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An inspirational weekend

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Sport changes lives .... .... I've witnessed it first hand and I've also experienced it myself.  My blog this week is a small step in helping to spread this message far and wide. This weekend the delightful Mr Bob and myself have been at our annual British Athletics Supporters Club event.   We’ve been attending for the last goodness knows how many years and during that time we’ve had the privilege of meeting some amazing British athletes, both up and coming and gold medal winners. One very notable year was when we got the opportunity to meet Jessica Ennis-Hill shortly after she’d won her fabulous Olympic gold medal in London.   How she coped with the expectation of the whole nation is beyond belief. The weekend is also an opportunity to meet up with lots of people who we’ve become good friends with over the years and the great thing is that every single person who attends already has something in common, we all love athletics, so it’s not hard to strike up a co...