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2025 calendar now available

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 […]

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Athlete of the Year shortlist announced

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 […]

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Para-athlete of the Year shortlist announced

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 […]

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Pembroke's golden world record impresses

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 […]

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Keely's golden moment most memorable

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 […]

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Hudson-Smith wows BASC members

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 […]

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Gill voted memorable moment at UK Champs

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 […]

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Dobson and Glave win BASC awards for Rome 2024

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 […]

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Caudery voted BASC memorable moment of Glasgow 2024

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 […]

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KJT voted BASC Athlete of the Year 2023

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 […]

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Cockroft and Davies win Susanna Ingram Award

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 […]

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2024 BASC calendar available now

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 […]

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Jon Mason - A Tribute

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 […]

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Kerr and Caudery light up Budapest

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 […]

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Reekie wows London crowds

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, […]

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Storming Zharnel proves most memorable

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 […]

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Annual Dinner change of date and venue

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. […]

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Sawyers' seven standout moment in Istanbul

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, […]

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Gourley voted Indoor Tour Final most memorable moment

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 […]

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Keely and Reece win Manchester awards

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 […]

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BASC supports young vaulters

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.

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