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Improve your fitness with athletics at Chelmsford Sport and Athletics Centre (CSAC).

Athletics at CSAC

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On your marks, set, go! Our indoor and outdoor athletics track and field facilities offer a fantastic space to train for a competition or just to practice technique.

Our indoor facilities include:

A six lane 60m sprint straight
Long jump and triple jump practice areas
High jump and pole vault practice areas

Our outdoor stadium has:

An eight lane synthetic all weather track
Field event practice areas including a throws cage

An athletics session lasts for two hours. You have access to the track and field area (both floodlit and non-floodlit) and the indoor sprint straight.

Timetable

Day	Date	Sprint Straight times	Track and Field times
Saturday	18 January 2020	12pm to 1pm	9am to 12pm (no infield throws)
Sunday	19 January 2020	9am to 5pm/ 5pm to 8pm (no high jump)/ 8pm to 9pm	9am to 9pm
Monday	20 January 2020	4pm to 5.30pm/ 5.30pm to 7.30pm (no high jump)/ 7.30pm to 10pm	8am to 5pm/ 5pm to 6pm (shared use)/ 6pm to 10pm
Tuesday	21 January 2020	3pm to 5.30pm/ 9pm to 10pm	12pm to 7pm
Wednesday	22 January 2020	12pm to 4.15pm/ 7pm to 10pm	8am to 10pm
Thursday	23 January 2020	12pm to 6pm/ 9pm to 10pm	8am to 5pm/9pm to 10pm
Friday	24 January 2020	11am to 6pm	8am to 10pm
Saturday	25 January 2020	12pm to 3pm	9am to 6pm
Sunday	26 January 2020	9am to 5pm/ 5pm to 8pm (no high jump)/ 8pm to 9pm	9am to 9pm
Monday	27 January 2020	12pm to 5.30pm/ 5.30pm to 7.30pm (no high jump)/ 7.30pm to 10pm	8am to 5pm/ 5pm to 7.30pm (no high jump)/ 7.30pm to 10pm

Times and prices

Peak times

Monday to Friday, 5pm to 10pm

Off peak times

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Saturday, 9am to 6pm

Sunday, 9am to 9pm

ourChelmsford Lite card prices

Peak

Standard: £5.90

Discounted: £5.30

Off peak

Standard: £5.90

Discounted: £4

ourChelmsford Plus card prices

Peak

Standard: £4.90

Discounted: £4.40

Off peak

Standard: £4.90

Discounted: £3

Things you need to know

Booking

We recommend that you call us on 01245 605666 to confirm availability before setting out, as we may change times at short notice due to:

late bookings
extreme weather
children's coaching courses

Coaching policy

You will either need to train with:

a coach qualified in the discipline you are training in
someone that a qualified coach has identified as a competent person

These conditions will apply if:

you are under 17
you are training in an event that carries a risk of accident to yourself or others, such as pole vault and throwing events

If you are a coach, you will need to bring your coaching licence with you the first time you coach at CSAC. We will ask you to complete a form so we can log you on to our system.

If you want to register someone as a competent person to supervise in the absence of a coach, you need to call the Centre.

We will refuse entry to any: