ABOUT UEA ATHLETICS

UEA Athletics Club caters for athletes of all abilities; from national standard athletes wanting to pick up running and athletics for the first time! We're a friendly club, with a great social atmosphere, and we would love to have you on the team!

TRAINING

We offer training to all abilities and for any discipline. To find this information either message our instagram page, join our facebook group (UEA Athletics 2021-22) or message any of the committee members below via facebook. Our coaches for this year are Denis Costello and Clive Poyner who are both multi-events coaches and very talented. Below, you can find our weekly training days and what to expect at each one: 

- Monday: 17:00-18:00 strength and conditioning session, 18:00-19:00 monday miles 

- Wednesday: 14:00-16:00 track session including sprints, long distance, throws, jumps and our new athletic development squad for beginner athletes.

- Friday: 17:00-19:00 track session including sprints, long distance, throws, jumps and our new athletic development squad for beginner athletes.

There is also an opportunity to train alongside City of Norwich. This is the local club and they provide exceptional coaching for all disciplines.

TASTER SESSIONS

We will be hosting taster sessions on the following dates, please just turn up to the track and join the session - EVERYONE is welcome,  we are a very inclusive club and look forwards to meeting you soon! The following taster sessions for semester 1:

- Wednesday 21st September 14:00-16:00

- Friday 23rd September 17:00-19:00

- Monday 26th September 17:00-19:00 

- Wednesday 28th September 14:00-16:00

- Friday 30th September 17:00-19:00 

COMPETITIONS

We aim to compete for multiple times as a UEA group throughout the year, providing our members with competition opportunities at all levels. The three major competitions that we target are BUCs Cross Country, BUCs Indoors and BUCs Outdoors, however, we will also compete in the local East Anglian Cross Country League, a load of open meets and local road races - something for everyone!

SOCIALS

We offer a wide range of socials throughout the year that is always a lot of fun and a great way for the club to mix. These will be posted on our socials (particularly instagram and facebook), so ensure to follow us on these! (@ueaathletics)

COMMITTEE 

Co-Presidents:  Hannah Brown and Becky Watkins 

Secretary: Chris Osei

Treasurer: Owen Hicks

Track Captain: Tristan Mclellan (Mens) and Coralie Absolum (Womens)

XC Captain: William Tucker

Social Secretary's: Izzy Morris and Alex Stapleton

Union Rep: Lewis Duval

Publicity sec: Kudzi Garikayi

Head of Athletic Development: Tom Palmer

Health and Safety Officer: Alfie Long

Club Coaches: Clive Poyner, Denis Costello, Becky Watkins and Tom Palmer

First Year Rep: ___________

GET IN TOUCH...

Follow us on Instagram (ueaathletics) and join us on Facebook to keep up to date with training, socials and other club events.