About Us
Who we are
Amber Valley Athletic Club was formed in 1999 by some enthusiastic parents who had enjoyed watching their children take part in some local fun events organised by Amber Valley Borough Council. Membership and the clubs reputation grew but the facilities and infrastructure at it’s training base in Loscoe couldn’t keep pace.
Taking advantage of newly-opened facilities at the Rutland Sports Park in Ilkeston the club opened a new chapter in it’s history and relocated there in January 2006.
In January 2011 the club changed its name to Amber Valley and Erewash AC to better reflect the clubs training base in Ilkeston, its catchment areas and work within both Amber Valley and Erewash districts.
Bringing together coaches and athletes of all ages and experience the club has an average yearly membership of 250 and is one of Derbyshire's foremost athletics clubs.
Taking advantage of newly-opened facilities at the Rutland Sports Park in Ilkeston the club opened a new chapter in it’s history and relocated there in January 2006.
In January 2011 the club changed its name to Amber Valley and Erewash AC to better reflect the clubs training base in Ilkeston, its catchment areas and work within both Amber Valley and Erewash districts.
Bringing together coaches and athletes of all ages and experience the club has an average yearly membership of 250 and is one of Derbyshire's foremost athletics clubs.
What we do
We offer training and competition opportunities for athletes of all ages and abilities from 8 years old through to adults in track and field, road, cross country, and sports hall athletics. The club takes part in local, regional and national competition.
Supervision
The Club has over 20 qualified coaches and all activities are carried out under supervision. First Aid facilities are available on-site.
All athletes are covered by the Club’s insurance policy.
The Club has Codes of Conduct and policies which can viewed from the Committee page.
All athletes are covered by the Club’s insurance policy.
The Club has Codes of Conduct and policies which can viewed from the Committee page.
What members families think of the club
In our Jan 2017 'Your Views Matters' survey, we found that all respondents felt the club was good value for money and almost 90% rated the club as good or excellent overall.
The people! Lots of encouragement for everybody, very inclusive, lots of opportunities to improve.
Thank you to all involved you do an excellent job.
Overall the club does a great job at developing young people not just as athletes but as decent human beings. It is great to see so many 'non athletic background' parents becoming involved in managing teams, officiating, doing administrative tasks and so on. Let's keep building on this.
We think AVEAC is an excellent club and feel very happy to be part of it.
My daughter describes it as our 'athletics family'. The athletes and coaches are really friendly. The coaches identify opportunities for athletes and provide a wide variety of training.
Good facilities and coaches.
Friendly club & good coaching.
Youngsters get on with each other and training is fun. Coaches are helpful and there is a good camaraderie among coaches parents and team managers.
Friendly and good opportunity to try different disciplines.
I like the fact that coaches are always willing to go the extra mile for their athletes.
My child feels safe and looked after and it is not too expensive for training sessions.
Membership.
Membership of Amber Valley and Erewash AC is open to all from age 8 to Adult. Non-members are welcome to train.
The Membership year runs from the 1st April to the 31st March, and there are varying types of membership:
More membership details can be found here
The Membership year runs from the 1st April to the 31st March, and there are varying types of membership:
More membership details can be found here
Coaches
All coaches at AVEAC are qualified to at least UKA Level 1 and all coaches working with the more experienced athletes to at least UKA Level 2 and above.. AVEAC prides itself on encouraging all coaches to undertake regular courses to update and improve their knowledge of all areas of the sport and coaching in general.
The UKA site has a useful coaches section.
The Sports Coach UK website is a useful source of information on courses, generic coaching ideas and resources.
The Coaches Profile pages will give you an insight to some of the coaches at the Club and their specialities.
The UKA site has a useful coaches section.
The Sports Coach UK website is a useful source of information on courses, generic coaching ideas and resources.
The Coaches Profile pages will give you an insight to some of the coaches at the Club and their specialities.