Connections from our 1965-1974 graduates
Barbara Meade
Certificate in Education, 1960
Barbara tells us how a newsletter advertisement led to the Beijing Olympics and a friendship with the grandparents of Olympic medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Nigel Dutt
BSc Mathematics and Computer Science, 1970
I sprinted for the University’s athletics club in the summer of 1968 (see attached cutting from Campus), but the club fizzled out after that year. However, I continued guesting at Canley College matches for the rest of my time at Warwick. I'd planned to run in my county athletics championships in Cambridge that June but unfortunately, we had an exam that Saturday morning so my friend Martin decided to try to get us and our girlfriends to Cambridge in his warmed up Mini in time for the heats. I changed in the back of the car on the way and just made it in time. I got through to the final and then, later in the day, I won my first county title. I carried on sprinting seriously for quite a few years after Warwick and won more county titles, but that first one was the biggest challenge!