Sutton’s Andy Turner insists there is much more to come from him after a dream 2010 saw him crowned European and Commonwealth champion.

The Nottingham-born 110m hurdler is preparing for his first race of the season at the Aviva International Match in Glasgow this Saturday.

“It has been an absolutely amazing year,” said the 30-year-old.

“I sat down with my coach at the beginning of the year and set out target for the season, and to come away from Barcelona having done that made it extra special.

“And the Commonwealth Games were more of a bonus if I'm honest. We said I would only go if I was in good shape and still running well and fortunately I was. So to finish the season with two titles was a dream come true really.

“I didn’t envisage it at all. At the start of the season it’s just words really, saying I'm going to win this and that, so to actually do it is very satisfying. I know I'm still way away from the best in the world, but what I've taken from this year is that I've gone into the finals and executed my race as well as I could do.

“This year my two finals have been technically on point and I can take that into next year, also the confidence of going into big races and championships and knowing I can perform at my best.

“I’m really looking forward to Glasgow. I missed all of last year’s indoors with an Achilles problem, so as much as I enjoy outdoors, I'm just excited to go out and compete again.

“To be introduced as the Commonwealth and European Champion is exciting me already and I'm just desperate to get out competing again, doing what I love and do best.

“I'm very confident there’s more to come from me. I sat down with my coach and biomechanics guy the other day and although my technique is smooth and looks nice, it’s not efficient. I'm spending too much time in the air going over the barrier, so he’s confident if I can get on the floor quicker after the hurdle, I can take off two tenths of a second.

“So that’s something we really have to work on this year and both me and coach are really excited about that. If I work hard on that this season, it’ll put me in with a real shout for the medals this year and next.”

Making things even more exciting for Turner, he’ll be up against world number one hurdler David Oliver at both Glasgow and the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on 19 February.

The Olympic bronze medallist also comes off the back of an amazing summer having claimed bronze at the World Indoor Championships, while also going unbeaten in all 15 races of his outdoor season.

And Turner says he is looking forward to going head-to-head with American for the first time since the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham two years ago.

He added: “It’s definitely going to be really interesting competing against David Oliver again. He’s a quality athlete that’s for sure, the best in the world right now and you need to race people like him to bring yourself on as an athlete. I'm definitely not going to shy away from any of the challenges from David, I really look forward to it.

“I'm not going to say I'm going to beat him as he’s run 12.8 and 7.4 indoors, but his indoors aren’t as good as his outdoors, so there’s an opportunity.

“I spoke to him last week actually and he’s excited about it as well. I’m going to go out there and try my best and we’ll see what happens.”