by ukadmin | Apr 27, 2012 | Featured, News, Track, USA
2010 World Junior Champion Sophie Hitchon (Derek Evely) continued her great start to the season by breaking her British hammer record for a second time in a week, and in doing so achieving the Olympic A standard. Hitchon threw 71.61m twice in the ‘pre Olympic...
by ukadmin | Apr 23, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News
With just under 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games, UK Athletics has today become the first National Governing Body to announce it will buy tickets to ensure that British athletes’ families can watch them compete in every round in the Olympic...
by ukadmin | Apr 8, 2012 | Featured, News
UKA have today announced the appointment of two new Directors to the board of UK Athletics from 1 May 2012. Dr Sarah Rowell and Sarah Smart will join the Board of UKA following an open recruitment process as Non-Executive Directors. Smart will also chair the Board’s...
by ukadmin | Apr 6, 2012 | Featured, Half Marathon, News
The Mizuno Reading Half Marathon, now in its 29th year, kicked off the second runbritain Grand Prix – which enjoys a Brits-only prize fund totalling £55,000 across five events – with 13,104 finishers crossing the line inside Reading Football Club’s...
by ukadmin | Mar 15, 2012 | Cross Country, Featured, News
The McCain UK Cross Challenge Series came to an exciting finale at Cofton Park, Birmingham on Saturday 10 March. With £13,000 of prizes on offer, the McCain UK Cross Challenge guaranteed some fantastic racing opportunities as most athletes – with the exception...