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England Athletics Regional Council Elections

This year’s nominations for our Regional Councils closed on 28 February 2019. We are pleased to announce that due to the number of nominations received there will be ballots required for positions on the following Regional Councils:

  • Yorkshire & Humberside
  • West Midlands
  • East

The candidates involved in these ballots have been informed in relation to the ballot process and the relevant information will be sent out to clubs in these regions shortly.

We would also like to announce the election of the following candidates whose nominations will see them added to the regional councils from April. These candidates have been elected unopposed to the following Regional Councils:

  • North East
    • Christopher Mole
  • North West
    • Glenn Piper
    • Jon Clarke
  • East Midlands
    • Peter Fendley
    • Debbie Smith
  • South West
    • David Cooke
    • John Deaton
    • Paul D’Arcy
    • Richard Lewellyn-Eaton
    • Sonya Ellis
  • London
    • Adrian Day
    • David Clarke
    • Nadia Williams
    • Tony Ganio
  • South East
    • Julian Starkey
    • Tom Easten

In those regions where a ballot is required, ballot papers will be sent to clubs with voting closing on 3rd April 2019. Each affiliated club is entitled to vote in a ballot held in its region. An announcement on the successful candidates will be made on 5th April 2019.

The first Regional Council meetings following the nomination and ballots process will take place in April 2019 as follows:

School Year in 2026/27 competition YearAge on dayAge group in 2026/27 (from October 2026)Recommended
distance
Year 59-10Under 123000m
Year 610-11Under 123000m
Year 711-12Under 144000m
Year 812-13Under 144000m
Year 913-14Under 165000m
Year 1014-15Under 165000m
Year 1115-16Under 188000m
Year 1216-17Under 188000m
Year 1216-17Under 2010,000m
Year 1317-18Under 2010,000m