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  • 24.Dec.12 Time to Listen - a course for Club Welfare Officers: 6th March

    An Athletics-specific safeguarding training workshop will be held on 6th March in Guildford. It is targeted specifically at volunteers in a club welfare role. It builds on basic awareness and focuses on implementation in the club environment.

  • Greg Rutherford and Marshall MK Club Olympic plaque

    20.Dec.12 Greg Rutherford celebrates at Marshall MK AC where it all began

    Sport England has invited all Olympic and Paralympic medal winners to nominate the community club where they discovered their love of sport and on the vital part the club played in the athlete’s journey to London 2012. Greg Rutherford's is the first club to have been congratulated.

  • Certificates lined up for SE awards

    06.Dec.12 South East behind the scenes volunteers recognised

    2012 has been a very special year, with Olympic memories that will stay with us for the rest of our lives.  For the spectators watching, they just saw the athletes performing..... but those involved in coaching, officiating and administering know that it takes a whole team of people, mainly working quietly behind the scenes, to ensure that an athlete reaches their potential.

  • 20.Nov.12 Mike Barratt 1932-2012

    England Athletics was saddened to hear of the passing of Mike Barratt.
    Mike, who was born on 27th October 1932, first joined Ealing Harriers in 1948 and gave more than 60 years of service to the club over a period which saw club mergers changing the club first to Ealing & Southall AC and then Ealing, Southall & Middlesex AC.

  • Kent rural Athletics Network

    09.Nov.12 Kent Athletics Olympic officials leave lasting legacy

    Over 30 new athletics officials benefited from attending a Level 2 qualification course led by a team of UK Athletics tutors who had a very busy summer contributing their time and expertise to the Olympics and Paralympics success story.

  • 12.Oct.12 Workshop: a Guide to Recruiting, Developing and Retaining Coaches

    With London 2012 encouraging many more to get involved in Athletics, now is an ideal opportunity to recruit more coaches and retain existing coaches that dedicate so much time to developing athletes.