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Athletics

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

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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
Thursday	21 November 2019	12pm to 6pm/ 9pm to 10pm	11am to 5pm/ 9pm to 10pm
Friday	22 November 2019	11am to 7pm	9am to 10pm
Saturday	23 November 2019	12pm to 3pm	9am to 12pm (no javelin)
Sunday	24 November 2019	9am to 5pm/ 5pm to 8pm (no high jump)/ 8pm to 9pm	9am to 11am/ 11am to 1.30pm (no throws)/ 1.30pm to 9pm
Monday	25 November 2019	3pm to 5.30pm/ 5.30pm to 7.30pm (no high jump)/ 7.30pm to 10pm	9am to 5pm/ 5pm to 7.30pm (shared use)/ 7.30pm to 10pm
Tuesday	26 November 2019	8am to 5.30pm/ 9pm to 10pm	8am to 10am/ 11am to 7pm/ 9pm to 10pm
Wednesday	27 November 2019	12pm to 5pm/ 7pm to 10pm	9am to 10pm
Thursday	28 November 2019	12pm to 5pm/ 9pm to 10pm	8am to 5pm/ 9pm to 10pm
Friday	29 November 2019	11am to 7pm	8am to 10pm
Saturday	30 November 2019	1pm to 3pm	9am to 6pm

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: