St Albans Athletic Club

Exciting developments at our home St Albans Track as the charity setup by members of St Albans AC & St Albans Striders took delivery of the long awaited trackside building today!

A couple of weeks ago Josh H and Luke C were invited to compete at the Loughborough International - Josh gained his 1st England vest in 4x400m relay and also competed in 400m. Luke competed at the senior height 400m hurdles, as an U18.

Congratulations to both athletes.

EDIT: After a points review, we've been upgraded to 3rd!!
Well done to everyone who competed in our 1st SAL of the year! Special mention to our small but mighty women's team. Everyone played their part, stepped up and filled gaps, and we came a very strong 4th place, just 6 points behind 3rd. Next stop, Ware on 21st June - sign up now! Apologies to those who'd left by the time the camera came out.

Reminder that we have our AGM on Tuesday. Please do come and support the club. It's a great opportunity to find out more about what we do.

Please do come along and find out how you can support your club. All are welcome, and the AGM will be short, followed by a more informal chat.

Mark Stevens, St Albans Strider and dad to one of our members is kindly raising money to support St Albans Track - by running at the TCS London Marathon. 🏅
Mark is an avid user of the facility, and we're grateful for his support in fundraising, so he and all other users in our city and beyond can continue to enjoy the track for many years to come.
Please consider donating to support both his efforts and the track!
https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/markstevenstalbanstrack

Thursday 8th Jan:
Apologies for the mixed messages, but we have now decided to cancel the Hurdles and Sprints sessions as well.

We need to balance safety (and enjoyment!) and tonight the coaches quite rightly don’t feel that it’s beneficial to go ahead.

Middle Distance going ahead at 7pm

🏃‍♂️TCS London Marathon - Sunday 26th April 2026🏃‍♀️

We are delighted to have secured a place for St Albans AC at next year’s London Marathon in just five months’ time.
If you would like to apply to be our lucky athlete please apply in writing telling us why you would like to be considered.
Please speak to your coaches before applying!

The selection criteria, in order of priority, is listed below. If we do not have any entries for no 1 we will simply go down to no 2 and so on.

CRITERIA
1. Competing athletes at AC (minimum 2 years as a member)
2. Athlete as above, who was unsuccessful in 2025 ballot
3. Committee members & coaches
4. Parents of competing athletes (we will require parents to commit to fundraising a minimum of £500 towards the St Albans Track)

The closing date for all email applications is Tuesday 9th December 6pm. Please apply in this way even if you have spoken to coaches and expressed an interest. All emails must be sent to [email protected]
The successful athlete will be notified by the following Tuesday (16th December)
Good Luck!

Malcolm's family have very generously said that they would like to support St Albans Track with any donations that friends and family would like to make in his memory.
Anyone who would like to contribute in his memory can do so here

Abbey View Community Track Help Ann-Marie Harwin raise money to support St Albans Track

Malcolm Wallace
For anyone that would like to attend Malcolm's funeral, details are below.
Friday 14th November at 10.15, Breakspear Crematorium Ruislip (https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/breakspear-crematorium) and then on to the Metropolitan Club on Aldenham Road Bushey.
Everyone from St Albans AC are very welcome.
We know funerals are sad and so if people can’t face the crematorium his family have invited anyone who would like to raise a glass in Malcolm's memory to join them at the Metropolitan Club (https://www.metropolitanbushey.co.uk) We will also shortly share details of donations that can be made in his name.