News headlines August 2012
-
23.Aug.12 Midlands building on Olympic success
As part of the series of 600 Community Athletics Days organised by clubs across England Amber Valley & Erewash AC held a series of Try Athletics events on Wednesday evenings which gave opportunities for those aged eight to 15 to come along and give athletics a go.
-
14.Aug.12 Budding Rio athlete to be 2012 Paralympic Flame Ambassador
A 14 year old athlete who has come through the Playground to Podium and Disability Sport Events programme has been chosen as the Paralympic Flame Ambassador for Plymouth. Two years ago she took up athletics and was picked after winning five gold medals in the National Disabled Athletics Championships in Warwick in July.
-
12.Aug.12 What's your Olympic legacy? Here's Mo's
Wonderful pics from 10 Downing Street as world leaders met at the Global Hunger Summit. Mo Farah, fresh from his Olympic double gold winning glory, passed the baton in the Race Against Hunger to Prime Minister David Cameron.
-
12.Aug.12 Riding the wave of inspiration
With the London Olympics reaching its climax, let’s ride the wave of inspiration and get schools everywhere joining the World Marathon Challenge. If you want a taster of some fun athletics action before then, why not attend a local Community Athletics Day and give it a go?
-
10.Aug.12 Hundreds of community days to bring athletics to the nation
It has not just been the Olympic and Paralympic athletes who have been getting ready for their big moment over recent months! This coming week sees great work by hundreds of clubs coming to fruition as they hold community days to give people the opportunity to give athletics a go.
-
01.Aug.12 Learn from gymnastics' expertise
England Athletics is delighted to announce Craig Heap as a keynote speaker at one of our coaching conferences. Craig, a former GB Olympic gymnast and now Performance Development coach at the City of Newcastle Gymnastics Academy.
- General Enquiries: Tel: 0121 347 6543
- Fax: 0121 347 6544
- E-mail: enquiries@englandathletics.org
