News - East Midlands - England Athletics

News headlines March 2010

26.Mar.10 England Athletics Regional Council Elections - 2010

Regional Councils play an important role in the development of Athletics; it is the main vehicle by which all volunteers are able to influence the delivery of our strategy to clubs, coaches, officials and other volunteers.
22.Mar.10 A great opportunity - more of the same please

Loughborough University hosted a "Physical Preparation for the Developing Athlete" coaches' workshop this weekend. As part of the LCDP, 20 level 1 and 2 coaches from across 8 different clubs in Leicestershire attended the session which was led by Pete McKnight.
10.Mar.10 Physical Preparation for Road Running Clubs

A Physical Preparation for Road Running Clubs workshop will be held on Wednesday 14th April in Leicester. Led by certified strength and conditioning specialist Pete McKnight, it will be a general workshop on physical preparation in the club environment.
08.Mar.10 Leicester meeting planned to update local coaches

An informal coaches meeting in Leicester is being planned to provide an update on New Coaching Qualifications and the Local Coach Development Programme.
08.Mar.10 Close final in Derbyshire Sportshall Athletics

Gayton Junior School from Derby West was the winning team at this year’s East Midlands Airport Derbyshire Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics Finals. In the closest final ever, the team from Gayton Junior School took the winners’ trophy with 300 points – just four more points than closest rivals.