Welcome to
Bury Athletic Club
Based at the track on Market Street, Bury (opposite Bury College), Bury Athletic Club is a friendly but competitive nationally ranked athletics club with teams and individuals competing at all levels in the sport. We are a registered charity (number 1193322) run entirely by volunteers who give generously of their time to coach, officiate and support our members. We can provide you the opportunity to train and compete at whatever level you choose. We offer a fun running section for seniors, but we do require that juniors commit to competing for the club.
You can be part of a friendly athletics club with all members enjoying taking part in a sport that provides the chance for everyone to find the event that suits them best. We are always looking for new volunteers to join our brilliant group of coaches, officials and helpers to make athletics available to people in Bury and surrounding areas.
PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE EXCITING PROJECT TO RESURFACE OUR SYNTHETIC TRACK THAT IT WILL BE CLOSED FROM 18TH JULY 2022 TO 1ST NOVEMBER 2022. WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THE CINDER TRACK AND ACROSS A NUMBER OF LOCAL VENUES – VISIT OUR LATEST NEWS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.
Return to Competition
England Athletics have updated the guidance on their website and it now includes a calendar of competition. The guidance can be accessed on the link below: Return of athletics and running (updated 26 March) - Athletics & Running...
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Renewing Membership for 2021/22
Members are aware that Bury AC is now a registered charity and as a consequence the club has a new constitution and is a new legal entity. As a consequence this year's process is a little different as the renewal process is in effect an application...
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Return of Athletics and Running for Bury AC – Monday 29th March 2021
England Athletics have today (24th February 2021) published their guidance to clubs, coaches and athletes on their website on the roadmap to the return to full training and competition. The link to the page on their website is below: Return of...
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Lifting the Restrictions – England Athletics Response to the Announcement from the Government on 22nd February
England Athletics have this evening published on their website their response to the Government's announcement in relation to Covid-19. The response can be read here: England Athletics response to latest Government COVID announcement - Athletics...
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Club Membership 2021/22
With the club changing to charity status as an Incorporated Charitable Organisation, it now the responsibility of the Trustees to set the membership fees for the club. Given the upheaval over the last membership year, the Trustees have decided that...
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Bury AC now a registered charity
The club received news from the Charity Commission on Friday 29th January that they had been successful in their application to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Our new Charity Number is 1193322. This is fantastic news for the club...
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The coronavirus pandemic has very much decimated competitive opportunities for club members and has also severely impacted upon usual training arrangements. As a consequence the club committee has taken the decision to suspend many of the usual...
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National Lockdown – Update from England Athletics
Over and above the guidance issued by EA on 5th January, the additional guidance relating to coaching was issued on 8th January: 1:1 coaching (updated 8 January) 1:1 coaching for over 18s is permitted. For safeguarding reasons, England Athletics...
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National Lockdown and Bury AC
Following the Prime Minister's statement in the evening of Monday 4th January, the Market Street track and facilities has closed and will remain closed for the duration of this new national lockdown. We will obviously monitor guidance as it emerges...
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Tier 4 Implications for Bury AC
With Greater Manchester entering Tier 4 on New Year's Eve there are implications for the way the club operates. The current Sport England/England Athletics guidance does allow the club to re-open the facility from 4th January but there are some...
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Christmas Greetings from Bury AC
As we enter Christmas week the last club session of 2020 will take place on Tuesday 22nd and the club will re-open on Tuesday 5th January 2021. What a year 2020 has been - and it is to everyone's credit that we have been able to continue operating...
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Message from our Covid Officer
There is some good news on the horizon with the vaccines having arrived and the numbers are falling locally. However, we must await the impact of the new strain of the virus. To the best of my knowledge no athlete has contracted the virus whilst...
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Bury AC Time Trials
On Saturday 12th December the club will be hosting time trial events for junior and senior athletes. The strict covid 19 guidelines will be followed and as a consequence NO spectators are permitted and under 18s may only have one parent or carer to...
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Bury AC Returns to Operations
England Athletics has now released guidance that gives the club the green light for the club to re-open. There may be some final additional guidance from EA after they have had further consultation with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media...
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Bury AC Awaits EA Guidance
With England coming out of lockdown on Wednesday 2nd December and Greater Manchester entering into Tier 3 restrictions the club is waiting for updated guidance from England Athletics to determine how we will start operating again. The intention is...
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Due to the unavailability of Greenhill school for the rest of this week and next, U9/U11 training will be as follows:
Thurs 11th - Market St 6:30
Tues 16th - Cancelled
Thurs 18th - Market St 6:30
Tues 23rd - Greenhill School 6:30
Thurs 25th - Greenhill School 6:30
Work well and truly underway on replacing the track @BuryAC. Contractors working hard from Hunts. Massive thanks to @BuryCouncil for leading on the project and for the support from @BritAthletics Ed Hunt.