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22.Dec.09 West Midlands Youngsters Score a Hat Trick of Wins in Glasgow
A trio of talented West Midlands youngsters who were representing England Schools achieved a hat trick of pentathlon victories this month at the annual Schools International match at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall
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22.Oct.09 Strength & Conditioning Workshop for Shropshire Coaches
Shropshire Athletics Coaches recently attended a Strength & Conditioning workshop for Coaches working with young athletes held at Ladygrove Primary School in Telford. Ruddy Farquharson, Strength & Conditioning Coach for the English Institute of Sport, delivered the workshop.
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14.Oct.09 Northwood Academy of Hurdles preparing for winter programme
Northwood Academy of Hurdles is preparing for its winter programme. The Academy has been working with young hurdlers to develop their hurdling techniques indoors at Northwood Stadium, Stoke, and is proud of its record in producing some of the finest national winning hurdlers over the 15 years of its existence.
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23.Sep.09 West Midlands win 18 medals in Cardiff
Even though they did not strike gold on this occasion, youngsters from the West Midlands brought home no less than eighteen medals and a plethora of personal best performances from the fourth annual UK Schools Games in Cardiff.
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21.Sep.09 Feron Sayers breaks the British U15 Boys' Long Jump record
14 year old West Midlands athlete Feron Sayers (Wolverampton & Bilston AC) broke the British U15 Boys' Long Jump record over the weekend with a huge 7m+ leap during the ESAA Combined Events championships.
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27.Aug.09 West Midlands Team ready for the 2009 UK School Games in Cardiff
A strong team has been selected to represent the West Midlands region at the fourth annual UK School Games, which will take place in Wales from the 3rd to 6th September. Athletics is one of ten sports which will allow youngsters from across the UK to test themselves against teenagers in their own sport whilst also giving them an opportunity to meet and form friendships with their contemporaries from other sporting disciplines.




