Youth Sport
Anon asks:
My teenage son is interested in training for a future mini marathon. Do you know of any clubs he could join?
The Phantom replies:
You know this one was a hell of a lot more difficult to find than I had originally thought. It seems that almost every noticeboard you pass is advertising some youth sport or other - but when you're actually looking for things, they all seem to disappear.
The Serpentine Club is a London-wide running club for people training for the marathon. The club trains in Greenwich Park among others, and looks pretty serious, but I can't tell if it allows young people.
http://www.serpentine.org.uk/
The Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich do athletics, though opportunites for teenagers seem less impressive than for kiddies.
http://www.bcgb.org/
Apparently if he wants to enter the official mini marathon he'll need to get in contact with his borough team manager. I've tried calling the council sports dept - 8921 8406 no luck - you might fare better. In the meanwhile I would suggest that you ask at the Arches about teen athletics clubs.
If your son feels he might be ready soon, he could actually try entering this mini marathon:
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/SportLeisure/MiniLondonMarathon.htm
Or even try out for the London youth games
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/SportLeisure/LondonYouthGames.htm
Or maybe someone sportier than me (not hard) knows of a local group?
My teenage son is interested in training for a future mini marathon. Do you know of any clubs he could join?
The Phantom replies:
You know this one was a hell of a lot more difficult to find than I had originally thought. It seems that almost every noticeboard you pass is advertising some youth sport or other - but when you're actually looking for things, they all seem to disappear.
The Serpentine Club is a London-wide running club for people training for the marathon. The club trains in Greenwich Park among others, and looks pretty serious, but I can't tell if it allows young people.
http://www.serpentine.org.uk/
The Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich do athletics, though opportunites for teenagers seem less impressive than for kiddies.
http://www.bcgb.org/
Apparently if he wants to enter the official mini marathon he'll need to get in contact with his borough team manager. I've tried calling the council sports dept - 8921 8406 no luck - you might fare better. In the meanwhile I would suggest that you ask at the Arches about teen athletics clubs.
If your son feels he might be ready soon, he could actually try entering this mini marathon:
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/SportLeisure/MiniLondonMarathon.htm
Or even try out for the London youth games
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/SportLeisure/LondonYouthGames.htm
Or maybe someone sportier than me (not hard) knows of a local group?
Labels: Ask The Phantom, Kids' stuff, Things to do
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
14:55
2 Comments:
I recently set up The Westcombe Park Running club and we now have 25-30 members of all abilities. We train in Greenwich Park and all around the local area so please get in touch if you want more information on 07967507912.
Thanks
Helen
Other local clubs are: Cambridge Harriers- who are based at Sutcliffe Park in Eltham and despite the name, which is to do with the old Cambridge University Mission to the people of Bermondsey, is very much a Greenwich and Bexley club.
The other possibility is Kent AC, which is based at Ladywell track.
Although Serpentine have some very friendly members they are a bit too big and impersonal for my taste and I do rather resent them colonising Greenwich from their central London base.
Although, as is probably apparent, my own running club loyalties lie elsewhere, I am interested to hear of Westcombe Park- good luck to them.
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