Rounding off with the UK Athletics Championships, which this year acted as the Olympic trials, June has been a busy month of competitions. English athletes shone at the European Championships in Rome, our first England representative para athletics teams excelled in Nottwil and Paris and Molly Caudery and Callum Wilkinson set new British records.

For BUCS medallist and Athlete Panel member, Tor Bennett-Williams, his coach Clover Court was instrumental in not only his early athletics career, but in moulding him into the successful adult he is today. We recently caught up to discuss all about his competitive journey through the sport, but also how he balances the dynamic of full-time work with athletics.

The latest England Athletics Podcast features a round-up from the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester, where Olympic hopefuls booked their spots at this summer's Paris 2024 Games.

As this years Pride Month draws to a close, the Athletics Pride Network (APN) have been busy, coming together to celebrate and realise the value of the APN in providing an environment to express yourself as a LGBTQ+ person in sport.

We are pleased to confirm that the County Athletics Union Intercounty Championships will be held in conjunction with the England Athletics Senior and Under-20 Championships in Birmingham (19-21 July).

We had an opportunity to catch up with English and GB athlete, Jack Gray, after attending one of our Coaching Assistant courses to see how he found it and understand why he has deciding to get into coaching alongside his athletics career.

The Snowdon International Mountain Race takes place on 20 July and we are pleased to announce a strong England team which is a good mix of experience and athletes making their England debuts.

Our CEO Chris Jones publishes his June blog: "I trust you are enjoying this wonderful summer of athletics with so much inclusive activity taking place across England and overseas involving English Athletes. We are looking forward to a summer of sport at home and abroard and also need to take the opportunity to influence the next government."

Last week Team GB announced the very first athletes selected for this summer's Paralympic Games. With just over two months to go until the Games begin, we are proud to share that four of the ten athletes named are from England!

Whether a new club are just finding their feet, or they have been running for over 50 years, the common theme of athletics and running clubs up and down the country is the community they create. Shared passion, enjoyment of exercising together and helping others to succeed are what unite us. For West 4 Harriers in Chiswick, they have been at the heart of their local community for a quarter of a century, created as a spin off from the popular Polytechnic Harriers in the 1980s. We were delighted to award West 4 Harriers a Club Improvement Fund grant, and we recently caught up with Club Secretary Jason Drake to see how they used the money to benefit their community.