Thanet Athletics Club

Club members enjoy visit to London Olympic Stadium

Nine club members – Cara Payne, Chantelle Bailey, Connor Neal, Emily Giardina, Katie Burton, Leah Henniker, Maddy Attwood, Maisie Macartney and Omega Skeen – were among 40 children and young people from 25 Thanet schools who were some of the first to visit the London Olympic Stadium when they watched a great afternoon of athletics…

Triple gold at Kent Track & Field Championships

Diana Adegoke continued her good early season form with gold in the U15 Girls long jump at Ashford on Saturday and silver in the 100m on Sunday.
Diana’s 5.07m in the long jump matched her personal best and was itself matched by Rhiannon Wallwork of Invicta East Kent AC, but Diana took gold on count…

U11s results and report

The second of six monthly U11s meetings hosted by Thanet AC at The Marlowe Academy on Friday attracted 60 young athletes from as far afield as Sittingbourne and Tonbridge and once again provided some excellent competition.
George Seery (Thanet AC) dominated the Year 3/4 Boys competition, winning all four of his events – 50m sprint,…

Club hosts another exciting schools sportshall event

Thanet AC hosted the latest in a series of schools sportshall athletics events at Ursuline College last week, with the winners once again going on to represent Thanet at a county finals.  The Year 3/4 event was just as exciting as the Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 events and was dominated by St Saviour’s and…

Diana is national champion for second time

We are delighted to report that Diana Adegoke was crowned national champion for the second time on Saturday last week when she won the U15 Girls standing long jump at the Sportshall Athletics UK Final at the LG Arena in Birmingham, repeating her success in the U13s last year and in the competition where UK…

Good start to KYAL

Thanet Athletics Club started its second season in the Kent Young Athletes League (KYAL) with a successful first meeting of the season at the Julie Rose Stadium in Ashford on Sunday.  The girls are fourth in Division 1 after winning promotion from Division 2 last year, behind leaders Medway & Maidstone, Blackheath & Bromley and…