England Athletics News

News headlines June 2011

06.Jun.11 Olympic Champions and World Record Holders Attend Opening of New Indoor Facility at Perivale Park Track

Husband and wife throwers, Yuri Sedykh and Natalya Lisovskaya, world record holders in the men’s Hammer and women’s Shot respectively and both former Olympic Champions, attended the opening of the new indoor training facility at the Perivale Track in West London. The pair were invited to attend the opening by the track manager, Jamie Bath, who is also Head Coach of the West London Hammer School, based there, and a mentee on the NCDP for the Hammer.
03.Jun.11 London 2012 announces sports testing programme

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced a
comprehensive testing programme which will form a key part of its
preparations for the Games next year.
02.Jun.11 Running leadership training for deaf or hearing impaired leaders

England Athletics has trained up almost 3000 running group leaders who are now working to deliver running groups to a huge variety of people across the country. As part of our efforts to make leading and participating in athletics accessible to all we are currently looking to find people who would like to be involved in a Leadership in Running Fitness training course with specific provision made for people who are deaf or hearing impaired and would like to lead a running group.