Take on the best at the Winter Long Throws Championships

In 2025, we will be hosting our very first England Athletics and UK Athletics joint Long Throws Championships for athletes all the way from juniors right through to senior ranks.

Held at our Loughborough University Talent Hub, this new pilot championships will be split over two days, and will crown winter season champions across discus, hammer and javelin. Athletes have traditionally missed out on competing during the winter season due to the restrictions of indoor athletics arenas. This event will give the opportunity for national champions to be crowned in the long throws throughout winter, giving athletes an exciting target to train for. This will give younger athletes in particular a taster of what a national championship environment is like, preparing them for the bigger champs of the summer season.

We are delighted to welcome a small group of para athletes to this event and we are excited about plans to expand the offer to more para athletes in future iterations of the Winter Long Throws Championships in 2026 and beyond.

Due to this being a pilot event, we will be seeking the views of athletes, coaches and parents/carers to evolve this competition to meet their needs.

Key information

• The event will take place on 1 and 2 March 2025 at Loughborough University - Senior and U20 athletes will compete on 1 March, U16 and U18 athletes will compete on 2 March.
• The cost is £15 per athlete, per event.
• Athletes who are ranked highly in their event will be invited to compete. However, we want to ensure that events are full and competitive, so if there are spaces so we will be using a reserve list and open any empty spaces to the next best athletes that have registered their interest to compete. Athletes who have expressed interest and on the reserve list will not be charged until a place becomes available.
• The deadline for invited athletes is 24 February 2025. Reserves will be invited as soon as possible after this time.
• On the Saturday 1 March, UKA medals will go to the senior athletes (which includes U23s) and England medals will go to U20 athletes who are first claim with an English club (guest medals will go to athletes not first claim to an English club).
• We will piloting the new age groups (U16/U18) ahead of the official age group changes in 2026, the throwing implements and date of birth will be aligned to the new age rules.