Following recent changes by UK Athletics to align age groups with international standards, we have been working with Sussex Athletics to understand what this means at a local level and how it affects opportunities for younger athletes. Previously, our Academy programme was open to athletes in school years 4 and 5 (Under 11). However, from…
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Sussex U13 and Quadkids Championship
The Championships this year saw East Grinstead send a team of 27 Quadkids and 8 U13s to K2 in Crawley; which meant we also brought a lot of support and encouragement with us. With the first events under way from 1100, the stand was quickly filling with East Grinstead, a sea of blue and yellow…
Good luck!
Today see’s our U13s and Academy athletes competing in the Sussex Championships. These are taking place at K2 in Crawley and we wish each and everyone of them the very best of luck…
Academy Club Championship Report
Saturday 29th June saw the 2024 Academy Club Championships taking place. Since the first training session at the beginning of May, the Academy have been focused on the four events that make up the Sussex Quadkids Championships. As part of the process of the athletes development, which this season has included a full training session…
Academy Club Champs 2023
Our Academy athletes had their club championships on yesterday, which doubles up as a practice before the Sussex Quadkids Championships at K2 next Saturday. On a very hot morning, there were fantastic performances from all the athletes, showing how hard they have trained and what they’ve learned this season. Thanks also to the coaches and…
Academy class of 2022
It’s been another successful season for our Academy. Each season before the Quadkids competition, we run our own club competition as a practice run and have all the athletes get used to competing after working hard on the different disciplines…