In-form Turner looks to prove a point at World Trials

ANDY Turner will aim to put brains over brawn at this weekend's Aviva UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

POINT TO PROVE: Andy Turner is in the form of his life - despite losing his top-tier Lottery funding

The 28-year-old sprint hurdler admits he has been running angry since having his lottery funding cut by UK Athletics last November.

He just missed out a medal at the European Indoor Championships but has already ducked well inside the 'A' qualifying standard time of 13.55 seconds for next month's IAAF World Championships in Berlin.

As a result Turner - who failed to make it out of the second round of the Olympic 110m hurdles in Beijing last summer - will concentrate on technique at the Alexander Stadium, instead of out and out speed.

"I'm lucky enough to have run the qualifying time so I don't have to worry about my time and I can just go out there and race," said Turner, who finished second at last weekend's IAAF Grand Prix in Madrid.

"My aim is obviously to win gold and run as fast as I can but I've been working on a lot of technical stuff recently and I hope to put that into practice in the race.

"When I run quickly I can sometimes lose a bit of technique so it will be nice to go into a race and focus on my technique and maybe come off the pace a bit to see if that produces a good time.

"I have improved my consistency so much this season whereas before I could hit a hurdle and it would ruin my race but now I am a lot more resilient and that can only be a good thing."

Turner is in the form of his life this season having secured three wins in nine days at the end of May.

He further underlined his World Championship credentials at the European Team Championship in Portugal last month where he again romped to victory.

And Turner - who is yet to better his personal best of 13.27 seconds set at the World Championships in Osaka in 2007 - admitted his funding rejection continues to fuel his form.

"Getting my funding withdrawn was obviously a huge blow and it was really disappointing to know that the sport's governing body don't have faith in me," added Turner.

"And for a while after that I was running really angrily trying to show them that they had made the wrong decision and that I wasn't too old or too slow."