England Athletics News

News headlines September 2010

22.Sep.10 Flying Coach Visit for Coaches of Disabled Athletes

Kingston AC and Polytechnic Harriers played host to a flying visit From Bronwin Carter last weekend. Bronwin is a throws coach who works closely with athletes with disabilities.
21.Sep.10 Disability Workshop a great success

Lea Valley McCain Athletics Network held its first Disability Workshop this week, which was a great success. The event was attended by a broad spread of interested coaches, team managers and officials hailing from all 4 member clubs and also a LVAC volunteer, who all wanted to find out more about disability athletics.
08.Sep.10 Doncaster AC key leader in Y&H disabled athlete coaching

Doncaster AC is part of the South Yorkshire McCain Athletics Network which has 5 excellent clubs involved and Doncaster AC has become a key leader in Yorkshire and Humber in providing disabled athletes with good quality coaching and has provided fantastic opportunities for many disabled athletes this summer.
07.Sep.10 Aspiring wheelchair racer to feature on Channel 4

Aspiring wheelchair racer Chloe Ball Hopkins has been selected for ‘Pimp My Chair’ and will be filmed later today (Tuesday) for Channel 4’s That Paralympic Show with the episode being aired later in the current series.