Junior Club
Update : 26th November
The Portishead Running Club Junior section opened its doors on 16th September 2007 in Gordano Sports Hall. Having started with 32 children and 3 coaches, the club has now 7 coaches and over 40 children signed up. New young athletes are always welcome.
Sessions are on Sunday afternoons starting at 4.30pm and lasting 85-90 minutes. Parents are welcome to stay and watch the sessions. A prompt start is always appreciated as it is important that all the children have a proper warm-up session at the start. Parents are encouraged to arrive before 5.55 as an adult football group start at 6pm
From the Autumn to spring, the club is run indoors using the uk:athletics recommended sports:hall athletics. In the summer, the club will move outdoors onto grass.
The sessions cost £2.50 per child per week. Payments will be taken each week (at the start of the session).
The sessions are run by our level 2 coach Tim Haysom with help and assistance from 6 qualified assistant coaches, Val Jones, Chris Jones, Jane Grey, Marie Young, Ann Singer and Sam Charman. We are all volunteers and all money taken from the sessions is put back into the club (either to buy equipment or to subsidise medals/ certificates etc.).
The club has received substantial help from our sponsors "Norwich Union" for which we are very grateful.
Our coaches have attended the local "child safe" awareness course and we take the issue of child safety very seriously. All our coaches have been CRB checked.
For more information about the club, please contact "juniorrunning at haysom.mobi".
IMPORTANT
Children will be expected to bring a water bottle with them to each session. This is very important. Please make sure that it is well labelled as there are bound to be lots of the same type. It is also very important that the children wear sensible footwear. Trainers will be necessary although special running shoes are not.