Paul Bearman's update on the indoor season to date. I can certainly vouch for the fact that competing indoors definitely has it's advantages bearing in mind the appalling weather we have been having of late. We also have a report from Paul Hawkins on last weekend's Mini Marathon trial, where 8 of our juniors endurance runners' endured the ravages of Storm Dennis at Stourport, all having endured Storm Ciara just a week earlier in Wolverhampton. Three of them overcame the appalling conditions and qualified to compete in the curtain raiser for this year's Virgin Money London Marathon. There are also a couple of belated reports on the final league XC races of the season for our senior and masters runners and finally there is Phil Brennan's report on the 5th and final of this season's Tempo Winter series. Best Wishes David Jones. Jess Sheppard. Andrew Pozzi. The Indoor Season. Report - Paul Bearman. Andrew Pozzi. The club's World Indoor 60m hurdles champion Andrew Pozzi's early season form continues as does his position at the top of the world's rankings. Following his success in Paris, Andrew went on to Torun in Poland at the Copernicus Cup meeting and recorded a second victory in a close run race clocking 7.53 in the final after a 7.58 heat. Afterwards he said “It was so good to win in Torun and continue to be unbeaten so far this year, but it wasn't the best race for me personally so I'm really happy to run the time that I did as I know I can improve a lot going forward". Moving onto Glasgow for the Muller Grand Prix and with 4 victories from four races under his belt this year, he stormed to another impressive victory in 7.57 in a very competitive race. He said “It was a good, smooth run in front of a noisy and excited crowd and although the time wasn’t as quick as I’d have liked, I’m pleased with the win and where I am both in training and competitively and now I’m looking ahead to the outdoors with the Olympics coming up”. Midlands Indoor Track & Field Championships The Midlands Indoor Championships held at the High Performance Centre at the Alexander Stadium Birmingham attracts eligible athletes from both the West and East Midlands and the South West of England. After a couple of warm up events the championships are the first of the years major indoor competitions and they were a welcome respite in warm conditions for a group of Stratford AC young athletes from the grim weather that they have had to train in during the winter months and they produced some fine performances. Moving up to U20 this year is always a challenge but hurdler Cole Williams has made the transition really well. In a neck and neck 60m hurdles race with…