Rugby & Northampton Athletic Club: Celebrating success with trophies and togetherness
Description
It's one of the leading athletic clubs in the Midlands, but the success of Rugby & Northampton Athletic Club goes far beyond the gongs it and its athletes win.
Competing across track and field, cross country and road running, the club has more than 1,000 members ranging from eight years old to those over 80.
It has recreational sport written into its very being - or at least, its constitution - and celebrates runners at all levels.
That's not to say their members aren't competitive though, whatever their age - a fact best demonstrated by a recent first place finish in the Youth Development League Lower Age Group National Final.
Running Tales was recently invited to the club's Moulton College training centre - one of two tracks it uses alongside Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Sports Centre in Rugby to talk about that achievement.
We met with young athletics, coaches and Masters runners, as well as clubs chairman Adrian White...
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