Vale Royal AC Attain

Club Mark Status

Vale Royal Athletic Club have been informed of the successful completion of the Sport England Club Mark Award which demonstrates that Vale Royal AC is a quality athletic club officially.

Harry Evans (Club President) and Neil Templeman have spent twelve months on the charter mark in order to pass the competencies, totalling nearly a hundred of them in order to achieve the award.

The club had to clinically analyse systems that were in place and make improvements with regards to child protection issues, training of coaches, providing protocols for athletes, parents and coaches to abide by for the benefit of everyone at the club.

The awarding of club mark demonstrates that the club is a safe, effective and child friendly club where athletes can be supervised by licensed coaches who are police checked and are aware of child protection issues and diversity within coaching.

Michael Hunt who is the North West Athletics Development Officer for the Amateur Athletic Association of England was delighted for the club and informed the club that the file submitted was one of the best ever seen by the development team in London, which is a pleasing compliment to the work completed by Vale Royal AC.

Chris Bottomley, head of Leisure Services at Vale Royal Borough Council was equally pleased for the club where he commented that club mark is an award that demonstrates high quality of coaching and dealing with young people very effectively.  It also shows that Vale Royal AC is a quality athletic club and this is extremely pleasing.