Chesterfield & District Athletics Club

Chesterfield & District Athletics Club plays a pivotal role in Derbyshire and draws members from a wide radius. The club provide good quality coaching and competition catering for all abilities. By this process, and over the years, the club has nurtured numerous County, Regional and National Champions.

With the aim to increase active membership to over 200, the club needs to increase its number of qualified coaches, particularly in areas like the throws, vertical jumps, middle-distance and cross-country running. With such a strong volunteer base the passion is there, it is just the cost of training that is stopping things at the moment.

Frank Gorman, club secretary, said 'Our Cash 4 Clubs grant has come just at the right time. With this £1,000 we're going to be able to send 4 volunteers on assistant courses and it will allow a further 3 individuals to attend athletics coaching courses. Once fully trained they will improve our coach/athlete ratio and allow us to take on more new members.'

cPlease visit www.chesterfieldac.co.uk for more details.