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Background

The club was founded in 1977 and celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007. That of course means that the club is about to celebrated its 35th Anniversary in 2012.

The club takes an inclusive approach and welcomes female and male runners, throwers and jumpers of all ages, ability, ambition, ethnic background and physical and mental disability.

The membership is gradually increasing, though the numbers do fluctuate from year to year. There are currently about 60 senior and veteran athletes, most of whom are active. There is also a thriving Junior section, that operates more or less autonomously of the senior section. There are roughly 70 youngsters on the books, encompassing a wide range in terms of ability, experience and level of ambition.

The club organises two open road races - the Buxton Half Marathon in late May or early June and the Carnival '5' which is held in conjunction with the Buxton Carnival around the middle of July. These races are usually well supported, with people travelling from all over the Midlands and the Northwest. The two races are hard, with unrelenting uphill sections, but also offer breathtaking views. Members of the club are also organising two fell races - the Shining Tor fell race in May and Goyts Moss fell race in July.

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Club Committee

Position Name Telephone number Email
Chairman Nigel Critchlow info (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Treasurer Ros Barrett
Secretary Sheila Bradley 01298 - 27939 info (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Membership Secretary Sheila Bradley 01298 - 27939 info (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Kit Secretary Mark Pursell webmaster (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Club Championship Secretary Emma Wentworth whartonemma (at) hotmail (dot) com
Half Marathon Nigel Critchlow 01298 - 78978 half_marathon (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Carnival '5' Robert White carnival_5 (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Newsletter Editor Stefan Ledin info (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk
Webmaster Stefan Ledin webmaster (at) buxtonac (dot) org (dot) uk

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Membership Application Form

The Membership fee for 2011 is £17.00 for Seniors. Please click here for an Membership Application Form, for Seniors only.

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Mission Statement

Apparently every self-respecting organisation should have a mission statement. We are not quite as formal as that. I would say that the members of the club enjoy running, especially offroad in the beautiful Peak District, and the camaraderie that exists between runners. There is of course a social side to running, which is just as important. The Wednesday training is usually followed by a swift half and a bit of banter. That is not to say that the seniors lack ambitions - far from it. The top runners in the club have ambitions of winning races and regularly do very well indeed in both local and national races. All of the runners have the ambition to set personal bests and do their best in each and every race.

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Coaching structure

The club has a group of coaches that cater for all track and field events, as well as general endurance. Most of the coaching activities are aimed at the juniors, but there are also sessions with more structured training for the seniors.

The club is developing links with school in the Borough of High Peak. This is a very successful venture. The children are very enthusiastic as are our coaches. A large number of the junior school pupils are regularly coming to our Thursday night training session. We have visited Buxton Junior School, Harpur Hill School, St Ann's School, Fairfield Endowed School, Dove Holes School and schools in Castleton, Hope, Grindleford, Hollinsclough, etc.

We have entered an Club School Partnership agreement with Buxton Community School, a specialist Sports College, which will see us deliver Athletics coaching in local Primary and Secondary schools over the next few years.

All coaches have qualified under the current UK Athletics coaching scheme or have transferred their old qualifications to this scheme.

Coaching Qualification Number of coaches Endurance Sprints Jumps Throws
Level 1 2 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable
Level 2 4 3 3 3 2
Level 3 1 Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable

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Club development

The club has completed the UK Athletics club audit and is now preparing itself to achieve clubmark status by the end of March 2010. The club is committed to this task.

Milestone Target date Status
club:future 31 January 2005 Achieved
clubmark 31 March 2010 on-going

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Affiliation

The club is affiliated to the following associations:

Organisation Organisation
Derbyshire County Athletic Association North of England Athletic Association
England Athletics Fell Runners Association
Buxton Sports Forum High Peak Sports Forum

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