The Givaudan 10K and Children’s Fun Run takes place on Sunday 10th October at The Julie Rose Stadium. The main 10km Road Race starts at 10am and the Children’s Fun Runs start at 11.15am.

Entries are open for both the 10km race and the Children’s Fun Run. Enter Online now or download the Entry Form PDF

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

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.

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.

On Track Athletics sponsored the medals for the Kent Primary Schools’ Cross Country Championships organised by Kent College held at the University of Kent in Canterbury in which over 1500 children from eighty schools took part in races for school years 3 to 6.

Michelle Robinson the Olympic triple jumper was in attendance to make presentations and encourage the competitors around the course.

The first race for year three boys saw an outstanding performance from Hayden Wood of Minterne Primary School set the standard for the following races whilst the team event was won by Merton Court School. The final runners had hardly finished before the year three girls were off and running, this time Amy Plumb from Kent College led the runners home but just failed to lead her team to victory with Spring Grove School achieving the first of their two team awards. Arguably the best race of the day was the final year six girls race which saw Alessia Russo from East Farleigh just beat Kelsey Fuss from Upton school to become the champion.

Organiser Kath Carter, a teacher at Kent College and herself a retired international middle distance runner commented, ‘Each year there seem to be more schools, more competitors and the standard of performance improves. All the competitors can be proud of their achievements today. We are trying very hard at Kent College to improve standards of athletics in the area and it was good to have Rebecca Weston, herself a former winner, who has gone on to achieve junior international status here today as a hare. All primary children who are interested in athletics are welcome to come along to compete at our athletics meetings at Vernon Holme on Saturdays 8th and 22nd May and Saturday 19th June.’

Results

Year Three Boys
1. H Wood: Minterne
2. T Halliday: Wingham
3. J Witt: Minterne

Teams
1. Merton Court
2. Minterne
3. Wingham

Year Four Boys
1. K Clay: Wingham
2. Z Jefferson-Pillai: Ashford Friars
3. H Todd: Kent College

Teams
1. Wingham
2. Kent College
3. Ashford Friars

Year Five Boys
1. T Kendrick: Crockham Hill
2. M Sheaf: Anthony Roper
3. H Kahl: Reculver

Teams
1. St Margaret’s
2. Kent College
3. Anthony Roper

Year Six Boys
1. A Kinloch: Upton
2. J Langthorne: Minterne
3. T Agbppla: Wingham

Teams
1. Upton
2. Minterne
3. Willesborough

Year Three Girls
1. A Plumb: Kent College
2. M Wesley: Merton Court
3. D McCartney: Minster

Teams
1. Spring Grove
2. Kent College
3. Merton Court

Year Four Girls
1. M Tomlin Wingham
2. L Parrish: Upton
3. A Saliba Williams: Spring Grove

Teams
1. Wingham
2. Spring Grove
3. Kent College

Year Five Girls
1. E Cohen: St John’s
2. H Griggs: Kent College
3. H Fielder: Spring Grove

Teams
1. Spring Grove
2. Upton
3. Gad’s Hill

Year Six Girls
1. A Russo: East Farleigh
2. K Fuss: Upton
3. E Neal: Kent College

Teams
1. Ashford
2. Upton
3. St Margaret’s

Justiming is hosting two spring opens at Dartford on the 11th and 25th of April. Full photo finish and LED scoreboard will be in use.

Go to the Just Timing Website for more information and online entry!

Sunday, 11th April Justiming Spring Open Dartford – 12 noon start

TRACK
150m U13-All Ages
600m U13-All Ages
300m U15-All Ages
1 Mile U17-All Ages
100m U15-All Ages

FIELD
Shot U17-All Ages
Long Jump U17-All Ages
Shot U13 – U15
Long Jump U13 – U15

Sunday, 25th April Justiming Spring Gala Dartford – 12 noon start

TRACK
75m U13 Girls
100m U15-All Ages
800m U13-All Ages
400m U15-All Ages
300m U15 Girls-U17 Women
1500m U15-All Ages

FIELD
Shot U17-All Ages
High Jump U17-All Ages
Shot U13-U15
High Jump U13-U15

On Track Athletics coached athletes won 5 medals at the Kent Indoor Athletics Championships held at Lee Valley Athletics Indoor Athletics Centre on the weekend of the 6th/7th February 2010.

Leading the way on Day 1 was Nathan Fatolia and Laura Hanagan who both won gold medals…Nathan won the U15 Boys 60m title in only his second 60m race (His heat was the first) winning with a new club record time of 7.77s. Laura improved her seasons best by half a metre with a jump of 10.21m to win the U17 womens Triple Jump.

On Day 2 Rachel Hanagan won 2 medals winning the U20 Womens Triple Jump with a leap of 11.14m just 1cm of her indoor PB set in 2008. She started the day winning silver in the Long Jump event with a jump of 4.87m.

U15 Girl Abbie Purkis won a bronze medal in the 200m event after setting a new Personal best in her heat with a time of 27.97s.

Other On Track Athletics coached athletes competing at the championships all set seasons bests or personal bests. These includes Stevie Walder U17 Men – 60m/200m, Caitlin Dock U17 Womens – 60m/200m and Lucy Holmes U17 Womens – Long Jump.

You can download and view the full results on our Results Page