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Chelmsford Conquer
Clubmark Accreditation: The
freezing conditions did not stop the members turning out to training at
Chelmsford recently, for the club to receive its Clubmark certificate.
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- 10th Feb 2012
All-round win for Ashleigh Lewis caps Essex Sportshall
return An
individual victory in the Under 15 Girls' all-rounder competition by
Havering Mayesbrook's Ashleigh Lewis to qualify for the National Final
capped an excellent team performance and confirmed that Essex are well &
truly back on the Sportshall map.
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- 6th Feb 2012
Sportshall Teams raise
the roof at Norwich:
The Essex Under
11 teams came close to victory at the East Region Aviva Fun in Athletics
Sportshall Festival at Norwich on Saturday but if there had been a prize
for the best supported team they could have won!.
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- 23rd Jan 2012
New Volunteer Coordinator
Role
Gears Network up for 2012:
With 200 days to go until the opening of the 2012 Olympic
Games the Essex Athletics Network is offering a unique opportunity for
someone to make a difference by working with local clubs as the
Network's new part-time Volunteer Coordinator.
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- 9th Jan 2012
Two club volunteers win East
Region awards:
Last Wednesday at Histon, Cambridgeshire was an evening to celebrate the
achievements of club officials,
coaches, clubs and other volunteers in the East Region and we're
pleased to say that amongst those receiving awards were two worthy
winners from Essex Network clubs.
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- 12th Dec 2011
First Essex Network
Sportshall season ends on a high:
It was a morning of high quality competition and superb
performances
as the third and final Aviva Sportshall
fixture hosted this year by the Essex Athletics Network took place at
Chelmsford on Saturday.
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- 7th Dec 2011
Long Term Athlete
Development session a hit:
Nineteen coaches from Essex Athletics Network clubs, including Network
Chairman Steve Reynolds and Activator Tony Benton, were at the fifth
network coach education workshop..
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- 5th Nov 2011
Sportshall series goes from strength to strength:
Over 90 enthusiastic
entrants ensured that the second of the Essex Athletics Network's three
Sportshall fixtures, expertly hosted by Benfleet Running Club at the
superb Southend High School for Girls facility on Saturday, was a
resounding success.
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- 14th Nov 2011
First Essex Athletics
Network coaching workshops underway
The Essex Athletics Network’s
programme of event specific workshops
got underway at Chelmsford on Sunday
with sessions on high jump, led by Phil
Sergeant, and a coach and athletes
hurdles development workshop, run by
Steve Mitchell and Tony Benton.
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- 10th Nov
Cedar Hall sponsors
another Essex Athletics Network athlete
The Essex Athletics Network is delighted that the Cedar Hall Clinic will
be providing support and sponsorship for a third aspiring Olympian
athlete as part of their link with the Network.
Joshua
Olawore (Havering Mayesbrook AC), joins Georgia Atkins and Hayley
McLean (both Chelmsford) in receiving a treatment package from the
clinic.
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- 2nd Nov
Nutrition Workshop
gives coaches food for thought:
The second coach education workshop organised by the Essex McCain’s
Athletics Network, in conjunction with the network’s external partners
SEEVIC College, Benfleet gave coaches much to food for thought as the
College’s Rebecca Cruickshank delivered an expert session on “Nutrition
and the competitive athlete”..
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- 25th October
Sportshall season gets
underway in Essex:
The 2011 Sportshall
season got off to a flying start at Upminster on Saturday with the first
of three Sportshall fixtures run by the Essex Athletics Network. The opening at Coopers' Company and Coborn School, Upminster
attracted over 70 entrants, many competing for the first time.
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- 25th Oct 2011
Coach Education Workshop
Programme issued:
The Network's programme of
Indoor Coach Education Workshops for Autumn & Winter 2011-12 covering
key technical events has now been launched.
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- 11th October
Sportshall programme
launched:
Three competitions leading to selection for the Regional Sportshall
Athletics Finals at Norwich early in 2012, with a chance of progressing
to the National Final in March/Area 2012, are being held in our Network
area. Events are available for Under 11s (Year 5 & 6), Under 13s (Year 7
& 8) and Under 15s (Year 9 & 10)...
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- 29th Sept 2011
Second Harlow QuadKids
events build on success:
Another chilly and
breezy evening at Harlow’s Mark Hall track on Tuesday 20th
September didn’t prevent an enjoyable second QuadKids competition
organised by Harlow AC with help from the Essex Athletics Network as
almost 60 youngsters battled it out to post new marks and improve on
their previous scores.
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- 21st Sept 2011
Second Essex Athletics Network
Newsletter available:
Our
first year is coming to an end. For news of what's been happening across
the Essex Athletics Network in our second newsletter
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- 19th Sept 2011
Benfleet go solo with
QuadKids event After
earlier joint forays into QuadKids competitions with Basildon and East
Essex Triathlon Club, Benfleet Juniors Running Club successfully ran
their own fixture at a seasonally warm but breezy Chelmsford Sports and
Athletics Centre on Saturday 10th September.
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- 13th Sept
First Flying Coach
Visit - SHOT & DISCUS:
The session will look at: technical observations;
feedback and its benefits for coach/athlete relationships; and
developing force.Rob
Earle has thirty years of competitive experience and is a highly
experienced heavy throws coach from beginner to international level. MORE
- 2nd Sept
FREELAP Timing
Demonstration:
A FREE demonstration has been arranged
at Hornchurch on Sunday 2nd October to
show coaches the FREELAP system in use and to provide feedback to the
Network on whether to buy the system for our clubs and coaches to use.
