WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, KUJAWY POMORZE, POLAND, 20TH/22ND MARCH 2026.
Congratulations to Katie Snowden (Herne Hill) who has been confirmed by World Athletics as an entrant in the 3000m. She finished in 8th place with a time of 9:03.79.
NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, SEDGEFIELD, 21ST MARCH 2026.
Congratulations to the Surrey medal winners: Theo Creed (Hercules Wimbledon) 1st Under-15 Boy Kitty Scott (AFD) - 2nd Under-17 Woman Poppy Guest (AFD) - 2nd Under-15 Girl Matthew Pickering (AFD) - 2nd Under-20 Man
Competing in the U18W 3kg Shot event Jasmine Nkoso (Herne Hill) set a new SURREY U17W 3KG SHOT RECORD with her best effort of 15.22m. The previous record of 14.78m was set by Issy Stamp (South London) in 2024.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, SEFTON PARK, LIVERPOOL, 14TH MARCH 2026.
Congratulations to Alex Lennon (Sutton & District) and Katie Pie (Aldershot, Farnham & District) on their victories.
SURREY INDOOR SENIOR MEN POLE VAULT RECORD, 8TH MARCH 2026.
Competing at Loughborough on 8th March 2026 Owen Heard (Harrow AC) set a new Surrey SM Indoor Pole Vault record with a jump of 5.71m. He held the previous record of 5.65m which he set in 2025.
CAU INTER-COUNTY CROSS-COUNTRY, WOLLATON PARK, NOTTINGHAM, 7TH MARCH 2026.
INDIVIDUAL SUCCESSES:-
Theo Creed - 1st U15B; Alex Lennon - 1st U20M; Kitty Scott - 2nd U17W & Katie Pye - 2nd U20W.
TEAM SUCCESSES:-
U17W - 1st, SW - 1st; U15B - 2nd, SM - 2nd, U20M - 3rd, U13G - 3rd & U15G - 3rd. The Surrey Senior Women have now won in each of the past 5 years.
SURREY INDOOR UNDER-20 MEN 800 METRES RECORD, 1ST MARCH 2026.
Competing at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow on 1st March 2026 Matthew McKenna (Walton AC) set a new British U20M Indoor 800m record with a time of 1:47.19. He held the previous record of 1:48.20 which he set at the same venue in January.
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BRITISH INTER-COUNTIES MOUNTAIN RACE (ICMR) 2026
Surrey has entered teams in this event the past 2 years with some success. In 2025 Surrey Women had the first senior, first U23 and 3rd Team. We also had 3rd Man.
We plan to have Male and Female teams in the 2026 event be held on Sunday May 3rd at Sedbergh, Cumbria, over a distance of 14.5km, with 980m of ascent and descent. We invite anyone who might be interested to contact team manager Phil Aiken at phil.aiken@surreyathletics.uk by Sunday March 22nd, stating any previous experience of fell, hill or mountain racing. Athletes must be 18 or over on the day of the race.
Due to the continued success of our County Championships, and the time pressures this puts on the event, we are again moving some events to other days. These will be the same track events that were moved last year (adjusted for the age group changes), plus all the Triple Jump events. We appreciate that these moves aren't ideal for everyone however in order to run a safe and effective Championships we have chosen events that affect the least number of athletes, whilst freeing up the most time.
The following events will be held on the days below - all other events will be held at the main T&F Champs on 9/10 May.
We have completed the 2025 Surrey Rankings. We thank our volunteers Jess Wilson, Nicola Firth, Ashley Burridge, Marcus Hake & Keith Burchell for keeping the listings up to date throughout the season.
It is interesting to note that for the U13 & U15 Boys the number of athletes are significantly lower than pre-Covid numbers whereas in the other 4 age groups the numbers have recovered.
REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT FROM SURREY ATHLETICS OFFICIALS
If you are asked for an unexpected payment appearing to come from SCAA then please contact the Treasurer email: treasurer@surreyathletics.uk.
SURREY COUNTY ATHLETICS HISTORICAL INFORMATION - CAN YOU HELP?
Keith Burchell currently holds the archives for the Surrey County AAA and Surrey County WAAA. These are far from being complete. If you have any past information such as programmes, committee minutes, championship results etc that you are thinking of disposing then please contact Keith Burchell. In particular, sets of County Championship results prior to 1980 are sought.
RESPECT TO OUR TEAM MANAGERS
Surrey County Athletic Association does not accept or condone the use of offensive behaviour towards or abuse or bullying of team managers under any circumstances. Team managers are all volunteers and make their decisions on the basis of information available to them. While not everyone is likely to agree with all of their decisions they must respect them and all the hours of work and agonising that go into the difficult task these team managers carry out in the interests of encouraging athletics in the county.
CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG
England Athletics is publicising this charity.
CRY is a charity that was established to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to the sudden cardiac death of young people. They operate a screening programme at a number of clinics around the UK and support this with mobile units that travel to other locations.
Full information about CRY and their services can be found on their website at www.c-r-y.org.uk. Young people between the age of 14 and 35 who would like to have cardiac testing can go to www.testmyheart.org.
You can also see www.uka.org.uk/governance/health-safety/cardiac-screening-for-athletes/ for information on work being done by UKA in this area.
BOOKING REQUEST
FORMS FOR PHOTO-FINISH, RACE CLOCK, RADIOS & FIELD COUNTDOWN CLOCKS
SCAA has photo finish, race clock, radios and field countdown clocks for hire. You can download forms to request a booking for any of these by clicking on the buttons below. The forms come in either MS
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