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15.Jun.11 BT Paralympic World Cup debut for young sprinter
Last summer 15-year-old sprinter Kyle Powell was competing in local league fixtures for his club St.Mary’s Richmond AC...this year he was invited to compete for Great Britain in the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester!
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14.Jun.11 Run England continues to develop
Four Regional Coordinators have been appointed to help the Run England project grow and thrive nationwide. They will help to recruit and support group leaders, working with the local activators to ensure that people are given the best possible opportunities and support to take up and progress in their running.
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13.Jun.11 Athletics stars shine in Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Coach Frank Horwill, athletes Jessica Ennis and Phillips Idowu, and England Athletics partner Street Games’ CEO Jane Ashworth have all been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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11.Jun.11 Video analysis session extends coaches' knowledge
18 coaches recently attended a video analysis session that took place in Bury St Edmunds. The session was organised by the Suffolk Essex Athletics Network and was also attended by coaches on the Local and National Coach Development Programmes in Cambridgeshire and Essex.
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11.Jun.11 Mental Toughness Workshop held by H&W network
The Hereford and Worcester McCain Athletics Network held a very successful Mental Toughness Workshop, welcoming ex-international and former Olympian Spencer Duval to deliver a workshop on the fundamentals of sports psychology.
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09.Jun.11 London Coaching Feature
London’s unrivalled history in boasting some of the strongest club set-ups in the country is being given a whole new dimension with the emergence of some of the most successful ‘super-groups’ of athletes, training together as one, irrespective of club loyalties. We want to hear from you, coaches and athletes in the run up to one of the biggest periods in the history of athletics in london!
In this feature we look at one such group: ‘Trackspeed1’ is based at Crystal Palace under the tutelage of senior sprints coach John Powell, and embraces athletes from Tower Hamlets, Blackheath, Croydon, Belgrave, TVH, Bexley, Newham, and Kent AC.




