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We
are a small friendly Athletic Club centred on the lovely market town
of Kendal in South Lakeland Cumbria and surrounded by some of the
best terrain for running in the country. We welcome athletes,
runners, joggers and walkers of all ages and ability. Have a look
round our site, then come and join us for a run.
Web site
The purpose of the
web site is to show the forward looking face of our
club in 2003 and inspire you to take part in one
of our races or training sessions and hopefully join our club.
If you are already a club member the main committee and the road running
sub committee would love any help to make our club even better.
Road Running
There are organised pack runs throughout the
year leaving Kendal Leisure Centre at 18:30 every Wednesday evening
and 10:00 am every Sunday Morning. You will find us at most of races in the
north west you don't have to a member of a club to
enter a road races
or
run with us but it
will save you money if you do and give you the opportunity to compete as a team.
for more
details Contact David
Moffett 01539 733400
Fell Running
Kendal is a
superb location for fell running ( we call our hills fells) and many good
fell runners live in this area. Many of us enjoy the variety of mixing
fell, road and cross country running.
Fell running
races are varied from the very short and steep to ultra marathons . If you join a club such as Kendal you can benefit from our
experiences and we can advise you about choosing races.
Cross Country
In the
winter months the club competes in the mid Lancs cross country league you must
be a member of a club to compete in these races. Distances you run differ from
age and sex. All standards of runners are welcome and you must enjoy mud. You really need specialist footwear eg running spikes.
Track and Field
Contacts:
Peter Acland (Northern Men�s T & F Lge Contact)
Nick Smith (McDonalds Girls Lge Team Manager)
Peter Matthews (Mid Lancs T & F Lge Contact)
Coaches and Training:
Nick Smith and Mary Taylor
(Juniors),
Steve Priestley
Officials:
Bob Pratt
(Timekeeper - Grade 2),
Wendy Atkins (Track Judge - Grade 2, Field Judge - Grade 4),
Ewan Preston (Field Judge - Grade 2),
Peter Acland (Timekeeper/Field Judge - Grade 3),
Julian Harvey (Field Judge - Grade 3),
Richard Harris(Field Judge - Grade 4),
Gerry Stanley (Field Judge - Grade 4)
Junior Track and Field/Sports Hall
Contacts and Coaches:
Nick Smith[email protected]
Dave Huck
Coaching information. Training for secondary school age track and
field athletes takes place at Heversham Sports Hall (winter) and Kendal
Jubilee fields (summer) plus all year at Salt Ayre Track Lancaster. Intake
into the training group is via selection, in May each year, from Year 6
primary schools Shine Awards scheme organised by coaches or by direct
approach to either coach for secondary school age athletes.
The philosophy of the coaching group is to ensure that all young athletes
participate in, and are coached in, a range of track and field events. Too
early specialism is avoided although interest and aptitude in individual
events is also supported by more `event specific` training. Specific
events that are coached include: sprints, hurdles, long jump, high jump,
discus, shot, and javelin. The group also has well established links with
North West Youth squad.
Competition information. In the winter the club competes in the
North West Sports Hall league. In the summer the club competes in the
Cumbria League, Mid Lancs League, Northern Womens and Northern Mens league
plus the girls McDonalds Young Athlete league. Evidence of success of our
approach comes from the real team spirit in the group and success in
indoor Sportshall and outdoor Track and Field each year. The group
contains many talented young athletes who continue to win honours at club
and county level.
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