Thanet Athletics Club

Training on Tuesday 7th February

We have been informed by The Marlowe Academy that neither of the two sports halls will be available on Tuesday 6th February.  The cold weather is forecast to continue for most of next week, so the arrangements for training on Tuesday 7th February will be as follows:

U11s, those in school Years 3, 4 and…

Club members in the medals again

Congratulations to club members Rowan Fuss (Year 4 Boys) and Maisie Macartney (Year 5 Girls) who won their races when representing their schools at the Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League meeting at Hartsdown Park on Saturday and to Abbie Debling (2nd Year 3 Girls), George Seery (2nd Year 4 Boys), Cameron Macrae, Jack Seery (2nd…

February half term cross-country coaching

Thanet AC, in partnership with On Track Athletics…, is delighted to announce a cross-country coaching session, for athletes in school Year 3 and above, to be held at Upton Junior School in Broadstairs on the morning of Thursday 16 February (during half term). 

The coaching session will introduce young people to some of the

Primary schools cross-country – report and results

760 children from 29 schools braved a soft, demanding course and cold, windy conditions at the second Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League meeting of the year at Hartsdown Park on Saturday.
First off were the Year 3 Girls, with Arrabella Piper of St Lawrence College and Abbie Debling of Upton establishing a slight lead over…

Club supports schools sportshall athletics

Thanet Athletics Club will be supporting two Thanet schools sportshall athletics events next week.
On Wednesday 1 February, Year 7/8 boys and girls from six secondary schools will compete in a Kent School Games qualifying event at Ursuline College.  The event will be managed by Athletics Development Officer James Bridge, and the club will supply…

Girls in top Sportshall form

We chose not to send a Under 11 team to the fourth of this year’s five Kent Sportshall Athletics Winter Series meetings at Swanley on Sunday, but the Under 13 and Under 15 girls did Thanet AC proud once again and showed that they are in top form ahead of the South East Regional Finals…

Primary schools cross-country – race lists and information

The second of this year’s Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League meetings will take place at Hartsdown Leisure Centre on the morning of Saturday 28 January.
950 children from 29 schools have entered the eight races, as shown below.  Entry is now closed and further entries cannot be accepted.  Race numbers will be delivered to schools…

Seven selected for Kent U13s and U15s

We are delighted to report that seven club members – Adam Jacques, Alice Fox, Chantelle Bailey, Leon King, Maddy Johnson, Tanya Bailey (all Under 13s) and Diana Adegoke (Under 15) – have been selected to represent Kent at the Aviva Sportshall South East Regional Final at Burgess Hill, West Sussex on Sunday 12 February.
The…

Cherie King

It is with great sadness that we inform club members and friends that Cherie King passed away at the weekend after a short illness.
Cherie was one of the founder members of Thanet Athletics Club early in 2010, she was the Lead First Aider and was progressing on the coaching pathway as a Coaching Assistant…

Kent fourth at South East Regional Under 11 Sportshall

10 Thanet-based athletes – Amy Goodfellow, Emily Giardina, Harry Lutz, Jack Seery, Leah Henniker, Mia Hillyard, Omega Skeen and Ria Downes of Thanet AC, Jon Hart of Thanet Roadrunners and Ellie Todd of St Nicholas-at-Wade Primary School – were part of a 28-strong Kent Under 11 team that travelled to Burgess Hill in West Sussex…