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Get Active With Athletics
Press release
Young sports enthusiasts can get active with a new junior athletics club starting in the New Year.
Jarrow and Hebburn Athletics Club with the help of South Tyneside Council's Sports Development Get Active Team are launching the new club at Monkton Stadium in Jarrow for boys and girls, aged eight to 11.
The club will run on Mondays from 6pm to 7pm and on Wednesdays from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, starting the week commencing 9th January.
Young athletes will also get the opportunity to become junior members of Jarrow and Hebburn Athletics Club.
The sessions, cost £2.50 per child, and will cover running, both sprint and distance running, long, triple and high jumping, pole vault skills, hammer, javelin, discuss and shot putt. Athletes will also take part in fun fitness games and races, badge work and competitions.
For further information contact Simon Simpson in the Sports Development Team on (0191) 424 7397 or email simon.simpson@southtyneside.gov.uk
