COMPETITION
WHAT COMPETITIONS ARE THERE?​​
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OUTDOOR - Track & Field​
March - September​
Open Meetings, league meetings and county championships ​
INDOOR - Track & Field ​
November - March ​
Held at arenas and facilities.
CROSS COUNTRY
Late September - March​
LAA athletes compete in a league as 'second claim' to Kenilworth Runners for XC.
For more details contact: info@leamingtonathletics.co.uk
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HOW DO I COMPETE?​
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To compete, you must register with LAA as your affiliated club to England Athletics. ​
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Purchase an LAA competition vest - HERE
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Find a competition - HERE
AFFILIATION
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​​​​​You will need to be an affiliated athlete of England Athletics and use your athlete-specific unique reference number (URN) when entering an event. ​ If you DO NOT have a URN, please request club affiliation - HERE
AGE GROUP CHANGE
NOTICE FROM ENGLAND ATHLETICS ​
April 2026
The current age groups – categories in which young athletes compete – are to be revised. From April 1, 2026, young athletes will compete in the following age groups:
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U10: school years 3 and 4
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U12: years 5 and 6
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U14: years 7 and 8
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U16: years 9 and 10
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U18: years 11 and 12
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U20: year 13+
These new age groups will replace the existing U13, U15 and U17 groupings and will ensure that athletes compete across the school year (in England) from October-September in the same age group through cross country, road and then track and field competition.
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The rules will be effective from 1 April 2026, so athletes will compete in the 2026 track and field season in the above age groups. For example, for track and field, an athlete currently in year 7 will compete in the U13 age group in the 2025 summer season and will be in year 8 – and therefore U14 – in the 2026 track and field season.