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Sunday 16 March 2025 – 12h00 to 14h00 David Weir Leisure Centre, Sutton Don’t miss the chance to sharpen up your hurdling skills before the outdoor season gets underway. This Hurdles Training Workshop will cover both sprint hurdles, under the...

Supported by England Athletics and Chelmsford Sports and Athletics Centre We are delighted to announce that the 2027 Hurdles Fest will be held on Saturday 29 May at Chelmsford Sports and Athletics Centre. If you attended the Fest in 2026,...

Mr Longden was the PE (and geography) teacher when I was at RCTS.  He was easily my favourite teacher there. Once, we had kicked our ball out of the playground and over a neighbouring garden fence. I asked Albert the...

The Bruce Longden Coaching Foundation has teamed up with England Athletics to provide three sprint hurdles camp sessions run by former World Junior Champion & England Athletics Talent Event Lead, Julie Pratt-Benterman and Commonwealth Gold Medallist, former British record holder...

BLCF is absolutely delighted to add it’s name to all the Hurdles events at the Chelmsford Open Meetings listed in the information below. Entries open Monday 3 May.

BLCF are delighted to have been partnering with Dr Amanda Owens, Believe Change Management Consulting Ltd, for the past year, and continuing in the years ahead, to assist young talented athletes with their sports psychology support and needs. For the...

Come join us at Lee Valley Athletics Centre for Winter training sessions Price to Athletes is £6.50 per session and no charge for coaches Dates: Sunday 20th October 2019 – Sunday 10th November 2019 – Sunday 8th December 2019 Dates:...

Come Join Us at Lee Valley Athletics Centre for young athlete hurdle training Dates as follows: Saturday 12th October 2019 – Saturday 16th November 2019 – Saturday 28th March 2020

The Bruce Longden Coaching Foundation is promoting a Hurdles Fest and Steeple Fest on Monday the 27th of May 2019 at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre

Bruce Longden (1939 – 2012) – The Man One of Britain’s best athletic coaches, who sadly died three weeks before the 2012 Olympics, and I was fortunate to work for him over a period of 10 years. I can honestly...