Bracknell Athletic Club

The Club has a number of different coaching groups that undertake coaching in various disciplines and to suit different age/skill levels.

Coaching take place at the Bracknell Athletics Track on Tuesday and Thursday evenings between 18:30 and 19:30 (some coaching session times vary slightly from this to suit the needs of a particular coaching group). Some coaches also provide additional coaching outside these times.

• Junior Section - Introduction To Athletics
• Development Group
• Sprint Coaching
• Hurdles & 400m Coaching
• Middle Distance Coaching - Girls/Women
• Middle Distance Coaching - Boys/Men
• Javelin Coaching
• Throws Coaching
• Jumps Coaching

Our relaunched 'Introduction to Athletics' training group is now up and running with a growing group of potential new athletes. Bracknell AC is building a new Junior Section for Bracknell school children with an interest in athletics that are in school years 4 to 6.

The Junior Section will train at the Bracknell Athletics Track on Saturday morning from 09:00 to 10:00 from April 24th.

Members of the section will learn to develop their running, jumping and throwing skills. Older children in the section will be introduced to athletics competition in some non-scoring league events during the summer and sports hall/cross country competition in the winter.

This is our starter group for all young and inexperienced athletes.

1.   Patrick Coggins
2.  Reg Green

1.   Ken Spencer
2.  Derrick Nixon

1.   Bev Kitching
2.  Les Rayment

1.  Julie Baines

The middle distance/endurance group for girls is lead by Bev Kitching, assisted by Les Rayment and Julie Baines. We meet at 6.10 in the clubhouse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and use a variety of locations to train, either on the track, at South Hill Park or at various hills around Bracknell. The group is divided into smaller sub groups depending on age, fitness and ability. A new member of the group is never expected to train at the same level as the established members. As fitness levels improve the girls are invited to join our weekend training sessions at the Lookout, where we either complete a training session or go for a steady run.

Although our training sessions are hard we believe the girls have fun, all our girls enjoy competing and most stay at competitions to watch their friends race, most of the girls socialise outside training nights.

The girls range in age from 10 years - 19 years.

As coaches we put a great deal of effort into ensuring that the girls who train with us have the best possible training, tailor made to their own individual needs, in return all we ask is that the girls show the same level of commitment to their training and compete when asked.

1.   Gary Marlow
2.  Mark Wingfield

1.   Jeff Seddon
2.  Mick Marlow

1.  John Bouchard
2.  Jack Rymill

John Bouchard is a Level 2 Throws Coach concentrating on Javelin.

He coaches at all levels, but particularly at Beginner level, enjoying teaching enthusiasts to throw and to improve so that they are capable of attaining County and National Schools level.

John encourages the squad to support each other in training, and to strive to achieve personal bests, through competing for the club and individual competition.

He has been helping at the Club for some twenty years and is also a Level 5 Field Judge

1.  Andy Hughes