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Hamish, on right of GB University team, en route to Turin for World Cross-Country Championship

Coaching Voices: Hamish Telfer
Images of athletes. Text: "Meet the athletes!"

The England Athletics Experience — Meet the athletes
National Volunteer Awards winners image at Hall of Fame

Celebrating volunteer services to athletics: "Volunteers are the backbone of races, training, competitions and club events."

In 2020, Paul Sanderson, from Telford AC, was the West Midlands Services to Athletics and Running winner at the Regional Volunteer Awards. He went on to receive our national award for his contributions to the sport, and a British Empire Medal in the King's Birthday Honours last week.
King's Birthday Honours - Paul Sanderson Malcolm Rogers Bryan Smith

Grassroots athletics volunteers receive King's Birthday Honours

As well as the England Athletics Chair Gary Shaughnessy receiving a CBE for his charity work, three English athletics volunteers were also honoured. Malcolm Rogers receives a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to the sport spanning more than 50 years. And there's a British Empire Medal (BEM) for two athletics stalwarts - Bryan Smith and Paul Sanderson.
London, 7 August 2012. Malcolm Arnold (Great Britain). Image by Mark Shearman.

Coaching Voices: Malcolm Arnold

In the latest Coaching Voices interview to feature on the England Athletics Podcast, Malcolm Arnold, the former UK Athletics Head Coach and personal coach to hurdlers including Colin Jackson, Eilidh Doyle, Dai Greene and Andrew Pozzi talks about his life in athletics.

Full of promise for the future – day 2 of U23 and U20 champs

With the selectors meeting later in the evening to finalise the team for the European U23 Champs in Finland, day two of these championships was all about displaying top form. Which is precisely what occurred in spectacular fashion.
Keely Hodgkinson

A fantastic championships - day 1 of U23 and U20 champs

With team places on offer for the European Athletics U20 Championships in Israel, the European Athletics U23 Championships in Finland, and finally for the U18s, the Youth Games this summer in Trinidad and Tobago, it was no surprise there was a wonderful stream of fantastic performances at this newly refurbished facility in Chelmsford.
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England Athletics chair receives CBE

England Athletics chair Gary Shaughnessy has been awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List in recognition of his contribution to business and charity.
Text: "Thank you for your services to athletics and running"

Looking back on National Volunteers Week 2023

This year, National Volunteers Week took place from the 1-7 June. As ever, this national event presented the perfect opportunity to celebrate the hard work, dedication and commitment of volunteers across the country.
Keely Hodgkinson competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Image by Mark Shearman

Hodgkinson headlines England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships

British Olympic and world 800m silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson (coach: Trevor Painter; club: Leigh) will be the star attraction at the England Athletics Under-23 and Under-20 Championships in Chelmsford this weekend (June 17-18).