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Last updated : 4th February 2010

Coach & Athlete Development Day - 21st February

The next Coach and Athlete Development Day will be held on Sunday 21^st February at Lewes Leisure Centre, from 9:30am to 1:00pm. It will feature a Discus master class by Andy Neal, a Plyometrics session with Donovan Reid, and a Multi-events master class by Steve King. All coaches are welcome to attend.
Click here for full details.

Hammer Competition - 24th February

A competition is being held at K2, Crawley on 24th February at 6:00pm, which will be part of the Hammer Circle Winter Handicap. Clubs are invited to provide teams of 4, any age/sex combination of their choosing. Entries can be sent to karl.lasis@ukonline.co.uk with the subject line "Hammer Circle Handicap Comp". Entry fees, merely the normal Crawley AC training fee (a contribution towards the lighting), payable on the night. Click here to see the hammer handicap rules.

Training Grants available for young athletes

Freedom Leisure, which manages K2 in Crawley, has joined up with GLL to offer grants to local young athletes to reduce the financial burden of training and competition. Grants of up to £1750 per successful applicant will be made by GLL Sport Foundation to help young people achieve their sporting ambitions.

Applications can be made online at www.gllsportfoundation.org until 1^st March 2010, and are open to talented young sports people living and training within the locality of K2, Crawley. For more information, click here.

A Date for the Diaries - 19th March

The next Network Forum will be held on Friday 19^th March at K2 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. This will include the requested Road Running forum as well as something for Clubs and Coaches. The evening will provide the usual networking opportunities, with refreshments included. More details will be published and emailed to all clubs soon.

Courses on offer

A Leadership in Running Fitness course is being held on 14^th February at Brighton University’s Falmer Campus. Full details are on the England Athletics website under the heading of ‘Coaching courses & online bookings’.

Officials courses coming up in Sussex are :-

Endurance Risk Assessment : Monday 25^th January 6 – 10pm at Steyning AC

Track & Field level 2 : Sunday 28^th March 10am at Lewes Leisure Centre

Track & Field level 1 : Saturday 17^th April 10am at Hurstpierpoint College

Details of these are on the England Athletics website under the ‘Events’ heading. To book a place, follow the instructions or contact John Gill at puffins70@talktalk.net .

Network Newsletter

Our first newsletter, ‘Network News’, has been sent out in hardcopy to all clubs as well as via email to all our contacts. The newsletter will be a means of sharing information across the Network, and will be produced bi-annually. The first one contains an introduction to the Sussex Athletics Network, as well as summarising some of the key actions taken and events held during the first six months of being. Please click here to view the newsletter.

Coach and Athlete Development Days

Four Development Days for Athletes and Coaches (similar to the former County Squad Days) have been arranged for the winter of 2009/10, with the County’s top performing athletes in all track and field events being invited to attend along with their coaches.

These sessions will provide development opportunities for athletes and coaches together, with County Coaches leading each event group through a training session. In addition there will be Master Classes for certain events on each of the four days where the whole group will benefit from the guidance of a top National Coach.

All will be held at Lewes Leisure Centre with the indoor facility available if the weather is bad. Please click here for the full Programme For Coaches.

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