Author Archives: Andrew Norton

My name is Charlotte Saunders and I am studying a Masters degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the Nottingham Trent University. I was previously a member of Nott’s Athletics Club beginning in the Under 15’s and participating through to … Read More

Although the Club is blessed with numerous willing helpers  we still need more qualified officials in all disciplines (Track, Field and Timekeeping). It is clear that in order to continue to support all our teams across the 7 leagues it is necessary … Read More

Please see below for the Latest Burney Cup Standings   2017 Burney Cup & Mary Gash Shield

The funeral of Pauline Walters, Jacks wife, will take place at 11am on Thursday 15th June at Bramcote Crematorium. The following night Holme Pierrepont the Notts 10 mile road race will be run in their memory. Jack was timekeeper at … Read More

It is with regret that we have to report the death of Pauline Walters, wife of Notts AC Life Member Jack Walters.

The next Shot Putt session will be on Monday 5th June at 6.00 pm Harvey Hadden Stadium.

The next Daniel Brunt Shot Sessions are on the Tuesday 23rd May Tuesday 20th June

Booking is now available for the May Half Term Activity Camp at Harvey Hadden. Go to http://nottsac.co.uk/entry-forms/may-half-term-activity-camp/ for info & booking.

Arnold Hill Last session: Monday 22nd May Start back Monday 5th June NOTE: NO SESSION MONDAY 12th JUNE Carlton Le Willows Last session: Wednesday 24th May Start back Wednesday 14th June REMEMBER: We will be outdoor at both Clubs now … Read More

  Notice from the Council: We will be hosting a Wrestling Show between 4.00pm and 11.00pm on the 21st March 2017, please be advised that car park management will be in place and additional car parks off site will be … Read More

Satellite Clubs Easter Dates  ARNOLD HILL: Last session on Monday 20th March. Return on Monday 24th April  (outdoors) NOTE: Monday 1st May is a bank holiday so no session. Return on 8th May. If any Arnold Hill children wish to … Read More

Booking is now available for the Easter Holiday Activity Camps. See the Entry Forms menu for more details.

Hi All, I have now had a chance to compare the numbers of finishers on Saturday with previous years. These figures go back to 1995 when the first joint Men’s and Women’s championships was held at Luton, it was in … Read More

Please see the attached information about the Forthcoming Notts AAA County Track and Field Champs Athletes Information for publication and issue with timetable 2017

Dear All, We have just been informed by the Council that, due to Storm Doris, the stadium will be closed this evening and all outdoor training sessions are cancelled. Any help in notifying your athletes would be appreciated. Charlie.

 Be Seen!… Be Safe!… Be Aware! A reminder to all you road runners out there! I have been rightly asked to remind you all about your safety when out running on dark winter nights.  Most of us will have been … Read More

Please be aware that the Arnold Hill Satellite Club for Monday 6th March is cancelled, due to exams taking place and the venue being unavailable. Please pass on the message to anyone you know that attends. Thank you.

Arnold Hill School Note: NO session on Monday 30th January 2017 due to exams. Last session before half term – Monday 6th February 2017 Sessions recommence on Monday 27th February 2017 (exams on Monday 20th)   Carlton Le Willows Academy … Read More

If you can help with the following, please contact Robert Bayliss on rob28@live.co.uk. Thanks.   Dear Notts Athletic Club, I am currently writing my dissertation at Nottingham Trent University. The topic of this is to see the comparison of psychological characteristics between … Read More

Please see the Map for the forthcoming Notts XC Champs on the 07th January at Wollaton Hall. Notts AAA cross country champs 2017

Please see the Map for the North Mids XC League on January 14th in Wollaton Hall North Mids XC Course Map 2017

Last Monday – 19th December Last Tuesday – 20th December Last Wednesday – 21st December Last Thursday – 22nd December Last Friday – 23rd December Saturday 24th December – Christmas Eve – Not booked. Tuesday 27th December – Christmas Relays … Read More

Ian Mackintosh It is with great sadness that the club announces the passing of Ian Mackintosh (Aged 69) one of Notts AC’s past athletes. He lost his fight for life following a lengthy illness, which I am sure he battled … Read More

We have been sent this link to an interesting article on the benefits of running for your heart. Well worth a read. Healthy Hearts Benefits of Running 

