LETS TALK ABOUT RACE LEADS TO SPORT -WIDE COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUALITY

• Commitment to embed Equality Diversity & Inclusivity in all UKA and HCAF strategies
• Ethnicity targets to be set in addition to mandatory unconscious bias training
• Toolkit for ED&I to be created for club use
• LTAR network to be launched to ensure delivery against action plan

Flahavans Celebrates a Decade of Athletics NI - Heres to Ten Years

2020 marks the tenth year of Flahavan’s partnership with Athletics NI, which has seen the Primary School Cross-Country League grow into a much-anticipated annual event.

Over the past 10 years a total of 43,380 children from 391 schools have taken part in the league with a 60% increase from 2010 – 2020

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The AGM Booklet is now available to view on the link below.

28^th October 2020

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Athletics Northern Ireland (2008) (the Company) will be held on Wednesday 25th November 2020 at 7.30pm. Due to restrictions linked to Covid-19, the Annual General Meeting of Athletics Northern Ireland will be held via Zoom

Athletics Northern Ireland Seeks to Appoint A Management Board Member

Athletics Northern Ireland seek to appoint a member of the Management Board. The purpose of the post will be to work within the Board structure to help ensure that Athletics NI is managed and controlled appropriately; to ensure it is accountable to its legitimate interest groups and stake holders and to ensure that it maintains the highest level of governance and accountability.

UK ATHLETICS AND HOME COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE NEW STRATEGY 2020 2032

• Strategy unveiled following period of consultation as the first step in a new era of collaboration between UKA and Home Country Athletics Federations.
• All organisations united behind three clear aspirations.
• New Working Groups comprising of UKA and HCAF leads and independent experts to oversee strategic areas.

Hanna at the Trofeo Vanoni Ends the Mountain Racing Season on a High

Written by Richard Rodgers

Trofeo Vanoni is a traditional late Autumn ‘end of season’ mountain relay race where each leg starts and finishes in Morbegno, Sondrio in the Lombardy Region of northern Italy. Over the years it has maintained a strong link with the Snowdon Race, welcoming a team selected from the front end of that race which typically takes place back in July.

Tommy Hughes Sets New Marathon Record

Strive Racing Club’s Tommy Hughes set a new record once again at yesterday’s Lisburn Festival of Running Marathon with a time of 2:30:02, making a new Over 60 World Marathon record.

Request for Proposals for Medical Provider for Athletics Northern Ireland Events

Athletics Northern Ireland are seeking the services of an experienced medical provider to lead, manage and implement the medical programme for all Athletics NI events for a three-year contract. We want to make sure the appropriate medical cover for all our events is in place in order to keep all of our athletes, staff and officials and marshals as safe as possible.