West London Athletics Network

Network Name	West London Athletics Network
Start Date	January 2010
Clubs in Network	Ealing Southall and Middlesex AC (Bob Densley) Harrow AC (Roger Jones) Hillingdon AC (Paul Cuddihy) Queens Park Harriers (Bill O’Connor) Serpentine RC (Andy Robbins) Team Hounslow (Jess Weaver) Thames Valley Harriers (John Husbands/ Paul Oppe) West London Hammer School (Mariuz Morawski)
Other Partners	Track Academy, Perivale Panthers Pro Active West London (Mark Burgess) London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea & Westminster School Sports Partnerships
Network Chair/ Contact	Chair - Paul Cuddihy: paulcuddihy@hotmail.com Network Coordinator - John Husbands: westlondonathleticsnetwork@gmail.com EA contact - Neil Deans: ndeans@englandathletics.org 07824 302936 CCSO - new appointment to start mid June 2013.
Aims	Our vision is to develop our clubs so that they provide sustained top quality initiation, coaching and the best possible development opportunities for enjoyment and achievement in athletics for people of all abilities and ages, including the disabled, linked with athletics occupying the highest position in schools and other sections of the local community. We are most willing to involve other local clubs who share our vision if this is appropriate for them. We have refined our focus across our 4 priority areas: Improving the quality of coaching Improving performance levels Growing participation levels Improving club infrastructure
Key Projects	1. Coaching We aim to improve the quality of coaching and development by: Recruiting 5 new coaches per club Having at least 3 new coaches at each club complete ‘coach’ level qualification Creating 3 paid coach mentoring roles at 5 clubs to ensure every coach that wants a development plan has one Continue to encourage and grow the provision of coaching to athletes with a disability Appoint a WLAN lead coach in each event and organise 4 master classes and 2 weekend courses for throws coaches Applying athletics 365 across the network clubs Providing core skills and other coaching courses 2. Improving performance levels We aim to improve performance levels by: Delivering athletics to over 7500 people of school age in communities Targeting pre agreed performance improvement levels 3. Growing participation levels We aim to increase participation/membership levels by: Hosting 4 open track and field meetings QuadKids, Sportshall competition Continuing to support the provision of after schools clubs, mini marathon, school cross country and track and field events Supporting development of Run England and Park Run activities through promotion and provision of coaching and officials Growing participation levels at mass participation events – Ealing Half Marathon and Finchley 20 Supporting the provision of athletics events for people with a disability 4. Club infrastructure We aim to improve the experience of club members to increase retention and recruitment levels by: Producing a quarterly newsletter to schools Utilising Network website to support co-ordination of coaches and officials with schools Promoting development and sharing of officials among clubs and local schools Continuing to promote co-ordination of websites Sharing leading practice around internet development and clubmark material Continuing to produce shared marketing material Recruiting 20 new officials Updating medical equipment available at clubhouses

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