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- 8th Aug 2011 & revised 2nd Sept
[NOTE - CHANGE OF DATE & VENUE}
Nutrition Workshop
rearranged:
This FREE coach education workshop will now take place at Holiday Inn,
Basildon on Friday 21st October, led by Rebecca Cruickshank from SEEVIC College, will provide
an overview of good nutrition, covering nutrients, food groups and the
issue of nutritional adequacy for growth and development for young
athletes.
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- 8th Aug & revised 2nd September
[NOTE - CHANGE OF DATE & VENUE}
Help your club as an
official:
All clubs need volunteer officials to help out at their fixtures, home &
away. Most leagues now award extra points for officials so not having
enough officials can affect how well your team does. To encourage
volunteers the Essex Athletics Network is meeting the fees of those
attending the next course...
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- 10th August 2011
Using video analysis workshop:
Fifteen
coaches from clubs in the Essex McCain’s Athletics Network gave positive
feedback about the value of the second coach education workshop,
arranged on Monday 18th July in conjunction with the Network’s external
partners, Writtle College on using video analysis to improve sprinting
and running performance.
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- 21st July 2011
QuadKids takes off
at Harlow:
Sixty enthusiastic
youngsters aged eight to 13 enjoyed the first QuadKids competition
organised by Harlow AC with help from the Essex Athletics Network at an
often cold and windy Mark Hall track on Tuesday 12th July
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- 15th July 2011
Planning pays off
at Havering QuadKids Festival:
Weeks of careful planning, including
hours of discussion, came to fruition on Thursday 23rd
September with two noisy and enjoyable QuadKids competitions for
Havering Primary Schools held at Hornchurch Stadium. MORE
- 27th June 2011
Havering team win
London Youth Games Super8 Title.
In the exciting atmosphere of the National Athletics Stadium at Crystal
Palace on Saturday (18th June), Havering’s young athletes - managed by
Havering Mayesbrook's Doug & Jean Tierney put up a tremendous
performance to win the London Youth Games Super 8 competition beating six
other London Boroughs in the process.
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- 20th June 2011
Preventing, treating &
recovering from injuries workshop:
Coaches from the Essex McCain’s Athletics Network were full of praise
for the first coach education workshop organised in conjunction with the
network’s external partners SEEVIC College, Benfleet as Rebecca
Cruickshank gave an entertaining & informative session lasting almost
two hours on preventing, treating and recovering from sports injuries.
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- 14th June 2011
QuadKids launched
in Havering:
Despite the best attempts of
the British climate to dampen the proceedings QuadKids came to the
London Borough of Havering for the first time with a small but enjoyable
event at Raphael Park, Romford on Saturday.
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- 9th May 2011
All Ability Athletics
Challenge celebrates 500 days to the Paralympics A
fantastic competition for people with a disability, took place in Harlow
on Saturday 16th April at Mark Hall Athletics Track with over
50 participants from all over Essex taking part in events such as 60m,
100m and 200m races, javelin, long jump, shot and distance club.
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- 2nd May 2011
Recruiting and retaining
volunteers:
Volunteers from clubs and partners within the Essex McCain’s Athletics
Network came together to hear from Rhian Horlock about the successes and
challenges of the Newham Athletics Network in successfully increasing
the number of volunteers
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- 12th Apr 2011
First Essex Athletics Network
Newsletter issued:
Find
out what's been happening across the Essex Athletics Network during our
first six months of operation
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- 28th Mar 2011
Cedar Hall Clinic
extends support for the Essex Athletics Network:
The
Cedar Hall Clinic has extended its support for the Essex Athletics
Network by awarding a treatment sponsorship to Chelmsford's Hayley
McLean, who has joined fellow Cedar Hall sponsored athlete Georgia
Atkins..
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- 25th Mar 2011
Essex coaches learn
to toughen up!:
The first coach education workshop organised
by the Essex Athletics Network has been declared a success and has
whetted appetites for future events as 16 coaches learned from Writtle
College’s Dr Kirsten Spencer about the importance of developing
mental toughness in
athletes to help them make the most of their talents.
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- 18th Mar 2011
Cedar Hall Clinic
support for the Essex Athletics Network:
The Essex
McCain’s Athletics Network is pleased to announce that members of the
seven network clubs are able to benefit from discounted treatment at the
Cedar Hall Clinic, Benfleet. The clinic will also be providing support
and sponsorship for aspiring Olympian Georgia Atkins (Chelmsford AC) as
part of this link up.
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- 28th Jan 2011
Sportshall
competition revived in Essex Teams
from Essex will again be competing in the Regional Sportshall finals
after a very successful relaunch of the format in the county through the
Essex McCain’s Athletics Network which hosted an excellent selection
event at Chelmsford Sport & Athletics Centre on Saturday.
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- 24th Jan 2011
Essex Athletics
Network QuadKids event defies the elements On
a cold and wind lashed Basildon track complete with JCBs working away on
the refurbished stadium - 65 young athletes from Basildon AC, Benfleet
Running Club and East Essex Tri Club embraced Essex Athletics Network’s
Event 2 in the QuadKids series
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- 18th Jan 2011
The Essex
Athletics Network is up and running.
After months
of planning, discussions and a successful bid for funding to England
Athletics, the Essex Athletics Network was officially launched on
Saturday 23rd October 2010.
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