Skip to contentDear Members,
We are now in phase two of Return to Training and the club has produced an update to the original athletes ‘Return to Training’ Pack sent out to all athletes in July.
We ask that both parents and athletes read the pack, as it contains important updated information regarding entry to the stadium, preparation for training and our 12-point guide that every athlete needs to understand.
After nine weeks of training, which doesn’t include the weeks of planning that have gone into our return to training, we have to point out the following ;
We have athletes ranging from International Seniors competing at Diamond Leagues with targets of the Olympic Games, through athletes targeting GB vests at age-group level, to those competing at regional, county and club level.
Since our return to training under numerous restrictions, we have now seen all age groups from u11 to seniors return to the track. The planning that has gone into this has been huge.
We have a very small number of volunteers who keep our club running, we all have our own family and professional lives away from the track and are putting a huge amount of effort into getting as many of our 250+ members back to training as safely as possible. So before you email with requests or questions, please take this into consideration. We have had emails that range from the very thankful to the outright unrealistic, but every email increases the workload for the few.
We know who has rejoined, we are prioritising those athletes who have competed in the last 12 months and are getting to all of those who haven’t. Please remember that all athletes have who have rejoined have only been charged £16 for this year’s membership through to the end of March, which only covers the cost of registering them with England Athletics. The club is absorbing all training costs for this year as we anticipated training would not be normal/regular and this is a huge financial undertaking for the club
In short, please do not make contact unless absolutely necessary, we can see emails and we are committed to getting all of our athletes back to training as soon as we can in what are very unique and ever-changing circumstances…
Thank you for your patience.
VoAAC
