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.
