News - South East - England Athletics

News headlines 2011

18.Oct.11 Reading AC athlete receives bursary from Accentuate

15 year old Sanjana Rachel Emmanuel (Rachel) has recently been awarded a £1000 athlete bursary from Accentuate. Rachel is one of many success stories from the national Playground to Podium (P2P) project which aims to identify and support young disabled athletes into sport.
05.Oct.11 Ashford Primary students enjoy running challenges

Primary school pupils in Kent have had the opportunity to try competitive sprinting and cross country over the past few weeks, thanks to initiatives run by the Ashford Leisure Trust.
07.Aug.11 Nominate those behind your success - deadline next week

Athletics benefits from the tremendous efforts and expertise of a dedicated team of volunteers. And we at England Athletics want to ensure that we, and the sport as a whole gives them the recognition they deserve! So whether it is your coach, your club, an official or another volunteer make sure that you nominate them for one of our awards!
07.Jul.11 Charterhouse Playground to Podium inspires children

The sun shone down on Charterhouse School in Godalming for this years’ Playground to Podium county athlete assessment day. Children with varying disabilities were invited from schools all over Surrey to try out some paralympic sports after showing potential in their PE classes at school.