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Over 800 runners compete in the SPAR Laganside 10K!

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

And it’s over! The SPAR Grand Prix 10K series 2010 has come to an end, with the final race, the SPAR Laganside 10K, taking place last Sunday, starting from the Ormeau Embankment Belfast. The SPAR 10K Series is organised by governing body Athletics Northern Ireland. The course covered a large and small lap off a circuit which takes in Ormeau Emba...

Waterside Half Marathon to host Athletics NI Championship

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As the 2010 Tesco Waterside Half Marathon draws closer, this year has seen massive uptake in online entries for the race. The Waterside once again will host the Athletics NI Half Marathon Championship. Thanks to Athletics NI for their continuing vote of confidence in our race and we can assure all club runners of a Championship class event on th...

Junction One Helps Top Athletes take a Passage to India

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Junction One luggage and travel accessories store Antler has teamed up with the NI Commonwealth Games Council and will supply the 80 strong Commonwealth Games team as well as support managers and coaches, with a range of suitcases for the up coming 2010 Commonwealth Games set to take place in Delhi, India from 3 -14 October. The NI squad, which ...

SPAR Laganside 10K Photos Online/ANI Championship Dates

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The SPAR Laganside 10K Official Photos taken by Bob Given Photography have now been uploaded to the ANI Flickr Gallery. Click Here For the Gallery The NI & Ulster Age Group Championships (Even & Uneven) along with the Novice...

European Race Walking Conference

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The UKA National Race Walking Centre at Carnegie Leeds Metropolitan University will stage the 1st European Race Walking Conference from 5 to 7 November 2010. The conference, which is supported by UKA, England Athletics and European Athletics, will be the second event in the 2010 European Athletics Coaching Summit Series and is expected to draw c...

First Coaching Assistant Course Held

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The first Coaching Assistant course took place on 28th/29th August at Belfast and was tutored by UKA tutors comprising of Andy Neal, Elaine McCaffrey, David Reid and Karen Kirk. The course contained plenty of practical and involved all the coaches in activity. The feedback from the course was positive and all coaches enjoyed the new course. ...

Jobs: Human Resources Officer (UKA)

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Circa £25,000 per annum - dependant on experience 12 Months Contract (Initially) As the national governing body for athletics, overseeing the development and management of the nation’s favourite Olympic and Paralympic sport, from grassroots right through to podium, UKA is a high performance focused organisation. With London Olympic and Paraly...

RunBritain Launches Revolutionary Online Scoring for Road Runners

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

runbritain has today announced the launch of its revolutionary new handicap scoring system designed to give road runners of all abilities the ability to benchmark their progress and compare their results across a range of distances and terrains. The scoring system, which has been developed in conjunction with the team behind the McCain Power of ...

Sainsbury`s UK School Games 2010

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Northern Ireland Perform at UK School Games A strong Northern Ireland Schools Team of 38 athletes travelled to Gateshead over the weekend to represent “Belfast” in the Sainsbury’s UK School Games 2010. It was an extremely exciting experience for the young athletes, many competing for the first time in a Multisport Mini Olympics’ style Games. ...

Coach & Officials Education

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Athletics NI Officials Level 1 is now open for applications! Please visit the Education/Officials section of the website to download the application form. This year the level 1 is FREE OF CHARGE and is an ideal starting point for getting involved in the running of sporting events. For more info contact Jenni on 028 9060 6960 jenni@niathletic...