Day 1 of the England Athletics Senior, U20 and Para Championships got underway with spots on the U20 European Champs team up for grabs.

The England Athletics Senior and U20 Championships - powered by Citroën - take place at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham from 25 to 27 August. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Scott Lincoln and Innes Fitzgerald headline a host of top names due to appear as we return to Birmingham for the first championships of the England Athletics summer series. Many of the senior athletes are honing their preparations for the British Athletics Championships at the same venue a week later. Meanwhile, the top juniors will have an eye on international selection as the event doubles as the trial for the European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere on 7-10 August. Some of the successful British team from the European Athletics Under 23 Championships last week will be in action.

On behalf of everyone at England Athletics I would like to wish all those competing in this summer’s England Athletics outdoor track and field championship programme the very best of success and enjoyment. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our hard-working volunteer Technical Officials and Event Staff, without whom this event programme would not take place and to whom we are deeply grateful for their commitment, focus, and dedication. I would like to also thank our host venues, particularly Birmingham Alexander Stadium but also partners at the Manchester Athletics Arena.

Last week, some of the best young athletes from across the country travelled to Alexander Stadium, Birmingham to compete in the 2025 English School Track and Field Championships. To enable the athletes to perform at their best, each team has a handful of Team Managers available to support the athletes.

Kicked off in style by the Pickering Memorial International, June has been a great month for England teams competing in the field, on the track, on the roads and in the mountains. Catch up on all the athletics and running action in our latest performance round up.

The England Athletics Relay Championships will be hosted by Birchfield Harriers on 17 August 2025. Here are the details on entries and invitations.

This summer both the Senior and Age Group Championships will incorporate our Para Championships. Below are some key pieces of information about the qualification standards and rationale for how the medals will be awarded.

The WPA Paris Grand Prix is a prestigious event on the calendar with some of the best athletes from across the world competing.  We were very excited to have a strong team of 7 athletes competing, some opening their season whilst others were continuing momentum of recent events.

Athletics has a set of Rules for Competition and a series of official notification periods for proposed changes to them. The invitation to make proposals for changes to the UKA rules for the UKA Rule Book for 2026/28 went out at the beginning of April 2025 and we remind you that the process is open until 25 June 2025. Guidance on the process and the form for submission of proposals are contained in the Rules of Competition page on the UKA website.

England Athletics notes the English Schools' Athletics Association’s (ESAA) decision to pause implementation of the new age groups effective from1 April 2026, pending a further review of the impact on schools’ athletics. ESAA have indicated that they intend to conduct this review during 2026.