JACK WALTERS It is with great regret Notts AC announce the death of Life Member Jack Walters on Friday 21st October at the age of 87. Jack was a universally respected gentleman known throughout the County and the Midlands for … Read More

Note to all Team Managers / Club Secretaries North Midland Cross Country League Starting this season at Derby on 15th October the Under 11 races will be held as separate boys and girl’s races. U11 Girls start 12.45pm U11 Boys … Read More

The times of the senior mens and ladies road relays on Saturday has been published in the newsletter incorrectly. I am concerned that folks will turn up at the wrong time and potentially miss their race. Mens 1.15 pm and … Read More

Meeting between Nottingham City Council and Notts AC Friday 16th September 2016 On Friday 16th September a delegation from Notts AC met with Nottingham City Council’s Eddie Curry (Head of Parks, Open Spaces & Investment Funding) and Michelle Ball (Business … Read More

Nottinghamshire Athletics Network together with Notfast Running Club invite all road runners of any standard to a Road Runners Seminar on Thursday 22nd September 2017.This session is particularly aimed at runners preparing for a marathon or half marathon in the future. The topic … Read More

4 minute mile barrier broken at Harvey Hadden –Thursday 28th July 2016 Notts AC had something to celebrate at the 27th Wealthall memorial mile when Jake Wightman, an under 23 athlete from Edinburgh AC, broke the 4 minute mile barrier … Read More

My name is Jennifer and I am currently a geography student at the University of Glasgow. I have decided to research running as it provides new and exciting ways of understanding the discipline and how people move in the world. … Read More

Dear Notts AC, My Name is Arfan Ali and I am a PhD student at the University of Nottingham. We are currently running an exciting research study looking into the effect of a very short period of inactivity in young … Read More

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Please note that the high jump session with Donna tonight has been cancelled.

On the Tuesday 16th August, I am running from Staveley, just south of Sheffield, to Quorn just south of Loughborough as day 7 of a 10 day Edinburgh to London Challenge to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and B-eat, … Read More

We would like to wish Charlotte McLennaghan & Ryan Gorman a huge amount of good luck as they fly out to Poland this weekend with the GB Junior Team, to compete in the World Junior Athletics Championships next week! Good … Read More

A note from the Council: Harvey Hadden are hosting the EU Referendum verification and count for Nottingham on Thursday, so the main centre will be closed to the general public at 7.30pm. The Stadium will also be affected, and needs … Read More

Derby AC will be holding a U11 and U13’s Quad-Kids Competition on the morning of Sunday 10th July 2016.  We would like to invite all Clubs athletes in the above age groups to enter.  I have attached an entry form … Read More

Ryan Gorman Congratulations to Ryan Gorman for achieving the World Junior qualifying time for the 200m. He competed at Loughborough International last weekend on Saturday 22nd May and ran a 200m time of 20.95 seconds – the qualifying standard being … Read More

Another year, another YDL match. To some it may feel like Groundhog day but for the truly enthusiastic team manager it is just the start of another exciting journey through the highs and lows of the team performance. For me, … Read More

April is supposed to be spring time but it was a bitterly cold day in Birmingham for the first YDL match of the season. Alexander Stadium is an impressive venue for a junior athletics match but the covered stands meant … Read More

Missing Blocks Perry, the groundsman at Harvey Hadden has informed us that a set of blocks has recently gone missing from the track. These are the property of the council & not Notts AC, so if anyone knows of their … Read More

Charlotte McLennaghan Congratulations to Charlotte McLennaghan for achieving the World Junior qualifying time for the 200m. She competed outdoors for the first time at Loughborough in the BUCS trials/open meeting on 23rd April and ran a 200m time of 23.45 … Read More

Anna Purchase set a new YDL U17 Record at Harvey Hadden today with a PB of 59.90m.

