Club members will be familiar with the legendary 'Adventures of Polly Parrot' as posted by one of our members, Pam. The latest adventure involves the 'kidnapping' of Polly, a social media campaign and his subsequent return. Read on to find out more... I won Polly (“he”, originally Mr Pol E Parrot), in an amusement arcade […]
Athletics fans were entertained by thrilling domestic competition at the Novuna UK Athletics Championship, held in the venue for the upcoming European Athletics Championship. British Athletics Supporters Club members voted Success Eduan's surprise win over world silver medalist Amy Hunt in the 200m. Success' recent performances had been very promising, and she begins to fulfil […]
On her return from a career-threatening injury, Molly Caudery's gold medal winning performance was voted by BASC members as their most memorable moment at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. It was a welcome return after disappointment at the last two outdoor global championships - no-heighting in the Olympics and then injuring herself in the warm-up […]
Amy Hunt topped the BASC members' poll for their Athlete of the Year, following her stunning silver medal in the women's 200m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. She was just one of the 2025 BASC award winners announced at the club's Annual Dinner held on 1 November. Other award winners, chosen by […]
BASC members voted Amy Hunt's silver medal performance in the 200m as their most memorable moment of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Amy's stunning home straight took her to a time of 22.14s, fulfilling the promise of her junior performances. The BASC committee selected Elise Thorner as the breakthrough athlete of the championships. The […]
Saturday saw yet another great Diamond League event in the capital, with more superb performances by British athletes. Club members voted Charlie Dobson's stunning victory over Matt Hudson-Smith in the 400m as their Memorable Moment of the day's competition in front of a sell-out crowd. He improved his personal best to 44.14s and moved up […]
Even with a very small team GB&NI came away from the postponed World Indoors Championships with 4 medals including 2 golds. BASC members voted Amber Anning's 400m winning run as their memorable moment of the championships. Amber bounced back from her disqualification for a lane infringement at Apeldoorn to become GB & NI's first ever […]
There were some great British performances at the European Indoor Championships. BASC members voted Jeremiah Azu as their memorable moment. He stormed to a 60m gold - topping the podium for the first time at a major championships. In addition to this, the BASC Committee selected Innes Fitzgerald as the breakthrough athlete of the championships […]
Keely Hodgkinson has been voted as the BASC Athlete of the Year by club members. Members also voted Hannah Cockroft as their para-athlete of the year. Meanwhile the BASC committee have resurrected the Coach of the Year Award which has been presented to Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows from the M11 Track Club. Athlete of […]
Despite the cancellation of the BASC Annual Dinner, the annual awards were announced at the AGM held online. Phoebe Gill, Ed Bird, Innes Fitzgerald and Jake Odey Jordan sent videos thanking the club for their awards. Katharine Merry Award winner: Innes Fitzgerald Innes Fitzerald recorded a personal best time of 8:57.01 to finish fourth in […]
Once again, BASC has produced a wall calendar on the theme of Great Places to Run. The 2025 calendar has 12 pages of new images showing stunning athletics locations with comments from athletes who know the locations well. A donation of £10 to BASC will secure your calendar. To obtain a copy either email socialmedia@basclub.org.uk […]
After a thrilling year of athletics competition, including World Indoors Championships - in Glasgow - European Championships and Olympic Games, BASC members are voting for their Athlete of the Year. The winner will be announced at the BASC Annual Dinner later in November. Our shortlist for the Athlete of the Year includes Olympic and European […]
This year BASC members are voting for their Para-athlete of the Year. This is for the Susanna Ingram Award, named after a former BASC Committee member who died from cerebral palsy. The winner will be announced at the BASC Annual Dinner in November. For the Susanna Ingram Award the shortlist includes Sabrina Fortune and Dan […]
BASC members voted Dan Pembroke's demolition of the men’s F13 javelin world record to successfully defend his Paralympic title as their memorable moment from the Games. The 33-year-old threw a huge 74.49m, having already broken his existing record after reaching 71.15m on his third attempt. His performance and reaction after the winning throw and the […]
When Keely Hodgkinson won that elusive global gold medal with a dominant performance in the 800m (1:56.82), at the Paris Olympic Games, BASC members were ecstatic - and voted this their most memorable athletics moment from THE major championships of 2024. After a stunning 10 medal-winning performances, including a full-house in the relays, the shortlist […]
