Unleash your inner athlete, one run, jump or throw at a time. CoPAC is a competative track and field club based in Portsmouth, UK.
At City of Portsmouth Athletic Club, our friendly and supportive club community and dedicated team of coaches will ignite a passion for athletics within the whole family. Whilst we strongly encourage competion and our training focuses on getting athletes ready to compete at a high level, we believe that athletics is not just about improving fitness and achieving personal bests, but also about havi
09/12/2025
Congratulations to our winner of the London Marathon ballot place, Christine McCullough! Thank you to everyone for entering the ballot, it’s a shame we only get one place, as it would be great to send more of you. Good luck to Christine (c21cmc), we wish you all the best with your training!
11/11/2025
Under a month to go until the club hosts its flagship event, the Victory 5!
Fast, flat and unique race steeped in history. Fiercely competitive with prizes across all age groups as well as a £200 prize for the overall winners & £120 for the first senior teams!
Enter here: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/The79thVictory5Mile2025
Proudly sponsored by Alexandra Sports who have provided vouchers for prizes and are a great place to get some last minute advice before the race as they’re now based in Lakeside!
18/10/2025
Huge well done to Oakley on your epic first place finish in the GSR 5k!
And well done to all of the COPAC athletes who took part in any of the GSR events today. We are proud of every one of you.
Finally, good luck to all our athletes and everyone else running tomorrow in the 10 mile run.
06/04/2025
Evening all.
This is just a reminder for all club members that memberships expired on 31st March and renewals are now due.
We have switched over to our lovely new website, which is now all up and running for memberships.
Attached is a FAQ sheet which covers all of the questions we have been made aware of since renewals opened.
www.portsmouthatheltic.co.uk
03/04/2025
We are pleased to announce our new website is now live.
Please bear with us while we add some final touches, but you can find out about our club, join and renew membership and find out how to contact us for our easy to use new website!
20/03/2025
📢 Membership Renewals – Please Hold Tight! 📢
Hey COPAC members! 👋
We've noticed a few membership renewals coming through recently — thank you for your commitment and eagerness to stay involved! 💙
However, we kindly ask that you hold off on renewing just yet. Here's why:
🔹 Membership fees for next year are pending approval at the AGM
🔹 England Athletics fees are increasing to £20
🔹 We're working hard to launch a new website with a fresh membership system in time for the new membership year starting in April
We’ll share all the details as soon as everything is confirmed — so please hang tight for now.
Thanks so much for your understanding and continued support! 💪
24/02/2025
✨🥉A huge congratulations goes out to Jonah who finished 3rd place in the National Cross Country Championships at Parliment Hill on Saturday.
Jonah's dad Chris had this to say and we couldn't agree more!
"Words can't express how incredibly proud we are of Jonah! He ran at the National Cross Country Championships, coming in third place! 🥉 What an amazing achievement!
This journey wouldn't have been possible without the incredible support system we have. A massive thank you to all the volunteer coaches at City of Portsmouth Athletics Club. Your dedication, guidance, and belief in Jonah have been instrumental in his success. We are so grateful for your time and expertise. He has been coached with Phil Budd at Fundamentals, Alan Crook and Vince Stamp as part of the A-Team and now part of Team Purser with Amanda Purser Steven Purser.
To Jonah's teammates: The camaraderie, the encouragement, and the friendly competition push him to be his best. Thank you for being such a supportive and inspiring group.
And thank you to all the parents of athletes for your unwavering support of Jonah and the athletics club.
Jonah - We're so proud to see you represent COPAC with such passion and dedication."
24/02/2025
🏆Congratulations to CoPAC's very own Serena Vincent who yesterday became Bristish indoor shot put champion with an amazing 16.89m throw🏆✨
You can listen to Serena talking about her journey on Solent University Radio today at 4pm. Listen here: https://internetradiouk.com/sonar/
And on BBC Radio Solent on Wednesday morning's breakfast show at 8am. Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_solent
23/02/2025
Last week Flo took to the roads of Armagh amongst hundreds of runners from all over the world to compete in the 33rd Armagh International Road Race.
Event organisers try to get as many men as possible to run under 15 mins for 5k and as many women under 10 mins for 3k.
Flo completed the 3km course in 9.44 coming in as 2nd junior behind a Swedish girl and in 29th place overall.
A huge well done goes out to Flo, everyone here at CoPAC is very proud of you and we hope you enjoyed the experience and thank you to Claire for providing the video.
20/02/2025
Hampshire Athletics have arranges some more officials training courses.
Officiating is a great way to get to know more about ahtletics and pass the time between events at meetings.
The cost of the course is £30 which the club will reimburse to members once they have officiated at 2 matches.
Please see more information below:
Courses have been arranged at Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC, Down Grange, Pack Lane, Basingstoke
RG22 5SN on Sunday 16th March 2025
These are ‘Face to Face’ Courses from which you will get a be5er experience than ‘Virtual’ Courses.
The programme for the day is:
09.45 Arrival, Registra
17/02/2025
Save the date for the club AGM, which is just over a month away.
The AGM open to all club members and is your chance to meet the committee and ask any questions you may have. It's also the perfect time to find out what is happening within the club.
We would love to see as many of our members there as possible.