Useful Links - club and track directories |
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The essential guide to finding british athletics tracks. |
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Use UKA's search engine to find athletics clubs. |
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Use this directory to find club web sites, more more information about club organised events. |
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A useful source of results from track & field and road races. |
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Local clubs & leagues |
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Based in Stanley Park, Blackpool, they hold open T&F meetings in March and September. |
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A provider of a cross country league and a championships for senior runners. Southport Waterloo senior compete in this league. |
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The biggest athletics club in Merseyside based at Wavertree Athletics Centre. They hold open T&F meetings in the spring. |
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Based at Walton Hall Sports Centre in Liverpool, a large and successful road running club that organises the annual Walton Park 5 Mile race. |
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LPS are based for track & field at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk. |
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Athletics in Merseyside is governed by Merseyside County AA. This new web site gives information on road running, track & field, cross country and fell running in Merseyside. |
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A web site for school-based athletics. |
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A North West league providing inter-club competition in track & field and cross country. Southport Waterloo compete in both. |
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A south-Liverpool based running club. |
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An athletics club based at Sherdley Park in St Helens. |
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A Wirral based running club. |
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A Cheshire based club holding open T&F meetings at Victoria Park, Warrington. |
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Wigan also hosts a popular open meeting each spring and often in the summer. |
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The largest track & field club on the Wirral. They also organise the annual Birkenhead 5 road race and hold a spring open track & field meeting. |
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Athletics in the North |
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The regional hub of England Athletics, athletics, governing body in England.. |
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A competition provider for Northern Championships and indoor open meetings. |
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A T&F competition league for senior men and women. |
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For veteran track & field, cross country and road runners in the north. |
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National clubs & leagues |
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A club for endurance runners, with competition, rankings, training camps etc. |
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This league replaces the Young Athletes and the National Junior Leagues. For U13s / U15s there is the YDL(Lower) and for U17s / U20s the YDL(Upper). Southport Waterloo is registered for both leagues.. |
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Athletics nationally & internationally |
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An online digital museum created as part of the Athletics Heritage project, including some fascinating articles relating to the history of the sport. |
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The branding arm of the national governing body for athletics in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - UK Athletics . |
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For veteran track & field, cross country and road runners. |
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The athletics page of the British Olympics Association. |
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The national governing body for athletics in England. |
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For National Cross Country Champs, English National Cross Country Relays etc |
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The official web site for English Schools athletics standards, Rules, competitions etc. |
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Athletes can use this database by the UK Anti Doping Agency to check that medication doesn't include any banned substances. |
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The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body for athletics internationally. |
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A useful site if you are looking for an open track & field meeting. |
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A national and regional T&F rankings database, setting standards to promote excellence. Replaces Athletics Data. |
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The UK web site for road running in the UK. Includes a listing of all licensed road races. |
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The official England Athletics recreational running project which aims to get the whole nation running. |
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the web site of Sportshall Athletics and Fun in Athletics for junior athletes. |
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The governing body of athletics in the UK. |
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Provider of T&F, cross country and fell running competition between counties. |
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The international governing body for veteran athletics. |
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Athletics shops online |
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Retailer of Coachwise books, videos etc. |
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Good source of athletics clothing and shoes at good prices. |
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Local running and athletics retailer based in Southport and Liverpool. |
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Online retailer of athletic equipment. |
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Online retailer with good selection of specialist spikes and other running offers |
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Online retailer of running shoes and clothing. Sponsor of Northern Athletics |
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specialist retailer for runners. |
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Its in the name |
Other athletics resources online |
| Marathon running tips |
Useful, particularly for first-timers |
| A Runners Guide to Diet, Technique and Safety |
A useful resource for coaches and a good read for runners of all ages. An immense range of useful information |
| runningshoesguru.com |
A blog site reviewing running shoes and offering tips and advice. |
| A runner's guide to using tracking data |
An American site, I think. In addition to promoting GPS technology etc, see the list of useful Running Resources |
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