Carol Wright is a technical official based in Cambridgeshire - she's qualified in track, field and photofinish but her real passion is as a Starter. She recently won the East Region Inspiring Official Volunteer Award and we caught up with her at the celebration evening.

Year on year we are seeing popularity in the England Athletics grow, which is fantastic, but it has meant that in 2024 and 2025 the 8-hour competition day was exceeded. As part of the licensing stipulations track and field competitions must be carried out within an 8 hour day, and so to ensure all our Indoor Championships adhere to this we have had to amend our Entry Policy, implementing capped numbers for the Indoors. This was already in place for Combined Events Championships. This new policy  has been implemented to ensure the best possible competitive environment for athletes.

The latest England Athletics Podcast features two winners of the Coach of the Year Award as part of our Regional Volunteer Awards 2025. Wenlock Olympians coach Camilla Stewart was victorious in the West Midlands, while Victor Oyesola of West Cheshire AC won in the North West region. In conversation with host Alex Seftel, the pair discuss their journeys in the sport so far and what motivates them.

Ochy - the AI-powered biomechanics platform transforming how runners understand and improve their running gait - has taken its first step into the retail space by partnering with Runners Need, part of the Cotswold Outdoor Group. The company’s technology will now be available in over 66 Runners Need stores across the UK, marking a significant milestone in making lab-grade gait analysis accessible to every runner.

England Athletics is delighted to announce a new partnership with SportsHotels.com, the UK’s leading sports travel platform. As the Official Accommodation Partner of England Athletics, SportsHotels.com will provide tailored travel solutions to support our performance athletes, coaches, officials attending competitions, training camps, and other athletics events both domestically and internationally. In addition, through this partnership, England Athletics members will gain access to exclusive discounts of up to 40% on over one million hotels worldwide.

England Athletics were represented by 10 athletes at one of Italy’s most iconic international mountain relay events.  There were record entries in the northern Italy town of Morbegno for the 42nd running of the Vanoni Women’s Relay and the 68th edition of Trofeo Vanoni. 

Jaffa (Jogging and Fitness for All) running club has been going for over 40 years and is this year’s winner of Club of the Year in the East Region. There are groups where people of all abilities can run together and cover everything from 15-minute 5ks, marathons, ultramarathons and also couch to 5k courses for those just getting into running. The club brings people all over Ipswich and the surrounding areas together both on a Monday evening and at races and social runs, and virtually online too. The club has a real community ethos, putting on lots of big races and events in the area that attract people from hundreds of clubs all over Suffolk and East Anglia.

This year’s Masters representative marathon between England and Wales took place in Abingdon, Oxfordshire as part of the Abingdon Marathon. This was the 41st edition of a race which is run on a fast flat course - starting and finishing on the athletics track.

A strong team of athletes represented England at the Corsa dei Castelli point to point race in Trieste, Italy. Strong performances from all athletes resulted in two team silvers. There was also an individual podium third from Rebecca Flaherty.

Like many athletics clubs, Houghton Harriers and Athletics Club had started to struggle for junior members over the past few years. The club tried a number of initiatives to try and get involved with the local schools, but what they tended to find was by the club’s minimum entry age of 8, children were already committed to other sports. To encourage under-8s, the club developed a short taster course that ran once a term.