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News headlines October 2011

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  • Greater Peterborough Network GPAN

    17.Oct.11 Paul Evans inspires Peterborough athletes

    Olympic fever was raised another notch as double Olympian Paul Evans came to visit and inspire runners in the city.  Paul, who reached the 10,000-metre finals in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, came to Peterborough on Tuesday and met youngsters at school running clubs.

  • Calderdale Athletics Network

    14.Oct.11 Calderdale Athletics Network announce workshop schedule

    Calderdale Athletics Network are pleased to announce their Network Workshop delivery schedule for the next few months.  A number of athlete and coach workshops have been organised in the area.

  • 13.Oct.11 Elite athletes visit Gateshead

    The day before the Great North City Games 2011, where Team GB&NI took on Team USA, forty children, three club coaches and three school teachers all received a sprinting masterclass from an England Athletics Coach mentor.

  • Birmingham Athletics Network

    13.Oct.11 The use of Strength and Conditioning

    There is often a huge misconception surrounding the use of Strength and Conditioning and the part it plays in physical development of athletes.  A session held by Birmingham Athletics Network aimed to dispel these myths and to explain the logic behind this element of training. 

  • teachers sprint start

    11.Oct.11 Teachers keen to improve knowledge

    The first of the Birmingham Athletics Network's Elevating Athletics workshops attracted eleven teachers from various local schools who were very keen to improve their knowledge of athletics and learn new ways to deliver it in a way that would make athletics exciting to their students.

  • Suffolk Essex network

    11.Oct.11 Youth Development workshop an excellent evening

    24 coaches recently attended a Youth Development workshop in Ipswich. The session was organised by the Suffolk Essex Athletics Network and the coaches came from clubs across Suffolk and North Essex.