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Friday 29th August 2008
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The Clubhouse
We are the oldest established athletics club in Coventry, and cater for all types of athletic events and all age groups. We compete at local, regional and national levels in the various disciplines.
Our club headquarters is at the Coventry Athletics Track, Warwick University, where we have our own clubhouse plus a fitness centre.
Use the Navigation Links for further details on membership, forthcoming races and results, and our child protection policy etc.
Club Dinner - Awards
The Annual Club Awards for the 2007 Track & Field and the 2007/08 Cross Country seasons were presented at the Annual Dinner/Dance on Saturday 22nd March.
The list of award winners is available here.
Club Newssheet
The club produces a monthly newssheet. Click here to view.
The report of the AGM held on 14 July 2008 is available here.
News & recent achievements
August 10 - U/17 success for Rowena
Congratulations again to Rowena Cole whose season continued with another win at 800m, this time in the England Athletics U/17 championships at the Alexander Stadium.
Selections for UK School Games
Congratulations to the following who have been selected to represent West Midlands in the School Games to be held at Bristol & Bath, 28 - 31 August:
Omasirichukwu Anyanwu - 100m and 4x100m relay
Shauna Lawton - 100m and 4x100m relay
Rowena Cole - 800m and 4x300m relay
Lauren Downing - 4x300m relay
Omasirichukwu Anyanwu - 100m and 4x100m relay
Shauna Lawton - 100m and 4x100m relay
Rowena Cole - 800m and 4x300m relay
Lauren Downing - 4x300m relay
July 26 - Matthew sets new Club Record
Congratulations to Matthew Rose who, running at the BMC meeting in Nottingham, set a new U/15 Club Record for the 1 Mile event of 4m 40.4s.
July 20 - Young Athletes' League Success
Congratulations to all our youngsters, who have finished the season in first place in the YAL Midland 1 East division. This means that they are promoted to the Midland Premier Division next season.
July 19 - More success for Rowena
Following her win at the English Schools' last week, Rowena Cole, representing England, took first place in the 800m at the Schools International at Bedford.
Well done again, Rowena!
Well done again, Rowena!
July 13 - International Children's Games successes
After a problematic journey to San Francisco (in which a coach breakdown resulted in the team missing their flight and so losing 24 hours!) Coventry athletes have again been successful.
Nick Fellows won Silver in the Boys 400m, and also came second in his age group in the High Jump. A Silver also went to the Boys 4 x 100m relay team. Meanwhile Lauren Downing won a Bronze in the Girls 800m, and a further Bronze was gained in the Girls 4 x 400m relay.
Congratulations to all the athletes for their achievements despite the travel problems.
Nick Fellows won Silver in the Boys 400m, and also came second in his age group in the High Jump. A Silver also went to the Boys 4 x 100m relay team. Meanwhile Lauren Downing won a Bronze in the Girls 800m, and a further Bronze was gained in the Girls 4 x 400m relay.
Congratulations to all the athletes for their achievements despite the travel problems.
July 12 - Rowena keeps her crown
Congratulations to Rowena Cole, who repeated last year's success in the English Schools' Athletics Championships by taking the Intermediate Girls 800m Gold Medal at Gateshead. This comes on top of her recent PB at Solihull of 2m 07.15s which saw her into first place in the UK U/17 Power of 10 rankings.
June 15 - Mark walks to Gold
Congratulations to Mark O'Kane, who set a personal best time of 47m 34s in winning the England Junior 10k Race Walk at Leamington Spa.
June 01 - Rowena sets records at 1500m
Congratulations to Rowena Cole, who achieved a time of 4m 30.9s in winning the 1500m U17W event in the Young Athlete's League at Burton. In so doing she improved her own PB by over 8 seconds, reached the top echelon in the Power of 10 rankings, and set both a new Young Athletes League record and a new Club record. Recent results have also moved her into third position in the club records in both the 300m and 400m.
May 12
The full results of the Warwickshire Track & Field Championships (held jointly with Leicestershire and Northamptonshire at Leicester on 10 and 11 May) are now available. Click for Saturday and Sunday results.
April 05 - Bronze for Women's 6-stage Road Relay
Congratulations to the Women's team of Rachel Buxton, Myshola Kirkham, Zara Hyde-Peters, Sue Wint, Ann-Marie Smith and Sally Olorenshaw on achieving third place in the Midland Road Relays at Sutton Park.
February 24 - Jamie strikes Long Jump Gold
Congratulations to Jamie Blundell who, having achieved new personal best of 7.37m at the NIA on 17 February, followed this up by taking the Gold Medal one week later at the English Athletics U20 Age Group Championships, also at the NIA.
February 10 - PB for Tina
Congratulations to Tina Brown, who achieved a personal best of 9m 03.92s in the 3000m at the UK Indoor Championships in Sheffield. This improves on her outdoor best set 2 years ago in Melbourne by over 6 seconds and confirms her position at the top of our club records.
January 20 - Laura sets Midlands Indoor Record
Congratulations to Laura Langowski, who achieved a time of 54.29s in winning the final of the 400m Midlands Indoor Championship at the NIA. This is a new record for the event, and a club record.
January 05 - Successes in the Warwickshire Cross Country Races
Congratulations to the Senior Women and the U17 Mens & Women teams, which all achieved 1st place. Additionally U13 Boys achieved 2nd place in their race, while the U15 Boys were 3rd in theirs. Special congratulations to Rowena Cole, Tina Brown, Michael McKeown and Ryan Kenny who were individual winners of their events.
December 06 - Coventry Runner
The Club wishes to express its gratitude to Coventry Runner for their kind donation of a set of fluorescent bibs. Thanks to this we shall all be able run more safely during these winter evenings.