On Track Athletics and Marathon Sports Foundation are pleased to announce the dates for the Summer Canterbury Star:track Athletics coaching course for young people aged 8 – 16 years.

The course provides athletics coaching for young people of all abilities from beginner to county standard and higher levels. Activities include running, jumping and throwing. Specialist coaching in the following events by Kent Squad coaches:
• Pole Vault
• Race Walking
• Hurdles
• Sprints

The course is to take place from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th August from 9am – 1pm at Body and Mind Leisure Club, The Canterbury High School. The cost for the week is £45 and includes a free athletics goodie bag.

Download the Canterbury Star:track – Summer Booking Form 2010 or visit our dedicated Star:track Page

UKA yesterday announced the full team for the forthcoming European Youth Olympic Trials (EYOT) in Moscow on 21-23 May, including Victoria Ohuruogu (coach: Lloyd Cowan) younger sister of 2008 Olympic 400m gold medallist Christine.

Ohuruogu, who stepped up from 300m to 400m this year and proceeded to win the Aviva England 400m indoor U20 Championships, will travel to the Russian capital, as part of a 22 strong team, to compete in the trials which will act as qualification for the IOC Youth Olympic Games (YOG), in Singapore 14-26 August.
Annie Tagoe (coach: Connie Henry, Clarence Calendar), who will contest the 100m, received the SPAR outstanding achievement award at the 2009 UKA Awards Dinner after winning both the 100m and 200m at the England U17 Championships in Bedford. (more…)

American 100m record holder and 2007 triple World champion Tyson Gay says he will use both of Britain’s IAAF Diamond League events, this summer, to maintain his assault on Usain Bolt’s dominance as king of the track.

Gay, who is one of 14 IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors, will contest the 200m at the Aviva British Grand Prix held at Gateshead International Stadium on 10 July, and the 100m at the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on 13 and 14 August.

He said: “Being a Diamond League Ambassador is a huge honour for me and I’m really looking forward to returning to Gateshead for the Aviva British Grand Prix. With no major worldwide championship this year, the Diamond League will be the biggest thing in track and field. I always enjoy competing in Britain, and I’m happy to see they have two Diamond League events.”

Injury hindered Gay’s performance at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, but he returned to world-class form last year and earned himself the title of ‘World’s Second Fastest Man’ after his blistering performance in Berlin, where he ran a national record, and then a month later equalled Usain Bolt’s former World record of 9.69 seconds.

The Kentucky-born sprinter has continued his blistering form into 2010; earlier this month he ran 44.89secs in Florida, in the 400m, which made him the first man in history to dip under 10secs in the 100m, under 20secs in the 200m and under 45secs in the 400m.

UKA and the London Marathon today announced a funding partnership which will further enhance the successful UKA Endurance Programme and help to produce world class British distance athletes.

London Marathon have agreed to an annual investment up to £150,000 which will be added to UKA’s existing significant investment into the Endurance Programme, which has been developed over the past year under the leadership of Ian Stewart.

The funding will be used to help finance altitude training camps in Iten, Kenya and Font Romeu, France, both established altitude training centres which are proven to have physiological benefits for endurance athletes. Font Romeu has long been the European base for Paula Radcliffe, whilst Iten is host to many of the world’s leading distance athletes. (more…)

On the day entry, number collection and pins can be found in the club house.

Entries will close 30mins before the schedule start of each event.

Car parking can be found close to Central Park and surrounding businesses or streets.

CHANGE TO EVENT PRICES:

ONLINE ENTRIES:

£4 per event, £3 thereafter

ON THE DAY:

£6 per event, £3 thereafter

Minimum 4 trials in the field events.

Please note a Field Countdown Clock will be in use in the Long Jump, therefore each athlete will have one minute to complete their attempt.

Blocks can be used; these must be provided by the athlete.

LED Scoreboard in use.

Online entry closes Thursday 8th April, e-mail entry closes midnight Saturday 10th April.

The three fastest names in sprinting Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will line-up in the Men’s 100m at the Brussels IAAF Diamond League on 27 August 2010.

Today Bolt has confirmed that he will be present at the Belgacom Memorial Van Damme for what will become one of the most exciting track races in the world in 2010.

In the 2009 World Championship final in Berlin, Bolt, Gay and Powell won gold, silver and bronze in the fastest 100m in history. Bolt set a new World record, while Gay became the fastest ever American athlete at the distance. All three are IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors and they will gather in Brussels for a rerun of this magic final.

Bolt set the meeting record of 9.77 in Brussels in a duel against Powell (9.88) in 2008. The Jamaicans faced a headwind of -1,3m in that race. In 2009 Bolt ran an astonishing 200m in 19.57 in Brussels, the fourth fastest time in history. Against Gay and Powell the fastest human being on earth faces the toughest imaginable threat in the King Baudouin Stadium.

On Track Athletics has been asked by Justiming to support their Spring Open Meetings at Dartford by providing event management support.

Justiming are staging two open meetings in April on Sunday 11th April and Sunday 25th April at Dartford Athletics Track both starting at 12pm. The events will include international standard photo-finish timing equipment and LED Scoreboard. Athletes can Enter Online, by Entry Form or on the day.

Details of the events are below: (more…)

UKA today announced that Britain’s track and field athletes will be given a unique opportunity to prepare for the London 2012 home Games with the laying of the Olympic track at the two UKA National Performance Centres at Lee Valley and Loughborough.

The London Marathon Charitable Trust has committed £220,000 to enable UKA, with the support of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and Loughborough University, to lay an exact replica of the Mondo FX track that will be in the Olympic Stadium in 2012.

The super fast track, which will be in place at the facilities from April, is currently installed in only ten stadia around the world with two of those in Beijing. UKA’s Lee Valley Athletics Centre Director Dan Pfaff said: “The two National Performance Centres will be the only training centres in the world with this track installed, giving our athletes considerable advantage. (more…)

The Kent County Athletics Championships is being held at The Julie Rose Stadium in Ashford on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May 2010.

Download the Kent Athletics Outdoor Championships 2010 – Entry Form

UKA, the national governing body for athletics, today welcomed the start of the process that will decide the future of the Olympic Stadium.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has begun a global search for the organisations that are interested in managing, operating in, or locating to the Stadium after the London 2012 Games with the publication of an ‘expressions of interest’ document.

Organisations or consortia will have eight weeks to come forward with their interest and initial views. This could include sporting, community, education, visitor attraction and commercial uses.

Deciding the future of the iconic centrepiece is one of the Company’s top priorities and OPLC’s aim is to reach a settled position by the end of March 2011.UKA Chairman Ed Warner, who has worked closely with the OPLC said: “UKA is delighted that this process is underway and that the bid promise of an athletics legacy is central to it. We look forward to working closely with all significant parties to ensure that athletics will be at the heart of a vibrant stadium in legacy mode.

“As the national governing body for the sport, internationally recognised by the IAAF and European Athletics, UKA will work with the OPLC and any other future operator to ensure international world class athletics events are staged alongside those already scheduled for the stadium such as the Aviva London Grand Prix – part of the prestigious Diamond League – right through to domestic championships for athletes of all ages.