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The sun shone brightly and the sky was as blue as a sailor's uniform (as Albert's mother had been fond of saying). However, a thin veneer of twinkling ice made the pavement treacherous and meant that, for the moment at least, it was not expedient for Albert to leave the safety of his comfortable bungalow. Albert was 80 years old and had moved there after his wife, Elsie, developed severe Alzheimer's disease; unfortunately she had died soon afterwards.

With a cup of tea in hand, Albert contented himself with watching the local children trying out their ice-skating skills as they made their way, chattering and laughing, to the local primary school. Albert knew that Sophie would be along soon, anyway. Sophie was the wife of his son, Adrian. They lived only two minutes walk away, the main factor influencing Albert's move, so Sophie called in most days to ensure that Albert had all the provisions he needed. Not that Albert really needed much help, he was as sprightly as someone half his age, but he did enjoy the company and the fact that he didn't have to do some of the menial jobs around the house - he had never managed to master the art of ironing! Of course it wasn't all one-way. Albert was the first choice baby-sitter for Adrian and Sophie's two children, Jamie and Molly. They loved spending time with Albert and in fact they were coming round that day after school as Sophie's shift at the local hospital started at 4 pm. Adrian would not be home from the bank until gone 6 pm.

When the children arrived at 3:45 pm that afternoon Jamie was bursting my excitement.

"Guess what, Grandad? I've been selected for the school athletics team"

"Oh, I didn't think they did athletics at this time of year," replied Albert.

"It's an indoor event called Sportshall Athletics" responded Jamie.

"I'll be there" said Albert.

When the day of the district competition arrived, there were no prouder spectators than Albert and Molly as they sat, somewhat uncomfortably, on the hard wooden benches watching the championships. Jamie took part in three events: the vertical jump, one lap relay and the two laps. With a perfectly timed dip, Jamie just managed to take the bronze medal in the two laps.

"That was a fine performance" said Albert "with a bit of training you could be winning gold next time."

Jamie's school did not particularly promote sporting activities so Albert decided that the children should join the junior section of the local athletics club.

From the first occasion that Albert brought Molly and Jamie to the club it was obvious that he was more than an interested layperson. His incisive analysis of his grandchildren's performances as well as perceptive observations of some of the other athletes showed that he had a good knowledge of the sport. Within a few weeks, John, the head coach, asked Albert if he would like to help out with the club. Albert was not a person to do things by halves. Within a few weeks he was enrolled on an England Athletics leader course, followed quickly by an assistant coach course and by the summer he was a qualified coach. One day, Albert brought in his medals. He had won both the Long Jump and 200m in the Essex County Championships and the children were thrilled to be able to hang the medals around their necks and imagine what it would be like to win a championship medal in the future.

"Are they real gold?" asked one incredulous nine-year-old.

Albert's status as a coach was firmly established by the time that an article about him appeared in the Daily Mail describing how he was the oldest person to pass the England Athletics coaching course. Everyone started calling him 'the guru' because they knew that they could always come to him for advice.

It was a great summer for 'Albert's athletes' as they won event after event, with Albert accompanying them to various parts of the county and beyond. Even, driving some of them on occasions in his yellow Ford Fiesta. 'The guru' could always be found studiously following the progress of every athlete from the first time 'fun runner' to the County Champion. The highlight was the area championships where eight of the juniors represented their county, the highest number in the club's history. The eight included six County Champions with Jamie winning the Boys' Under 13s 200m in a time of 26.50 seconds.

Albert was the guest of honour at the club's annual dinner in December where he received two awards: 'Coach of the Year' and 'Biggest influence on the Club.' In his acceptance speech Albert thanked Jamie for bringing him back into athletics and praised the hard work of all the juniors as well as everyone who helped out at the club.

"I feel 40 years younger" he said, "in fact, I might even start running again myself next year!"