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CLUB DIRECTORY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DETAILS OF EVERY UK AFFILIATED CLUB WHY JOINING A CLUB BRINGS BIG BENEFITS PLUS THE ELITES WHO LOVE THEIR CLUBS ATHLETICSWEEKLY.COM AW CLUB DIRECTORY WELCOME AND CONTENTS @ATHLETICSWEEKLY TIME TO CLUB TOGETHER CONTENTS JO PAVEY perhaps puts it best. “It is still what makes the athletics world 4 FIVE REASONS enriches your life,” says the five-time go round in this country. Olympian when asked about being If you’re not involved with a club yet, TO JOIN A CLUB involved with a club throughout her long or are perhaps assessing your options, It could be one of and varied athletics career. this Club Directory contains listings of the best decisions It’s an old truism that you get out every single one affiliated in the UK at you ever make of this sport what you put in – and the time of going to press. there are so many rewarding aspects We’ve included contact details too to putting yourself right at the heart of so what are you waiting for? Perhaps 8 CLUBS IN athletics. it’s time to join the club and see where ENGLAND The gateway to opportunity, it takes you. Every club affiliated to inspiration and improvement lies, of England Athletics course, through the club system, which Euan Crumley, Editorial Director 28 CLUBS IN SCOTLAND Every club affiliated to Scottish Athletics 30 CLUBS IN WALES Every club affiliated to Welsh Athletics 32 CLUBS IN NORTHERN IRELAND Every club affiliated to Athletics Northern Ireland MARK SHEARMAN IMAGES: MARK SHEARMAN COVER 36 ME AND MY ATHLETICS CLUB Some famous faces tell us how they benefited from getting involved Athletics Weekly, Editorial Director: Advertising athleticsweekly.com Subscriptions and back issues: The Great Run Company, Euan Crumley Head of publishing sales: Warners Group 235 High Holborn, London, 07971-668070 Neil Presland 07471-035555 Publisher: Wendy Sly Tel: 01778-392018 euan.crumley@ neil.presland@ wendy.sly@ WC1V 7LE thegreatruncompany.com thegreatruncompany.com thegreatruncompany.com © Athletics Weekly 2019. web: athleticsweekly.com Registered at the Post Office twitter: @AthleticsWeekly Products: Paul Freary Group Sales Executive: Retail distribution: as a newspaper email: officemanager@ paul.freary@ James Mason Seymour Distribution athleticsweekly.com athleticsweekly.com james.mason@ Tel: 0207-429 4092 2 AW CLUB DIRECTORY AW CLUB DIRECTORY 3 AW CLUB DIRECTORY GET INVOLVED @ATHLETICSWEEKLY DAVID HEWITSON DAVID PEXELS From meeting new people to improving your performance or even taking on a volunteer role, it’s a good idea to get involved 5 support network ready to help you – you will tend to willingly push supporting your journey, you will WIDEN YOUR SKILLSET every step of the way. yourself harder in a group training want to impress – and perhaps AND VOLUNTEER REASONS TO session or environment than you start to achieve things you never You don’t just have to get involved VARY YOUR TRAINING would on your own. previously thought possible. when it comes to paying your Most athletics clubs will have Consistent training is the path subs and joining in with sessions coaches available – and they are to improvement and the quality WIDEN YOUR – athletics clubs all have a wide JOIN A CLUB there to help you improve, whatever of your runs, jumps or throws will RACING HORIZONS variety of volunteer roles which MAKE NEW FRIENDS Not only will you be presented your chosen discipline might be. undoubtedly increase by joining an As well as the road racing need to be filled. AND TRAINING with the opportunity to widen your Becoming a member will open athletics club. options open to anyone willing to Whether you would like to try PARTNERS social circle – you’ll hear many elite up a whole new world of training Should you be looking to get lace up a pair of running shoes, your hand at being a treasurer, Training on your own is a difficult athletes regularly make reference to possibilities that would previously more competitive, then a race joining an athletics club will give organise club events, become a thing to do but, by joining an the strong, lifelong friendships they have been untapped. or event setting is where those you the chance to compete in media manager or even take the athletics club, you will suddenly made as youngsters at their clubs improvements will really start to track and field disciplines, as well first steps in becoming a coach, be surrounded by like-minded – but also the chance to bounce STEP THINGS UP show themselves. It’s also true as cross country and team relay you can contribute in a number of individuals sharing similar goals. training ideas and racing plans off a It is a simple fact of human nature that, with fellow club members events. ways to the future of athletics. 