Hertfordshire’s exciting new Athletics Club

Hertford and Ware Combine’s Athletic Club – The HAWCS

If you are 11 years old and over – we are offering you dedicated training and coaching sessions
whether it’s in running, jumping or throwing events.

Training Sessions

Run Jump Throw

Run

As part of our commitment to the development of athletes of all ages, the Club offers FIVE training sessions a week, all of which include sessions to develop running, whether it’s for speed, stamina or endurance, and also includes elements for the development of hurdling or steeple chasing. If you are involved in Combined Events, then we have coaches with expertise to design programmes to cover those running events in Pentathlons, Heptathlons, Octathlons or Decathlons.

Jump

The modern facilities at Wodson Park ensures that we are able to coach all of the jumping events, which includes the most challenging of all – the pole vault. In addition to, we also have access to sessions provided by coaching workshops at the Lee Valley High Performance Indoor Centre. Whether you are interested in just one of the jumping events, or multi jumps required by combined event athletes, we have the expertise to help you.

Throw

As with jumping events, the facilities at Wodson Park also enable us to provide expert guidance on the development of athletes interested in throwing events, whether it’s just individual events or multi throws required by combined event athletes.

About The HAWCS

Hertfordshire’s exciting new Athletics Club

Formed in July 2013, and formally recognised by England Athletics in October 2013, the Club was established against the background of the Athletic Academy run for local secondary school children by Hertford and Ware Athletics Coaching (HaWaC).

For a number of years HaWaC has worked with schools throughout East Hertfordshire and beyond, providing a range of services to schools, teachers and pupils.

As the demand for athletics coaching grew throughout 2012 and 2013, HaWaC first established an Academy, and then because of a demand for competitions by its athletes, it was necessary to move towards the formation of a new athletic club, and The HAWCS was born.

Forming the Club did not mean that it would change any of the principles established by HaWaC in terms of the coaching it provided, and neither did it mean closing its doors to “non-members”, indeed the foundation of The HAWCS was to enhance those principles by:

maintaining the coaching services provided by HaWaC to any athletes who sought its services.
maintaining and developing the links with all the local schools, teachers and their pupils.
offering a multi-event approach to the coaching of new young athletes and develop their all-round athletic skills.

Training Days & Times

Autumn/Winter Sessions:
August to Easter

Wodson Park Sessions

The Club offers a range of coaching and training sessions of up to FIVE times week for its members, as follows:

HAWCS Academy – 11 to 14 year olds – beginners

Monday nights: 6.00.pm. – Wednesdays: 6.00.pm.

HAWCS Junior Elite (14 years plus) to Seniors

Monday nights: 7.00.pm. – Wednesdays: 7.00.pm.- Saturdays: 10.30.am.

At its main training base at the Stuart Story Athletic Stadium – Wodson Sports Park, Ware.
At these sessions we offer : technique coaching and training track and field event coaching and training indoor conditioning, circuit and weight training sessions.

Hartham Common

An important aspect of any athlete’s training is endurance and stamina work, and once a week HAWCS members have a dedicated session for these purposes:

HAWCS Beginners and Seniors.

Sunday mornings: 11.00.am.

Coaches and members meet up every week all through the year to utilise the facilities available at Hartham Common in Hertford.

Summer Sessions Easter
to the End of July