March 2013
Training
Groups
The coaches recently had a meeting
and discussed the need for settled training groups. There are four main
coaches; Steve Walker, Dave Bradley, Steff Ramsay and Keith Willshire, with
Dave Swalwell doing sprinting.
Each coach will have a settled group
and will then be able to plan the training properly over a period of time. It
will help if Juniors regularly attend or let their coach know if they will be
absent for a period of time. The track and field season will be starting soon
(over 11s) and it would be nice to have good turnouts at the events.
We hope you will enjoy your athletics
with us and have many years of successful competition. We will endeavour to
help your progress and development in your chosen event(s) with the help of
qualified club coaches.
Any parents
willing to help out on a Monday evening???
Junior Beach
Races
The date for the Junior Beach races
will be Saturday 11th May. First Race 10:00
Categories:
UNDER 6s 200 METRES
UNDER 9s 400 METRES
UNDER 11s 800 METRES
UNDER 13s 1200 METRES
UNDER 15s ONE MILE
AGES AS ON DAY OF RACES
Cost to
Enter £2.00 Medals to all runners
Presentation
Evening
The Annual presentation Evening will
be at Blyth Golf Club on Saturday 11th May. Anybody wanting tickets
see Keith or Ralph
North East
Youth Development League
Blyth (combined with Alnwick) will be
entering a team in the new North East Youth Development Track and Field League.
This will be more localised than the previous league. The dates for the
fixtures are all
Sundays - April 28th,
June 2nd, June 30th, July 28th. Ages 11 - 16
Track and
Field
If there is enough interest we may
hire Morpeth track on Wednesday 17th April for people to try out
events.
Elswick Good
Friday Races
There are Junior races on Good Friday
at Newburn, the club pays for the entry but if you dont run then you have to
pay. Juniors run approx. 1.5 miles.
U17s will run as Seniors in relays.
Anybody interested see Keith.
Dates For
Your Diary;
Harrier League; Prudhoe 23rd
March (No U11s)
Friday 29thMarch Good Friday Races
Sunday 14th April Anne
Marie Open T&F Meeting, Shildon
Wednesday 24th April NE
Grand Prix T&F league (Monkton)
Sunday 12th May Cyrill
Elliot Open T&F Meeting at Middlesbrough
Junior Handicap
The date
for the annual Junior handicap will be either Monday 22nd or 29th
April. Usual 2 Mile route along beach path.
Only paid
up members can win.
Training
Nights
The main training night for the
Juniors is a Monday Night and we currently meet at the quay side at 19:00.
Other Sessions are;
Tuesday 17:00 18:00 Indoor session
at Bede Academy, Blyth. Mainly U11s but chance to use Sportshall equipment.
Small charge
Thursday 19:00 20:00; Strength and
Conditioning session at Bede Academy.
Juniors (over 11s) plus Seniors attend. Small charge, Juniors normally
meet at 18:00 for short run.
Other sessions for more advanced
Juniors are Wednesday evening with Seniors and Saturday morning if no races.
Other coaching;
Hurdles training takes place on a
Tuesday evening at Morpeth
High Jump training takes place on a
Saturday morning at Blaydon
See Keith if interested