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Storm Plymouth SW Club of the Year

A club committed to including everyone - South West Club of the Year, Storm Plymouth 

Storm Plymouth goes above and beyond in the local community to provide inclusive running, walking and social opportunities. Their inclusive ethos saw them recognised as Club of the Year at the recent South West Regional Volunteer Awards. We caught up with a few club members to find out what makes the club so special.
September performance round up graphic

September 2025: Performance round up

Following the busy summer of competition, September has been a quieter month with just two England teams competing. Although small in number, these teams have had big success competing against the other Home Nations.
Welfare Officer with children

Introducing our Welfare and Safeguarding Support Team

England Athletics' Welfare and Compliance Manager, Sarah Harrison, introduces her Welfare and Safeguarding Support Team.
Winners and RUnners up for London Volunteer Awards 2025

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: London

The London Volunteer Awards returned to the elegant Bridewell Hall in central London for their evening of recognising volunteers in the area. The evening was preceded by the London Region Clubs Forum - an afternoon of useful discussions, networking and sharing of best practice, hosted by the London Regional Council.
SW RVA winners 2025

Volunteer Awards evening 2025: South West

On Saturday evening, we welcomed all the winners and runners up from across the South West region to the Devon Hotel, Exeter to say thank you and recognise their contribution. Congratulations to all the award winners and runners up!
U15 girls' hexathlon hurdles

Sprints and sprint hurdles technical camps this winter

England Athletics has teamed up with the Bruce Longden Coaching Foundation to organise 13 sprint hurdles technical camps, 3 of which will also incorporate sprint-specific development training. These two hour camps are mainly targeted at U15 and U17 sprint hurdlers and will cover a variety of important hurdling aspects to help the athletes become faster and more effective hurdlers.
Esther, Coaching Assistant at Bristol & West AC

A young coach helping to provide more athletics opportunities in the Bristol area

Coaches play a vital role in athletics and running, especially within local athletics clubs. On a recent club engagement visit to Bristol & West AC we chatted to Esther, a young coach who was helping to coach a junior athletics session.
Megan Andrews

Overcoming adversity to thrive in athletics

For many young children, they can’t wait to step through the gates of their athletics club, meet their friends and get started. However, for Megan Andrews, it was more of a challenge. Megan recently won the Newcomer to Volunteering award at the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Volunteer Awards, and her journey over the last couple of years has been astounding. We caught up with Megan and her mum at the awards ceremony, to learn more about her incredible journey.
femle runners with Let's Lift the Curfew banner

Let's Lift the Curfew 2025

Launched by Sport England in collaboration with This Girl Can to raise awareness and promote a safer environment for women to engage in physical activities, England Athletics are supporting the 2025 Let's Lift the Curfew campaign. We would like to invite you to put on your own local Let’s Lift The Curfew run, to keep raising awareness of the campaign with your community.  
Barry Parker with paralympian Lee Pearson at London 2012

Barry Parker: 1947-2025

We are sad to announce that athletics stalwart Barry Parker, died last week after a long illness. He was very supportive of England Athletics, including being an officiating tutor, a long-standing and very involved member of Regional Council including a stint as Chair for the East Midlands Region and on England Council with the officiating portfolio.