by ukadmin | Jun 18, 2012 | Awards, Featured, News
Athletics has enjoyed a double delight in today’s Queen Birthday Honours List with two individuals receiving honours for services to the sport. UKA Chair Ed Warner and UKA’s National Event Coach for hurdles Malcolm Arnold – coach to World 400m hurdles champion...
by ukadmin | Jun 4, 2012 | 10000, Europe, Featured, News
It was double delight for Jo Pavey at the European Cup 10,000m in Bilbao. Not only did the Devon athlete achieve the Olympic A standard with a time of 31:32.22, but her second place finish helped the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s women’s team win the...
by ukadmin | Jun 3, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
Robbie Grabarz (Fuzz Ahmed) was the star of the evening among the Brits at the Samsung Diamond League event in Rome with a near flawless display of high jumping. Passing on 2.20, Grabarz then cleared 2.25, 2.28, 2.31, 2.33 on the first attempts to set not only a new...
by ukadmin | May 23, 2012 | Featured, News, Parathletics, Track
Graeme Ballard (coach: Steve Thomas) smashed the men’s T36 100m World Record in today’s BT Paralympic World Cup (Tuesday 22 May) in 11.98 (+1.9m/s), becoming the first cerebral palsy athlete in history to duck under 12 seconds in that category. 32-year-old Ballard...
by ukadmin | May 22, 2012 | Business, Featured, News, Parathletics
With 100 days to go until the Paralympic Games, UKA today announced IPC World Championships silver medallist and European record holder Sophia Warner has been appointed as UKA’s new Commercial Director with effect from October 2012. Warner, a T35 Cerebral Palsy...