Network Name Lea Valley Athletics Network
Start Date April 2010
Clubs in Network
(current engaged)
  • Enfield & Haringey AC
  • Orion Harriers
  • Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies
  • Trent Park RC
  • Lee Valley Academy
Clubs in Network
(future engaged)
  • Edmonton Running Club
  • Haringey Jogging Club
Other Partners
  • County Sports Partnerships:
    Essex Schools' Association
    Waltham forest Primary/Secondary Schools Cross Country championships.
  • Local Authorities:
    Redbridge Sports Council
    Redbridge Culture, Sport & Community Learning
    Redbridge Council Competition Managers
  • School Sports Partnerships:
    Waltham Forest schools sports p/ships
    Playing for success (LBE)
    Enfield Athletic schools sports partnership
    Woodford County High,
    Redbridge SSCO Partnership Development Managers
    Valentines High School Ilford.
  • Others:
    Lee Valley Athletics Centre (LVAC)
    Greenwich Leisure (GLL)
    Vision Charitable Leisure Trust
Network Chair/ Contact Chair - Trevor Jex: trevor.jex@blueyonder.co.uk 
EA contact - Bob Smith: bsmith@englandathletics.org  07824 302 930
CCSO - new appointment to start mid June 2013.
Disability Coordinator - Yvonne Jacobs: ylj70@yahoo.co.uk
Aims

The clubs within the network are extremely successful in their own right and currently have approx  1650 active athletes, 114 coaches, 75 officials and 80 volunteers between them.

The network will be looking to build on some of the successful initiatives already in place with the constituent clubs and develop new initiatives to give the opportunity for coaches to develop.

E & H AC having gained beacon club status have, in partnership with LVAC established a number of coach focussed seminars held over the track close season in sports psychology, sports nutrition and using video analysis as an aid to coaching.

Key Projects

The network proposes to build on the success of those seminars over the 3 years to cover subjects such as:

  • Planning & periodisation
  • Strength & conditioing
  • Video analysis – laptop practical
  • Building successful coach athlete relationships x 2
  • Physiology applied to running technique
  • Coach masterclasses x 3