Thanet Athletics Club

Man on the Run

…Man on the Run is a 5k running and walking event for men and boys.  It was established to raise awareness of male cancers and to raise money for Cancer Research UK to help to prevent and cure cancer.  The event is now in its sixth year.  
The 2010 event will be at 11am on

Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League – Participation Data

The Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League is a Thanet School Sport Partnership inter-school competition promoted, since the launch of Thanet Athletics Club, jointly by Thanet Athletics Club and Thanet Roadrunners. 
Athletes, parents and teachers might be interested in the following data, which we have supplied today to the  Partnership.   The numbers are the children from…

Eating like champions

Being sporty is good for you and so is a balanced diet. If you are getting active then the good news is that eating to reach your peak performance doesn’t require a special diet or supplements. It’s about eating enough and eating the right foods too. Getting physically active will help you burn off excess…

Thank you for your patience last night

A big thank you to all the athletes and their parents/carers for your patience last night.  There were 85 athletes on the track for the first full training session and we had to register them all in a short space of time.
The good news is that, once we have your membership application form or…

Parental consent form for non-members age 16 and under

Tuesday 27th April will be the first full training night for the club and we are expecting it to be busy.  To save time on the night, and so that we can get the athletes out on the track and moving as quickly as possible, please print the attached form, bring it with you and…

Membership and training fees

The Club Management Committee has agreed the following, for clarification.
For the first three weeks, ie Tuesday 27th April, Tuesday 4th May, Tuesday 11th May, all athletes will pay a training fee of £2 per session whether or not they are a Club Member.  From Tuesday 18th May onwards, members will pay £2 and non-members…

Please donate your Tesco for Schools & Clubs vouchers

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Thanet Athletics Club is registered for the Tesco for Schools & Clubs scheme.  How it works:

One voucher is given for every £10 spent in Tesco stores and petrol filling stations in a single transaction
One voucher is given for every £5 spent in Tesco Express stores
For every empty inkjet cartridge you send in

A dream come true for club chairman

…The success of the launch event was a dream come true for club chairman Phil Pittock.  “My vision, when I first became involved with the project to build the athletics track, was that Thanet would have a successful track and field club and that we would produce our own stars of the future.  There is

Huge numbers at launch event

…120 young athletes, and an equal number of parents, flocked to The Marlowe Academy on Tuesday 20th April for the launch of the new Thanet Athletics Club.
Coaches Natalie King and Stephen Denny led a mass warm-up before splitting the athletes into groups to try the range of track and field events.
Top coach Hazel

Tesco Great School Run

The Tesco Great School Run is a 2k fun run staged at schools across the UK encouraging children to take part in exercise for fun, and to help make physical activity part of each school’s and every family’s lifestyle.  The Tesco Great School Run… is now in its 6th year and the aim for 2010