Birmingham’s magnificent Alexander Stadium proved to be the perfect setting for day three of these championships. It’s been two years to the day since England hosted the Commonwealth Games at this venue and now judging by the weekend’s results, a new generation of world class athletes are benefitting from everything this huge arena has to offer.

Day two of these Championships picked up where the opening one had ended with a string of superb performances that confirm the future of athletics is in safe hands. A Championships Best Performance in the heats of the U15 Boys’ 100 – and a British record in the final – confirmed the next generation is progressing superbly.

Just as the Olympic Games opening ceremony got under way in Paris, so the first gun fired to get the field going in the opening track final at this Championships in Birmingham. And for everyone this weekend, the magnificent stadium that hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games proved to be a fabulous venue for athletes beginning their journeys to Los Angeles in four years and beyond.

World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore; Liverpool Harriers) is set to feature among some of the country’s top combined-eventers, as well as some potential stars of the future. The three-day meeting includes the England, UK and BUCS championships for the Senior and under 20 combined-events, the England under 17 and under 15 championships and the England junior para championships.