Overview
Our coach-lead sessions are held every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening at the Ashfield Track, starting at 6.30pm.
All of our coaches are fully qualified and DBS Checked. The club has a clearly defined coaching structure based on England Athletics guidelines. To underscore our committment to our junior members the club has achieved the Sport England Clubmark award.
Clubmark is a cross-sport quality accreditation for clubs with junior sections and is aimed at developing the skills and optimising the talents of young people, as well as encouraging healthy, active lifestyles. The award recognises that the club holds all the necessary criteria to fulfil its commitment to junior athletics, with qualified coaches, a child welfare officer, and a safe environment in which youngsters can participate in athletics.
If you would like some advice please contact one of our coaches who will be happy to help or email our Club Secretary.
Coaches
Malcolm Hackney, Level 2 Group event coach S,E,A
Vic Bevington, Level 2 Group event coach S,T,J,E,A
Wendy Fradley, Level 2 Group event coach S,T,J,E,A
Julia Bailey, Level 2 Group event coach S,T,J,E,A
Martin Bailey, Level 2 Group event coach E,A
Kevin Oakley – Coach in Running Fitness
Sophie Goodfellow, Level 1 Assistant coach
Laura Matthews, Level 1 Assistant coach
Amy Whitehurst, Level 1 Assistant coach
Hannah Jones, Coaching Assistant
Jon Kemp – Coaching Assistant
Leaders in Running Fitness
Lynne Frith
Dan Walker
Laura Walker
Craig Taylor
Andrew Vickerman
Anna Drinkwater
Gemma Hall
Susan Twardochleb
Stephanie Nagington
Officials
Malcolm Hackney Level 2 (Region) – Endurance, RA, HS, Race Adjudicator
Wendy Fradley, Level 2- F, T, TK, HS
Hannah Jones, Level 2- F, HS
Laura Matthews, Assistant Official
Mike Whitmore
Tracey Johnson Knowles
Susan Twardochleb
Louise Collins Smith
Kevin Oakley
Volunteers
A number of parents also help out at the training sessions and are gaining coaching experience.
To help us to continue to grow as our club we need additional coaches and officials in all areas of athletics, so if you are interested please come down to the track and see how you could help out.
The club will support you as much as it can in getting you started on the coaching pathway.