The UK's best and most inclusive pathway throws competition. We are proud to be supporting the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund and Personal Best Foundation as our Official Charity Partners.
Following a successful 2024 event, the date for 2025 is confirmed as 1 June and will take place at Paula Radcliffe Athletics Track, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU .
Watch a roundup of the 2024 event below.
Tickets
Spectators can buy tickets before the event online or on the day for £6 at the welcome desk just through the side gate of the athletics track. No cash payments will be taken at the gate so please be prepared to pay with a card/Apple pay/Samsung pay or similar. You will be given a wristband as you enter the event.
Buy ticketsPersonal coaches of competing athletes can access the outdoor facilities for free when they show their in-date coaching license. As all the money from spectators goes to charity, if personal coaches do want to give a donation, of any size, they are welcome to and that can be done at arrival at the spectator entrance.
Preview and England Team 2025 Read England Athletics' 2024 report Read Athletics Weekly's 2024 reportQuick links
Events
- Shot Put and Ambulant Shot Put
- Discus and Ambulant Discus
- Hammer
- Javelin and Ambulant Javelin
We hope to include seated throws in future iterations of the event.
Start lists
This is a closed competition to selected athletes only. England team athletes will be up against throwers from seven other nations including Switzerland, Sweden and Italy, plus a Loughborough University team.
Schedule and start lists 2025Any international federations who would like to send athletes to compete in future events, please contact Nick Ridgeon.
Timetable
| Call up | Warm up | Start | Event | Gender |
| 08:50 | 09:00 | 09:30 | Hammer | Men and Women |
| 10:40 | 10:50 | 11:20 | Javelin | Men and Women |
| 12:25 | 12:35 | 13:05 | Discus | Men |
| 13:30 | 13:40 | 14:10 | Shot | Men and Women |
| 14:20 | 14:30 | 15:00 | Discus | Women |
Records and Results
2024 results 2023 results| RECORDS | Shot Put | Hammer | Javelin | Discus |
| U18 men | Lawson Capes 17.70m | Thomas Williams 72.82m | Tom Rutter 64.76m | Cian Crampton 56.90m |
| U18 women | Annabel Amadin 15.13m | Caoimhe Gallen 57.90m | Harriet Wheeler 47.21m | Nubia Evans-Shields 44.86m Bebe Jackson 22.67m (F44) |
| U20 men | Isaac Delaney 16.51m | Kai Barham 70.58m | Michael Allison 72.34m Michael Jenkins 32.44m (F38) | Teddy Gannon 55.82m Finlay Davidson 15.88m (F41) |
| U20 women | Cleo Agyepong 15.12m Amy Thompson 7.97m (F41) | Angela McAuslan-Kelly 58.32m | Sophie Hamilton 50.30m | Giada Borin 48.88m |
| U23 men | Jephte Vogel 17.42m Fabio Zamparelli 13.89m (F20) | Owen Merrett 61.36m | Ben East 72.38m | Dillon Claydon 51.25m |
| U23 women | Teddy Tehoudja 14.23m Freya Howgate 7.62m (F37) | Charlotte Payne 69.28m | Dawn Russell 45.14m | Anna Gavigan 49.10m Freya Howgate 20.03m (F37) |
Prizes
Best male and female for each event:
- Entry into the outstanding male and female athlete of the day competition
- Neuff rucksack, lanyard and £25 voucher
- SiS drink bottle and hydration tables
- Kukri drink bottle and note book
- MoveWell peanut self massage ball/roller
Outstanding male and female
- £500 from the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
- £50 Kukri voucher
- Shokz headphones
- goodr sunglasses
- MoveWell MultiBand resistance band
Heritage
In 2024 we displayed a 'Celebrating Shaun' exhibit in the Athletics Pavilion, celebrating the life of the late Shaun Pickering. Spectators, athletes and coaches shared memories of Shaun with us on the day on our display boards. We recorded all the memories and celebrations on the day to be preserved on The Athletics Museum website. - you can now read the article. This year we celebrate Geoff Capes.
Our Charity Partners
We are proud to be supporting the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund and Personal Best Foundation as our Official Charity Partners.
In 2024 there was a raffle on the day and collection of donations. Prizes included a signed photograph of Commonwealth Games medallist Scott Lincoln, and Shokz OpenRun Pro Headphones. If you wish to donate prizes please contact Nick Ridgeon. 100% of ticket sales and fundraising are split equally between the Personal Best Foundation (Charity No.1200354) and the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund (Charity No. 1005166).
Our Sponsors
We are very grateful to our sponsors who supported the 2024 event. Prospective sponsors for 2025 are asked to contact Nick Ridgeon.
Loughborough University
The most successful student athletics club in the country, catering for all events at every level. Throws enquiries to Emma Wiltshire: e.wiltshire@lboro.ac.uk
Loughborough Finance for Sport
Specialist accountants, tax and business advisors to the sport sector.
Movewell
MoveWell – founded by two Chartered Physiotherapists – the company sell sustainable health and fitness products.
Neuff
Neuff has been a specialist supplier of high quality athletics equipment since 1966. They hold UK stock for athletes, coaches, stadia and officials, and offer expert advice to help you choose.
Shokz
Shokz is the world’s leading consumer electronics brand that focuses on acoustic technology innovation, known for outstanding developments in wireless open-ear headphones.
Science in Sport
Science in Sport is the world’s leading performance nutrition brand. Combining world-class knowledge and scientific formulations to provide optimal performance solutions across the nutritional need states of energy, hydration, and recovery. Through our world leading research and innovation programme, we formulate evidence-based products that truly impact performance. We push the boundaries of science and nutrition, so you can push the boundaries of performance. Everything we do is Fuelled by Science.
Choice agency
Choice agency is a young, innovative and fast-moving sports agency that represents both young and mature sports people in various sporting fields. At present our particular strengths lie in track and field athletics. Contact Darren Steer: dsteer@choiceagency.co.uk
Kukri
As well as supplying the kit for England representative teams, Kukri also provide the teamwear for England Athletics’ Masters representative teams and enable affiliated clubs to set up their own online stores selling their own clubwear.
goodr sunglasses
goodr was created to solve a problem: running sunglasses were expensive, ugly, and over-engineered. They set out to design a pair of running sunglasses that were affordable, stylish and all performance.
Event information
Media
'Visuals by Onyeka' is the 2025 official photographer. Images can be found at visualsbyonyeka.pixieset.com and can be purchased - 20% off code: PMI2025.