Northampton Athletic Club Member Update

Northampton Athletic Club – Member Update June 2020 – Part 2 Further to the briefing we sent out last week, we have now agreed with Moulton College for a partial return to the track following the guidelines issued by England Athletics.  Due to the need for strict social distancing, the college will allow 5 ... More

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Statement

NAC Club Statement Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dear Athletes, Parents and Carers We are naturally getting a lot of questions around the Coronavirus situation and felt it appropriate to update you on our plans as a Club. We are following advice from Public Health England and are taking a measured ‘common senseâ... More

National Championships Weekend Round Up

22nd to 23rd February 2020 was busy weekend of National Competition of for NAC’s athletes! Spar British Athletics Indoor Championships 2020 First up Bailey Swift travelled to Glasgow to compete at the Spar British Athletics Indoor Championships in the 200m. Bailey achieved a SB of 22.24s to finish 4th in his ... More

Middle Distance Open Evening Lee Valley

Middle Distance Open Evening - 19th Feb 2020. What a difference a year can make! That was definitely the case this week when a trio of Northampton athletes competed in the Lee Valley Middle Distance Open Evening just as they had done last year…just as our club was in its infancy and forming. Matt Blomley (U20) set ... More

Midland Indoor Championships 8-9th Feb

Over the weekend a small team from Northampton Athletic Club also competed at Birmingham Alexander Stadium in the Midland Indoor Championship. There was a gold medal for U20M Tom Wilcock in the 60m hurdles, running a personal best time of 8.15s and adding to his Welsh Indoor title from the previous weekend. ... More

Chiltern Cross Country League, Race 5

Chiltern Cross Country League, Race 5, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes NAC competed in the final round of the Chiltern Cross Country League at Campbell Park on Saturday. It was a fitting end to our inaugural Cross-Country season, with our best result in the series. On the day, we took 4 of the age group categories and ... More

Championship Victories for NAC Athletes

Welsh Athletics Indoor Junior Championships 01-02 February 2020 Congratulations to NAC U20M athlete Tom Wilcox who competed at the Welsh Athletics Indoor Championships at the weekend. Tom raced in the 60m Hurdles where he came second in the race in a time of 8.20s, however, as the race winner was not Welsh, Tom is ... More

England Athletics Appointments for NAC Throws Coach

Coach Stuart Carlaw pictures with NAC's U17 Throws Athlete Lily. Congratulations to NAC's Shot and Discus Coach Stuart Carlaw, who has been selected as England Athletics Shot Team Coach for the upcoming European Indoor Championships in Vienna on 1 February. https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-runnin... More

Midland Cross Country Championships

Midland Cross Country Championships – Prestwold Hall, Loughborough. Saturday 25th January 2020 Upon entering the field at Prestwold Hall, it was clear that it was going to be a tough and muddy day. The weather was chilly with a cold wind blowing across the site and the tent pegs sunk into the ground almost ... More

Midlands XC Championships 25th January

Midlands XC Championships at Preston Hall 25th January Nine athletes from Steve McGowan’s endurance group took part in the race. On an initial glance the course looked deceptively nice. But with multiple tree roots, deep puddles and sticky mud to navigate, the squad pulled off some impressive finishes that they ... More