December 14th 2005 (60-02)

CONTENTS

6 Tributes
Big names from the sport say happy birthday to AW

6 Euro Cross
Britain top medals table while Sergiy Lebid wins his sixth men’s title.
Six pages of action from Tilburg

12 News
Vote on English governance divided

13 Derek Redmond gets key UKA sprints post

16 Commonwealth countdown
Tim Benjamin suffers injury setback

17 Vets’ news
Profile of Mel Ellis plus masters’ marathon marks for 2005

18 Kelly Holmes
Tribute to double Olympic champ as she retires from racing

22 Interview
How Zoe Brown made the Commonwealths in two sports

25 Coaching
Frame-by-frame analysis of Goldie Sayers’ javelin technique and training

28 Letters
Was AW’s ‘Ladies and Babes’ calendar in poor taste?

30 Rising Stars
Mini-features and training advice

32 Under-13 girls’ rankings
Vintage year for high jump and pole vault

34 Comment
Why every part of the sport should have a specialist club

35 Results
Weekend round-up

45 What’s On
Fixtures for the coming weeks