Cheltenham  & County Harriers    442
Bristol & West with Mendip       343
East Wales                       222
South Wales                      145

CALLING ALL YOUNG ATHLETES
HAVE YOUR SAY, HERE'S HOW

The officials of the club would like to be more aware of the needs of the younger generation who train and race throughout the year.

Therefore this is your chance to let us know what you enjoy about being a member at B&W and more importantly what areas could be better, for example:

• Club kit: hoodies or sweat shirts?

• Training venues: Ashton court, Whitchurch, the Downs, indoors at Cardiff, (where’s the best café)?

• Coaching sessions: which training sessions do you most/least enjoy? Would you like to experiment with a different group?

• Revamp at the club hut of Whitchurch: Any ideas on what form it should take, i.e. colour scheme or music, should we have athlete friendly drinks and snacks? Would a B.B.Q. be a good idea one evening?

• Christmas Party: Last year was a great success and the plan is hold another social this year. However it would be great to have your ideas and to see as many of you as possible enjoying yourselves. Prize to the person who sells the most tickets!

• These are a few examples I’m sure you have plenty more.

How do we plan to implement this?

The ideal situation would be to start up a buddy system whereby one or two athletes talk to the young athletes. They will then report back of any ideas good, bad or extreme, to myself Ali Hurford. I will then pass these ideas to the appropriate officer of the club. What I would really appreciate are a couple of volunteers from the U17/U20 who would consider this role until the end of September. This is a very light-hearted undertaking and should not cause much stress or hassle and to be young athlete’s representative would look good on your C.V.!

Anybody interested please contact Ali Hurford on 0117 9735931
hurforuns@btinternet.com
Witchurch on Wednesday evening

A golden opportunity was missed  to avoid dropping into the relegation zone. A great effort from the team on the day could never make up for athletes missing for a variety of injuries and other numerous commitments. The escape from the relegation zone is not impossible.  It will need a concerted effort and a little luck  in the other matches in July.

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Norman Green Centre, Solihull
Sunday 20th May, 2007

Athlete of the Match ;; ;;James Preston MU17 Shot Putt 14.59m

1. ;; Cannock & Stafford ;;435.5
2. ;; Solihull & Smallheath ;;426.0
3. ;; Bristol & West ;; ;;297.0
4. ;; Carmarthen ;; ;;247.5

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The meeting was held in blustery wind conditions which may have helped the sprinters to good times but created difficulties for all the jumpers and distance runners.

Match result:

1st Yate & District, 399.5
2nd Charnwood, 378
3rd Bristol & West, 324.5
4th Bridgend & Neath, 313

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Details of the Young athletes prize winners at the Bristol and West AC presentation evening ...

Bristol and West's young athletes produced a fine display in the last Midland Premier Division League match, winning ahead of Notts, Bridgend and Solihull. The day was capped by three out of the four athletes of the match going to Bristol and West athletes.

Congratulations to Craig and Richard Peters who both won silver at the English Schools Championships. Richard is now off to Glasgow for the schools International this coming weekend.