Suffolk Athletics

For more information on Athletics please follow the links opposite or contact Tania Spurling on 07824 414510 or e-mail tania.spurling@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

England Athletics East are holding a consultation event on how to maximise the benefits of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games for athletics. For more info please follow the link opposite or download the event flyer.

Suffolk Essex Athletics Network

Athletics Networks are clusters of clubs working strategically with other local key partners to develop the sport of athletics in that area. McCain Athletics Networks are multiple clubs (often comprising of a mixture of track and field and off-track) working together in each area. McCain Athletics Networks will seek to drive up the quality of coaching, links with community groups such as schools, competition in clubs (inter and intra club) and also seek to develop the all round quality of provision within clubs in the Network. The ethos behind McCain Athletics Networks is all about working in partnership.

The Suffolk Essex Athletics Network has been awarded funding from England Athletics to deliver its Action Plan over the next three years. The Network currently comprises 15 athletics clubs; Braintree & District AC, Bungay Black Dog Running Club, Colchester & Tendring AC, Colchester Harriers, Felixtowe Road Runners, Framlingham Flyers, Hadleigh Hares, Ipswich Harriers, Ipswich Jaffa, Orwell Panthers, St Edmund Pacers, Stowmarket Striders, Sudbury Athletics Club, Sudbury Joggers and West Suffolk AC.

Also involved are a range of community partners such as Schools Sports Partnerships, the local education authority PE and Sport Advisory team, Competition Managers teams, local authority sports development units, Leisure Trusts and other facility providers, Further Education Colleges and the two Universities in the area, University of Essex and University Campus Suffolk.

The Network Action Plan will focus on 8 areas of work; coaches, clubs, officials, competition, education, athletics for disabled people, athlete development and participation. A Steering Group has been set up to provide co-ordination and leadership. Smaller groups of people with specific interest and expertise will drive each of the areas of work listed above.

A copy of the Network Action Plan is opposite.

For further information please contact either of the Joint Chairs of the Network:

Claire Rolewicz: Email clairerolewicz@btinternet.com

Richard Nash: Email richard.m.nash@btinternet.com

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