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The objectives of our club are quite simply to provide sport for all within the context of athletics. This includes track and field, cross-country and road running. The club has developed a strong tradition in track and field athletics. On club nights we pride ourselves on providing for safe participation in fully supervised groups set in a socially enjoyable environment. The club enjoys considerable success and has goals to continue to do so by encouraging all athletes to achieve their full potential in competition and to represent their club and beyond with pride.

The emphasis of our club is that of enjoyment. We are a serious athletics club where competition is concerned, but we also like to stress the social aspect of club membership which is a very important feature of Deeside AAC. We feel that happiness and good socialising blended with quality training breeds success. This has certainly worked in the past and, we trust, will continue into the future. Our training sessions reflect this attitude. The motto of UK Athletics is 'From Fun to Fulfilment' and Deeside AAC wholly subscribes to this philosophy.

Click here for Directions to the Stadium

Deeside AAC has its headquarters at Deeside College Stadium, Connah's Quay in Flintshire, North Wales. Facilities include a 400m eight lane, all weather synthetic track with full equipment for steeplechase and hurdles events as well as all sprint, middle and long distance. For field events the stadium has two long jump / triple jump beds and runways, pole vault and high jump areas and equipment, two javelin runways, a shot circle and a competition standard cage for discus and hammer a second practice cage is adjacent to the stadium.
There is a covered stand with seating for ca.350 as well as a covered area for wheelchair athletes / spectators. There are separate and modern changing facilities for males and females.
Adjacent to the stadium there is the North Wales Indoor Center. Facilities include 60m sprint, long jump / triple jump bed, pole vault and high jump beds and a cage which caters for all throws. There is also a fitness suite with machine and free weights, two gymnasia and a modern and comfortable bar which also serves food.

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When?

What time?

Where?

Who?

What?

Monday and Wednesday

7.00pm to 9.00pm

Deeside College Stadium, Connah's Quay, Flintshire, CH5 4BR

All ages from junior through senior to veteran.

Our experienced and qualified coaching covers all track and field events, road running and x-country. Additional training sessions are arranged by individual coaches and include weight training and circuit training. The type of training at these sessions differs dependant on the season, for example sand dune running, weight training, circuit training in the winter, and specialised sprint and endurance track training in the summer.

Membership?

Don't feel inhibited - Do come along and join us for a taster session or two.
Then for more information just contact the club secretary-denise-harris@deesideathleticclub.com .

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Graded Coaching Staff

The athletes at our club are supported by a broad range of coaches across many disciplines. We strive to keep our coaches up to date in all areas of coach education including 'child protection' and other key areas. We encourage all of our coaches to gain qualification at higher levels where appropriate.

Our graded coaches and their current activities are listed below.

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Graded Officials

In terms of graded officials our club is the envy of many. The combined experience and qualifications we possess are a tremendous asset and have been built up over many years to the extent that very often our club provides more officials than any other club for away meetings as well as home meetings! Very often this means that without us meetings would possibly not have gone ahead.

Our Officials operate at the highest level including National Championships and International Events as well as during most weekends in the season at local and regional league meetings.

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The Early Years

Deeside Amateur Athletic Club was founded in 1974 by Tudor and Ann Williams who, together with a handful of talented local athletes decided to take advantage of the cinder track facilities of Kelsterton College, Connah's Quay and create an athletic club. Tudor sadly died in the late 1980's. The early years of the club were formative, but soon Deeside A.A.C. developed into a team which was capable of competing with the best teams in the country. Our Club's list of Honours reflects this

Since 1974 the club has grown steadily with many new faces now helping to run the club. A new generation of athletes now competes for the club all year round in a host of competitions and their endeavors will continue to be reported on this website. The Facilities the club has to offer are now of international standard - a long way from those early days of a cinder track and a wooden hut!

How the New Stadium was won

Deeside Amateur Athletics Club is a forward-looking athletics club and we are always looking at ways of improving conditions for our athletes. For six years from 1991 our club tried desperately to upgrade our facilities at Deeside College to an all-weather 8-lane track. Our previous cinder track had been steadily declining in it's state of repair and had reached the stage where it was dangerous to train on.

But, thanks to the Sports Council for Wales, the National Lottery, and an incredible amount of human endeavour from within the club, particularly by Sue Sayer, our dreams were finally realised, and plans for a new stadium and all-weather international-standard track were set in motion in 1997. The full stadium became operational just in time for us to host the 1998 Welsh Schools Finals which were a remarkable success and a tremendous way for the new facilities to prove themselves worthy of hosting meetings of a high quality.

Our grant from Sportlot of just over half a million pounds was swelled by grants from various organisations, including the Football Association of Wales, as Connah's Quay Nomads, the local football team, share the stadium with us.

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Volunteers acting 'Professionally'

The club is run completely by volunteers - athletes, parents, club officials and coaches and generally everyone involved with the club. We like to keep everyone involved wherever possible. The club is administered by a committee, which holds general committee meetings on the first Thursday of every month . All club members are welcome to attend committee meetings. The club is run according to its constitution and holds an annual general meeting in November each year

The Club is affiliated to the Welsh Athletics which is the governing body for athletics in Wales.

The club's committee for year 2008 is as follows :-

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