Thanet Athletics Club made its competitive debut on the track at the Invicta East Kent Open Meeting last week.
The performance of the night for the club, which only launched eight weeks ago, was from Jake Davies who won his 200m race in 25.5 secs. Jake’s time was a new personal best, it gave him…
Thank you to all those who donated Tesco for Schools & Clubs vouchers. We were not able even to register for the scheme until the end of April, but we collected 2000 vouchers. We have decided to “bank” the 2000 vouchers for next year, when we hope to add many more and to use them…
We are delighted to report that club member and U13 sprinter Alice Fox has been invited to represent Kent at an Inter-Counties meeting in London on Sunday 25 July. Further details to follow …
Alice is pictured below (centre) with Tanya Bailey (left) and Chantelle Bailey (right)
The Thanet Secondary Schools Athletics Championships held yesterday (Thursday) at The Marlowe Academy was a massive success, with hundreds of young people competing in the 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 4 x 100m, high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus, javelin and shot putt events.
The event was hosted and organized by James Bridge and Carrie…
Sweatshop, the UK’s largest specialist running shop, starts its summer sale tomorrow Saturday 26 June. The sale will continue until 1 August and there will be many offers on running shoes, spikes and clothing.
Sweatshop offers a 10% discount for members of Thanet Athletics Club at its Maidstone store.
Sweatshop staff are also trained in video…
We are delighted to report that Jack Green, friend and supporter of Thanet Athletics Club, qualified for the World Junior Athletics Championships in Moncton, Canada from 19 to 25 July by winning the 400m Hurdles at the England Under-20 Championships and World Trials in Bedford on Sunday 20 June.
“I made it through to the…
There were some excellent performances by athletes from Thanet Athletics Club at the Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League meeting at Hartsdown Leisure Centre on Saturday, with 26 top ten finishes across the eight races, and club athletes winning three gold, three silver and three bronze medals from the eight races. Thanet Athletics Club athletes also…
Mick Rendell, our sprints coach, has a work commitment out of the area and will not be back in time for the training session on Tuesday 22 June. As a result, there will be no specialist sprints training for those age 12 and over. Mick will be back next week.
Upton won the team competition for the fifth consecutive year, and once again the battle for second and third went down to the very last race. Only 60 points separated St Nicholas-at-Wade in second from St Saviour’s in third before the Year 6 Boys race but, proving that every place counts, the St Nicholas-at-Wade scoring trio…
The third and final Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country League meeting of the 2009/10 school year took place at Hartsdown Leisure Centre on Saturday. Numbers were slightly lower than expected, because of other events on the day and the weather conditions, with the cold winds and at times driving rain more like November than mid-June.
The…
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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