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England Athletics COVID-19 Guidance

Thursday 7th January 2021

Following the UK Government’s announcement on Monday 4 January of a new national lockdown, regrettably our guidance for athletics and running must reflect these enforced Covid-19 restrictions across England.

As a result of everyone being required to stay at home, except for specific purposes as outlined by the UK Government’s guidance, the impact on our sport includes the following with immediate effect and until further notice:

The suspension of all face-to-face indoor and outdoor club / group activity.
The suspension of all indoor track and field competitions.
The suspension of all outdoor competitions including track and field, cross country, road, trail, fell and multi-terrain running.
The suspension of all face-to-face coaches’ and officials’ education.
The suspension of any other face-to-face club / group training sessions, events, athlete camps, running groups or other social events as well as club committee or other meetings.
Indoor gyms and facilities will remain closed.

What can take place?

The UK Government has confirmed that elite sport is able to continue in line with the strict protocols and measures that are in place. Similarly, organised outdoor sport for disabled people can continue and we will provide further details on this once we have the required information from the UK Government.

The UK Government has confirmed that individuals can exercise with one other person either from their own household OR outside their household. This is limited to one occasion per day and the individual should not travel outside of their local area
Virtual training sessions can be delivered by qualified coaches
Virtual competitions can still take place. Click here for a list of virtual road races