We are a fun and friendly athletics club.
Our QuadKids section is for 8-11 yr-olds (School Years 3, 4 & 5) in Poole and surrounding areas. We offer fully supervised training sessions for running, jumping and throwing activities with groups between 5 to 10 children per coach.
Accredited
ENGLAND ATHLETICS AFFILIATED REGISTERED NUMBER: 2659040
ASHDOWN LEISURE CENTRE – CANFORD HEATH
Mondays & Thursdays
6pm – 7pm
On Mondays and Thursdays we train at Ashdown Track from 6pm to 7pm. During this session your child will get to experience a wide range of athletic activities such as sprinting, running, jumping and throwing. The session is at the track in summer and winter as the venue is flood lit. There is a club house onsite with toilets and a kitchen – Cup for tea for the parents and carers!
LOCKYER’S MIDDLE SCHOOL – CORFE MULLEN
Saturdays 10am – 11am
Our Saturday session is at Lockyer’s Middle School in Corfe Mullen. This session is an introduction to the development of athletics and covers a range of running (cross-country and sprinting), jumping, and throwing events. In the summer the training is outside on the sports field and in the winter it is in the school’s sports hall.
My experience as a junior at Poole Runners is probably one of the biggest reasons I am still in the sport now, and have been fortunate enough to evade burnout and serious injury. I was encouraged just enough but not too much, given valuable experiences such as fun trips to races abroad and even introduced to sports psychology.
Poole Runners are an amazing club, who have supported me through my stages of becoming an athlete. They have great coaches and members, who encourage you to have fun and try hard. Poole Runners is something that I am so proud to be a part of.
My daughter loves Poole Runners, when she started she didn’t know anyone and they were so welcoming. Within a month she was at her first Sportshall competition with her newly formed friends. Quads is all about trying things out, she’s quite good at the running now but we all still take cover when she throws the vortex.
Sports Hall
During the Winter we hold a series of 3 or 4 indoor Sportshall events that include running, jumping and throwing for all abilities. The junior athletes are split into groups based on school year and then compete in a variety of events, scoring points in each.
FAQs
QuadKids was set up by English Athletics to encourage 8-11 year olds into the sport. It is designed to cover running, throwing and jumping in a way that is not intimidating and sets up a good base for future athletics participation.
We try to make each session different by mixing up activities around core skills. A typical hour session involves a warm up run, drills, running (sprints and middle distance across the session) and one or more field events (throwing or jumping). Games involve different skills, balance, hopping, jumping, throwing, using equipment, relays and team building. Athletes are grouped by age, ability or discipline depending on the specific session plan. We try to end with a game for all (time permitting) and a warm down run (usually a lap(s) of the field).