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Swindon Harriers AC passes £102k track fund milestone - looking for more support

Swindon Harriers AC have reached a fantastic fundraising milestone, with more than £102,000 raised towards essential future track improvements at Foundation Park.

Personal Best Foundation welcomes Olympian and Gladiators star Montell Douglas as new Ambassador

Personal Best Foundation, the official charity of England Athletics, is delighted to announce that Olympian, former Team GB sprinter and Gladiators star Montell Douglas (Fire) has joined the charity as its latest Ambassador.
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Appointment of Board Independent Non-Executive Directors 

England Athletics is pleased to announce the appointments of Robert Tansey and Chris Conway as Independent Non-Executive Directors to the Board following the completion of an extensive recruitment process. 
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CEO blog: looking back on a successful Commonwealth Games and ahead to an exciting European Championships

CEO Chris Jones reflects on a Commonwealth Games in which Team England won 21 medals across athletics, and looks ahead to the upcoming European Athletics Championships in Birmingham...

Liverpool Harriers & AC: England Athletics x Athletics Weekly Club of the Month

Liverpool Harriers & AC, having produced a myriad of Olympians during their 144-year history so far, are our England Athletics x Athletics Weekly Club of the Month.
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Celebrating the recent success of Backside to Trackside across Essex and Hertfordshire

Backside to Trackside, supported by England Athletics, is not your typical “couch to 5k” programme. It brings together professional coaching, group support and specialist facilities to build a sense of community and belonging that helps guide its participants through a FREE nine-week course.

New Assistant Coach and Sessional Coach qualifications coming soon

The new Assistant Coach and Sessional Coach qualifications are coming soon as part of England Athletics refreshed coaching pathway. Developed in response to feedback from coaches and clubs through the Coaching Review, the new pathway has been designed to create clearer and more accessible routes into coaching, while helping clubs build capacity within their coaching workforce.
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July 2026: performance round up

Headlined by the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, July saw outstanding performances from English athletes at every level. From two England Athletics Championships in Bedford to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Snowdon International Mountain Race to the masters 5k race in Shrewsbury, let’s look back on the action in our July performance round up.
Jazmin sawyers wins gold for England at Commonwealth Game long jump

Commonwealth Games 2026, Evening Session, Saturday August 1: Team England jump up the medal table
Nathan Maguire wins gold.

Commonwealth Games 2026, Morning Session, Saturday August 1: Team England give it the old one-two