On these pages you can find information about athletics in the south of England.
Click on the links on the left hand side of this page to find out about what is happening near you.
Key contacts:
South Area Manager
Neil Deans
Email: ndeans@englandathletics.org
Tel: 07968 321490
Club & Coach Support Officers
James Cudmore (Suffolk, Norfolk)
Email : jcudmore@englandathletics.org
Tel: 07720 147247
Amy Frith (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire)
Email: afrith@englandathletics.org
Mob: 07540 703443
Elspeth Turner (Kent, Sussex)
Email: eturner@englandathletics.org
Mob: 07815 072558
Christine Benning (Hampshire inc. Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, Surrey)
Email: cbenning@englandathletics.org
Mob: 07968 498708
Tania Spurling (Berkshire, Oxfordshire)
Email: tspurling@englandathletics.org
Mob: 07701 099763
Vacant (Essex, Hertfordshire)
To be appointed April 2013
Other staff
Coach & Teacher Education - Rebecca Turford
Email: rturford@englandathletics.org
Tel: 07850 515094
Officials' Education - Cheryl Moore
Email: cmoore@englandathletics.org
Tel: 0121 347 6548
Run England - Louise Milne (Area Coordinator, South)
Email: lmilne@englandathletics.org
Tel: 07718 394753
Area Coach Mentors
Area Coach Mentor (Endurance) - Jim Bennett
(Middlesex, Beds, Herts, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Berks, Northants, Notts)
Email: jbennett@englandathletics.org
Area Coach Mentor (Endurance) - David Chalfen
(Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex inc. London Boroughs)
Email: dchalfen@englandathletics.org
Area Coach Mentor (Endurance) - Tim and Pauline Ash
(Essex inc. London Boroughs, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk)
Email: tandpash@englandathletics.org
Area Coach Mentor (Endurance) - Neville Taylor
(City of London, Surrey, Hampshire, IoW, Jersey, Guernsey & Surrey, Kent inc. London Boroughs, Sussex)
Email: ntaylor@englandathletics.org
Area Coach Mentor (Endurance) - Stella Bandu
(Kent inc. London Boroughs, Sussex, City of London, Surrey)
Email: sbandu@englandathletics.org
Area Coach Mentor (Hurdles) - Steve Mitchell
North London & East
Email: smitchell@englandathletics.org
England Athletics
Downloadable documnts
Files below include documents and presentations from the 2011 Coaching Conference (South)
- Consideration of the 18-23 athlete_Notes
- Sport drop-out amongst 16-19 year old girls
- Coaching Club Road Runners - pres
- Coaching Club Road Runners - notes
- Confidence and Self Esteem Presentation
- Confidence and Self-Esteem Notes
- Female Athlete Triad
- Coaching the Injury Prone Athlete
- Psychology of Injuries
- Multi-competent Junior Athlete 1
- Multi-Competent Junior Athlete 2