4 AW CLUB DIRECTORY AW CLUB DIRECTORY 5 AW CLUB DIRECTORY ADVERTORIAL @ATHLETICSWEEKLY WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE UNSTOPPABLE? Fitness cover from Simplyhealth can keep you on track LUB athletes know better than most just how important it is C to look after themselves when it comes to achieving their goals. Fitness is a balancing act – where working towards those targets means listening to your body, paying attention to any warning signs and investing in the right treatment at the right time. That’s why Simplyhealth created Active Plan: monthly fitness cover to keep you at your peak – so you can stay motivated, train harder and Right treatment, achieve more. right time It’s simple. 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Visit simplyhealth.co.uk/ athleticsweekly or call 0330 102 5462 (Mon to Fri: 9am to 8pm, Sat: 9am to 2pm) 6 AW CLUB DIRECTORY AW CLUB DIRECTORY 7 AW CLUB DIRECTORY CLUBS IN ENGLAND @ATHLETICSWEEKLY Great Bentley Running Club Thurrock Harriers Watford Running Sisters gbrc.co.uk thurrockharriersac.com watfordrunningsisters.org.uk Halstead RRC Tiptree Road Runners Wheathampstead Warriors CLUBS IN ENGLAND halsteadroadrunners.co.uk tiptreeroadrunners.com wheathampsteadwarriors. Harlow AC Tri Sport Epping wordpress.com REGION: EAST AFFILIATED TO Thomas Cook RRC harlowac.co.uk trisportepping.co.uk englandathletics.org Harlow RC Walden Tri NORFOLK BEDFORDSHIRE Thorney RC thehrc.org.uk waldentri.co.uk Attleborough Athletics Academy Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers RC thorneyrunningclub.co.uk Harold Wood Running Club Witham RC attleboroughathletics.co.uk affrunningclub.org.uk Werrington Joggers haroldwoodrunning.club withamrc.org.uk Bure Valley Harriers Bedford & County AC werringtonjoggers.co.uk Harwich Runners Woodford Green AC burevalleyharriers.com bedfordandcountyac.org.uk Whittlesey Triathlon Club harwichrunners.co.uk with Essex Ladies Coltishall Jaguars RC Bedford Harriers AC witri-club.co.uk Havering ‘90 Joggers wgel.org.uk coltishalljaguars.co.uk bedfordharriers.co.uk Cambridge & Coleridge AC Yaxley Runners & Joggers h90j.org.uk Dereham Runners & AC Biggleswade AC cambridgeandcoleridge.org.uk yaxleyrunners.org.uk Havering AC HERTFORDSHIRE derehamrunners.co.uk biggleswadeac.org.uk Cambridge Runners havering-mayesbrook.org Barnet & District AC Diss and District AC Boxfit Tri cambridgerunning.org ESSEX Hockley Trail Runners barnetadac.com dissanddistrictathleticsclub.co.uk boxfit.org.uk Cambridge Triathlon Club Barking Road Runners hockleytrailrunners.co.uk Broxbourne Runners Fenland Running Club Dunstable RRC cambridgetriathlonclub.com barkingroadrunners.org.uk Ilford AC broxbournerunners.wordpress.com fenlandrunningclub.co.uk dunstableroadrunners.org Cambridge University AC Basildon AC ilfordathleticclub.co.uk Dacorum & Tring AC Great Yarmouth & District AC Leighton Buzzard Athletic Club cuac.org.uk basildonathleticsclub.com Jogging Made Easy dacorumandtringac.org.uk gydac.co.uk leightonbuzzardac.co.uk Cambridge University Hare and Benfleet RC joggingmadeeasy.co.uk Fairlands Valley Spartans Great Yarmouth Road Runners Leighton Buzzard Triathlon Club Hounds Club benfleetrunningclub.com Kingswood Running Club fvspartans.org.uk gyrr.co.uk lbtri.uk cuhh.soc.srcf.net Billericay Striders clubkingswood.co.uk/classes/ Gade Valley Harriers Harling Athletic Club Leighton Fun Runners Ely Runners billericaystriders.com running-club gadevalleyharriers.co.uk harlingac.com leightonfunrunners.org.uk elyrunners.co.uk Bishops Stortford RC Leigh on Sea Striders Garden City Runners Norfolk Gazelles AC Ely Tri Club bsrc.org.uk losstriders.org gardencityrunners.org.uk norfolkgazelles.co.uk LUTON ATHLETIC CLUB elytriclub.co.uk Boxted Runners Little Baddow Ridge Runners Harpenden Arrows Norfolk Harriers RC – Friendly track and Eye Community Runners boxtedrunners.co.uk littlebaddowridgerunners.org.uk harpendenarrows.co.uk northnorfolkharriers.co.uk field club eyerunners.co.uk Braintree & District AC Loughton AC Herts Phoenix AC North Norfolk Beach Runners – Takes part in senior Fen Edge Runners braintreeanddistrictac.co.uk loughtonac.org.uk hertsphoenix.com