BASC members selected Matthew Hudson-Smith's stunning performance as their memorable moment at the London Athletics Meet 2024. He broke his own European Record to join the 43 club in a world-leading time of 43.74s taking victory in the 400m against a world class field. Also on the shortlist was a second standout individual performance: Keely […]
With UK titles on the line and places on the Paris Olympic team up for grabs, it's been an exciting Microsoft UK Athletics Championships with plenty of memorable moments. Club members overwhelmingly voted 17-year-old Phoebe Gill's stunning 800m victory as their most memorable moment. Other athletes on the shortlist included Amber Anning who broke the […]
What an exciting European Championships! So many memorable moments. Club members chose Charlie Dobson's stunning silver medal performance in the 400m in a personal best time as their favourite. Charlie just missed out on gold in an epic duel with Belgium's Doom. The shortlist also included: Dina Asher-Smith blazing from the back to the front […]
Club members overwhelmingly voted Molly Caudery as their memorable moment at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Following on from her three world leading pole vaults in this indoor season, Molly won her first global medal, taking gold in a field comprising many of the best women vaulters. The Great Britain and Northern Ireland […]
Katarina Johnson-Thompson was voted by BASC members as their Athlete of the Year following her stunning heptathlon victory at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Katarina returned from injuries and setbacks to reclaim the world title. She was chosen from a shortlist of seven athletes comprising world champions, European indoor champions and record breakers during […]
Aled Davies and Hannah Cockroft have been voted winners of the Susanna Ingram Award. Aled completed a decade of dominance in the F63 shot put winning gold at the World Para-Athletics Championships in Paris, while Hannah Cockroft won both T34 100m and 800m to take her world title tally to 14. This year was the […]
We are delighted to publish Great Places to Run, a full colour 2024 wall calendar for the athletics fan in your life! Insights from Sir Mo Farah, Hannah Cockroft and more on their favourite places to compete. Full colour athletics photography. Handy spiral bound A4 format. Published by athletics fans for athletics fans. Would make […]
It is with sadness that BASC has learnt that its Company Secretary, Jon Mason has died suddenly. Jon had been a BASC member since 2004 and Company Secretary since 2012. Jon had travelled to Santiago, Chile at the end of August as a technical delegate for the Para Pan American Games and his death occurred […]
Budapest 2023 proved to be a memorable world championships for the sport with superb performances and thrilling memories. BASC members voted Josh Kerr's brilliant victory ove Ingebrigsten in the 1500m as their most memorable moment, proving that lightning can strike twice after replicating Jake Wightman's feat from Eugene last year. The BASC Committee also selected […]
As an action-packed Diamond League event returned to London, with record crowds for a one-day athletics event. There were stacks of personal bests by British athletes, and Zharnel Hughes topped the lot by breaking John Regis' longstanding 200m British record by 0.2secs. But when it came to BASC members votes for the most memorable moment, […]
Once more an intriguing and action-packed UK Athletics Championships produced many memorable moments. BASC members voted Zharnel Hughes's 100m victory in torrential time as their most memorable moment. Zharnel ran 10.03s in atrocious conditions. Club Chairman, John Standerline, presented Zharnel with his award at the London Athletics Meet two weeks later, also congratulating him on […]
The club's annual dinner weekend has been brought forward to early November and will be at a new venue. It takes place over the weekend of 3-5 November 2023 at the Delta Marriott Warwick Hotel near Jn 15 of the M40. Info and booking forms (updated) are available for members on the Club Info page. […]
Club members voted overwhelmingly for Jazmin Sawyers as their Memorable Moment at the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 in Istanbul. Jaz - who may have deserved a nomination for qualifying automatically for the final at her first attempt - sensationally won the long jump against some world class athletes with a world-leading 7.00 metre jump, […]
Club members voted Neil Gourley their memorable moment from the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final for his British record-breaking 1500m run in 3:32.48. Neil won the race along with qualification for the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow next year. He took over half of the votes in the members poll. There was a good […]
Keely Hodgkinson and Reece Prescod were presented with BASC best performance awards at Bryggen's Manchester World Indoor Tour (bronze) event on 28 January. Keely Hodgkinson (coach: Trevor Painter, club: Leigh) broke the world indoor best for 600m setting a time of 1:23.41. The Olympic silver medallist took 0.03 off the previous world best which had […]
Once again, BASC supported the Vault Manchester event by sponsoring prizes for winning athletes from the U20 category. The following athletes were rewarded for their top 3 finishes: Men: Will Lane, Kofi Afirifah Mensah, Cameron Wells. Women: Charley O’Neill, Manon Baines, Lottie Pinchess.
