Governance structure of Athletics in the UK

Posted on 7th November 20217th November 2021 by 5K Series

It’s taken me quite a while to get my head round this, so I thought I’d share it with you all. Sports are organised quite differently in the UK depending on a few things: the cohesion between the elite and grassroots parts, team or individual, olympic or not, professional or amateur heritage etc. etc. History[…]

Athlete Registration

Posted on 6th November 20215th February 2026 by 5K Series

At the time of writing the membership fee of Maidenhead AC does not automatically include the England Athletics athlete registration fee. This often leads to questions from new (and some long-time members) about whether or not they should add this optional extra. There’s a short answer to this question: Yes. The longer answer requires us[…]