Welcome to Kingston AC and Polytechnic Harriers

We are one of the biggest and friendliest athletics clubs in London and compete across a huge array of leagues, events and championships and have athletes of literally all standards and ages and across all events.

Whether you are an 8 year old novice, a senior international or a “more mature” athlete looking to get back into the sport – we can help you achieve your goals.
We cater for runners, jumpers, throwers and multi-eventers on the track, in the field, on the roads or over the country and are based at Kingsmeadow in Kingston-upon-Thames (KT1 3PB).
We'll be very happy to help you with your sport – so please just get in touch and we'll do all we can to assist.

Coronavirus Shutdown

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Monday, 23 March 2020 20:04

Coronavirus and Kingston & Poly

It is with great regret, as many of you will already know, that Kingston & Poly (and in fact the whole UK athletics world) has effectively had to shutdown in a physical sense due to the coronavirus outbreak.

This includes all training at Kingsmeadow, which is also shut, and the suspension of all Kestrel Club and evening group activities there.

Momentum Sports evening group athletes will continue to get training set (under whatever circumstances are available to us) remotely, if athletes should choose to do so.

Other coaches will continue to work with their athletes as much as is humanly possible at this very tricky time.

We can all only hope that everything gets back to normal sooner, rather than later.

Stay healthy and look after yourselves and your loved ones.

See you all as soon as possible.

Qualifying as an official

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Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:19

As part of our new drive to make volunteering with K&P the best we possibly can, we'd like to encourage you to consider getting qualified as an offiicial for matches.

There will be no requirement to do lots and lots of matches in a year - just the ones you are comfortable with and the club will pay for the courses that you do to get qualified.

The athletes benefit from all the help that comes for having a good supply of club officials, so if you would like to join in with our great team - please think about doing this course at the weekend.

If you have any queries, please ask Richard Holt, Louise Shepherd-Evans or Peter Shillings about them.

19/20 Women's XC Season

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Sunday, 01 March 2020 09:48

Surrey Ladies Cross Country League – End of Season Report

This season it was really pleasing to see several younger athletes joining our cross country team and very encouraging to watch their progress over the course of the 4 Surrey League matches. Mae Thompson, Ellie Arnfield and Bella Shepherd Evans (U20) all joined the Senior team for our first match, which saw a promising turnout of 9 athletes and hinted at an enjoyable season ahead.

Mae Thompson led the team home in every match, improving over the season from 13th place in match 1 to finish the season with 2 consecutive 3rd place finishes in the Division 2 races. These performances deservedly earned her the award for Most Improved Female in Cross Country.

The final league match of the season also incorporated our Club Championship races. The titles were closely contested and the 2019/20 Cross Country Club Champions were decided as follows:

U20 – Bella Shepherd Evans
Senior – Mae Thompson
Veterans – Nicky Atkins

The team enjoyed a good turnout at most matches and ran consistently well to ensure 8th place in Division 2 overall for the season – which is a big step forward from recent seasons. In a league ever increasing in size, this finish was a creditable performance for a small team competing against many much larger team squads.

With continued commitment and development next season, I am confident that the team could be in the running to push for promotion to Division 1 (which would be a tremendous achievement! Well done to athletes that competed in the league this season – especially to Mae, Ellie, Nicky Atkins, Liz Richardson and Nicki Murphy who all competed in all 4 matches and also to Caroline Jeffcote who ran in 3 matches and turned out to support the team in the last match despite carrying an injury!

In addition to their success in the Surrey League, the team enjoyed competing in the Surrey Road Relays (where Phoebe Law ran the fastest leg by a female athlete) the Surrey County Championships (with Phoebe finishing 5th overall and the team in 11th place) and the South of England Cross Country Championships (7th place for Phoebe).

I look forward to seeing the team in action again next season!

KACPH Disability and Throws Meeting

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Tuesday, 25 February 2020 14:42