Training before Manchester 2016:  Standard Week:  Mon – 75mins or 10-12 miles easy (6.30-7.30 mins/mile, HR around 140) Tue – Long intervals and/or tempo e.g. 4x1mile plus 10x400m Wed – As Mon Thur – As Mon Fri – Interval session, … Read More

The season has started with a bang for U17 hammer thrower Anna Purchase.  Having set two PBs earlier in March, Anna increased her PB even further on Sunday at Loughborough University at the Alan Bertram Memorial Hammer Open.  With a … Read More

On the 28th April I competed in Ancona at the European masters . I had previously ran a new masters W40 record at Loughborough in February (8.01) but unfortunately I was plagued with tonsillitis and the flu and missed 2 … Read More

National Road Relays:  Sutton Park:  16.04.2016 It was great to be able to field 2 teams in a much depleted National Road Relays race.  A disappointing 50 teams commenced the race with only 42 finishing.  Anyway, our ladies competing did … Read More

Many congratulations to all who have raced in the Midland Road Relays – trust you are pleased with your time and enjoyed the day. It was absolutely fantastic and to come away with a team bronze, two teams in the … Read More

Midland 12 Stage road Relay, 02/04/2016 A good effort and to get within 31 seconds of the gold medals with so any men missing was a decent result and a great credit to those who stepped up. Exceptional times from … Read More

Some of the Athletes that qualified for the National Indoor champs in Sheffield on 13th/14th February 2016. Alfie Williams-huges (u15)ran in the 60m heats and semis but was recovering from a hamstring injury (still did amazing Alfie Orpwood -Calton (u15)qualified but … Read More

It gives me great pleasure to inform you all that Notts AC has been approved as one of the organisations to benefit from the Waitrose donations scheme at its wollaton store. All green discs put in the Notts box mean … Read More

Attention Coaches – SUNDAY MORNING TRAINING SESSIONS The stadium/outdoor track has been booked from 10.00am – 12.00noon on the following five dates. All Coaches are welcome to make use of these additional bookings:- 3rd, 10th, 17th April ’16 / 29th … Read More

Hammer Number Surname First Name Club Age Group Result 320 Careless Jacob Notts AC U15 35.84 321 Purchase Anna Notts AC U17 54.66 322 Williams Courtney Notts AC U17 31.24 324 Sandhu Nikeeta Notts AC U17 36.56 325 Bobash Sarah … Read More

The first of our new Festival of Throws open events takes place at Harvey Hadden Stadium on Thursday 24th March 2016  6.30 – 7.30pm We will be taking entries for the Hammer and Shot for this event. For our second … Read More

Notts AC Membership Renewals should have been paid on or around 1st January 2016 and we are having to get tough with the persistent late payers this year! If you intend to renew, please do so immediately.  It will be … Read More

A brilliant turnout by Notts AC for the last match at Rushcliffe Country Park to round off the Mini League XC league with 32 athletes, our best turnout this season. We maintained our 3rd place overall, won U15 Boys Team … Read More

All memberships for 2016 should now have been paid. If you have yet to renew your membership, please do so as soon as possible. You may do this either on-line under the ‘Join us / Renew’ section of the website, … Read More

Nottingham City Council are holding a Sport Relief Mile event at Harvey Hadden on Saturday 20th March. For more information and online entry please visit: Sport Relief Mile They are also looking for volunteers on the day.  If you are able … Read More

With regret Notts AC report the death of past member Ron Kemp on 3rd February. Ron was a prominent and successful coach in Nottingham and the East Midlands and helped many young athletes achieve success. Ron’s daughter Kathryn Brook has … Read More

Notts AC Christmas and New Year opening dates at Harvey Hadden. Monday 21st December 2015 Tuesday 22nd December 2015 Wednesday 23rd December 2015 Tuesday 29th December 2015 Wednesday 30th December 2015 Saturday 2nd January 2016 We are back to normal … Read More

Congratulations to Charlotte on her gold medal as part of the 4 x 100m team at the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Charlotte ran the third leg of the relay with Shannon Malone, Shannon Hylton and Imani Lansiquot completing … Read More

Can you help my research? I want to speak with older athletes / runners (40-60+) past or present who suffer from Osteoarthritis of the hip.  I would like to learn about their experiences from diagnosis to treatment and where they … Read More

Hi All,                                                                                         The new Mini League Sportshall commences on Sunday 27th September and will take place at Oakfield Leisure Centre Mansfield. The address is as follows:- Jubilee Way S, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 … Read More

Outdoor training will return to Harvey Hadden “Sports Village” from Monday 17th August. Please see our dedicated page for training times, or check with your Coach. Athletes are reminded to register at the green porta-cabin before every training session. It’s … Read More