Sport Section - Athletics
Thank you for showing interest in the Athletics club.
Our Club is fully inclusive and we welcome all types of running ability whether it be just starting out on a couch to 5k, the occasional weekly run or something perhaps more challenging. We really do have people of all standards who may not be regularly running with a local club but who enjoy the camaraderie and physical and Wellbeing benefits of running.
Each year a number of our Club runners compete at the PSUK national events including the Cross Country and 10 Mile races which is hosted by different Forces. These are great events and they provide our runners with an opportunity to travel up together, compete, socialise and enjoy fully inclusive events where there are absolutely no pressures on personal finish times. That being said, the Hampshire & IOW Athletics Team has enjoyed great success over the years at these events.
In addition to the above there is a Regional Force Cross Country league which we regularly have runners attend. These normally take place during the week in the autumn/winter and attendance would normally have to be agreed via individual line management if not on a rest day.
The club is supported and financed by the Force Sports and Social fund. You need to be a paying member of Sports and Social club to benefit from the financial support with race entries from the club, and overnight stay at any PSUK national event.
With the constraints of everyone’s duties it is very difficult to get a set training date so the club tends to train as individuals or in groups organised locally with members who live close to each other or are members of their local running clubs.
Why not get in touch with any of the below people to find out more and to join the Club Teams Channel
Andrew Proctor (Events organiser)
andrew.proctor@hampshire.police.uk
Kate Boynton (Club Treasurer)
kate.boynton@hampshire.police.uk
Mark Whitlock (Section Member)
Mark.whitlock@hampshire.police.uk
Claire Browne (Section Member)