Derby Athletic Club News and updates
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Can you volunteer to help support Derby Athletic Club?
The club is moving through a challenging time and hopes soon to return to Moorways. Derby Athletic Club needs as much help as possible to get back on track so that we can offer the best level of administration, coaching, competitive opportunities and fun and friendship to members. Please consider whether you can volunteer some […]
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Track to reopen to U15s and above in August – please complete membership form
Derby Athletic Club is delighted to be in a situation where the club is working towards an August reopening of the track and is able to take membership fees once again. Please download and complete the membership form below. Once this is returned by email you will receive, within 48 hours, a link to pay […]
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Update on Moorways and thank you to club coaches
On behalf of the Club’s Committee can we say a big thank-you to all the coaches who have continued to work with many of the club’s members. Your efforts, enthusiasm and inspiration have been much appreciated. Initial plans to reopen the track at Moorways have not yet been agreed and signed off by Derby City […]
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Committee Vacancy
VOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATION OFFICER/SECRETARY It is about seven weeks since the Annual General Meeting and there are some vacancies on the Committee which remain unfilled. The Committee is discussing changing its legal status in terms of administration. The role of Administration Officer is vital to that change. The Club would like to appoint a volunteer to […]
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Club Membership Renewals Postponed
Derby Athletic Club has made the decision to postpone membership renewals due to Government action over Covid-19 which has caused the club to close and competitions to be cancelled (at the moment until the end of May – and this includes training at the club). England Athletics has extended the athlete registration deadline and reduced […]
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Statement from England Athletics: athletics in England suspension extended until 31 May 2020
The following statement has been sent to Derby Athletic Club by England Athletics: 24 March 2020: following the further restrictions on movement put in place by the UK Government last night, UKA and the Home Country Athletics Federations have made the following updates to our previous statement issued on 17 March: Extending the suspension of […]
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Derbyshire County Championships among events cancelled for 2020
Derbyshire Athletics has announced, with regret, that all athletics events are suspended, with venues closed for the foreseeable future. This includes the Derbyshire Athletics Track and Field County Championship, due to take place on 30 and 31 May at Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham. This event is cancelled and will not be held at any […]
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Important message: Moorways closed until further notice
Important message for all DAC athletes: with regret we announce that Derby City Council has closed all sports and leisure centres – including Moorways Stadium – as from, and including, today (Thursday 19 March), until further notice. Please do not go to Moorways from today. You will need to train at home or elsewhere. Children […]
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No training at Derby Athletic Club until mid-April
All athletes, parents, coaches and other volunteers need to be aware that following the latest Government advice on Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on 16 March 2020, and updated guidance from England Athletics, all athletic coaching sessions at Moorways track will be cancelled until mid-April at the earliest. This also means that the first events of the summer […]
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Track and field summer events – download the pdf
Lots of parents have asked about a list of track and field events for summer 2020. You can download a pdf which gives details of club and some open events from April to August 2020. There are events for all ages, from U11 to Masters, though some meetings are aimed at a specific age range. […]