Our Future!
London Heathside has a thriving Young Athletes section that encourages excellence and participation through a focus on technical athletic skills in a fun, safe and social environment.
Our team of dedicated coaches aim to provide structured and enjoyable training sessions, so that your child will progress and enjoy the competitive opportunities that are available.
Many of our young athletes regularly compete for London Heathside in track and field, cross-country and/or road relay events. We also support children preparing for School Championships, London and County Championships plus Borough and Regional events e.g. the London Mini Marathon.
We provide coaching sessions for both primary school (age 9 and above) and secondary school age-groups. Adult helpers are always welcome!
Want to try us out?
All new applicants must complete a trial session before joining. This is both for us to assess the young athlete’s motivation/readiness and for the young athlete to decide if they like what we offer.
Please contact juniors@londonheathside.org.uk to tell us a bit more about your child (eg athletic background/ambitions), ask any questions and register to book your trial session.
Prior to your trial you need to complete the registration form below and for safeguarding purposes, have parental/carer consent to attend. Please return this to juniors@londonheathside.org.uk
Following the trial, we will confirm if there is a place available in an appropriate training group and if so, you can proceed to membership. If there is not a suitable place available, you may be put on a waiting list.
Priority will be given to those motivated to train regularly towards competition.
Membership and joining fees:
Once you have attended your trial session and a place has been confirmed please join here: membership
Junior membership is £90 per year for all age groups. Once juniors are aged 18 or competing Under 20, they can join as senior or student-senior members.
On membership you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct: children and young people
Competition Info:
Come winter or summer, rain or shine, you’ll see us competing. Mud, hills and track, we do it all. Here are the events we enter teams into. Check out our fixtures to see all the competitions on offer:
Cross country
In autumn and winter, we take part in:
The Metropolitan League - our club focus for U13 , U15 and U17 athletes (alongside the seniors) Five races from October to February. Every finisher counts.
North-West London Young Athletes Cross-Country League. A great local league for those new to cross country.
Middlesex County, South of England and National Championships.
Track and field
Our u11s, u13s, u15s and u17s compete in the Middlesex Young Athletes League, where they’ll compete in the full range of track and field events.
For U17 and U20 athletes the Club competes in a combined team with Highgate Harriers in the Upper Youth Development League
We also run regular Quadkids competitions throughout the year for School year 3+.
We also have a good showing at indoor Winter competitions at Lee Valley Park and at the Middlesex and South of England Championships.
Road
There are local qualification races to represent your Borough in the London Mini-Marathon every spring. We also regularly send teams to the Middlesex and Southern Road Relays.
Jack Petchey Award
The club are members of the Jack Petchey Award Scheme, winners can be found here.
EA PB Awards
The Club benchmark Junior performances against the England Athletics PB Awards and issue certificates to celebrate achievements.
The current Standards can be found here.
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