Athletes aged 10 or under
Young athletes have different levels of physical and mental maturity from older athletes and their needs are different. We are keen to provide support appropriate to the needs of all young people. Athletes who are under 11 on the 31st August in the year of competition are not eligible to be full members of C&C but we have set up a number of Community Clubs to provide for them. The clubs are aimed at youngsters in school years 3 to 6 inclusive. Year 6 children are also eligible to join C&C as full members if they wish.
Community Clubs
The Community Athletics Clubs are intended to bring coaching in basic athletics skills – running, jumping and throwing – to young people who want to improve their ability, or to acquire some skills, and who, in some cases, might want to go on and take part in athletics competitions. In some of the clubs we hope it may also be possible to provide coaching for adults.The basic athletics skills are relevant to virtually all sports and it is not our intention to restrict membership only to those who want to pursue athletics very seriously. We hope that many people will be encouraged to go further but that is not a requirement.
Clubs are now established in Cambourne, Cambridge and in Histon and Impington. A new club started in Sawston in May. Contact details are below. We would like to involve young people in the clubs as much as possible, for example any young people studying for sports leadership qualifications could gain lots of valuable experience working with us in one of the clubs. It is also important to involve local people – usually parents of members – to make the clubs sustainable long term. Any one who is interested should get in touch with the club at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
We have recently held a successful competition between the community clubs. You can see the report here.
Cambourne
The club runs every Monday from 5.00-6.00 at different locations depending on the time of year. Please get in touch with Julie Pashley for further information This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Cambridge
The club runs at the University track in summer and the Manor School in winter, every Wednesday from 4.30-5.30. Please get in touch with Caroline McGinnis for further details This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Histon and Impington
The club runs on Tuesdays from 12th January 2010 at Impington Village College, starting at 3.45. Please get in touch with Caroline McGinnis for further information This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sawston
This new club runs on Thursdays from the 6th May until the 1st July, 4.30-5.30 at Sawston Village College. It has been made possible by a grant from 'Sport Unlimited' and we hope it will become a permanent feature. Further details are available from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Related sites
Run Cambridge for C&C endurance running training, events and lots more...
Cambridge Festival of Running for the Cambridge Cambourne 10k and Expo
Join the club Yahoo Group for discussions and info
Go to Links for other useful websites
News
If you have any items of news which you think might be of interest to club members, please email from here
Congratulations to Morgan Young for breaking the U15 Boys javelin record yet again with 55.21m at the SEAA intercounties and to Katie Reynolds for breaking her U13 Girls Highjump record again with 1.48m at the Peterborough Games.
The Young Athletes team have qualified for the Plate final of the EYAL at Peterborough on Sept 12th. Congratulations to all those involved.
C&C have qualified for the East Anglian league final on Sept 19th in U13B, U13G, U15B, U15G, SW and SM agegroups. The U17 Men unfortuately didnt make it.
Four new club records over the W/E of 6-8 August. Ed Aston broke his own Senior 800m record with 1:47.1, Morgan Young broke his own U15Boys Javelin record with 54.23m, and Charlotte Murphy broke the U13 Girls 1500m record with 5:04.7. The U15 Boys relay team also set a new record for their age-group.
Ed Aston won the silver medal in the England Athletics Senior 800m championships at Gateshead on 18th July.
Congratulations to all our English Schools competitors for their good performances, but especially by Ben Kelk - 3rd in U20 Mens 110 Hurdles, and Morgan Young - 4th in U15 Boys Javelin.
Charlotte Cox added the DSE Under 20's 100m and 200m Gold medals to the double silvers she won in the Mencap National Championships.
National Championship win for Ben Kelk in the Under 20 mens 100m hurdles in the U20/U23 championships at Bedford. Ben ran 13.86 in the heats and 13.87 in the final. A new personal best but tantalisingly just six hundredths short of Jon Ridgeons club record set in 1984.
C&C has been awarded clubmark status once again (on 4th June). England Athletics sent the following note:
The Clubmark Folder has just been assessed this morning and I’m pleased to inform you that it has successfully passed. Alex Copeland (National Club Development Officer) commented that it was the best folder (across all sports) that he has ever seen, so well done to you and everyone at the club.
The first competition between the Community Clubs took place recently. See the Cambridge News report here
Registration for Olympic tickets is now available at http://www.tickets.london2012.com/. Tickets won't go on sale until 2011, but you'll get updates and advance notice of how to apply for tickets.
Master-classes for coaches and athletes are coming up soon for pole vault, strength and conditioning and fundamentals of movement. Please register if you’re interested more…
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Directions
Use our interactive map for directions to the track and sports centre, click here.
Important Notices
VETERANS PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FINAL OF THE VETS LEAGUE WILL BE AT MILTON KEYNES ON 5TH SEPT. AND NOT AS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
Information about the club is now being circulated by email. Please make sure the club has your current email address and that your email client doesn't send emails from Noel Moss or Neil Costello straight to the junk mail folder!
Recent updates
Details of Cambridge University's terms and conditions and code of conduct for use of the track are now on the links page
Details of C&C partners for injury prevention and treatment, and purchase of kit are now on the partners page
New volunteer policy and England Athletics volunteer documents
Results of all spring open meetings, and the young athletes spring trials are now on the Track & Field results page, along with current ranking lists
New welfare and child protection guidelines and contacts
The C&C expenses form is now available here and on the Guidelines and documents page
The Greater Cambridge Athletics Network bid document and plan are now available on the GCAN website
Updated club constitution
Cross-country entry request form
Rules of track life...
Updated guidelines - coaches, team managers, technical officials and child welfare.
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