Call It What You Want

Please see this week’s update for Kent AC members – 01/06/25–

KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
1 June 2025

On the week that marked the start of meteorological summer, Crystal Palace’s victory parade, and Taylor Swift owning all her record – the real hot take of this week was of course the early summer open meet on Thursday, which saw the club champs for 200m, 800m and 3000m. A huge thanks to all those involved behind the scenes and on the day to put on such a great event, which you can read all about below.

This Tuesday (3rd June) sees the first summer social of the year – stick around after your training session for drinks, nibbles and a chance to hang out with all groups.

Then on Thursday (5th) June, there will be the next Assembly League fixture at Crystal Palace. 19:30 start time, meeting by the Brown and Green cafe beforehand to collect numbers and all-importantly to fill in your number into the spreadsheet! 

CHAMPING AT THE BIT

Summer track season is in full swing and this Thursday saw the Alex Yee Arena hosting an open meet and Kent AC club champs for three distances. It was brilliant to see so many juniors and seniors taking part and to welcome friends from other local clubs to our oval office too. 

An enormous amount of work goes into organising these events, from officials to timekeep (which we always need more of!), volunteers to count laps, ring bells and hand out bib numbers, to putting all the logistics in place to make the event run safely and seamlessly. Well done and thank you to Dan and the team for your work!

Here are the results for each event and some photos which capture the grit and determination throughout. The full album is here, with all credit to Laurie. 

 



   

EVENT CALENDAR

June
3 – Track social
5 – Assembly League – Crystal Palace Park
11 – Kent AC Wednesday social run
18 – Dulwich Relays – Dulwich Park
22 – SAL – Woodford Green

July
1 – Track social
3 – Assembly League – Sutcliffe Park
5 – KYAL – Medway Park
9 – Kent AC Wednesday social run
13 – SAL – Eltham
26 –  Ron Hale Open 

August
5 – Track social
7 – Assembly League – Victoria Park
16 – KYAL – Dartford
30 – SAL – Basildon

September
4 – Assembly League – Beckenham Place Park
7 – Big Half – London
11 – Late Summer Meet 

EASYFUNDRAISING

Please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands pay easyfundraising a commission when you start your shop through their platform, so you can raise FREE donations for us no matter what you’re buying. These donations really help us out, so please sign up if you haven’t yet. It’s easy and FREE! You can get started at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kentac

You can also install a helpful Chrome extension, which prompts you to donate whenever doing any online shopping – really handy

TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Buy your track pass here.

The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:30 – 20:45
Thursday 18:00 – 20:30
Sunday 09:00 – 11:30

Please note that individuals are permitted to do their own sessions during club opening times, but coached group sessions continue to take priority.

Track Pass – Juniors
Please purchase your £6.50 junior monthly track pass in advance here. When purchasing the track pass can parents/guardians please enter the athlete’s name when completing the transaction.

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

The Alex Yee Arena has opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are: 
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30


The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.


Track staff have encouraged people to double check the opening hours before their training session, as they may occasionally be closed for school sport days and football friendlies. Hours can be checked here. This will likely suit members who can’t make training sessions but would like to train in the morning/lunchtime/evening.


Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

KEEP US UPDATED

You can have your say about what goes in the newsletter and keep us apprised of your results or running adventures by emailing the comms team directly here.

The password for the club contacts page here is .

–

–>