An exciting summer of sport to come - 2025 outdoor championships information

This will include: England Athletics Senior and U20 Combined Events, UK Athletics Senior Combined Events Championships, BUCS Combined Event Championships and the UKCAU Championships

• • Date: 25-27 July, Alexander Stadium

• • Entries Standards: Download Standards information (PDF 500kB)

• • Para entry standards: Download Para Standards (women) (PDF 80kB) | Download Para Standards (men) (PDF 90kB)

• • Entries open: 2 June 2025 on Roster

• • Tickets: Early bird spectator tickets will go on sale on the 9 June, follow us on Eventbrite to make sure you are notified when tickets are released.

Senior Para Championships

We are excited to expand the para athletics offer at the Senior Para Championships and provide more opportunity for para athletes to compete at national level. To enter the Senior Para Championships athletes must have a classification. They do not have to be a senior athlete; athletes aged 12 or over may enter, as long as they have achieved the entry standard.

Medals will be awarded based on Raza points which enables multi-classification competition where performances are compared against the current global standards within their own classification.

• • Find out more about Raza points and see the calculator

• • See more details

England Athletics U23 Championship

This will be held within the England Athletics Senior Championships with medals allocated based on count back.

• • Download the medal policy (PDF 600kB)

Trials: The U23 trials for the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway from 17-20 July are being held by Welsh Athletics.

UK County Associations Union Championships

This weekend of events is set to be incredibly busy as the UKCAU Championships will once again be integrated. Athletes will have the chance not only to compete as an individual, but as part of a County Team, bring your county flags, county vests and encourage your team members as part of this Championship event.

• • Find out more about the UKCAU

This event will include the Junior Para Championships, and the Age Group Combined Events.

• Date: 8-10 August, Alexander Stadium
• Entry standards: Download here (PDF 500kB)
• Entries open: 9 June on Roster
• Tickets: Early bird tickets will go on sale on the 9 June, follow us on Eventbrite to make sure you are notified when tickets are released.

Para athletes: At this Para Championships only athletes aged 19 or under are permitted to enter and they must have a classification.

Age group changes: The age group changes will come into place in April 2026.

• Find out more on the age group changes, the process so far and the next steps.

Once again Birchfield Harriers are hosting the England Athletics Relay Championships, after a successful inaugural event in 2024, this will become a main fixture in the England Athletics Championship calendar. Held at the prestigious Alexander Stadium there really is an electric feel as athletes, clubs and parents all come together to cheer on their teams.

West Midlands Regional Council Chair and Birchfield Harrier volunteer spoke about the championships:

“We are excited to work alongside England Athletics once again to host the England Athletics Relay Championships. We hope to build on the success of last year by hosting a really competitive series of races with clubs from across the country. This year we will introduce new events including the universal relay, sprint hurdles relay and a 4x800m.”

Shani Palmer, Event Group Lead for Speed, said:

“It’s a fantastic competition which helps to support growing enthusiasm around relays nationally. The pilot event in 2024 was very well attended with some excellent performances. It was fun to watch, and the athletes thoroughly enjoyed the experience, I’m looking forward to seeing the event return in 2025.”

• • Date: 17 August 2025, Alexander Stadium

• • Invites: Invites will be issued no later than the week commencing the 4 August, so you still have time to prepare!

• • Sprint events: In addition to the traditional events, held last year, Birchfield, keen on innovation and passionate about relays, have made some additional suggestions for the Relay Championships. The traditional event will include:

    • • 4x100m for U15’s, U17’s, U20’s and Seniors for both men and women
    • • 4x300m for U15 boys and girls, and the U17 women.
    • • 4x400m for the U17men, and the Senior men and women
    • • Mixed 4x400m for the U20 age group

• • Hurdle events: The more innovative events include Shuttle hurdles – open invite for clubs to enter teams.

    • • 2x110m senior men
    • • 2x100m senior women
    • • Universal Relay

• • Endurance relays: 4x800m – open entry for any club who can field an eligible team

Expression of interest: Clubs can express an interest in submitting a team for the shuttle hurdles and endurance relay and Athletes can express an interest in taking part in the universal relay. England Athletics will form teams for the Universal Relays from the expression of interest.

• Complete the Expression of interest