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News headlines June 2011

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  • 22.Jun.11 LCDP participants in the South reflect

    The Local Coach Development Programme (LCDP) aims to raise standards in coaching and therefore improve the performance of our athletes. As the summer season races towards us, coaches have been reflecting on how they have benefitted from being part of the LCDP.

  • 21.Jun.11 Young Londoner gets call up for World Youth Games

    Katie Snowden - Herne Hill HarriersHerne Hill Harriers’ Katie Snowden (Coach: James McDonald) has been selected to compete for Great Britain in the World Youth Championships next month. The young athlete, who has been in the form of her life, will compete in the 800m event against some of the world’s best under-18 athletes. The news broke this week not long after Katie had successfully defended her 800m title in the South of England track and field Championships in Ashford on 18 June.

  • QuadKids

    17.Jun.11 QuadKids going from strength to strength

    The QuadKids movement continues to move forward with another outstanding network event hosted by Highgate Harriers. Mother Nature loses (again) versus Highgate Harriers QuadKids. The wind huffed, the wind puffed, and the wind blew as hard as it could but it could not put 80 children off their QuadKids athletics mission.

  • 15.Jun.11 London schools athletics ready for the big one!

    LSAA logoLondon schools athletics team look sure to have some strong medal contenders for next month's English Schools' championships after a successful Championships at Millenium Arena, Battersea Park.

  • Kyle Powell

    15.Jun.11 BT Paralympic World Cup debut for young sprinter

    Last summer 15-year-old sprinter Kyle Powell was competing in local league fixtures for his club St.Mary’s Richmond AC...this year he was invited to compete for Great Britain in the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester!

  • Super 8 logo

    11.Jun.11 Super8 gets thumbs up in Kent

    The Super8 format has been given the thumbs up by schools in Kent.  Super 8 is the new format being promoted by England Athletics for secondary schools, with teams of eight boys and eight girls competing over eight events and with the scores of all the athletes added together to give the team score.